Mazdaznan encyclopedia of dietetics and home cook book

Milk, cream, butter and cheese may be used. Also eggs can be used to advantage. Nut creams will prove more beneficial than dairy creams, altho the latter when combined with the former and small quantities of grain or fruit will often prove of inestimable value until we have learned more by close observation. Dairy foods in a raw food diet should not be mixed. Only one kind should be used to combme with grains, fruits and nuts, or vegetables, nuts and grams. Do not use eggs and milk at the same time, nor butter or cheese with eggs when on a raw diet. When using dairy products, acid, sub-acid or tart fruits or vegetables should be combined with a meal. In the following pages we shall give a few combinations that will enable us to make proper selection. WATER. This element is an excellent food, most economical, but not always advisable, and is better in its distilled form as nature supplies it in the form of vegetables and fruits. A better water than this and a more wholesome will not be found even though the artificial means may be ever so costly and ingeniously constructed. If your system needs fluids resort to juicy fruits. In eating scrape the fruit with your front teeth. Masticate thoroly, mixing it with saliva. This will prove of greater medicinal value and remove more troubles in one day than all the sciences combined shall be able to accomplish in centuries. Never use water with fruits or vegetables. The Raw Foodist must be particularly careful with water, and never use it with his meals except when living on bread or cereals. Where fruits or vegetables are used with meal, discard water. BEVERAGES AND DRINKS. HEALTH DRINK. Take one dozen each of Italian chestnuts and dates. Grind it all fine and pour a pint of sweet milk over it. Set aside for an hour. Strain before using. If left over night grind the nuts coarse. Used with malted grains and a few raw peanuts it will bring about the desired effect. An excellent morning drink. MORNING DRINK. At night before retiring to bed take three figs, two dates, two tablespoonfuls of raw peanuts with the brown skin, six chestnuts peeled, but with brown skin adhering. Grind or chop them all together. Pour over the mixture either water or sweet milk. Stir it before setting aside. In the morning strain thru flannel cloth and drink any desired quantity. It is mildly laxative. POPPY DRINK. Grind fine two tablespoonfuls of poppy seeds and add to one cupful of water or milk. Set aside in porcelain or earthenware dish for an hour or more. This makes a nice drink before retiring, also a fine drink at any time. The poppy seeds must not be fresh, FOOD DRINK. Take a cupful of sweet milk and beat it quickly, add the juice of half a lemon, pouring juice slowly. Fine summer drink and is good for invalids. May be used moderately in winter. EGG DRINK. Take the whites of two eggs. Beat until frothy. Gradually beat into it one-half cup of cream and lastly the juice of half a lemon. Used with a few nuts and a tablcspoonful of raw wheat it will prove nourishing. HOME BUTTERMILK.