The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
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Turkey and Minec rae.


NJ Thanksgiving. declares Woods Hutch
insnn in the W0mGR's Home Com pdHioH,
He il specially cast for the part by nature
Look for a moment al what all races
in all stages of culture, in every climate
in the world have picked out a. the central
dish for their great feast and you are
astonlshed at the uniformity of their
choice
From Greenland icy mountains TO
midas coral strand the elementary sui
frages OF the race have lifted to the high
est point OF honor neither a cereal nor a
pastry, nor a fruit, nor 4 root. nor wage
tabl. Of any sort. nor an eXhilarating
drink. but the richest and juiciest piece
Of roasted fat that the climate or soil
would yield
From the roast pig, which Charles
Lambs Cinnamon burned down their
houses TO obtain. to tho fat tailed sheep
of Persia and Astrakhan; from the ortO-
lans of Paraguay so fat that II you thrust
wicks down their throa,s and lighted
them they would burn like candlss,- Ia
| the sim m fed possun Of Virginia;
from the buffalo hump OF the Indian TO
The seal blubber OF the Eskimo: from the
cracked marrUwbones of the cave men to
| the fat white grlIbs Of the Australian
Black Fellow; from the goose and roast
, beef of Christmas 70 the turkey OF Thanks
giving there has been neither wavering
not shadow Of change
| Now fat a. food has several dictinotive
features lt is the most concentrated
fuel tina, can bs put into the human
stomach Partly from its concentration.
! ,artI ~ al Ak-nrfIfaOn
1t has NOR. staying power than any other
| food and will sustain energy and strength
longer
IL il specially necessary for the nutrition
and comfort of th. nervous system. two
thirds Of the weight of the brain and
nerves being composed of delicate fat.
and IL any food could be said To be- pre-
-m;nently q brain food IT could come
nearer claiming that title. Lastly IL IL
one Of the rarest food elements in our
workaday diets
What then Were our savage ancestors
and Puritan and Cavalier forefathers
actually doing 10 their bodily economy.
when they arranged for a high and cheer
full feast with some rich and toothsome
fatted bird or beast as the piece de re-
sistance. introduced by the delicate pro-
iens Of soup and shellfish. gnrnished with
savory herbs and pungent salads and
acid fruits. and crowned with rich sweets
and i.ll-s and delicate pastries?
They were simply dew oting day TO
Civ ing their body dynamo- grateful
rest and recharging their body batteries
| with the jupciest, most concentrated and
soothing dose of that embodied sunlight
which we call food that they could pos
sibly be induced 10 take charge OF
energy which delighted the palate and
distended the stomach and he'd the
nerves and flooded every corner Of the
system with peace and restfulness.
| Such a custom not only relieves the
friction and cools the bearings OF the
workaday week or season. but by its
abundant flooding with wholesome nour-
ishment enables any cog in the body
machine TO get Just the extra pahulum
| that IL needs for its wonderful powers of
self repair.
The instinct Of the tired workngman
upon the sex enth day Of the week or the
festal DAYS of the year. TO I'LL. ~ II were
the gaps and chinks in his nutrition and
lubricate the frictions Of his body machin
cry 10y arranging FOL an unusual supply o'
rich. spp-tizing food upon thar day.
thoroughly sound and sane. A proper
Sunday dinner IL distinctly "A means OF
grace.
delicious procession of dainties which
makes up "A Thanksgiv ing feast becomes
harmonious and logical, having for It's
end the full mastery and soothing re-.
frpshment Of every pore and angle ant
GRANNY of the inner man. IL il TO he takeI
cheerfully and happily and with fearless
enjoyment. and accorded all the preemi'
hence and importance of a serious rite.
Az first sight IL seems like gliding refined
gold and painting the lily to add such q
L.
Of the feast that had preceded II. Bat
there's "a reason, The popularity OF
sugar and sweets ID that they are literally
the hand rue downs" OF the food depart
/ mcut store. ready 10 wear or Use mmedi
ately. without change: they are also
swiftly and readily absorbed. so that they
possess IN "A peculiar degree the power oil
iiliing in the chinks in the diet scheme.
The reason why we demand mince pie
after turkey and dessert at the end OF
dinner is that in case any OF our organs
/ or TISSUES has not quite succeeded in
| getting his'n" from the fats and the
proteins and the starches which form tn.
! bulk of the meal his hunger can hs
promptly met and his attacking power
| built up so that he can obtain and utilize
his share of the heavier and more resist
ant food materials.
! This view "a to the wholesomeness and
| high utility of the Thanksgiving dinner Is
| abundantly borne out by the facts. The
! md ge,StlOflS ana CDilCS ana DiHDu- httacks
10 "a v nothing of surfe,ts and that modern
bog.y II the dinner table. appendicitis
which are supposed tn follow thick and
fast upon Thanksgiving feasts and Christ
mas dinners. exist chiefly in the Imagna
| ton Of the funny man and IN the columns
Of the comic supplement. IL is becoming
generally acknowledged that eight -tenths
Of the digestive disturbances supposed Ga
be d;;c &, s:-S:Eg or overeating are due
not to any excess Of sound and wholesome
foods. however rich. hut TO often triflina
amounts OF spoiled. decaying or infected
| food which had. by accident or stingy
economy, been introduced into the menu.
| In fact. the one meal OF all others which
is most likely to- he free from this danger
is the big dinner or the formal banquet
where no expense has been spared 10
get the very hest Of materials OF all sorts
and no bargains have been hunted for
A cheap food il apt TO be either an in
nutritious. n dirty or a decaying one
II stomach specialists were limited in
their practice to the results OF Christmas
and Thanksgiving dinners they would
starvs To death.
NEW KIND or COAST LIGHT.