Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-13
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Written for the Times Republican

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Written for the Times Republican
AS the years roll on certain tenden
cies develop in Mrs. Birdseye that seen
to the writer process of evolution. ii
is thankful that these tendencies, Xix
evolution. work slowly. For instance
1t has been the writer's province from
time immemorial TO act as lecturer-in
chief to the family and neighbors, bu
the other evening, after seating hersel
in her rocking chair, placing her care
July wiped eyeglasses across her Ro,
man nose. she remarked. If can hav.
the attention of the house should Xix.
TO read a short extract from the Die
tetic Magazine. Let me preface thi.
reading by saying that for many year.
have been sufferer. My sense O.
smell has been outraged time anc
again, but not having any scientin.
facts at my command have suffered II
silence Now patience has ceased to bs
ii virtue. Listen for few moments"
What Is the matter with cheese?'
cts all right" promptly answered the
audience).
Simply this. that it has come to be
an almost universal belief that coagu-
lated casein and butter fat, which are
its constituents. must be cured The
curing process is chiefly accomplished
by time. 1t is not considered fit TO ca!
until 1t is old enough and rank enough
from the gradual process of decompo-
sition-to be buried.
The average palate has been gradn-
ally educated to relish cheese after it
has undergone butryric acid ferlnenta-
ton, and is. in fact, putrid. This is
plain English and it flies in the face of
the reigning authorities on gustatory
standards. Certain brands Of the stuff.
us Roquefort, Limburger and several
other varieties, sell at enormous prices
simply because they represent the ideal
degree of rankness-putridity.
This butyric fermentation has Its
proper bacillus, and in case of the spe-
cial varieties present in Limburger and
other delectable brands, the characters
istic odor is vile enough and strong
enough to bar all attempts at counter
letting or substitution. The flavor COM
ports with the smell. and either one
would cause respectable canine to
drop his astonished tail and sneak out
IF the rankest soap factory or lanyard
On the face of the earth.
Every normal stomach rebels at 1t,
and every normal palate repudiates it
At sight, taste or smell. Years ago,
when all the small dairymen made a
little cheese for their own use. If not
'or the market, they began to eat 1t
before 1t was a fortnight old-ate 1t as
Freely as they did bread, and never
hought of 1t being difficult of digestion.
Nor was 1t.
To put such compressed casein be-
ore lover of Limburger would be to
'ffer him an objectionable insult. And
'et, from health standpoint, 1t is the
'nly cheese that can be approved.
"Of the semi-putrid, rank-smelling
md acrid-tasting stun now sold for
'heese, many persons can not partake
With impunity: and those who do eat 1t
ire compelled to be very sparing in
heir indulgence. making 1t a relish or
ondiment rather than food This is
because 1t belongs with embalmed
beef moldy bread and 'gangrenous
,ame,' for which palled palates either
,ossess or profess a gusto."
Now, Mr.. Birdseye," continued the
ecturer, you're the chief sinner, and
am sorry to say your daughters have
cen led astray from the paths Of good
ood They have acquired this false
aste. to more or less extent, But
GU, Mr.. b.. have gone further 1 un.
erstand certain old covies' now as
emble at stated periods and have what
called "a beer lunch said lunch con-
listing of sandwich and a glass of
Ger. The sandwich to be the nearest
erfection when 1t is filled with tho
iorst cheese. the loudest smelling. If I |
nay use the expression. The beer to be
'uck beer whatever that may be. Now
or man of your age, the father of |
rown-up children the grandfather of |
rowing children. man who calls him |
elf philosopher, one who studies
ause and effect, one who has given ia |
lany lectures on scientific food prepar-
lg and swallowing artistically at lust
ne right period of the repast, Won.
astronomical authority, to
fer your stomach such sandwiches
nd such beer words fail me. II"
Madam" responded this scribe,
slang sometimes is eloquent If words
Ill you, cheese it." 81 might have
Spected ridicule," said the good lady.
+ l touched on matters scientific"
Science, madam! Science is not in
our line" was the reply. you belong
the weaker sex. the sex that talks
sience by intuition, not logic. Your
letetic authority is like new cheese,
reen' in the dialect of the market Man
as found out that age improves many
,ings we eat and drink. Animals OF
lie lower class kill and eat blood
arm. Man, the highest animal, kills,
ools and keeps, not all, but many kinds
meat and game. We eat our fish