From time immemorial it was a recognized fact, gained
thru life-long experience and keen observation, that
Lenten season, or the time preceding the opening of spring,
was the best and most effective time for the purification
of the body and the preparing of the same by the use of
tender herbs and plants containing healing qualities. The
thurch in Egypt, Babylonia, Syria, India and other coun-
tries had a perfect calendar of fasting seasons and fast
days. Even the early church in Christendom laid a great
deal of stress upon fasting. Civilization has dethroned it,
consequently disease and disast'^r.
A fast means that one should abstain from food entirely
and only quench his thirst with hot water.
Invalids should use the juice of grapefruits, or use grape
juice with boiling hot water.
Others again fare well on different herb teas, from
barks, roots, blossoms or leaves. One should use the
young shoots of springtime, the tender bark of the cherry,
plum, willow, the roots of sarsaparilla, orris, sassafras,
dandelion, leaves of the violet, dandelion, yarrow, sorrel,
watercress ; blossoms of the violet, rose, lilac, cherry.
Live strictly and abstain from heating foods and drinks
for forty days, and thy days will be long in the land, par-
ticularly so if you raise your mind in thanksgiving to the
terrestrial parenthood, and in honor to father and mother
devote a few moments in reverential devotion. The bless-
ings of father will thus give thee possessions of the earth
and a mother's love aid thee in your enjoyments. Unto
this end let all things prosper.
172
EASTER WEEBT.
. A TIME FOR REASONABLE FEASTING.
First Day.
Breakfast — Dandelion Salad.
Lunch — Lettuce and Poached Egg.
Dinner — Rice and Cream. Vegetable Salad.
Second Day.
Breakfast — Dandelion and Chives.
Lunch — Cottage Cheese Sandwich, with Cress Salad.
Dinner — Scrambled Eggs and Bread, Tapioca Pudding.
Third Day.
Breakfast — One raw Carrot.
Lunch — Egg Sandwich with Lettuce and Mayonnaise
Dressing.
Dinner — Farmer's Rice. Cheese Sandwich, Cress Salad.
Water Crackers.
Fourth Day.
Breakfast — One raw Carrot.
Lunch — Beet Tops Salad and Gems.
Dinner — Vegetable Soup. Nut Salad. Bread. Mus-
tard Leaves or Cress.
Fifth Day.
Breakfast — Glass of Hot Water.
Lunch — Noonday Prayer.
Dinner — Raw Egg with a dash of Salt and Cayenne
Pepper and Thanksgiving in your heart.
Sixth Day.
Breakfast — Sponge bath before sunrise, or bathing in
dew. Take a long walk ; meditating.
Lunch — Raw Rhubarb Salad✪ Raw Rhubarb Salad on Lettuce.
Dinner — One Egg fried in Butter with Lettuce and
two Triscuits✪ One Egg Fried in Butter.
Seventh Day.
Breakfast — A walk and cold plunge. Small glass of
Old Wine. .
173
Lunch — Scrambled Eggs with Chives and Matzos.
Dinner — Vegetable Consomme. Vegetable Salad. Mac-
aroni and Mushrooms with Tart Sauce. Thimbleful of
Wine.
Page 92 · 2 recipe records on this page
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
From time immemorial it was a recognized fact, gained thru life-long experience and keen observation, that Lenten season, or the time preceding the opening of spring, was the best and most effective time for the purification of the body and the preparing of the same by the use of tender herbs and plants containing healing qualities. The thurch in Egypt, Babylonia, Syria, India and other countries had a perfect calendar of fasting seasons and fast days. Even the early church in Christendom laid a great deal of stress upon fasting. Civilization has dethroned it, consequently disease and disaster.
A fast means that one should abstain from food entirely and only quench his thirst with hot water.
Invalids should use the juice of grapefruits, or use grape juice with boiling hot water.
Others again fare well on different herb teas, from barks, roots, blossoms or leaves. One should use the young shoots of springtime, the tender bark of the cherry, plum, willow, the roots of sarsaparilla, orris, sassafras, dandelion, leaves of the violet, dandelion, yarrow, sorrel, watercress ; blossoms of the violet, rose, lilac, cherry.
Live strictly and abstain from heating foods and drinks for forty days, and thy days will be long in the land, particularly so if you raise your mind in thanksgiving to the terrestrial parenthood, and in honor to father and mother devote a few moments in reverential devotion. The blessings of father will thus give thee possessions of the earth and a mother's love aid thee in your enjoyments. Unto this end let all things prosper.
EASTER WEEK. . A TIME FOR REASONABLE FEASTING.
First Day.
Breakfast — Dandelion Salad.
Lunch — Lettuce and Poached Egg.
Dinner — Rice and Cream. Vegetable Salad.
Second Day.
Breakfast — Dandelion and Chives.
Lunch — Cottage Cheese Sandwich, with Cress Salad.
Dinner — Scrambled Eggs and Bread, Tapioca Pudding.
Third Day.
Breakfast — One raw Carrot.
Lunch — Egg Sandwich with Lettuce and Mayonnaise Dressing.
Dinner — Farmer's Rice. Cheese Sandwich, Cress Salad. Water Crackers.
Fourth Day.
Breakfast — One raw Carrot. Lunch — Beet Tops Salad and Gems. Dinner — Vegetable Soup. Nut Salad. Bread. Mustard Leaves or Cress.
Fifth Day. Breakfast — Glass of Hot Water. Lunch — Noonday Prayer.
Dinner — Raw Egg with a dash of Salt and Cayenne Pepper and Thanksgiving in your heart.
Sixth Day.
Breakfast — Sponge bath before sunrise, or bathing in dew. Take a long walk ; meditating.
Lunch — Raw Rhubarb Salad on Lettuce.
Dinner — One Egg fried in Butter with Lettuce and two Triscuits.
Seventh Day.
Breakfast — A walk and cold plunge. Small glass of Old Wine. .
Lunch — Scrambled Eggs with Chives and Matzos.
Dinner — Vegetable Consomme. Vegetable Salad. Macaroni and Mushrooms with Tart Sauce. Thimbleful of Wine.
Records on this page
Raw Rhubarb SaladOne Egg Fried in Butter