t^HE RURAL SOCRATES* ^f 



: Kliyogg, as I have already obfervedj allows his fami- 

 ly a buQiel of potatoes each day. They are boiled till 

 fufficieirtiy fbft, and brought to table, wliere each per- 

 fon peels his own fhare, and eats it with fait : fometimes 

 they ftew them, taking care to pare them f:rl"t, as the 

 cows and pigs find the parings very acceptable. — ^Our 

 hiifbandman determined* to try if bread could be made 

 of potatoes, but had no fuccefs Vt^hilft he ufed no other 

 ingredient ; but with the addition of fome of the flour 

 with which they made houfhold bread, they anfwered 

 his purpofe. His method is as follows : Pare and cut 

 them into the kneading-trough ; pour in boiling water 

 enough to cover them 5 bruife them till thoroughly 

 fmooth : neither time nor pains fliould be fpared to per- 

 fedl: this operation, becaufeit is efTential to the msk'wg 

 of good bread, that there be no lumps. They fome- 

 times with the common dough take equal parts of 

 raafheJ potatoes, fometimes a third or fourth part : the 

 bread mufl be exceedingly well kneaded, and is then 

 \ery excellent. Nor is it found lefs noiTrifliing or in- 

 vigorating to the conflitution than when made entirely 

 of wheat. — Kliyogg dried fome potatoes in an oven, and 

 then had them ground, in order to fee if the flour would 

 make bread witlxout wheat ; but hitherto the experi- 

 ment has been unfuccefsful.* To iinifh the circum- 

 Aantial defcription I purpofed giving of Kliyogg's huf- 

 bandry, there li ill remains ail account of his paflurage 

 and woods o 



P^fl lire ground^ in this country, is fcattered amongfh 

 the woods in detached pieces. The foil is in general 



extremely 



* Potatoes are one of the nftoft va'uab'e prcfsnts wz Iisve received frora 

 {b.t new worU. — They furnifii the country people with 3 pleafant, whoie- 

 ibme, nutritious kind of aliment, favorable to pppalation. A great pare 

 of German Lorraine finds in them a confiant fjpport ; and the young 

 villagers there are ftout, well-fnadc, and of exceeding robuft conflitutions, 

 I have fcldom ieen diftempcrs amcngft foldier?, when they had putatoea lo 

 bcil iu their kettle, F, 



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