ready
for digestion ; and because only the healthiest, and best grapes can be
dried for raisins. In addition to raisins another valuable food is '
raisin syrup;' not the so-called ' raisin wine,' but what is styled in
India ' Draksherash,' which is an Indian non-alcoholic wine, made of
raisins, with a few spices. After raisins come apples, and pears, and
their juices, in the form of sweet cyder, and sweet perry; both
practically non-alcoholic; Then of the vegetables my experience has
been that carrots are the best of all to use, and to eat raw, whilst at
the same time grated, not chopped. Of the other vegetable foods the
watercress is likewise beneficial."
The
proper way to cook vegetables, if you want to retain their curative
value, is to keep, and serve therewith the water in which they are
cooked ; or to steam them without water.
"
But, Betsey Prig"—said the redoubtable Mrs. Gamp, when relegating her
duties as night nurse (the gross, vulgar, ignorant humbug !) to her
partner in selfishness, Betsey Prig—for day service, (save the mark !)
: " But, Betsey Prig "—speaking with great feeling—" try the
cowcumbers, God bless you ! " Her own instructions for supper
refreshment on arrival, had run thus : " I think, young woman,—to the
assistant chambermaid, in a tone expressive of weakness,—" that I could
pick a little bit of pickled salmon, with a nice little sprig of
fennel, and a sprinkling of white pepper. I takes new bread, my dear,
with just a little pat of fresh butter, and a mossel of cheese. In case
there should be such a thing as a cowcumber in the 'ouse, will you be
so good as to bring it, for I'm rather partial to 'em, and they does a
world of good in a sick room." " If they draws the Brighton Tipper here,
