The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
UNLOCKED FOOD FEAST
Elementary Pabulum Advocates
Enjoy a Novel Dinner.
TO COOKS AND STOVES, FAREWELL

Ten Course DInRer In New York
TncIadiag Twenty-sevsn Dishes
Prepared without the Aid sf a
Fire-Eugene c. christiaa, Physical
CuItnrist. the Hest-Sst Dishes g
Feature-sun Cooked Germ, Etc.
Simple diet is best, for many dishes
bring many diseases. and rich sauces are
| worse than even heaping several meats
| upon each other.--Pliny.
Probably the most unique dinner ever
held in the United States was enjoyed
in New York by a large number OF
guests recently at the Invitation of Eu-
gene c. Christian. Mr.. Christian, pres
ident Of the Physical Culture Associa-
ton Of America, Is well known as an
advocate Of correct living. He believes
that most Of the ills that flesh is heir to
are the direct result of faulty diet, a
diet in which predominant meats and
heavy pastries and which are other
foods frequently overlooked. and the
aforementioned dinner was held to
demonstrate the feasibility Of living on
uncooked or elementary foods. thus
solving the problem of emancipatng
| the housewife from the evils of the
cook stove. In the entire ten courses,
consisting Of no less than twenty seven
dishes, not single dish was cooked
in or on a stove, and not vestige OF
meat or pastry appeared. Notwith-
standing these features, all present
found rare enjoyment in the repasi
and averred that their hunger had beer
entirely appeased-
Many of the women, who, like the
majority Of housekeepers, had suffered
for years the bondage of the kitchen
and had experimental with cooks ga
lore, vowed unhesitatingly that then
season Of seryitude was now ended
and that henceforth they would b.
following in the path blazed by Mr.
Christian enjoy a glorious freedom
never even dreamed of by housekeep-
ers OF the past. Then, too, the health
of their families, the elementary food
/ lists believe, will improve vastly through
the introduction Of the new dietary
system. thus awarding them a double
reward.
The menu placed before Mr. Chris
tian's guess was as novel as 1t was
interesting and was as follows.
Cream OF Corn.
Unlired Waters.
Ripe Olives celery
Tomato Salad.
Stuffed Peppers. Bianched Almonds.
Aascerated Cereal Dates Whipped Cream
Sun Cooked Corn.
Pecan Meats. Brazil Nuts
Eggnog Unfired Bread,
Sweet Butter
Fruit and Nut Medley.
Ginger Pudding, Whipped Cream.
Turkish Full Figs
Spanish PersinmOus. Pignolias.
Cream Cheese. Date Butter,
Unhred Fruit Waters.
Ice Cream. Nut Fruit Cake
Cereal Waters.
The dishes were chosen with due re.
gard to their combining qualities, and
in spite Of their large number, no dis
comfort was caused. The cream Of
corn was served in cups and was made
by extracting the juice from fresh
green corn and combining Ii with milk
and the proper seasoning. The unfired
waters and the unfired bread were
distinct innovations even to those folk
that considered themselves somewhat
experienced in uncooked food affairs.
On being questioned, Mr.. Christian
stated that they had been placed in a
cabinet lined with electric lights, Civ
ing temperature of about 140 degrees
f.. and dried This process gives the
waters and bread peculiar white
ness
The sun cooked corn was cut from
the cob about two weeks before the
dinner and dried out of doors. To pre-
pare it for use it was soaked in milk.
On "A page of the menu was a quat-
rain expressing sentiments distinctly
appropriate for the occasion. 1t read:
we may 1--we without poetry, music and
art;
we may live without conscience and live
without heart
we may live without friends. we may
live without books,
And civilized man may now live without
Cooks
Apologies to owen Meredith
In speech Host Christian stated
that the dinner was but one Of Sc
ries that he purposed giving He thus
hopes to spread further the gospel Of
elementary foodism. BY series of ex-
haustiye experiments he has demon
strated that uneooked food, the food
'.that grows in the sunshine, among
the breezes and the green trees" Il
mans natural food and he Is Of the
opinion that the closer we adhere to
nature and her simplicity just 50 much
further viii we have advanced toward
the solving Of the all important food
question and its relation to health.
Among the guests were several men
and women having rank as authorities
on dietetic matters. Albert and Dr.. w
r. G. Latson. publisher and editor re
spectiyely Of well known health
magazine, were among the speakers
and expressed interest and delight al
the unqualified success Of the dinner
one Of the women, who Is an adyo-
cate Of elementary foods, told Of the
envy her comparatively care free life
had aroused among her sister house
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