St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-13
ANY STEAK A poRTERHoUsE.
sessncs Comes TO Tho Aid Of tia
Butcher.

| S9 butGEs4.
Mrs. Hetty Green saps that hask
has caused more divorces than in6dea-
lity, and it is not necessary to quota
lany authority on the woes occasioned
BY the tough beefsteak. 1t is some-
thing with which everyone is more or
less familiar and against which eyeEy-
one has protested
In the last few years there has been
La tendency toward the scientific study
Of foods, because, it is insisted, what
we eat becomes part of ourselves,
and that since We. take on the charae-
IEeristies Of our nourishment ii Is our
duty to build ourselves up OF the very
best material possible. This may be
croWding q theory too far, but it is true
that the food question affects every
body and IS more worthy of careful
study than many Of the topics Of pres
| ent day controversies.
What is more, It is coming to be f.
garded IN that light. We may snlile
at the yegetarians, but vegetarians In
crease; We may turn q deaf ear to tLs
anti-cooking advocates, but they gain
converts just the same, and though we
may stick to highly ly-seasoned, dainty
dishes and lay up gout and dyspepsia
for ourselves there are still those wha
are trying the virtue Of fruit diet.
Of interest to all classes, refornaers
and epicures alike, is al idea that has
recently been advanced By Mr.. VII
liam E. Bryan, an electrician vi Gin
cinnati. He has for years been man
ufacturing batteries and appliances
for physicians and in his studies has
also inquired into electrical thera pen
tics the system Of disease treatment
by electricity. In this he is regarded
as an authority, and some Of bis an
ticles on selectrolysis have awakened
considerable interest among ply
sicians and surgeons ID the middls
west. BE is not q vegetarian or ths
deyotee of any radical food theory.
but shares with mankind in general
an aversion for tough, unpalatahla
meats. Such thing, be says, is sin-
necessary, and ii support Of his idea
be brings forward method whereby
he insists the evil may be eradeated.
re says, aecording tothe New Y orb
Herald, that IngerspIl was righsin biz
declaration that The e ssporteThs hs,aseH
was the only part Of the beef that jus
lifted its slaughter, and 50 be deter
mines to make all the beef the full
equal Of the porterhouse 7 Along
this line he has made a number Of gax
periments that have been surprisingly
successful.
Usually his method ii outline has
been as follows: Select ing a very Or
dinary piece Of meat he cuts it ii twa
and submits one-half of It To d treat
ment BY 'electroly ysis that's, BY IN
ducts into it d current Of electrieits
that permeates every atom and d1sIzA
tegrates the connective tissues
the scientific name for that quality al
q tough steak which prod 50 mucA
indigestion and profanity When tbs
process has continued 4 sufficient tins
the two pieces are cooked ID precisely
the same manner and their merits
compared
Whether the auntreated piem
turns out to be good, bad Or indiifer
ent, the other is always d toothscma
morsel, fit foran epicrre or invalid
The electricity, it is claimed, Leaves
no faint and does NOT lessen the nm
tritive quality Of the meat III fact.
it tends to destroy impurity Hissaid
that this process may be applied e
any meats Or vegetables.
HELPING NATURE,