New-York tribune., 1902-05-11
BREAKFAST WITHOUT MEAT.

Mrs. Christine Terhune HerriCk believes that
there is no doubt that most Americans eat too
much and that they eat too much meat. But
she said 'it he taken into account that there
different kinds Of meat. l should never dream
of beginning the day with breakfast of beefsteak,
for instance especially if | had morning of head
work before me Fish. bacon eggs are suitable
for breakfast especially bacon, which is appetzing
and very disestble. have known bacon TO be
prescribed for child who was delicate as a more
easily digested fat even than butter.
The increase in kidney diseases is due largely 10
abnormal meat eating. Diabetes, gout and rheuma-
tism, least in ncipent stages, may often be
cured by abstaining entirely from meat
'Vegetarianism and other special diet fads will
never make much headway until the dishes they
turn out are as savory the meat and other
dishes ordinarily eaten.
1T has been estimated that the poor spend 50
per cent of their incomes food IL this is true,
they spend altogether dsproportionate amount.
Not two-hfths of ones Housekeeping expenses ordi-
nariy goes for food. But and food expenditure
sometimes not within ones control in New
York. The poor apt to buy injudiciously and
to cook imG,properly In their hands good meat be
will DO a great deal toward furtherng the tenn
perance cause in coming ages.
There is no time OF the when the housewife
can be independent OF the butcher as now. To put
aside meat entirely in hot weather would benefit
most people"
REPAsTs TOO ELABORATE
Or. Grace Peckham Murray believes that there
is tendency 10 refinement in diet among
the Americans, and that table expenses con-
stanty increasing in the average family. Compared
with the famous excessive banquets of the Greeks
and Romans, the fashionable luncheon and dinner
OF to-day ic equally elaborate. beautiful and mys-
terious. Every is appealed to- The fact
that life may be sustained by a few simple sub
stances is lost sight of, There is doubt that
red meat should not appear upon the table three
times a day. as It does In too many homes. 1t has
indeed, been truly said that many a man digs his
grave with his teeth.
one cannot generalize too much on the meat
largely into solution of the problem. The New
YCTK society generally needs as much
meat as she eats for few business men work
There are fads and fashions in food as in
everything else Americans are always seeking
something new. An instance in point is the apple
and celery salad. with mayonnaise over IT, and
the salad OF English walnuts Each OF these is
hard 20 digest and strikes me as detetic striv
,"At this time Of high prices bananas bacon and
cheese may he employed substitutes for meat
mcnt enough for a meal The reason that Welsh
rabbit is not diSestible. though made OF cheese is
leathery rubbery substance. Lobster Is another
thing that often becomes Of the same tough quail
ity. and ham and corned beef also difficult of
Inastcatton. and therefore Indifferent foodstuffs
Nothing should he swallowed that cannot he thor
oughy masticated
Bacon. properly cooked is valuable food as
and the gastric Juice to flow. but IL should be
cooked to a Crisp.
The practically universal consumption of meat
by civilized races Is OF more recent origin than
IS commonly supposed. Even in Great Britain. the
or ,bulIocks Tor lhe supply or public markets was
unknown so late rs 1868. The last twenty or thirty
years nave seen great increase In the consump-
ton or meats but II Is interesting TO note that the
EnglishmCn who rcpelled the Armada and the
Americans who met the English at Lexington and
Bunker Hin were not enormous consumers OF meat"