The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-08
'.FOllIg DEG RAD Alto I
Dets.iora tion Has Been Coin o.
Steadily lor Many Ysars. I
Why 1oAsnads Articles Of Diet Aret
PRoeoR1e1 to These fRo0 tho
0toR0-ERoot> Of Poor Doo6
Upon the 10t0R.

not be without q demorahzing influ-
ence upon the human race. It will
be noticed that by far the. majority
of cases of tampering with food re-
late to the substitution of cheaper
article rather than to the addition Of
an injurious substance. The common
defense is that modern conditions of
Life make a substitution q necessity.
1t is difficult to see the logic of such
q defense-at least, in a number Of in
stances, says the London Lancet
It is. urged, for instance, that jam
or marmalade cannot be made with
out the addition of glucose. whkh pre-
vents the preserve from crysta!lizing:
Now long before glucose was a house
hold word jams and marmalade were,
made-and good they were. too, con-
sisting entirely Of sugar and fruit
In the same way we are told that beer
must be brewed from sugar and that
brewing exclusively from malt pre-
sents untold difficulties. Again. golden
strip, which used formerly to be the
refined strip of molasses, consists
largely now of artificial sugar, which
is doubtless . more marketable prod
uct. but il not the same thing az cane
sugar.
Yet. again. W are told that the pub
lie demand perfectly white loaf of
bread. the truth in reality being that
machinery has produced q roller -four
which is an inferior thing to the now.
we suppose, extinct stone-milled -four.
Instances of this sort could be multi
piled.
We could wish that all those eeping
house would make up their minds seri-
ously to return to the excellent cus-
tom OF preparing many articles of
food for themselves at home. Who
does not admit the charm of home
made bread. or homemade jam, and
simply because they are known to be
made from an honest formula which
has stood the test of time and from
good materials which yield palatable
product? Even in the country good,
oldfa shioned wheaton bread, with that
fascinating brown color of rich wheat
en- -four. containing the entire nutri-
sessing that delightful wheaton flavor,
now seldom. if ever, characteristic OF
bread, is difficult to obtain. The bak-
er's Loaf is, as rule, tasteless, in
sipid article, which requires consid-
cradle appetite before the idea ofeat-
ing it can be entertained. No wonder
that the taste for bread is steadily di-'
minishing, and undoubtedly less bread
is consumed that used to be the case.
As is we'll known, bread contains almost
every element of food necessary for
existence. but we should be sorry for
the person who tried to subsist entire
ly upon the modern uninteresting loaf
made from blanched roller mill flour.
1t has recently been stated that the
degradation of the teeth so noticeable
among US now is due to roller milling
having largely supplanted stone mill
ing. We should not be surprised. The
degradation of food is a serious mat
ter and is bound to lead sooner or later
to the degradation Of the eater. No
movement could confer greater bless
ing upon the people than that which
aimed at bringing about a return to
the older and more rational methods
Of preparing food. Let US see more
of the homemade article than we now
see; let us return to more palatable
food and to food that will do more
good than the machine-made stuffs
and the endless series of substitutes.
In all the schools throughout the land
we would have the children taught the
advantages of homemade food, and
how that bread, fruit, jam, or even
beer and cider can be made at home.
It would encourage . spirit of indus
try. it would give US palatable and
nourishing articles to eat or drink,
and might have q wholesome effect
upon those who seem deliberately to
alternate food as much as possible or
who pay mo regard to It's naturally en-
dowed palatabiity. *
Remarkable Memory.
There died a few days ago in in
mate OF Saratoga county sinstitu-
ton. q resident of Waterford, who
was possessed of q remarkab BILE mem
DRY. He did not attend school while
in his youth, but was Possessed Of in
telligence which was deep and far
reaching. One of his peculiarities was
the exactness with which he could
tell the time of day. He never carried
q watch, could not tell the figures on
the dial of the town clock vet II one