Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-02
A SUBSTITUTE FOR BUTTER.
What is Proposed by a Member of the
Franklin Institute.
philadelphia Times.

Philadelphia Times.
ssTimes are bad and likely to be worse, ;"
said a prominent member OF the Franklin
Institute to a reporter Thursday. But
ter is becoming scarcer and dearer every
year, and it will be beyond the reach OF
poor people this winter. Unless poor peo-
pie who are out of work find a substitute
that is cheaper than butter they will have
to eat their bread dry. They won't eat
up their noses at that if they were
starving"
"What are they going to use, then?7
81 don't know; but if some enterprising
man would take hold Of the honey qUes.
ton believe he'd make fortune"
Honey"
eyes, sir; honey. There's an opinion
goin' around that honey's a luxury.
There never was bigger mistake made
If it don't make much muscle it gives
warmth to the whole system, arouses all
the nervous energies and gives vigOr to
all the vital functions. / can talk about
honey because know about it. l know
that most children would rather eat bread
and honey than bread and butter, and
that pound of honey will go as far as
two of butter. Besides, honey will keep
forever and never gets sour or rancid like
butter does. Then look how much cheaper
and 30 cents a pound and a fair profit
made by the retailer. Butter is seldom
less than 40 cents and this winter it will
reach 50 cents pound. OF course, Pm
only speakin' of the best kind of honey.
Buckwheat honey, which has a slight
flavor, can be retailed at profit at 81 for
five pounds. But, LOr' bless you, the peO-
pie wouldn't eat that. Only the best is
good enough for them"
could enough honey be brought to the
market to substitute it for butterV
"Well, that amt exactly the question.
1t isn't likely that honey will supersede
butter altogether: but just now, when
wages is low and butter is getting higher
and higher every day, it would be a good
thing if people knew that they could buy
a good substitute, if it's only a temporary
one. What is wanted to make it paying
one is the introduction of the barrel trade.
IL retail dealers would take their honey
in barrels and sell it in small quantities
at the rate of about 10 cents a pound they
could make large profit. You know
working people look twice at quarter
before they spend it on what they think is
luxury. But if they thought they could
buy or 10 cents worth at time they
would he glad to do il, and they'd soon
learn that honey is cheaper and preferable
TO butter. In the winter honey candies
and becomes hard enough to cut with a
knife and spread like butter, so 1T can be
used in the same way. If demand for
pure honey arose hundred barrels could
be brought into the city every week all
the year round, or a hundred dozen if the
demand increased
Show about aduiteratiOn
1.-The principal adulteratiOn is glucose,
but it is not difficult to detect. Honey
mixed with glucose will not CONCEAL or
candy at the lowest temperature, whereas
pure honey candies very freely. Canned
honey? No; l don't recommend that any
more than canned tomatoes or any kind
of fruit OF vegetables. Honey has nat
ural acid which acts upon the tin, and
quite a number of cases Of poisoning
have occurred from it. The best way to
keep honey is in those five-pOund Mason
Jars. If it candies so much the better.
A little heat will soon liquity it if that is
desired. If people generally knew what
a nutritious, wholesome food honey is ii
would not be long before the beekeepers
would have all they can do to keep up
the supply"