The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-13
I'LL MLALS OF THE DAY.
BREAKFAST SHOULD Pc HEARTY
AND EATEN QUITE EARLY.

Conversation mt Meal-Time-The Mid
day Lunch-Diniug Out.
The first meal of the day, or breakfast, Is
In this country-with those in health at all
events-a fairly substantial one, although
some people try--but, thank goodness, try
in van--to assimilste French and English
| customs in regard to breakfast. France
and its folks are different from England,
and with its solid men and women. Its
climate is different from ours; its notions
as regards eating and drinking can never
| be engraited on English bone and muscle,
Yes breakfast ought to he hearty one,
eaten early in the morning, and eaten
slowly, so as to preclude the possibility of
eating too heavily, which would materially
interfere with the business Of the day.
\ man or woman who is no breakfast
eater must either be u heavy-over heavy
supper eater or be in u bad state of health.
| A person. who requires the stimulus Of
cup of tea, or any other stimulus or stimu-
liant whatever, before partaking of solid
! food is not in the heyday of health. | like
TO see man have his breakfast first and
then feel round for his cup of coffee, tea or
chocolate have known the strongest and
healthiest of men positively forget all
about the liquid part of their breakfast,
and leave the table without it, | have
known men who scarcely ever touched Il
drop of liquid Of any kind from one weeks
end to another, and who, nevertheless.
were in ruddy and robust health,
WHAT TO EAT FOR BREAKFAST.
, What person eats for breakfast often
gives me a clew to the state of his health
One example: If, white sojourning at a
hotel, | see "a man come down TO breakfast
between 10 and II and sit down to deyiled
kidneys with plenty of sauce (piquanU.
and perhaps one poor puny egg to follow,
would be willing to aver that he carries
white tongue, and that his liver sadly
needs seeing TO.
| Ham and eggs bacon and eggs or a beef
steak or UNDERGONE chop, with boiled eggs
/ to follow, and then a cup of nice tea, is a
sensible breakfast for a man who is going
away out in the fresh air to walk or ride
/ or work till noon, but not for person who
has to sit all day in the same position AT
! manual labor. | emphasize the word
manual because intellectual or mental
! work COnduCes 70 appetite. An author
! hard at his desk, if his ideas be flowing
| freely, if he he happy at his work, and
time flying swiftly with him. soon gets
hungry, which only proves that we must
support the body well when there is a
strain upon the mind, so that no extra eN-
ira expenditure of tissue may lead TO de
bilty
Cheerful conversation insureS the easy
digestion of a good breakfast. II is a pity
that in this country the custom OF inviting
friends 20 the matutinul meal is not more
prevalent. 1t may seem strange thing
to say, but ] would ten times sooner go out
to breakfast than To dinner. One is, or
ought to be, freshest in the morning; he
then needs no artificial stimulus to make
him feel bright, witty, happy, rs he toe
often does after the duties OF the day are
over.
LUNCHEON-A "sNACK"- DYSPEPSIA.
The midday meal or luncheon to those
who dine in the evening and who have
work to do in the afternoon should be a
| light one. ! am not quite sure that dc
not approve of the city snack 1t puts
! one past; il sustains nature; ii leaves the
! mind free to think and to 60 lis duty, and
above all, it enables the stomach to have
a rest before the principal meal of the day.
Now, about this meal; | have to say
that, if partaken of alone by ones self, il
ought to be an absteminous one. Even in
company il need not be heavy one. No
matter how many courses there are, there
is not the slightest necessity Of making toe
free with them.
But it is fact, which every one must
have felt, that even a moderately heavy
meal is quickly and easily digested. if &c
! companied with and followed by witty OF
intellectual ana suggestive conversation
I'm n dyspeptc | rIust not dine out" |
have heard Il gentleman more than once
remark.
We'll, my impression is that it does dys
pepticS deal of good to dine ont if they
can eat in moderation and 1udiciously
never being tempted to call in the aid OF
artificial stimulus to enable them to do az
men of more robust physique are doing
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