Desserts
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Simple Desserts Not Forbidden
547. Plain, simple pie may serve as dessert, but when one eats
two or three pieces merely to gratify an inordinate appetite, he unfits
himself for the service of God. Some, after partaking largely of other
food, will take dessert, not because they need it, but because it tastes
good. If they are asked to take a second piece, the temptation is too
great to be resisted, and two or three pieces of pie are added to the
load placed upon the already overworked stomach. He who will do
this has never educated himself to practice self-denial. The victim of
appetite is so wedded to his own way that he cannot see the injury he
is doing to himself.—
Letter 17, 1895
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548. Then, when she needed extra clothing and extra food, and that
of a simple yet nutritious quality, it was not allowed her. Her system
craved material to convert into blood; but he would not provide it. A
moderate amount of milk and sugar, a little salt, white bread raised
with yeast for a change, graham flour prepared in a variety of ways by
other hands than her, plain cake with raisins, rice pudding with raisins,
prunes, and figs, occasionally, and many other dishes I might mention,
would have answered the demand of appetite.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:383, 384, 1870
549. The food placed before the patients should be such as to make
a favorable impression on them. Eggs can be prepared in a variety of
ways. Lemon pie should not be forbidden.—
Letter 127, 1904
[
Lemon pie used by E. G. White—Appendix 1:22
]
550. The dessert should be placed on the table and served with
the rest of the food; for often, after the stomach has been given all
it should have, the dessert is brought on, and is just that much too
much.—
Letter 53, 1898
For Clear Minds and Strong Bodies
551. I wish we were all health reformers. I am opposed to the use
of pastries. These mixtures are unhealthful; no one can have good
digestive powers and a clear brain who will eat largely of sweet cookies
and cream cake and all kinds of pies, and partake of a great variety
of food at one meal. When we do this, and then take cold, the whole
system is so clogged and enfeebled that it has no power of resistance,