The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-27
APARTMENT LIFE
SPREADS FAD FOR
UNLOCKED MEALS

Modern apartment life, close quar-
tiers in city flats and the servant
question have gradually led to the I'M
cooked meal idea, and many people in
such cities as New York, Chicago and
Boston are already dispensing with
cook stoves. According to the expon-
ents of this new wrinkle in cuisine, 1t
will, in a measure, solve the prob
lem of complex household cares for
those who adopt it.
Those who believe in the new way
of living have what they call Com
inations"-certain articles of food
grouped in such manner that they
will chemically harmonic in the stom-
ach, and that will take the place of
meat. For instance, one combination
calls for vegetable salad, whole
wheat and banana with nuts and
cream. Another calls for whipped egg,
a glass of milk, nuts, dates and mel
on.
There are about sixty articles of
food from which the faddist prepares
her menu. These include cereals, SAL
ads, nutmegs, eggs, dessert fruits
and beverages. Many delicious NOR
sells are concocted by the clever wom-
an under the guise of an uncooked
meal.
OF course, bona fide natural-food adj
herents eschew bread, for it is cooked.
They maintain that when dough is
subjected to heat sufficient to bake
it this transforms all the carbon into
the atmosphere. In other words, the
bread is devitalized. Among the I'M
cookedfood devotees, however, there
are a few people who still cling to the
flesh pots of Egypt and partake of
bread, although they abstain from
meat, and, aside from the bread, eat
nothing that is cooked.
This bread is in the form of gems,
and is very palatable. 1t is made of
water, ground pecan nuts and flour
composed of wheat, oats and barley.
No yeast enters into it's composition,
as it is raised entirely by aeration.
The dough is kept ice cold, and when
it is placed in a hot oven, where the
air globules expand and raise it.
The uncooked-food dietists believe
that it is better to take the ounce of
prevention before the pound of cure is
necessary. They, therefore, subscribe
to this diet not only because of it's sim
plicity, but because of its healthfulness,
and it is claimed that stomach troubles
are unknown among them. Their mot
10 Is, NOL what we eat, DuI WHAT we
'aSsimilate."
Ripe bananas are greatly favored be-
cause of the starch and sugar proper
ties; in other words, the carbohydrates.
Nuts give the fat and protein. Green
things, like lettuce, cucumberS and
spinach, are recommended not as nu-
tritive foods, but for the chlorofil which
they contain. AS the French people
say, "a bit of green is the broom of
the stomach"
The following is sample unlocked
food menu:
BREAKFAST.
Oranges and Grapes.
Flaked Wheat. Nuts and Cream.
A Whipped Egg.
LUNCHEON.
Brazil Nuts and Filberts.
Pignolias and English Walnuts.
Lettuce Salad.
Persian Prunes with Cream.
DINNER.
Combination Cereal Clover Honey.
Brazil Nuts and Filberts.
Tomato and Celery Salad.
Stuffed Green Peppers.
Date Butter
Egg Nogg. Dessert Fruit Salad.
Bananas.
1t will be seen by the foregoing that
when this millennium of cooking really
comes to every one there will be no
elaborate menus to absorb time and
| strength. Nor will there be any cook
| ing between times, for breakfast will
not lap into luncheon, and luncheon in
| to dinner