The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-01-29

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!. Has any housewife ever realized tho
| alarming condition Of cookery II the
bcnighfcd generations before tho invens
ton Of sugar. II Is really almost too
appalling to think about. So many
things that We now look upon - al but
necessities - cakes, puddinCs made
dishes, confectionery, preserves, sweet
biscuits, jellies, cooked fruits, etc., wers
then practically quite impoasibls.
Fancy attempting nowadays 70 live ,
single day without sugar; no to, 10
coffee, no Jam, no pudding, no eake.
no sweets, no hot teddy before one EOcs
to Led; the bare idee y TO- terribla
And set that 10 the ab;eet condition q
al the civilized world up to the middle
Of the middle ages. HOrace's punch w.
sugarlcss and lemonless; is eentje
Virgil never tasted the congcnial cup q
afternoon t0a; and socrates went from
his cradle to his grave without ever
knowing tho havos Of peppermint bull's-
eyes. How tho thildf1n manaCd .
spend their Saturday ''as," o their
weekly 20. otis, " b profound mystery;
to b sure, people had honey, but honey
d rarc, dear, and scanty: e en- nsvce
have filled one-quarter the plaee that
sugar fills IN our modern alEecftoua Try
for moment % realize drinking honor
with ones whisky and water, O. doine
tho years preserving with . pot q bee9
Narborine, and you gct e oncO . con.
mon measure OF the difference between
tho two - practical swoetenorA
Nowadays W get sugar from can0 and
bcet.root IN abundance, while sueae
naples and palm trees Of various eorts
afford a-considerable supply to remotee
countries. But the childhood Of tie lie.
tic Greeks and Romans must have been
absolutely unlighted By q single ray q
JOY from chocolate creams or Eyofton
tOffec. The consequence o. this oxcoe-
sive production Of sweets in modern
times i, Of course, that 10 have begun
to distrust the indications afforded d 81
the sense Of taste in this particular @ @
the wholesomeness Of various objecta
We can mix sugar with any thing 70
like, whether it had sugar ii i to begin
with Or otherwise, and By swectening
and 6avOring we can give ! false palat-
ableness to even the worst and most In
digestiblc rubbish, such - plaster Of
Paris, largely sold under tho name Of
sugarcd almonds to tho INGENIOUS youth
Of two hemisphcres.
But IN untouched nature the tcst
rarely or never fails. AZ long . fruits
arc unripe or unfit for human food thy
arc yrs,en and sour; ~ soon q thor ripeu
they become soft and swoot, and usually
acquire some bright color o sort 81
advertisement OF their edibility. In The
main, bar tho accidents q civilization.
whatever h sweet i good 70 eat-nay.
moro, b meant to be eaten; Il 10 only
our own pcrverse folly that makes =
sometimes think oil nice things bed for
Us, and I'll Wholesome things nasty. II
. state Of nature the exact opposite is
really tho case. Ono may observe, too.
that children, who aro literally young
savagcs in more senses than one, stand
nearer to the primitive feeling IN this
respect than gr0wn.up people. They
una6cctcdly like sweets; adults who
have grown moro accustomed to tho ar
tifcial meat diet don {, rs q rule, care
much for pud.lings, cakes and made
dishes.