Do not eat un- less you can do so with pleasure and attention to the food and its value to your system. 146 RAW FOOD. Mazdaznan is too broad, too liberal, to be partial, and does not condemn cooked, baked, roasted or prepared foods, although it does hold to economy in all departments of life. Mazdaznan favors raw foods wherever available and when- ever in season and adaptable to the climate. Much will de- pend upon the individual's temperament and knowledge of selection. Cooking, baking and roasting do not destroy the life principle of the vegetation, but they change its soil prop- erties, consequently the salts and acids, to such an extent that almost twice the quantity of cooked food becomes necessary to get the same results that raw food insures. The exclusive use of cooked foods is detrimental because of the excessive amount of food impossible for the system to as- similate. Partly cooked and prepared foods during the colder season are commendable. Raw foods can be pre- pared more daintily, more elaborately decorative and more appetizing than otherwise, and by a little experimenting hundreds of dishes can be prepared to meet everybody's de- mands, requirements and tastes. Mazdaznan favors simplicity, economy and holds that a rapidly progressing individual outgrows readily and easily all of the complications In food matters, leaning more and more to the simple foods as nature furnishes them, select- ing as necessity demands and with as little preparation as possible. In the following pages we shall give just a few recipes which will be suggestive of many combinations suit- able to the Individual's demands and needs. ^ A little prac- tice will develop a gift for limitless combinations. 147 GENERAL FOOD RULES. GRAINS. Rolled grains, broken, cracked, ground (coarse or fine), may be soaked in water or milk and made into cakes or loaves, crackers, gruels, etc. CEREALS. Rolled, cracked and flaked grains, including rice, sago, tapioca, pulses as beans, peas, lentils, when combined with grains, may be mixed with fruits and nuts or vegetables and dairly foods and nuts. In combining with fruits, spices may be used, but combining with vegetables savories only should be admitted. NUTS. Combine with any dish. Grapefruit, oranges, pineapples and lemons are most desirable fruits for nut creams, allow- ing dairy cream. Tom.atoes, rhubarb, sorrel and other tart vegetables agree well with nuts and make up fine nut creams, allowing dairy creams. Use nuts sparingly, but regularly with your meals. GREEN VEGETABLES. Such as beans, peas, cucumbers, egg plant, spinach, etc., after they are sliced or cut fine, should be thoroly salted and allowed to remain in salt for one-half hour, and then washed quickly in cold water. Any vegetable combines with nuts, grains and dairy products. Water should not be used with vegetables. FRUITS. Any fruit will combine with nuts and grain and in some instances with dairy foods. Care should be taken in never combining water with fruits when living upon raw foods. 148 DAIRY FOODS. In raw food diet for health purposes dairy foods are per- missible, although the frequent use of same cannot be recommended. They prove a good "means to an end," par- ticularly where we are outgrowing the flesh-eating and partly the habitual cooked food dietary.

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Do not eat unless you can do so with pleasure and attention to the food and its value to your system. RAW FOOD. Mazdaznan is too broad, too liberal, to be partial, and does not condemn cooked, baked, roasted or prepared foods, although it does hold to economy in all departments of life. Mazdaznan favors raw foods wherever available and whenever in season and adaptable to the climate. Much will depend upon the individual's temperament and knowledge of selection. Cooking, baking and roasting do not destroy the life principle of the vegetation, but they change its soil properties, consequently the salts and acids, to such an extent that almost twice the quantity of cooked food becomes necessary to get the same results that raw food insures. The exclusive use of cooked foods is detrimental because of the excessive amount of food impossible for the system to assimilate. Partly cooked and prepared foods during the colder season are commendable. Raw foods can be prepared more daintily, more elaborately decorative and more appetizing than otherwise, and by a little experimenting hundreds of dishes can be prepared to meet everybody's demands, requirements and tastes. Mazdaznan favors simplicity, economy and holds that a rapidly progressing individual outgrows readily and easily all of the complications In food matters, leaning more and more to the simple foods as nature furnishes them, selecting as necessity demands and with as little preparation as possible. In the following pages we shall give just a few recipes which will be suggestive of many combinations suitable to the Individual's demands and needs. ^ A little practice will develop a gift for limitless combinations. GENERAL FOOD RULES. GRAINS. Rolled grains, broken, cracked, ground (coarse or fine), may be soaked in water or milk and made into cakes or loaves, crackers, gruels, etc. CEREALS. Rolled, cracked and flaked grains, including rice, sago, tapioca, pulses as beans, peas, lentils, when combined with grains, may be mixed with fruits and nuts or vegetables and dairly foods and nuts. In combining with fruits, spices may be used, but combining with vegetables savories only should be admitted. NUTS. Combine with any dish. Grapefruit, oranges, pineapples and lemons are most desirable fruits for nut creams, allowing dairy cream. Tom.atoes, rhubarb, sorrel and other tart vegetables agree well with nuts and make up fine nut creams, allowing dairy creams. Use nuts sparingly, but regularly with your meals. GREEN VEGETABLES. Such as beans, peas, cucumbers, egg plant, spinach, etc., after they are sliced or cut fine, should be thoroly salted and allowed to remain in salt for one-half hour, and then washed quickly in cold water. Any vegetable combines with nuts, grains and dairy products. Water should not be used with vegetables. FRUITS. Any fruit will combine with nuts and grain and in some instances with dairy foods. Care should be taken in never combining water with fruits when living upon raw foods. DAIRY FOODS. In raw food diet for health purposes dairy foods are permissible, although the frequent use of same cannot be recommended. They prove a good "means to an end," particularly where we are outgrowing the flesh-eating and partly the habitual cooked food dietary.

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