DIET FOR THE DOG DAYS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 10, 21 November 1877, Page 3

DIET FOR THE DOG DAYS.

(Compiled by " Punch- from various authorities m the Medical Press.) During the prevalence of hot weather: — 1. Meat should be. eschewed. 2. Fish should be .looked upon with suspicion, if not dispensed' with altogether. 3. Poultry contains but little nourish, inent, decomposes rapidly, and cannobe recommended. 4. . For health, -tinned provisions arc out of the question. 5. The excessive fermentation of bread m hot weather renders it indigestible and •unwholesome. 6. The sometimes fatal "effect of stale vegetables, and the difficulty inexperienced cooks have m detecting their stale condition, render the use of gr v een vegetables, m particular, extremely risky. 7. Fruit, unless at firsthand, is so much poison. 8. Pastry of all kinds impedes the digestion* and throws the internal, machinery out of gear^; 9- Recent revelations with, regard to milk will caution all persons agaisnt its use, even when direct from the cow that imbibes sewage, water. The sarnie remark may apply to butter.: 10. Pilchards and sardines contain so much doubtful oil , of their own, >and that which surrounds them is too often so doubtful also, that it is impossible to advise their use. 11. Many a constitution has been sacrificed tp, made dishes. •12. Of -eggs, unless laid on the premises; the less said the better. ' And now with regard to drinks and stimulants m hot weather: — 1. Those who drink adulterated tea, coffee, &c, know the risks they run. JSTo stomach can stand them long at any time. 2. Two-thirds of the,; trash known as "aerated waters" contain nothing but a little impure- gas pumped into impure ;; ;«3. Ordinary water should undergo two or three processes before it is fit to drink. 4. With regard to ice, it is to bei 'feared that a large proportion of it is derived from horse-ponds. 5. Wines within the reach of ordinary incomes only have the effect of overheating the system, and producing lamentable results.^ 6; Weak whisky and water might be.recommended, were it not for the? deadly fusel oil contained m most whiskies. 7. To drinkjthe best pale brandy implies the millio'njiair^^ Among brandies of the ordinary class? brown brandy Has been cbn'sjdered least, but only least, injui-ious." 8. Grin is always debilitating, and sometimes actually poisonous. It is "Mr Punch's" painful* duty to inform the public that, as a consequence of compiling the above " Hints," "Mr Punch ' a' ■ Nervous Contributor has been endeavouring to sustain life on brown, brandy and bloaters. The result is' scarcely satisfactory.