These may be easily prepared by adding to cold
mush sufficient boiling water to thin it. Stir and cook a
few minutes, and strain through a thin cloth or wire
strainer. They may be thin or thick, and if molded in
cups they make delicious jelly. Served with grape or
other fruit juice they are far more desirable for delicate
children and invalids, than the scores of much-lauded
extracts and jellies, often made of questionable material, ..
^lOO THE FAT OF THE LAND.
some of which according to the latest authority are a
"delusion and a snare."
Corn Meal Gruel. Put two heaping table-spoonfuls of
the best fine corn meal in a bowl, and make a thin,
smooth paste with warm water ; add slowly one quart of
boiling water ; stir it smooth and either boil or steam
three hours. Season with lemon, pineapple, grape or
anything desirable✪ Corn Meal Gruel.
Oatmeal, barley or other grain gruel may be made in a
similar manner, well cooked and strained.
RICE.
Rice is very nutritious and easily digested. It may be
prepared in a great variety of ways, but steaming or rapid
boiling are the perfect methods of cooking this valuable
cereal.
Steamed Rice. Wash in three or four waters one cup
of the best rice. Put it in an earthen dish with three cups
of cold water✪ Steamed Rice. Set in steamer and cook one hour. When
half done, if too thick add boiling water. Serve warm
with fruit sauce dressing, or with fruit, or mold plain, as
other cereals. Do not break the grains.
Steamed Rice with Raisins. Prepare as above and
add one cup of well washed raisins✪ Steamed Rice with Raisins. When done treat as
plain rice, or serve with sauce of chopped dates and
figs ; flavor with lemon if desired. Handle carefully so
that every grain may be whole.
Boiled Rice. Wash one cup of best rice, and put in a
porcelain kettle with three quarts of rapidly boiling water✪ Boiled Rice.
Cover and boil half an hour. Drain off the water and
.set on the back of the stove, or in the oven to steam dry.
Do not stir it ; and when done it should be an appetizing
CEREALS. 1 01
mass of entire white kernels. It may be served as a
vegetable, or with fruit dressing. Very lightly molded
with sound, fresh, bright colored fruit, it makes an artistic
dish. Use the water you drain off for gruel or any
purpose that may add to the dinner.
FRUITS. 103
CHAPTER VIII.
FRUITS.
These life giving, humanizing and soul inspiring pro-
ductions from the hand of our bounteous mother, surpass-
ing in beauty anc} aroma, any other food, should form at
least one-third or one-half our diet during their period
of perfection. From the ripening of the earliest straw-
berry to the latest peach or apple, each and all is filled
with its own delicious, health-giving nectar, fit not only
"for the gods," but fit substance to make physical and
spiritual gods of the human race.
The superiority of fruits as an article of diet is no
longer an uncertain problem. The purest water is in their
juices ; the sugar they contain abundant and harmless ;
the delicate acids stored in their substance are cooling,
and an essential element aiding digestion. The possibil-
ities of the sun-tinted fruits excel all other productions of
nature. They clear and invigorate the brain, cheer the
mind, beautify the body ; work wonders in sickness, and
are so permeated with electricity their free use will im-
part vigor, suppleness and grace to the entire body.
Fifty years ago, fruit outside of pasture and orchard
was a luxury. In the homes of poverty it was almost
unknown and was rigorously denied the invalid. To-day
it is a household necessity, plentiful and cheap, and the
physician who does not permit it to the sick is far behind
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
These may be easily prepared by adding to cold mush sufficient boiling water to thin it. Stir and cook a few minutes, and strain through a thin cloth or wire strainer. They may be thin or thick, and if molded in cups they make delicious jelly. Served with grape or other fruit juice they are far more desirable for delicate children and invalids, than the scores of much-lauded extracts and jellies, often made of questionable material, ..
some of which according to the latest authority are a "delusion and a snare."
Corn Meal Gruel. Put two heaping table-spoonfuls of the best fine corn meal in a bowl, and make a thin, smooth paste with warm water ; add slowly one quart of boiling water ; stir it smooth and either boil or steam three hours. Season with lemon, pineapple, grape or anything desirable.
Oatmeal, barley or other grain gruel may be made in a similar manner, well cooked and strained.
RICE.
Rice is very nutritious and easily digested. It may be prepared in a great variety of ways, but steaming or rapid boiling are the perfect methods of cooking this valuable cereal.
Steamed Rice. Wash in three or four waters one cup of the best rice. Put it in an earthen dish with three cups of cold water. Set in steamer and cook one hour. When half done, if too thick add boiling water. Serve warm with fruit sauce dressing, or with fruit, or mold plain, as other cereals. Do not break the grains.
Steamed Rice with Raisins. Prepare as above and add one cup of well washed raisins. When done treat as plain rice, or serve with sauce of chopped dates and figs ; flavor with lemon if desired. Handle carefully so that every grain may be whole.
Boiled Rice. Wash one cup of best rice, and put in a
porcelain kettle with three quarts of rapidly boiling water.
Cover and boil half an hour. Drain off the water and
.set on the back of the stove, or in the oven to steam dry.
Do not stir it ; and when done it should be an appetizing
CEREALS. 1 01
mass of entire white kernels. It may be served as a vegetable, or with fruit dressing. Very lightly molded with sound, fresh, bright colored fruit, it makes an artistic dish. Use the water you drain off for gruel or any purpose that may add to the dinner.
CHAPTER VIII.
These life giving, humanizing and soul inspiring productions from the hand of our bounteous mother, surpassing in beauty anc} aroma, any other food, should form at least one-third or one-half our diet during their period of perfection. From the ripening of the earliest strawberry to the latest peach or apple, each and all is filled with its own delicious, health-giving nectar, fit not only "for the gods," but fit substance to make physical and spiritual gods of the human race.
The superiority of fruits as an article of diet is no longer an uncertain problem. The purest water is in their juices ; the sugar they contain abundant and harmless ; the delicate acids stored in their substance are cooling, and an essential element aiding digestion. The possibilities of the sun-tinted fruits excel all other productions of nature. They clear and invigorate the brain, cheer the mind, beautify the body ; work wonders in sickness, and are so permeated with electricity their free use will impart vigor, suppleness and grace to the entire body.
Fifty years ago, fruit outside of pasture and orchard was a luxury. In the homes of poverty it was almost unknown and was rigorously denied the invalid. To-day it is a household necessity, plentiful and cheap, and the physician who does not permit it to the sick is far behind
Records on this page
Corn Meal GruelSteamed RiceSteamed Rice with RaisinsBoiled Rice