The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

boil until a little will harden when dropped in cold water; pour on to buttered tins and when sufficiently cool cut into sticks with oiled knife. MEALS AND MENUS “Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!” “Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength and not for drunkenness.” Eccl. 10:16, 17. Many have been greatly benefited by eating the first meal, breakfast, 3-5 hours after rising, according to their work. “Eat only when hungry, drink only when thirsty.”--_E. H. D._ “Three meals a day and nothing between meals, not even an apple should be the utmost limit of indulgence. Those who go further violate nature’s laws and will suffer the penalty.” “If you would give it a trial, you would find two meals better than three.” “The stomach, when we lie down to rest, should have its work all done, that it may enjoy rest as well as other portions of the body. The work of digestion should not be carried on through any period of the sleeping hours. If you feel that you must eat at night, take a drink of cold water and in the morning you will feel much better for not having eaten.” “It is not well to eat fruit and vegetables at the same meal. If the digestion is feeble, the use of both will often cause distress, and inability to put forth mental effort. It is better to have the fruit at one meal and the vegetables at another.” As a rule, it is better to serve fruits at the close of a meal. “In order to have healthy digestion, food should be eaten slowly.... If your time to eat is limited, do not bolt your food, but eat less and eat slowly.” Masticate food to creaminess. “Enjoy to the full every mouthful of food as long as any taste remains in it.”--_C. C. H._ “Custom has decided that the food shall be placed upon the table in courses.