The reason why: domestic science : affording intelligible reasons for the various duties which a housewife has to perform / by the author of Enquire within upon everything ... [etc.].

  • Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882.
Date:
[1869]
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Credit: The reason why: domestic science : affording intelligible reasons for the various duties which a housewife has to perform / by the author of Enquire within upon everything ... [etc.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    “He tliat doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age.”—As You Like It. Females are generally “ out of season ” when they are suck- ling or have recently given suck. Young animals are “ in season ” when they arrive at the age which combines tenderness and flavour in their flesh. Fisli of every kind are best some time before they begin to spawn, and are unfit for food some time after they have spawned. 46. Why should animals not he eaten that die a natural death ? Because it is obvious that, their bodies being impure, the flesh thereof may impart disease to those who eat it. But the flesh of animals killed by accident differs only from that of animals other- wise killed in not being properly bled. 47. Why are vegetables nourishing t Because they contain albumen, gluten, starch, and other nutritive elements, and the gluten and starch of vegetables are similar in some important respects to the albumen, gelatine, and fibrin of flesh. 48. Why does cooking vegetables render them digestible ? Because the heat separates and dissolves their fibres, drives out the water they contain, and bursts their starch-cells, so that their ultimate atoms are more readily broiLght under the action of the stomach. 49. Why are cakes less healthful than bread ? Because, in a great many instances, the essence of almonds and the indigestible skins of dried fruits and seeds are mixed with them. There is also a considerable mixture of lard or butter, which in the process of baking becomes converted into an indigestible oil. 50. Why is sugar considered a healthy vegetable substance ? Because it is allied to the starch of vegetable matter, and if not used in excess it forms an acid in the stomach which mate- rially aids digestion. But if too much of it is used it is found to “ turn acid upon the stomach,” which may be construed into an indication that too much of it has been taken. v o 1 »