. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . ood elements. LEGUMES Peas, beans, and lentils constitute the leguminous foods. They are usually served^l /X^ ^^ vegetables. When ma- ture, they are rich in ni-i- !| trogenous elements, mostly I in the form of vegetable I caseine; when not mature, l they are much like vege- i ,. are excellent substitutes for ,.^ \^ animal food. They com- \ / ,y^ bine well with rice, which IS . mostly starch. These V:i_,- ^ T*-^ foods should be eat
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . ood elements. LEGUMES Peas, beans, and lentils constitute the leguminous foods. They are usually served^l /X^ ^^ vegetables. When ma- ture, they are rich in ni-i- !| trogenous elements, mostly I in the form of vegetable I caseine; when not mature, l they are much like vege- i ,. are excellent substitutes for ,.^ \^ animal food. They com- \ / ,y^ bine well with rice, which IS . mostly starch. These V:i_,- ^ T*-^ foods should be eaten spar- /,/ ^^^ ingly by brain-workers. ^^ The following table Peas and Beans gives tlic Comparative value of beef and Japanese beans, pound for pound:— Beef Beans Water Nitrogen Carbon Mineral 54 8,10 GoodFood 247 Mixed and complicated dishes are injurious to thehealth. VEGETABLES Vegetables occupy an important place in the bill offare; for, while they are not rich in nutritive value, theyare in mineral elements, and supply bulk to the ?----^-^~ •-^^,^„. SHi^:A:?^m^y j Bulky Foods They should not be used as an exclusive diet, since, inorder to secure from them alone the proper amount ofthe nitrogenous food elements for one day, a person wouldbe obliged to eat from nine to twenty-two pounds, accord-ing to the vegetable eaten. But if used in combinationwith grains and nuts they are very serviceable. The Irish potato is one of the most valuable vegetables,and is used in nearly all countries. In Ireland it has longbeen the staple article of diet. EGGS Eggs are a highly concentrated food, and are rich innitrogenous elements. When fresh, they are wholesomeand nourishing. Great care should be taken to selecteggs that are known to be fresh. They are sometimesaffected by disease, and it is not an uncommon thing for 248 Home and Health * Good-will is better than pepsin tablets to aid diges-tion. persons to be made sick as a result of the u
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