The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., etc. / by R.T. Trall.

  • Trall, R. T. (Russell Thacher), 1812-1877.
Date:
1854
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Credit: The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., etc. / by R.T. Trall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Soups, fish, and birds, of many a kind, A pig, with skewers its joints to bind— A hare, witli parsley stuck on its nose— And snipes and pheasants all laid in rows. Huge limbs of pork, beef, mutton, and veal Were sliced by the flourish of sharp-edg'd steel; The well-charged plates were borne around By valets, in coats with gilt lace bound. Many a beggar might live on the steams That danced in the hall on the wax-light beams , But he must have a most delicate smell, Who by its strange odor the dish could tell. ***** A terrible shriek stirs the steam and air That circle around the lady fair : The guests all about the table rise, Gaze toward her with dread surprise. Pray, sit, my good lords, at length, quoth she, And, kindly, I pray, don't question me ! And glad were they when the fright was o'er, To turn to the sumptuous feast once more. In vain did the lady strive to eat Delicate morsels of richest meat; A dreadful sight met her constant view- She had bitten the hateful cockroach through ! Then to her in the steam from a bright tureen Was the ghost of the luckless cockroach seen; While confusion in her ears did ring, The sprite of the cockroach seemed to sing : Lady ! why gave you that terrible shriek ? Why rolled your eye, and paled your cheek ? Why dread to bite a poor worm like me, But eat sheep and swine most greedily ? Oh, delicate lady, oh, sensitive fair, See the table strewn with carcasses there- Mangled and torn, all flesh from bone— Oh, leave such horrible feasts alone !