. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., RJIU1SAOD—E1KI § 6. Tlowerless Ferns, Lichens, Seaweeds, and Mushrooms which are Aliments, oit Foods Proper. 95 Iceland Moss—Koran—Reindeer Mosa—Irish Moss—Toadstoo
. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., RJIU1SAOD—E1KI § 6. Tlowerless Ferns, Lichens, Seaweeds, and Mushrooms which are Aliments, oit Foods Proper. 95 Iceland Moss—Koran—Reindeer Mosa—Irish Moss—Toadstools. eaten, or eatable, may be conveniently considered under thistitle. I do not regard the whole tribe as worth the ink spiltin describing them, only as showing the vast variety of eatingmaterial there is in the world, and the resources to which onemay resort in extremity. Natural appetences never requirenor desire such food, and the pampered and abnormal tastecan not be satisfied were the earth and sea and air to yieldten thousand times as many animals and vegetables for it toprey and gorge upon. Those lichens which are employed as food contain a starchymatter called feculoid, or lickenin, usually associated with abitter principle, which may be removed by soaking in a weakalkaline solution. Of this character are several species of(tijrophora, used by the hunters of the Arctic regions and th
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