The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-02-11
D''OKING
ELord made food-the Devil
DOks!"

Lord made food-the Devil
poks!"
pSver said that the first time
5&bIY was inspired by poorly
t6&xSd meal, which impaired his di-
works, perhaps brought on a
headache and perfectly justi-
u crouch against the cook.
S Iareds and thousands of dyspep-
IIice then would have repeated
echoed the words if they had
q that they owed large share
| ~ le4r physical ailments and most
q f&eir mental troubles and worries
N ox cooking.
je 5to have a good cook in the
Eo5 IA essential preliminary is a
n IN the housekeeper-who is a
m NoNk herself, for no one can boss
= ~ 5ght unless he, or she, knows
Ri II0G that job should be done.
B0Fk that's the reason why so
|Ii11ll Warming women preside over
lfUl homes-beautiful in front,
IL 4 arlor-but allow the kitchen
ague spot.
2SStic science, in it's many
bis |lSS, is often the subject for dis
I'LL Ioll M some Women's Clubs. Elk
i2 tIVe papers, deliberately culled
{El}i1f iie cook book or other authori-
tHrature, are written and read
III agp1IIen, who in more intimate cir
eIe6 d1ietly remark that they couldn't
fnRIs6 4 loaf of bread and don't know
lcM II should be made. The most
~ tficaI acquaintance with domestic
|eci6nre ID gained only in the home,
where The housekeeper with barred
NJ inS Ind mussed-up hair and flushed
zSSs n btudying out the chemistry Of
e66king in the laboratory of the kitch-
XII There the theories of the cook
|b0okn lin tested out and discarded if
tfIsy DON'T work. Not until the mis-
h I'D command of the situation,
u6 NJ Ill emergencies, qualified to
2et them from her own practical ex-
|pefielce, can she demand perfection
ff01m h6r servant.
he proof of the pudding is in the
|eat inf and most of the kitchen re-
|cipes are tried out, not on the dog, but
on the family.
The expert domestic scientist must
be IA expert in the selection of food
|f0r her table and equally an expert in
Hts preparation. How many Florida
housekeepers can qualify?
For answer, watch the crowd pas
Sing along the streets of any Florida
city or village. From the closest ex-
|alnination Of individuals, how many
but of the average hundred appear in
good health, strong and content? Not
more than half.
Out Of the other half, how many
do you suppose are victims of insult
|ficient nutrition or malnutrition?
Probably more than half. Either
|they do not have enough food of the
| light kind, or what they have is i'm
properly cooked. For it is possible,
kverl common, that a person may eat
large amount of food, yet receive
1sufficient nutrition, because it isn't
he right kind of food for that par
lcular individual, or the food that he
ATS habitually may be ruined in it's
Preparation and much of its nourish-
il possibilities may be wasted by
nproper cooking.
What troubles come from the mis-
kes Of cooks, from the unhappiness
the young wife because her table
ut what hubby's mother used to set,
! N the suffering of the old roue
hose stomach couldn't take care of
Hsw oyster without doubling him up
til pain
i IFood should be selected in proper
|s'Iriety, the fruits, vegetables, meats
I'd bread stuffs. But it's rather
aiming point to make chemi-
! 1 laboratory of the stomach by
sisting on any certain proportions
Il protein and caloric contents. That
longs I'd the sanitarium where food
| roy adninistered like medicines, with
dropper.
Normally healthy people are enti-
] I'd to have their meals palatable,
Easing, to the taste to the eye and
the smell, and to have enough, for
,ch people stop eating when they
laIv We had enough.
But what is the fault with Florida
Fixing?
An important fault is due to the EN-
yment very generally of negro
who delight in the generous
No ~ crease. They spoil a fine
W. frying it in grease in addi-
Luz fat of the steak itself. it
ne4 the table dripping with this