The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
THE ART OF THE INNER MAN.
(BY A MEMBER OF CLASS ID.

(BY A MEMBER OF CLASS D.
If has been my misfortune, in this. the second
naper on our regular studies. to be assigned the
task of irving to enlighten you upon the art and
architect of the ancients.
When quite boy, I impOrtuned my father, VINO
was an architect and builder, to teach me MS
callng-he finally concluded to do so. and as
starter put me at the mortar box. | concluded
after two hours service that this was not my VO-
cation and promised the Almighty that II he
would only take the kinks ont of my back.
would do 50 no more. have never since been
able to entirely grasp the beauty OF ART OF
architecture, wherein mortar plays its part: the
njct,,re of that box rises before me and lose
sight of the angles in recalling the pain attend
inc my apprenticeship. | will, therefore. bnei1y
touch the art of cooking ard eating. tthls IS
something that has never caused me annoyance
as it existed in the past. The art that enters IN
| to the building up of the inner MAN; something
that we all, more or less, know something ABOUT;
mean the physical, not moral man.
! Tt has been said in explanation of the DIS OF
fare of ancient Romans that they We're pre-
scrbed by the family physician. it being dlllcult
to understand otherwise the mingling of Or
binary articles of food with substances now
considered medicines; except on the suppositlon
that the latter were intended to correct the pos
sible i'll effects of the former. The doctor made
ont the menu and gave ii to the head cook or
n,rveyOr who obtained the articles mentioned in
it. either at the public market or at the druggists.
as the case might be.
There are a few instances among civilized ma
tions in modern times, that bear resemblance TO
these ancient eccentricities The German eats
sweet soups seasoned with cinnamon. ana the
Spaniards season their food with sa1fron put
these singularites are exceptional Plutarch
saws: The Romans used no pepper, but 1t APP
pears from certain receipts of the famous gas
tronomic Apicius, which were preserved in the
monasteries of Pennsylvania. though certain
parts of the works of Livy, Tacitus and Cicero
J. we're allowed to perish. that he seasoned Oo,NE
j. dishes with this cOndiment. Today a man is not
:! eating unless he has pepper. The Romans
@ seasoned their meats with rue. parsley Seed
If cumin marsh mallOws and nettles; and dlStrlh
= uted freely throughout their meals, pepper. salt
S honey. vinegar. raisins mustard OIL mastlc aiC
e cardamons Vegetables were prepared will
IS nitre to make them look green, pracCce no.
d unknown in our day. The following is one o.
): the singular receipts that has come down to u'
~ through the dark ages. Bruise in mortar
parsley seed dried pennyroyal. dried mint. gin
n ger coriander stoned raisons, with honey. vine
n oar oil and wine: put in a stew pan with three
d. crnsts of bread: the flesh of pullet. vestD
We cheese nine kernels. small onions minced fine
IN and cucumberS. pour soup over the mlXtur
~ and serve in stew pan garnshed With sno"
rs IT. is to be presumed the ingredients were we
rs cooked Well, they should be to encourage ma
lie TODAY. to touch the dish. ] prefer plain bea
We soup or thoroughly inspected hash. FROM tn
We same sources we learn that sauce pans "ei
timed before the time Of Pliny. and that peopl
I'll we're accustomed to take a glass OF hitter betnT
SIS breakfast In this latter respect we out-do I'll
an past; many of u.s. when we can get IL, TAX
IT, several glasses both before and after breakfas
of We also learn that the Romans were i'll til
"; habit of having their fish fresh. and would thro
ne, them alive into boiling water. AS soon as the
ur were taken from the water they were taken
we Rome by swift courers, people mad TO get out
ily the way to let them pass. We are in luck nov
els adavs if we get fish three years after they eaN
all their native element. The quantity of foe
we served was something astonishing JAIN
cd, Caesar. when he gave his trumphal feas
for had three tons of lampreys served at h
ter table (tbis is a sort of cell; and when Ho
be tensius passed away to a world where gonna
to diving is unknown. he left behind as bell
re- announcement to take along with him. 100
yer mines of those strong wines, seasoned WI
VS. asafoetida and other denominations. single ga
no of which would knock modern VINE drink
He crazy. 1t must have resembled our sheeny boo
we or scent whiskey of today.
en-, History also tells us of people who lived on T.
sly tongues of birds who could speak. and on pear
lost but leaves no record to how they were serve
,m- With the renaissance came Il revival OF ancle
nth Rome: and there was disseminated knOWed
ASS of it's art its history and also its folies and
be- trayagances; the former were initiated, a
the served as an inspiration to modern GEM
The latter we're less followed. the taste OF t
The rich and poor alike being somewhat less ext
warrant and the means of living not always
- easv attanable. In the seventeenth cent?
cooking in France was nearly perfect [
neither then nor now has it occurred to
,.. medicine with food that they might serve at I
same time, as seasoning, and as remedies
excessive eating. 1t is desired that food sho'
ioe' be hygienic; this object is accomplished at
present day by the great amount of hustn
a man must do to get good old bread; and
the past few years he has been unable to
even that in anything like abundance.
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ending Wednesday November %, 1884,
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