Mushrooms, asparagus and parsley are a fine combina-
tion for him who claims digestive troubles and whose kid-
neys are weak.
Butter is particularly of value during the month of May
to people suffering from lung, throat and nasal troubles.
Such butter is to be used in large quantities and unsalted.
It must be used fresh and either by itself or with flaked
rice, hard tack or wheat preparations, like triscuit or gran-
ose biscuit.
The leaves of sorrel and of wild mustard to the stomach
better are than all the drugs that man prescribes, and
eaten daily as a salad our swollen liver ever bribes so
that at night we rest in Morpheus' arms as innocent and
sweet as angel faces who the early sunbeams greet.
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Should your stomach feel distressed at any time take a
few chips of ice, swallow them, then eat as much spinach
as will be necessary for you to make a good square meal
on and drink the juice of one lemon well salted. Repeat
this daily for three to five days. Thereafter use the tops
of red beets as a salad with radishes well peeled.
Powdered violet or orris root is better than salt and
spices at this season. It tones the stomach, cools the liver,
aids the kidneys and insures a healthy skin with a rosy
complexion.
Soups are not in order now that so many juicy veg-
etables adorn the valleys of our paradise.
Cooking should be discarded now and only such dishes
used that require no particular preparation except that of
cutting, slicing, grating and chopping.
When exhausted and tired take a glass of cream with
the juice of two lemons.
When unhappy use a mild cathartic and go to the river-
bank or the mountains for inspiration.
Fresh or dry rhubarb is a better chew than tobacco or
gum. Take a mouthful daily for ten days and note the
clear complexion, and the mild passages that give you so
much happiness.
Take a plunge in a running stream of water, a lively
pool or lake. Take that plunge before daylight and take
a good run until the body seems aglow. Rub the skin
gently, then vigorously. Keep it up for a month and you
shajl know the blessings God bestows upon the head of him
who listens to the voice and follows its command. Catarrhs
of throat or nose, catarrh of stomach and intestines need
not be where man is willing to entrust himself to water-
falls and waterwaves. Where in the early morn before
the sun does rise, the healing waters flow, there is the
power to cleanse the wise from every malady.
210
SUMMER TIME.
JUNE.
Blackberries will check diarrhea.
Turnips eaten daily with white onions will dispel scurvy,
gravel, and will remove tumors.
Whenever raw food makes you diarrhetic during the
warmer season, eat one tablespoonful of browned flour
after each meal.
Injections of French almond oil will heal hemorrhoids
or piles, whether bleeding or blind.
Sea weeds, the bleached part thereof, are of inestimable
value to the sufferer from indigestion and dyspepsia. Pull
the weeds; cut the lower ends fine, and eat with a piece
of unbuttered bread.
Do not use cheese and eggs at the same time with your
meal, but keep them apart. Fried eggs are out of order this
month, and baked cheese as in rarebit will call out old
conditions. So beware!
Stick to the vegetables in season and have^ cherries as
well as other small fruits in moderate quantities.
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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.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mushrooms, asparagus and parsley are a fine combination for him who claims digestive troubles and whose kidneys are weak.
Butter is particularly of value during the month of May to people suffering from lung, throat and nasal troubles. Such butter is to be used in large quantities and unsalted. It must be used fresh and either by itself or with flaked rice, hard tack or wheat preparations, like triscuit or granose biscuit.
The leaves of sorrel and of wild mustard to the stomach better are than all the drugs that man prescribes, and eaten daily as a salad our swollen liver ever bribes so that at night we rest in Morpheus' arms as innocent and sweet as angel faces who the early sunbeams greet.
Should your stomach feel distressed at any time take a few chips of ice, swallow them, then eat as much spinach as will be necessary for you to make a good square meal on and drink the juice of one lemon well salted. Repeat this daily for three to five days. Thereafter use the tops of red beets as a salad with radishes well peeled.
Powdered violet or orris root is better than salt and spices at this season. It tones the stomach, cools the liver, aids the kidneys and insures a healthy skin with a rosy complexion.
Soups are not in order now that so many juicy vegetables adorn the valleys of our paradise.
Cooking should be discarded now and only such dishes used that require no particular preparation except that of cutting, slicing, grating and chopping.
When exhausted and tired take a glass of cream with the juice of two lemons.
When unhappy use a mild cathartic and go to the riverbank or the mountains for inspiration.
Fresh or dry rhubarb is a better chew than tobacco or gum. Take a mouthful daily for ten days and note the clear complexion, and the mild passages that give you so much happiness.
Take a plunge in a running stream of water, a lively pool or lake. Take that plunge before daylight and take a good run until the body seems aglow. Rub the skin gently, then vigorously. Keep it up for a month and you shall know the blessings God bestows upon the head of him who listens to the voice and follows its command. Catarrhs of throat or nose, catarrh of stomach and intestines need not be where man is willing to entrust himself to waterfalls and waterwaves. Where in the early morn before the sun does rise, the healing waters flow, there is the power to cleanse the wise from every malady.
SUMMER TIME.
JUNE.
Blackberries will check diarrhea.
Turnips eaten daily with white onions will dispel scurvy, gravel, and will remove tumors.
Whenever raw food makes you diarrhetic during the warmer season, eat one tablespoonful of browned flour after each meal.
Injections of French almond oil will heal hemorrhoids or piles, whether bleeding or blind.
Sea weeds, the bleached part thereof, are of inestimable value to the sufferer from indigestion and dyspepsia. Pull the weeds; cut the lower ends fine, and eat with a piece of unbuttered bread.
Do not use cheese and eggs at the same time with your meal, but keep them apart. Fried eggs are out of order this month, and baked cheese as in rarebit will call out old conditions. So beware!
Stick to the vegetables in season and have^ cherries as well as other small fruits in moderate quantities.