. 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., THE LIME. 76 Hydropathic Cook-Bo ok. The Pomegranate—Tomato, or Love Apple;—Okra, or Ganibo—The Cucumber. The Pomegranate {Pumica grana-turn) (fig. 61) is a native of Europeand Asia. The
. 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., THE LIME. 76 Hydropathic Cook-Bo ok. The Pomegranate—Tomato, or Love Apple;—Okra, or Ganibo—The Cucumber. The Pomegranate {Pumica grana-turn) (fig. 61) is a native of Europeand Asia. The fruit is about the sizeof a large peach, very beautiful, pleas-antly acid or sweet. In the Bible it isincluded among the fruits of Pales-tine, with the vine, fig, olive, and other pleasant fruits. The tree grows abouttwenty feet high, and is highly orna-mental, being covered with beautifulscarleifand very fragrant the Tomato, or Love-apple {Solarium lycopersium), littleis said in works on fruit and diet, for the reason that it isusually regarded as a mere condiment or pickling , it is allied to the potato; and under proper culti-vation, its fruit, which is pleasantly acid, has become one ofour best summer luxuries. When perfectly ripe it is excel-lent without either cooking or seasoning ; when but partiallyripe it should be stewed for an hour or more. The earliest-tomatoes in our market often sell
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