The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-25
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yaieau. Intermountain Catholic.
near Miss Valeau: Please tell me
hat 10 eat during this warm season.
Housekeeper, Ogden.
m not have red meat more than
.ni,e q week this hot weather, and
,.rp chicken at least that often. if you
l a1 afford it. Vegetables and salads
.rs much better than meats. if you
an neTsuade the men Of the family to
%st effect: but be careful not to give
.,pr family too many iced drinks.
!Ibink out the menu and see to il that
~ fitness that comes is not due to
r,ar carelessness in that matter.
near Miss Valeau: Please give me
.,ur advice about what TO drink dur
;,r the summer. G. NJ. S. Pocatello.
Ss-e should be taken with regard to
...nr and drinking at all times. but
.ays- in this care more essential to the
a.fsre than during periods of extreme
tsg Comfort. as well as health, is
sgely depehueh1 III lile summer on the
Diet
1,f 70 a TIlc, hot
!. Graves This. of course. is true
.gIv when the taste is natural not
,sryerted through riotous disregard Of
N rules Of health and sense. Almost
every one knows that animal food is
beating. so il is well to avoid meats
n hot weather. Fruits, if ripe. are
furnishing and healthful The same is
.-rs Of vegeta bles.
without doubt the best thing to drink
1. water If it be pure. But ice should
rrt be put into ii. This. for two rea-
sons: One is you do not know the his
tr-y Of the ice. and the other is. taking
srvthing so cold as fee water into the
stomach plays havoc with the digestion.
there have been cases where it has
-1yed fatal because Of the excessive
md sudden lowering Of the body's tenn
prsture.
Bitter have the water iced. that is.
fDed by being placed in a bottle in the
rtigerator. Drink it slowly. The same
rule applies to drinking as to eating,
ana that is dot not be I'm a hurry about
&
Another rule to be observed in water
drinking is not to drink with meals.
This retards digestion. If you drink
with meals the tendency is not to mas
=
Drink between meals. 1t is all a ques-
ton OF lasting comfort as against the
temporary qualification of the palate
There is no question that liquid re-
freshment is more necessary in sum-
mer than in winter. One perspires in
summer, and the liquids which one
Hkes make good this loss.
Do not take drinks containing al |
nhol for these are heating TO the sys-
ten and so defeat the end desired |
Many are devoted to iced tea. ThN
certainly cannot be recommended as a |
hsalthful drink any more than iced cof- |
fee can but If one will drink it, see |
that il is properly made. Make the |
tea early in the day and do not let l
The liquor remain on the tea leaves. If |
you do the tannin is drawn from them, |
and this is the very thing to be avoid |
I'd After draining off the liquor set |
i away to cool and serve it iced rather /
than with ice. A bit of lemon is tasty I
i one likes the coffee with sugar and |
cream, see that the coffee is poured |
over the cream when made early in the |
Day then set # away 10 cool and drink |
It iced
Among the other cool drinks that are
Teireshing is barley water This is sim
ply made. Take two tablespoonfuls of
barley and cover with cold water
After boiling for five minutes. strain.
Keeping the barley only. Put in a
pitcher and cover with a pint of boil
Ing water Add the rind Of a lemon |
ana three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Set
away TO cool. Some wish it Favored
more with lemon. or to have a little
nutmeg added. Fruit juices. too, may
AIDED according to ones taste. Bar
5y water is not only cooling, but is
nutritious as we'll
is good plan in summer to have
jar n lemon juice OF orange juice,
E9lerly sweetened, IN the fee chest.
l1en, one wishes a glass OF lemon
sls can be easily and quickly made
y AIDING the juice 10 the iced water.
Juices
ICED milk is apt not to be the most
.4atafUl drink. for il is heavy for the
alonac1 to digest If it is taken. bear
u MIND 70 drink il slowly; in fact ii is
Eel 70 heed medical advice to the eff
- sJ mat as milk is food, it should
really be eaten.