Diet
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Palatability
356. The food should have been prepared in a simple form, and
free from grease; but pains should have been taken to have it nutritious,
healthful, and inviting.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:485
.
357. Food should be prepared with simplicity, and yet with a nicety
that will invite the appetite.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:63
.
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358. Great care should be taken when the change is made from a
flesh meat to a vegetarian diet, to supply the table with wisely prepared,
well-cooked articles of food.—
Unpublished Testimonies, January 11,
1897
.
359. It is important that the food should be prepared with care, that
the appetite, when not perverted, may relish it.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:367
.
360. Unless the food is prepared in a wholesome, palatable man-
ner, it cannot be converted into good blood, to build up the wasting
tissues.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:538
.
361. Many do not feel that this is a matter of duty, and hence they
do not try to prepare food properly. This can be done in a simple,
healthful, and easy manner, without the use of lard, butter, or flesh
meats.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:681
.
362. In every line of cooking the question which should be con-
sidered, is, How can the food be prepared in the most natural and
inexpensive manner? And there should be careful study that the frag-
ments of food left over from the table be not wasted.—
Unpublished
Testimonies, January 11, 1897
.
Bread
363. Hot raised bread of any kind is difficult of digestion.—
The
Review and Herald, May 8, 1883
.
364. Bread should never have the slightest taint of sourness. It
should be cooked until it is most thoroughly done. Thus all softness
and stickiness will be avoided.... Milk should not be used in place of
water in bread making. All this is extra expense, and is not wholesome.
If the bread thus made is allowed to stand over in warm weather, and
is then broken open, there will frequently be seen long strings like
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cobwebs. Such bread soon causes fermentation to take place in the
stomach.... Every housekeeper should feel it her duty to educate herself