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ful than fresh bread. This, with slow and thorough mastication, will
furnish all that the system requires.—
Manuscript 3, 1897
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Good bread in place of Rich Foods-312
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Hot Biscuits
500. Hot biscuits and flesh meats are entirely out of harmony with
health reform principles.—Extracts from Unpublished Testimonies in
Regard to Flesh Foods, 2, 1884
501. Hot soda biscuits are often spread with butter, and eaten as
a choice diet; but the enfeebled digestive organs cannot but feel the
abuse placed upon them.—
Letter 72, 1896
502. We have been going back to Egypt rather than on to Canaan.
Shall we not reverse the order of things? Shall we not have plain,
wholesome food on our tables? Shall we not dispense with hot biscuits,
which only cause dyspepsia?—
Letter 3, 1884
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A Cause of Dyspepsia—720
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Gems and Rolls
503. Hot biscuit raised with soda or baking powder should never
appear upon our tables. Such compounds are unfit to enter the stomach.
Hot raised bread of any kind is difficult of digestion. Graham gems,
which are both wholesome and palatable, may be made from the
unbolted flour, mixed with pure cold water and milk. But it is difficult
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to teach our people simplicity. When we recommend graham gems,
our friends say, “Oh, yes, we know how to make them.” We are much
disappointed when they appear raised with baking powder or with sour
milk and soda. These give no evidence of reform. The unbolted flour,
mixed with pure soft water and milk, makes the best gems we have
ever tasted. If the water is hard, use more sweet milk, or add an egg to
the batter. Gems should be thoroughly baked in a well-heated oven,
with a steady fire.
To make rolls, use soft water and milk, or a little cream; make a
stiff dough and knead it as for crackers. Bake on the grate of the oven.
These are sweet and delicious. They require thorough mastication,
which is a benefit to both the teeth and the stomach. They make good
blood, and impart strength. With such bread, and the abundant fruits,