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Mazdaznan encyclopedia of dietetics and home cook book

1909

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Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Rightly prepared can be used to great advantage in dis- orders of the digestive organs, particularly the liver and where there is starch poisoning. But the secret lies in the preparation. Select medium-sized green cucumbers. Wash each one of them and rub dry. Slip them gently into a tub of boiling hot brine and leave them in for two to three hours or until cold. (The brine must be heavy enough that a raw egg will keep on top the water.) Now put up the cucumbers in an earthenware crock or an old whisky barrel, layer upon layer, starting with a layer ot grape leaves, dill, then cucumbers, and so on, ending up on top with a layer of grape leaves and dill. Bring the same salt brine to a boilDill Pickles again. When ice cold pour into the vessel filled with cucumbers. When filled to the very top, place a porcelain or an earthenware lid on inside of vessel and a heavy rock so as to keep contents tight and to keep the scum which will form from touching the pickles. Whenever scum forms it should be skimmed. Vessel must be kept in a cool, dry, dark place. Properly done, the dill pickles are ready for use in ten days. The brine is used effectively in cases of constipation. Dill pickles are of advantage to the physically based during the cold season. May be used frequently. Where used in excess mustard cucumbers must be used to counteract organic disorders. MUSTARD CUCUMBERS. Select yellow, ripe cucumbers of a fair size. Peel them. Cut crosswise into four to six strips each. Take out all 194 the seeds. Place them in layers and salt them well. Leave them stand over night for eight to ten hours. Take them out one by one and dry them with a scrup- ulously clean towel. When thoroly dried place them in earthenware crock in layers. Over each layer sprinkle quite freely, but not too much, whole mustard seeds and two bay leaves. When done bring to a boil selected fine grape vinegar, just enough to cover the contents of crock. Add to each pint of vinegar one tablespoonful of sugar, four sticks of cinnamon, eight clovesMustard Cucumbers. Remove cinnamon and cloves from vinegar before pouring on the contents of the crock. A porcelain plate on top of the contents and a clean cloth or heavy paper over top will suffice to keep the mustard cucumbers wholesome. Can be put up in glass jars. A few thin sliced onions, Bermudas and Spanish, over each layer of cucumbers will add to the relish. Mustard relish may be used to an advantage by the three bases, depending entirely upon the condition of the trouble. TEA FOR INVALIDS. The intellectually based should use Japanese garden and green tea, first picking. The spiritually based Chinese or Oolong and Russian tea. The physically based will find India, Ceylon, Congou and Souchong tea the better. When out of sorts or under the weather, nervous or negative, chew a pinch of tea leaves. When reduced to a pulpy consistency expel. In case the pulp tastes weedy, mousy and biting, it is because the tea is tainted and not as represented. Use only selected teas for medicinal pur- poses. Must be used without cream or sugar. Can be used with lemon and rum, arac, or Cognac. MILK DIET Will be found of great aid in restoring organic disorders. To gain good results one must abstain from all foods and confine himself to one glass of milk every two hours, 195