Rates of Digestion

The 1989 Publication Oglivie's Encyclopedia of Useful Information gives a (far from scientific) chronology of the time taken to digest various foods:
Food 	Rate
rice 	1 hour
milk (raw) 	1¼ hours
apples 	1½ hours
eggs (raw) 	1½ hours
milk (boiled) 	2 hours
eggs (boiled) 	3 hours
beef (roast) 	3 hours
bread (fresh) 	3¼ hours
carrots (boiled)	3¼ hours
butter 	3½ hours
cheese 	3½ hours
turnips (boiled)	3½ hours
fowls (roast) 	4 hours
cabbage 	4½ hours
veal (roast) 	5½ hours
Source: Schott's Food And Drink Miscellany
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