Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-16
THE HISTORY OF SALT
is GIVEN BY MRS. WILSON
And Some Recipes for Salts Be Used Fiauong in Soups
or Goulashes--Expandtion of Vdrious Sayings
Nv MRS. NJ. A. WILSON

Dy WINS. h, "a "tiSON
COPYRIGHT 1920. bp Mrs. NJ. A. Wilson. All
rights reserved.
IF THERE Is not sufficient amount of
u salt given to the blood stream. it
becomes slow and sluggish the bodily
secretions, such as bile and gastric
juice, become slow and torpid. and, in
deed. the whole process of digestion
requires the use of about twelve grains
OF salt per day.
In some form or other salt is now
widely distributed throughout the
world, SO that il is possible today to
obtain IL in more or less abundance.
The ocean may be made to yield salt
and masses of roCksalt with their briny
spring yield an almost endless supply;
IN fact. as one writer puts It, salt is
dispensed over all nature, it is treas
ured up in the bowels Of the earth, II
impregnates the ocean and desccnds in
the rain"
Some Salt Recipes
Various favored salts may be pre-.
pared for seasoning:
i Onion salt
Place in a shallow baking dish
One cup Of fine table Saf.
One and Onc-hat cups Of FIN chop
ped onions.
Rub the salt into onions and then
dry in the oven. When the salt Is dry
rub through fine sieve and seal in n
jar.
Blended Seasoning
One-hdr cup Of table salt.
h One ierci tablespoon Of rhiir pepper.
I One lercl tablespoon Of pdprikh.
Pinch Of clorCs.
.II
!. One-hGv teaspoon Of street mar
jorom.
Mix and then seal. Use for soups,
stews, goulashes. etc.
Celery Salt
Use the green leaves of the celery
and put through the food chopper
Measure and then place in a shallow
baking dish
Tpo cups Of the prepared celery,
One and one-hdt cups Of salt.
Rub between the hands to mix and
then dry and rub through a sieve.
Garlic Salt
One-hGt cup Of salt,
= -Four clorcs Of garlic crushed fine.
Dry and then sift and seal in Jar.
The expression that a person is not
worth his salt can. without doubt.
be traced directly to the salarium, or
salt ration, or salt money of the Roman
army.
England. rich in the Tore of the
schools and colleges, tells of the Eton
Montem-now dcfunCt-Of the boys of
the school who. masked in fancy dress
and known as the salt bearers, secured
the countryside on the morning of
Montem day to levy a tribute of money
from the many folks who were assem-
bled 10 watch the boys antics on this
day. The salt bearers bestowed pinch
Of salt on those who contributed their
quota of money to the salt box. Then,
amid great hilarity and with due pOmp
and ceremony. the contents of the salt
box were presented to the captain of
the school. The presentation was made
to the captain on Il little Cmlncnce
near the school, known As Salt Him.
The hazing of our freshmen in schools
and colleges is n practice descended
from the old sailing days of England.
A freshman was called upon to commit
!, various stunts and antics for the amuse-
Rcnt of his companions. This custom
was known as sailing.
The Cum Grano Sails is an old
saying of the English tiShorwomen in
London. 1t means taken with grain
of salt. or in other words. to use eau.
ton in accepting a statement which has
been made to them. This saying is
used to convey TO the mind that salt is
a condiment which is TO be used spar
ingly so that the truth IS sparingly
scattered throughout the statement.
= An old commercial expression of the