The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-25
Carrot Day
ny JANE EDDINGToN.

II We had different food for each
calendar day of the year August %
could be called carrot day. one rea-
son for this is based on mistake
made because two towns in different
parts OF France bear the Same name
But during tho whole month Of Au-
gust new carrots are the best and
least expensive Of any time OF the
year, so some day In the month might
be dedicated to them.
The historic fact about which the
mistake arose is war time fact thus
epicurc OF England: IL r. II, The
Prince OF Wales according 10 reror;
invariably cats carrot soup on August
rs. The French call II Crecy SOUP. be-
cause their best carrots grow there
and Crccy. IL may be remembered, was
also the scene of great battle. when
one Englishman proved better than
1--WE Frenchmcn This latter state
ment liz considerably exaggerated
French book on vegetable. has.
like many other books In both French
and English some recipes for Crccy
soup, but IT says that the name was
given TO the soup because carrots grow
SO abundan,ly around the strongly
fortified Crecy on the Morir. twenty
1--WE miles east OF Paris. The famous
battle fought on August &c. 1886 with
10000 Engl!shmen against 100000
Frenchmen was in another Crecy. Al
this battle the Black Prince. otherwise
the Prince OF Wales. won his spurs and
took for his motto that OF the King OF
Bohemia. who lost his life fghttng for
France in this battle. This "Ich Diem"
has been used ever since by Princes of
Wales
Basides the carrots OF Crccv those
of Nichy are also very famous Tho
vegetable book mentioned says that
there is an enormous consumption Of
those because they are considered
SPECIFIC for liver troubles. The dieti-
tian Gouraud says: "Hepatics may, az q
rule, make extensive and more or less
iustthablc use OF them. E. II thor
oughly cooked and mashed. dyspeptics
need not fear for them"
Somewhat over year ago there was
an Associated Press dispatch from
Paris TO the effect: Eat carrots and
live 100 years" This advice came from
the great MetchnikoN. OF the Pastcur
Institute. who said that they contained
a sugar which killed an old age baci-
lus. The item also refers 10 that great
health resort OF Nichy and to the
Crecy soup.
II says: 1T has been remembered
that carrots from part OF the daily food
Mt Vichy, and the chefs OF the big ho-
tells arc inventing recipes TO satisfy
tho taste of the moment. Greasy soup,
as everybody knows, is but mashed
carrots diluted with milk, and at the
fashionable gatherings in the Bois de
Bculogne restaurants Friday evening
there Is scarcely a table where this
soup Is not served"
No two recipes for Crecy or Greasy,
soup agree. Sometimes carrots. onions.
and celery to flavor are gently fried,
cooked in stock. mashed and thinned
with milk or stock. Plain steamed
mashed carrots may be used, and glazed
carrots always make a successful soup
as they do fine vegetable, and
garnish.
Carrot Puree.-Boil one pint Of wa.
ter and slice into IT enough carrots
TO cook wei. covered. Add n little salt
two tablespoons of sugar and two
ounces OF butter. Cook until the LIQUID
is nearly all absorbed. mash. and thin
10 taste with milk or meat stock