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Counsels on Diet and Foods
I at once cut meat out of my bill of fare. After that I was at times
placed where I was compelled to eat a little meat. [
At Times Compelled
to Eat a Little Meat When Other Food Was Not Available—699
]
[
Note.—From the time of her girlhood, Mrs. White was burdened
with writing and public ministry, and was therefore obliged to place
the responsibilities of the domestic work in her home largely upon
housekeepers and cooks. She was not always able to secure the ser-
vices of those trained in hygienic cookery. So there were times in
her own home when various compromises had to be made between
the ideal standards, and the knowledge, experience, and standards of
a new cook. Then, too, much of the time while traveling, she was
dependent for her food upon those whom she was visiting. Although
able to subsist upon a spare diet, it sometimes seemed necessary to eat
some meat, which she knew was not the best food and which was not
of her own choosing.—Compilers.
]—
Letter 83, 1901
Lament for Want of a Cook—1892
11. I am suffering more now for want of some one who is ex-
perienced in the cooking line,—to prepare things I can eat.... Food
is prepared in such a way that it is not appetizing, but is having the
tendency to dry up the desire for food. I would pay a higher price for
a cook than for any other part of my work.—
Letter 19c, 1892
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Final Pledge for Teetotal Nonflesh Diet
12. Since the camp meeting at Brighton (January, 1894) I have
absolutely banished meat from my table. It is an understanding that
whether I am at home or abroad, nothing of this kind is to be used in
my family, or come upon my table. I have had much representation
before my mind in the night season on this subject.—
Letter 76, 1895
13. We have plenty of good milk, fruit, and bread. I have already
consecrated my table. I have freed it from all flesh meats. It is better
for physical and mental soundness to refrain from living upon the flesh
of animals. As far as possible we are to come back to God’s original
plan. From henceforth my table shall be free from the flesh of dead
animals, and devoid of those things in desserts which take much time
and strength to prepare. We may use fruit freely, and in different ways,
and run no risk of incurring the diseases that are incurred by using the