The Portland daily press., 1898-03-18
THE HOME.

with more or less seriousness the question
of cooking. In the matter of literature
one would scarcely wish to enter into a
controversy with an able editor, but when
the able editor makes the statement that
the frying-pan is curse to our civiliza-
ton, and is responsible for moro gill
health, uncharitableness, Immortality,
bigotry, financial heresy, anarchism and
complicated deviltry'' than any other ton
causes put together, including drinking,
he simply does not know how to cook,
even If he is q good editor. The heresy Of
his statement is fully recognized, yet the
frying pan in the hands Of intelligence is
the instrument for good humor, deep
affection, patriotism, loyalty, sound
money ideas and belief in the solidarity
of the human race.
If Mr.. Editor will put a frying pan on
the fire and make it red hot before he at
tempts to broil his chop, he will find that
8 little practice will enable him to broil
his chop successfully and preserve it's
juices, q thang which he cannot do with
the broiler. 1t will come from the frying
pan, if the frying pan has been properly
treated, with dainty brown in place of
the black ''kisses' that the crude iron SO
often impresses. And we should like to
suggest to that able editor that if be
wants fapjaoks and griddle cakes with
out the aid of the grease he ought to use
soapstone griddle. No intelligent
housekeeper today attempts to have either
of these toothsome dishes baked on any
thing but the perfect soapstone griddle.
Any cook worth having would far rather
stand in kitchen entirely clear of smoke
making pancakes on SOapStone grlddle
than in an atmosphere Of reeking smoke
such as she must endure if she uses a
griddle and grease. II he raises the cues
ton how that soapstone griddle can be
kept clean without washing we may ell
him that clean soft flannel cloth kept
for the purpose will rub every particle OF
baked dough from the face of the griddle
and leave it smooth and shining.
It is great mistake to believe that our
New England mothers, with their love
of home and their love of good food, at
least for the linen folks continued
using year after year and decade aftel
decade that which meant only death tC
the morals. The New England housewife
who knew how to cook did not serve food
reeking with grease from frying pan
All how many of us can see now dear
| loving grandmother carefully pouring
off the grease while frying foods-see hei
with her long handled fork in her hanc
ready to turn the meat over and over
| until it was scared on both sides, though
she used the frying pan she brought the
meat to the table soft, even, clear
brown. without black spot. We pity
| the man or the woman who has not eaten
a steak cooked in red hot frying pan
by one who knew how to use it, with its
entire juices making the gravy. The
penetration of this observing gentleman
will show, when he discovers the relation
between morals and food, that he made g
wrong statement. II that same wise in
tellect can only carry this knowledge Of
the relation between food and morals into
the heads of his hundreds of thousands OF
readers; if he can teach them that fry
ing pan in the hands of an artist is ar
instrument for developing good citizens
we shall have better cooks at the upper
end of society, who will be willing te
struggle to secure knowledge OF cooking
by the pupils in the public schools for the
| lower end of society and the great ,un
trained middle classes and the country
will be redeemed. -uhe Outlook.
RECREA TION.
nRecreation" was the theme of q ser
| mon preached recently by the Rev. Minot
| j. Savage In the course of it he said
There's not a particle of virtue in work
ing in it's own sense. Thousands of bus
mess men get intoxicated with work, anc
spend their whole life getting ready ,te
live. and never live at all. There is more
however, in recreation than the mere re
Taxation from work. There is the ques-
ton or food. We oughs to study and
know our conditions and eat those things
which will help us. 1t Is not question
of physiology; it is question of morals
I believe that mora harm is wrought IL
the United States by bad eating than by
drinking. The men and women who eat
wrong do not go wild and break furni
ture, but it is quite possible to get blue
and complaining from this source. 1t il
quite true, too, that as much unhappi
ness results from eating as from drink
ing. The next thing is sleep. How much
shall we sleep? People are the best judges
| of this themselves. Some people regard
| it as a virtue to get up early in the morn
| ing. They are wrong. Sleep enough
Then comes the question of play. There
is one kind of play that is recreation ant
another that is dissipation. There are
men in this country who live in luxury
and whose whole life is given up il
searching for new sensation. 1t is {
well known fact that we are always with
| in two or three years of starvation; tina
the accumulation of productions is very
small. What do you think then OF mar
| who takes out of this little pile and put
nothing back2 The last thing necessa1!