Easter Week is followed by six weeks of hard labor,
outings, sports and feasting. Use the products of the
season and make up deficiencies and cravings for other
foods very sparingly. Eggs should be eaten in large
quantities. Oils to be used in salad only. Fresh butter,
particularly sweet butter, to be used upon all occasions.
For five weeks have mushroom sauces on rice. Get all
the greens the market offers. If your stomach kicks up
and won't behave after you have tried to be good, eat
spinach in large quantities with just a dash of cayenne
and salt and enough lemon juice to cover the dish.
Use no grains, cereals, nuts, oils or butter and eggs for
three days. Simply stuff on spinach and other greens.
After that take for several mornings a tablespoonful of
fresh pineapple juice and eat regular courses.
Remember to confine yourself largely to home-grown
victuals.
Make it a Rule to break away from cooked dishes as
much as possible, and learn to live upon raw foods,
quickly and easily prepared. This season will prove the
best to gradually grow into the habit of a simple life.
Expose the body by degrees to the air and sunshine.
Learn to live upon the produce of your own climate and
local market, using foreign-grown fruits and vegetables
merely as eliminators or when tonic is absolutely neces-
sary. The simpler we live the better for us.
Whatever you do, let it be done gradually and follow
the still, small voice conjointly with judgment and reason.
Easter season, or the early springtime, is most conducive
to the eradication of diseases, growing in health and
strength with the advance of the season. But we must
be reasonable and watch nature; follow in her footsteps
and accept from her the tender roots and shoots, the leaves
and blossoms.
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MENU FOR EARLY SPRINGTIME.
Strict Observance of the Simple Life at This Particular Season Elhnin-
ates All Accumulations, Insuring Health and Happiness
for the Entire Ensuing Year.
First Day.
Breakfast — Walk barefoot for five minutes; wash off
face and hands in morning dew.
Lunch — Poached Eggs on Toast. Asparagus. Bread
Sticks.
Dinner — Macaroni and Mushroom Sauce. Cottage
Cheese with Chives and Cream. Buttered Toast. Dande-
lion Salad.
Second Day.
Breakfast — Five-minute run on lawn. Thimbleful of
Violette Tea.
Lunch — Lenten Chops with Mushroom Sauce. Sliced
Radishes on Lettuce. Swedish Bread.
Dinner — Farmer's Rice. Cheese Patties. Hot Biscuit
with Butter. Cress on Lettuce with Nut Cream.
Third Day.
Breakfast — Chase yourself all over the yard and pant
for breath just for one-half or a minute.
Lunch — Hard boiled Eggs. Dry Rice Flakes. Mush-
rooms with Butter gravy.
Dinner — Deviled Eggs. Bread Sticks. Lettuce Salad
with Mayonnaise.
Fourth Day.
Breakfast — Plunge feet into cold water a dozen times
and run about the house until dry.
Ltmch — Fried Eggs. Hot Biscuit. Dandelion Salad
with Nut Cream.
Dinner — Rice Soup. Cottage Cheese with Chives.
Mushrooms and Onion Salad. Fresh Bread.
Fifth Day.
Breakfast — Five-minute run with bare feet.
Lunch — Scrambled Eggs. Matzos Bread. Shredded
Lettuce with Green Onion Tops and Mayonnaise.
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Dinner — Lenten Chops with Mushroom Sauce. Bread
Sticks. Dandelion Salad. Rice Pudding.
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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
Easter Week is followed by six weeks of hard labor, outings, sports and feasting. Use the products of the season and make up deficiencies and cravings for other foods very sparingly. Eggs should be eaten in large quantities. Oils to be used in salad only. Fresh butter, particularly sweet butter, to be used upon all occasions. For five weeks have mushroom sauces on rice. Get all the greens the market offers. If your stomach kicks up and won't behave after you have tried to be good, eat spinach in large quantities with just a dash of cayenne and salt and enough lemon juice to cover the dish. Use no grains, cereals, nuts, oils or butter and eggs for three days. Simply stuff on spinach and other greens. After that take for several mornings a tablespoonful of fresh pineapple juice and eat regular courses.
Remember to confine yourself largely to home-grown victuals.
Make it a Rule to break away from cooked dishes as much as possible, and learn to live upon raw foods, quickly and easily prepared. This season will prove the best to gradually grow into the habit of a simple life. Expose the body by degrees to the air and sunshine. Learn to live upon the produce of your own climate and local market, using foreign-grown fruits and vegetables merely as eliminators or when tonic is absolutely necessary. The simpler we live the better for us.
Whatever you do, let it be done gradually and follow the still, small voice conjointly with judgment and reason. Easter season, or the early springtime, is most conducive to the eradication of diseases, growing in health and strength with the advance of the season. But we must be reasonable and watch nature; follow in her footsteps and accept from her the tender roots and shoots, the leaves and blossoms.
MENU FOR EARLY SPRINGTIME.
Strict Observance of the Simple Life at This Particular Season Eliminates All Accumulations, Insuring Health and Happiness
for the Entire Ensuing Year.
First Day.
Breakfast — Walk barefoot for five minutes; wash off face and hands in morning dew.
Lunch — Poached Eggs on Toast. Asparagus. Bread Sticks.
Dinner — Macaroni and Mushroom Sauce. Cottage Cheese with Chives and Cream. Buttered Toast. Dandelion Salad.
Second Day.
Breakfast — Five-minute run on lawn. Thimbleful of Violette Tea.
Lunch — Lenten Chops with Mushroom Sauce. Sliced Radishes on Lettuce. Swedish Bread.
Dinner — Farmer's Rice. Cheese Patties. Hot Biscuit with Butter. Cress on Lettuce with Nut Cream.
Third Day.
Breakfast — Chase yourself all over the yard and pant for breath just for one-half or a minute.
Lunch — Hard boiled Eggs. Dry Rice Flakes. Mushrooms with Butter gravy.
Dinner — Deviled Eggs. Bread Sticks. Lettuce Salad with Mayonnaise.
Fourth Day.
Breakfast — Plunge feet into cold water a dozen times and run about the house until dry.
Lunch — Fried Eggs. Hot Biscuit. Dandelion Salad with Nut Cream.
Dinner — Rice Soup. Cottage Cheese with Chives. Mushrooms and Onion Salad. Fresh Bread.
Fifth Day. Breakfast — Five-minute run with bare feet. Lunch — Scrambled Eggs. Matzos Bread. Shredded Lettuce with Green Onion Tops and Mayonnaise.
Dinner — Lenten Chops with Mushroom Sauce. Bread Sticks. Dandelion Salad. Rice Pudding.