The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-02
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one pound Irish oatmeal.
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Great saving may be made in some of
the articles, as for instance, when he
tires of oatmeal porridge. the Rev. Mr..
Grant varies il with cakes of Indian meal,
a ten-pound bag of which costs 10 cents;
or cents q single round Grapes may be
substituted for figs, and prunes for dates
without increasing the total output. For
the unleavened bread all that is necessary
| is flour and water.
OF course there is quite a trick in pre-
pairing such simple articles of diet as
those on the Boston minister's list in
such a way as 20 make them palatable-
This, the reverend gentleman says, may
be easily learned but. better STILL one can
soon become accustomed to unseasoned
food.
Take, for instance, the unieavened
bread which Mr. Grant makes his prin-
cipal article of diet. 1t is made by the
simplest process, the flour and cold water
being stirred till the combination is about
thick enough for griddle cakes. 1t is
then baked in castiron gem pans. rms
bread is placed at the front or all health
full food on which the doctor declares
he lives well at a cost of S7ls cents
week.
There are no two things he says, which
will enable one to accomplish SO muen
work, either mental or physical, as will
bread and oatmeal porridge, made after
the same formula as haSty pudding NO
matter what minor changes he may
make in his bill of fare, certain articles
a, never allowed to pass the Rev Mr..
Grants lips. On the prescribed list there
is neither flesh, fish, fowl, pies, cakes,
tea, coffee, sugar, spices, or pepper and
salt
The Rev. Mr. Grant has made the
question of proper and economical eating
a study for years, and his rules of diet
have therefore, an expert value. On this
subject he says:
IN relation 10 the healthy quantity of
food. l became satisfied that most peo-
ole ate too much. When L came to de-
eide on the quantity that my system
needed, first let my appetite decide; but
it soon occurred to my mind that my
appetite had neither reason nor judS-
ment and therefore was not competent
to direct in the matter The late Dr.. Do
Lewis of Boston gave me a very valu-
able rule on this subject, which was, to
decide or the quantity before mouth
full is taken. After weighing and meas
uring my food, and noting the effect upon
my stomach, l arrived at the quantity
and quality of food ana adapted 10
healthy system. 1 found that when
followed that, my stomach made no more
complaint about its work than did my
eyes when seeing, ears when hearing, or
heart or lungs when breathing have
not had the sick headache once in 10
years.
Concerning the manner of eating 1
soon found that fast eating was COM
mon bad habit of the American people.
and one special cause of indigestion. 1
had been in the habit of eating a meal in
five or ten minutes. Instead of mOisten-
ing my food with saliva | washed it down
eat a meal in less than half an hour, but
1 am usually much longer. All the food
should be converted into a complete pulp
in the mouth before it enters the
stomach. | drinkS nothing when eating.
LAS to the times of eating. In my
eari-r life [ ate whenever l felt an APP
petite for food, which might be a dozen
times day: l became satisfied that
this habit would lead to the ruin of
health. For 80 years l have eaten but
two meals a day. and nothing between
meals l take breakfast at o'clock and
dinner about 5 o'clock. | have no desire
Tor food except at these hours.
LAS ! grow older feel younger. / can
preach every evening and three times
Sundsv and feel as fresh at the close of
the day as in the morning.