Physiology, animal and mental : applied to the preservation and restoration of health of body, and power of mind / by O.S. Fowler.

  • Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Physiology, animal and mental : applied to the preservation and restoration of health of body, and power of mind / by O.S. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and cake, we stroll out in the evening with some loved one, and wishing to heighten our friendship by partaking together the very daintiest morsel known to the palate, we step into a confectionary—the sole object of which being to gratify the palate, it of course proffers the most dainty of luxuries—and call for what ? Meat in any form ? No, but ice creams, etc.; if in their season, strawberries and cream, or other berries in their respective seasons, because they furnish the highest gustatory enjoyment known to man—not to a few, for then they would not be kept, but to all, because preparations of meat are rarely kept by confectionaries proper, and when kept, are designed for food, not as a relish merely. Who loves roast beef better than rich Vergaluce pears, golden apricots, Morris White peaches, and other delicious fruits ? If meat tasted best to the many, it would be the crack-up dish; but ice-creams, berries-and-cream, jellies, preserves, cakes, custards, macaronis, floating-islands, blanck-mange, candies in various forms, oranges, lemonade, and the like—all prepa- rations of flour, sugar, eggs, nuts, and fruit—make up what all regard as the real dainties of the palate, to the entire exclu- sion of flesh preparations. Our proof is thus conclusive, that farinaceous preparations are more palatable than flesh ; yet, as many will believe no- thing not found in the Bible, and most regard it as paramount authority, it also sustains our doctrine : Butter and honey shall he eat, because these were the daintiest luxuries that could be named, and his prophetic feeding on such dainties indicated his super-royal rank. What is sweeter than honey ? says Samson. Many kindred allusions show that farinaceous food was esteemed far more delicious than meat in Scripture times, and that grapes held a similar rank. Honey is frequently mentioned in Scripture as the most deli, cious species of edibles, and this the tastes of the moderns also attest. A chapter in the Author's dietetic experience. Not that he sets up his own taste as a standard for others, but that others may be induced to make like experiments. With the first ap- pearance of strawberries annually, he picks o» buys, mashes,