THE JOYS OF RAW FOOD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 3

THE JOYS OF RAW FOOD.

SOME RECIPES. An enthusiastic article in praise of raw food appears in a recent American magazine, and is followed by a number of lecipes, from which it appears that tlie preparation of the raw toods, which are said to be so delicious, is not, after all, an entirely easy matter. " In fact some of the preparations sound very elaborate. ' . " , ■ When a raw fooder tails you that ho eats his peas and corn and carrots and beets raw, not to mention all his cereals, youieel a shudder go up and down your spine; "you picture him . eating great .chunks of. the hard things without preparation, and you say, or you think, at least, that you could never in the world Bβ converted:to such a way of living. 1 hen later, when. tho' raw'. iqoder places before you a dinner fit for' any king, with all manner of raw things prepared bo subtly that you. haven't the faintest idea what you are eating, you only know they arc utterly new, give you a sensa? tion of taste never experienced before, and are the most delicious things you ever ate. You assimilate every bit of it, imd yourself feeling ; wondenully good aiter the meal and -, sleep like a lamb, Vthen you sit up and take notice and say to yourself, "There's something in this." I'at people grow . thin on it aud thin people grow iatr it seems to be a .fine leveller, and all women will .be interested to know that it is a eure and swift complexion, beautifier. The skin becomes' clear and clean, the eyes tright and tho flesb. soft. The raw food scientist says that , this" is because raw foodstuns deposit no waste matter in the tells and that decomposed matter cannot thus roughen the skill or discolour it. , The .business man ; who <has been • indulging iu" heavy cooked meals' is induced to tasie u few raw food dishes. He pronounces them fine ia spite of all his prejudice, and then decides to eat 'a few more such meals just for the novelty of it. ,He suddenly finds himself feeling very fit and fine; kis brain is astonishingly clear, his wits" bewilderingly nimbl& '/ ■■■"• ! ■■ . ••. The amount that a raw fooder eats at a meal.is small. , ".-• '-■■'■

When, one who; isilai Stranger." to ..raw food is invited- to" a 'moil- of '■ such" viands, he expects to" be. both ■starved and disgusted. Hβ is given,-, to: begin wjth, perhaps, .some ripe olives; , ' as 'he munches these and'expects tho'.'w6rst;''he*'is served with an Exceedingly dainty dish.,. a bowl filled with what looks like custard, but which is really two raw c-gge ■ beaten- to so stiff, a froth that they fill a pint bowl. Mixed with.them.are Wo dessertspoons of maple syrup and the juice of a swtet orange. .Ho is also invited ;to -munch pecan and blanched.almonds with it and some wafers ot crisp,- uncooked bread with fresh, unsalted butter. When he has finished that he is given a salad. The basis is lettuce or romaine or chicory, ■ and heaped upon its , criep green are all manner, of things; -sliced tomatoes, 'grated onion, raisins, .little, balls of cream cheese, ' Malaga. grapes, grapefruit and grated nuts. And over all a dressing of oil and lemon or orange, juice. . ■ . Baw onions are esteemed highly as a cleanser of the system as well as a fortifier in other -rays, and onion ia blended into things so subtly that ono does not detect its flavour. For example, a di«h is made from the soft,- inside part .of figs, grated raw onion, olive oil and grated nuts, "in the proportion of five parts fig, one part onion, two parts olive oil, one part grated Brazil.or protoid nuts, and one part; lemon juice. The ingredients are carefully blended and the taste of the onion is not,detected. The Havour of the dish is delicious.

The dotes on raw vegetables. Grated, raw .beetsrare exquisite in colour, and when surved' on cupliko lettuce leaves the effect is wonderful. The same is true of grated carrots, which have a colour far . more brilliant than when boiled.- Naturally, raw cabbage is eaten as a salad. Basv grated sweet turnips are served with., watercress and celery, with a dash of fsw. onion, and then heaped with golden dressing in which there it an abundance of oil., An excellent desert is raw fruitcake. This gives one TisiOßS of unbaked dough, but is a cake without dough, being made of .various ■■ kinds of grated nuts, finelychopped raisins, the inner pulp of figs, lemon and orange juice and white of egg;> it is .well blended and then pressed as hard as possible in a deep cake tin and cut in. slices. Sometimes • butter is used, instead.o£ white of .egg, which, gives .a slightly", different flavour.

"Father, 'what do , they call a. man. who has two wives?" ."A,bigamist, my boy." "But-when he has more than two, .father?" "A lunatic!" ■ ■ ■■■■■'■ ■ ' There is no necessity to trouble one'a self about cold feet when you can purchase an Indiarubber Hot Water Bottle for 65.. 6d., the , reason for their cheapness "being due. to the .fact that they were bought before the rise in rubber took place, and are procurable at Shaw's Medical Hall, Manners Street, and tho Cecil Buildings, Lainbton Quay, where all goods; are good goods, and the cheapest in the Dominion. —Advt.