The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-23

and sticky" he declared, "you can't
powder it," And after running the
home coffee mill she found she couldn't
do what she had implored the druggist
to do.
Then she had recourse to boiling. A
quarter of a pound of the seed went
Into the saucepan where it simmered
and boiled, swelling like rice to twice
the size Of the raw seed.
Taste It," suggested the household
imp who was mischievously interested.
NO. you," said she, handing him the
spoon.
"UEhl Boo-ooo."
A SILVER and a rush for a glass of
water followed.
1.-TWO heads are better than one."
said she TO herself, and she called in
the entire family.
Now 1t takes some courage to be a
double family joke for week, but she
was determined. With their assistance
many experiments were made as to the
most palatable way of preparing the
seed for food.
Boiled, IL was of a yellowish green
color with a somewhat bitter taste,
reminiscent of varnish. For breakfast
she had boiled alfalfa seed with cream
and sugar. Some one suggested pan
cakes, so she tried Them stirring the
seed together with little salt and a
little soda and frying it in butter.
Served very hot and eaten with syrup
the pancakes rivalled graham. She
had determined to take no meat, vege-
tables or cereals and to drink no tea
or coffee, so milk accompanied each
meal, as also did honey and preserved
fruits. All fattening things, please OBJ.
serve. That the alfalfa seed is nutri-
tious is proven by the fact that be-
tween breakfast at s o'clock and
luncheon at 2 there was no particu-
lar desire for food.
Dinner was an Improvement over the
morning meal and luncheon, for, be-
sides the boiled seed and cream and
pancakes, she added to the menu al
falfa custard and alfalfa cookies, both
sweetened and unsweetened. For the
custard she used one egg, one-half cup
of milk, one-half cup boiled alfalfa
seed, sweetened to taste with CHINA
mon or nutmeg for sea Soning, and
baked until brown. For the cookies she
used one cup of boiled seed, a table,
spoonful of butter, a half cup of SUI
gar, half cup of flour and a pinch
of salt. She dropped spoonfuls of this
on a buttered tin and baked in a quick
oven. Carroway seed disguised the
varnish taste in these. A sort of pud-
ding was made of it, too, with choco-
late sauce.
On the third day she consulted the
mirror and the scales. She found very
little change in the face, but almost
a pound gained in weight.
You read the recipe cross-eyed,"
said the imp. You should be a raw
ing beauty by this time, but l wager
your nose turns up more than ever"
1t may be well to insert here that
alfalfa also improves the temper, for
the imp escaped for once without re-
tort The chase after beauty was too
engrossing to allow even a slight in
terest in other things.
After a week had passed, the graft
flying result OF a good complexion be-
gan to manifest itself; a certain trans
parency began to replace the sallow-
ness. The neighbors, knowing nothing
of the alfalfa seed and the girls he
roic test. began to marvel She al
ready weighed four pounds more, and
four pounds on very thin girl will do
wonders. By altering the menu every
day the seed did not become too nonot-
onous as a. diet. Besides, the result
was so apparent and gratifying that II
took little or no courage whatever to
continue for week or two She did
| not gain in flesh as quickly as the arti-
| Gle led her to think she would but
| perhaps she was more sparing in the
| quantities consumed. But with the loss
| of womans worst enemy, a bad COM
| plexion, the steady increase Of flesh and
a certain feeling of buoyancy (it is said
| that the seed is a good tonic), she is
more than satisfied with the ancient
| Egyptians method.