The Vegetarian
[Mr. Royal Fillmore, who edits this department under the name of "Veg." will be absent from the city for several weeks. He has gone to visit vegetarians in St. Louis, Nashville, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Battle Creek and Chicago. In fact, he desires to see all the vegetarian people east of the Missouri River. We want a closer fellowship between the many workers for a meatless diet, and the object of this trip by our vegetarian editor is to get in touch with them. We are expecting communications from "Veg.," which will appear in this department as soon as received.--EDITOR.]
FROM SOUTH MISSOURI
In spite of the numerous substitutes
for lard and the commercial efforts at presenting them to the public, it
is surprising to note how many people use the old-fashioned hog grease.
I am now on a little jaunt through the
South and East. So far I have gotten well into Southern Missouri,
and the "grunt-grease" that I have encountered is astounding.
"Butter is high--use lard." That is the slogan. If
it wasn't for the awful slimy ooziness of its snowy filthiness, they would
use it for butter on the table. They seem to have no idea of the
vegetable oils. In fact, few do understand the use of the pure food
oils which are offered on the market at the present time. Pick up
any magazine and you will see the advertisements of vegetable oils.
Even if you do not care for the
humanitarian side of the matter, you should consider the question from a
point of economy and hygiene. Lard may cost less than the vegetable
compounds, but it does not go nearly so far. The vegetable oils are
more efficient because they do not smoke easily, therefore you may get
them hotter for frying and the food will absorb less grease.
I shall not deal with the disgusting
factor of the hog. These pages should be for joyful discussion.
At any rate, lard is the fat of hogs.
Short pastry made with vegetable oils
is much more digestable than that made with the animal fats.
Vegetable fats never need to be thrown
out after deep frying. They retain no tastes of the foods cooked in
them.
The vegetable oils may be had from any
good grocer. There's no excuse for using lard in this day when so
many real foods are obtainable.
The names of some cooking oils are
Konut, Kaola, Crisco, and Wesson's Snowdrift Oil. These are strictly
vegetarian. The first two or made from cocoanuts and the latter from
cotton seed oil.--"Veg."
Everyday brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear,
Looking seaward well assured
That the word the vessel brings
Is the word they wish to hear.
—Emerson.
Men do not become holy by careless wish; there must be study, consideration, liberation and earnest inquiry.—Spurgeon.
THE VEGETARIAN TABLE
HISTORICAL NOTE:
[ This note by the WEEKLY UNITY Editor, Lowell Fillmore, documents the fact that his younger brother, Royal Fillmore was the editor of the The Vegetarian column. It is also important because it documents the actions the Fillmores undertook to spread their beliefs and teachings about vegetarianism. -- REPRINT EDITOR. ]
[ The rest of this column was filled with recipes that have not been reproduced here. The recipes were for pieplant shortcake, pineapple supreme, and lentil cakes. If you would like to try these recipes, contact the Fillmore Institute for a copy of the original article or visit the Unity Archives to copy the original article. — REPRINT EDITOR. ]
Man was born to live with innocence and simplicity, but he has deviated from nature; he was born to share the bounties of heaven, but he has monopolized them; hew was born to govern the brute creation, but he is become their tyrant. If an epicure now shall happen to surfeit on his last night's feast, twenty animals the next day are to undergo the most exquisite tortures, in order to provoke his appetite to another guilty meal.—Oliver Goldsmith.
I would not give a farthing for a man's religion if his dog and cat are not better for it.—Rowland Hill
It is a grand thing to live—to open the eyes in the morning and look out upon the world, to drink in the pure air and enjoy the sweet sunshine, to feel the pulse abound and the being thrill with the consciousness of strength and power in every nerve; it is a good thing simply to be alive, and it is a good world to live in."
