Chapter 36—Pie, Cake, Pastry and Puddings
How to Live, 1:53
The human family have indulged an increasing desire for rich food,
until it has become a fashion to crowd all the delicacies possible into
the stomach. Especially at parties of pleasure is the appetite indulged
with but little restrain. Rich dinners and late suppers are partaken of,
consisting of highly seasoned meats with rich gravies, rich cakes, pies,
ice cream, etc.
How to Live, 1:54
Men and women who profess to be followers of Christ, are often
slaves to fashion, and to a gluttonous appetite. Preparatory to fashion-
able gatherings, time and strength, which should be devoted to higher
and nobler purposes, are expended in cooking a variety of unwhole-
some dishes. Because it is fashion, many who are poor and dependent
upon their daily labor, will be to the expense of preparing different
kinds of rich cakes, preserves, pies, and a variety of fashionable food
for visitors, which only injure those who partake of them; when, at the
same time, they need the amount thus expended, to purchase clothing
for themselves and children. This time occupied in cooking food to
gratify the taste to the expense of the stomach, should be devoted to
the moral and religious instruction of their children.
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 44
An increasing desire for rich food has been indulged, until it has
become the fashion to crowd all the delicacies possible into the stom-
ach. Especially at parties of pleasure is the appetite indulged with but
little restraint. Rich dinners and late suppers are served, consisting of
highly seasoned meats, with rich sauces, cakes, pies, ices, tea, coffee,
etc. No wonder that, with such a diet, people have sallow complexions,
and suffer untold agonies from dyspepsia.
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