Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-06

ail We food necessities Of life. His
Snlei articles Of food are supplied by
rs own herds. Milk. butter cream, and
Sheese are found in startling quantities
~ thc iowlicst peasants home. One or
'"o cows are Kept at the farm house for
sumuitr use. The remainder OF the
heid are ut the mJuntain sacters, from
when comes AN endless procession OF
houniaincefs ard saetcrgirls, often
accompanied by surciooted ponies, all
.sucn With huge rannicfs Of butter and
gneese, or TASKS Of sour milk and whey.
me butter and cheese are constantly be-.
ing conveyed 90 the fiord.sidc markets.
or are stored against the winters needs /:
Whhe The sour milk is used for food and
INC whey aids materially iu iaticning the
swine. There are thus always ANIMALS
Tor killing, the flesh usually being dried.
Many peasants arc fishermen, and
cure tncir own FISH II not. dried fish
can he secured in exchange ior the pea.
sant's Dan products, PROBABLY cheaper
man in any other country in the world.
Zach peasant iafmer raises his own bar.
iey, rye, oats, potatoes, and often n
little wheat On nearly every farm. aud
certainly 800 every neignburnoDd. there Is
q wattr.mIil Tor grinding the grain.
Know OF no other country where straw.
berries and raspherfics grow wild in
such vast q1anuucs, or wucrc all small
fruits respond 10 rude and limited cul.
iurc with such munifccnce OF reward.
ln many peasant homes dried native
fruit adds zsst 10 the winters enforced
samencss Of fare. So h will be seen
mat the Norwegian peasant IN his food
supply Is as independent OF the outside
world as IN all other requirements Of
lite. There ar but three articles la his
home, sugar, salt and coffee, which the
hords, the streams. the mountain hollows
and forests aud his own sactcr aud lafm
DO not bounuiuly provide.
The every DAY food VI these sturdy
Norwegian folk consists largely ol
'groed," a sort Of thick cruel or stir
about Of oat meal or barley meal or
BOTH Of milk. fresh. sour Or cufdlcd
and boiled, Of cheese, OF which there
are several varieties powerful Ia rcsis.
lance, odOr aud sustaining qualities, and
brown and black bread. The great aud
universal staple however, is 20 idbrod,"
or nathtCad Il Is the very life and
sustcnance OF these folk as was the ban.
mock once 10 the Scottish peasantry.
Every peasants house has not merely a
pile Of Il 10 draw upon, but often whole
casks filled with the hearty, wholesome
food. IL IS simply dough OF barley
aud oatmeal, unicrmentcd and contain
ing a little salt, rolled to the thinncss Of
waters OF great circumference and
baked upon an ZION plate ike large
guddic over "sluN" IRE.
u the ordinary housewife 10 other
countries regards the family bread bak
Ing MS no little task. she would quail be-
fore the stint OF providing the required
supply OF "Nidbod" nj % Norwegian
boudcf's gard, Il Is about one strong
womans task, 10 Judge by the immense
quantities consumed. aud ! never enter.
I'd a cottage or gaard without discover
ing graudmoihcr, mother VI daughter,
cfuucung before the Goals or lowering
over some huge stove oruamsntcd with
quaint Pompc.au figures, deX,erously
Tipping with her thin lldlc.lisc stick the
dough upon the steaming iron plate. or
a. cunuingiy landing The savDiy dish,
without breaking, upon the ever dim.
inshlng, ever increasing pile within the
"nadbrod' key
II the Norwegian peasant knows little
else than labor from childhood to old
age, IL Is SAIL labor which brings the
immediate and continuous reward Of
suficiency and ample content The
brief summer Of but three and az the
hest Of luL fouF month. ID one 0f Ire.