The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
THE SALAD BOWL.
Fresh Uncooked Vegetables Are Necesssl
ties in Summer Time.

ties in Summer Time.
While primitive man subsisted on the
products of the field, forest and stream
without the aid of cooks, it should ba
our aim to live near that condition BY
taking more and more of those foods
which demand the least use of heat or
cooking in their preparation.
In selecting knocked food we must
always be vigilant to use that which Is
perfectly sound and in good condition,
neither unripe nor over ripe With to-
matoes, lettuce, romaine, cucumber,
cress and the numerous other plants of
the kitchen garden, we can make
combinations for summer meal which
almost exclude cereals for main sub
sistence. Beef tongue with lettuce and
beet, or fish and cucumber; chicken or
game with cress or romaine, and toma-
toes with just enough we'll bakde
bread to help out a meal, offer re-
past attractive, satisfying and nutri-
tious to the majority of feeders.
Contrary togeneral notions the use of
fat in the form of salad oils should be
encouraged in summer. Let it be re-
membered that the more oil we take
the less bread we need. One ounce of
oil will do as much duty as food as two
and half ounces of dry starch or five
ounces of bread and is much easier
digested. The quantity of oil we can
consume is very small, and once the
appetite is acquired digestion will be
greatly improved. Salad might cer-
tainly be used twice day. ,sS
There is another aspect to this
feature of food of great value. Obser-
walton will teach the inquirer that the
thirsty souls who can never get enough
water or drink of any kind are those
who consume most starchy substances,
as for instance boiled potatoes, bread
having little well Drowned crust, and
pies. Cheap potatoes and abundant
flour are not always unmixed blessings.
With these there is needed high de-
gree of experience and skill from the
cook to prepare such articles in a way
least injurious to the stomach and in
/ testines.
In summer digestion needs to be
vigorous, and to insure this end we
ought to avoid as much as we can the
use of foods which digest in the intes-
tines, to which class bread and pota-
toes belong.
Salads are at all times valuable as
cooling, refreshing food, and are be-
sides excellent food for promoting
sleep.
The salad dressing does not often re-
quire the cook stove toprepare it, since
oil, vinegar, cream and eggs may be
used. The taste and sentiment of every
individual may be consulted by varying
the form of service to any conceivable
extent.
The number of salad articles pre-
pared from cooked garden stuff are as
varied and enticing as the most deli
cate appetite could desire. From the
health standpoint it would be difficult
to choose more delicious plant than
the tomato, either raw or cooked The
extent to which this beautiful fruit
vegetable is used and its yearly in
creasing uses attest its value as popu-
lar favorite. The enormous quantities
used for the manufacture of catsup,
canning and for soup give promise of
still larger consumption during the
winter seasons. For rheumatic and
kindred evils the mild acids of the to-
mato are extremely useful as solvent
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