Chapter 38a—Salt, Spices and Condiments
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preparing food, highly seasoned with spices to gratify the taste. As a
consequence, the children are neglected, and do not receive moral and
religious instruction. The overworked mother neglects to cultivate a
sweetness of temper, which is the sunshine of the dwelling. Eternal
considerations become secondary. All the time has to be employed
in preparing these things for the appetite which ruin health, sour the
temper, and becloud the reasoning faculties.
The Review and Herald, November 6, 1883No. 44 (Healthful
Living, 92)
Our tables should bear only the most wholesome food, free from
every irritating substance. The appetite for liquor is encouraged by the
preparation of food with condiments and spices. These cause a feverish
state of the system, and drink is demanded to allay the irritation. On my
frequent journeys across the continent, I do not patronize restaurants,
dining-cars, or hotels, for the simple reason that I can not eat the food
there provided. The dishes are highly seasoned with salt and pepper,
creating an almost intolerable thirst.... They irritate and inflame the
delicate coating of the stomach.... Such is the food that is commonly
served upon fashionable tables, and given to the children. Its effect
is to cause nervousness, and to create thirst which water does not
quench.... Food should be prepared in as simple a manner as possible,
free from condiments and spices, and even from an undue amount of
salt.
Testimonies for the Church 3:136
Children are allowed to eat flesh-meats, spices, butter, cheese,
pork, rich pastry, and condiments generally. They are also allowed to
eat irregularly and between meals of unhealthful food. These things do
their work of deranging the stomach, exciting the nerves to unnatural
action, and enfeebling the intellect.
Parents do not realize that they are sowing the seed which will
bring forth disease and death.
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 17
Luxurious dishes are placed before the children,—spiced foods,
rich gravies, cakes and pastries. This highly seasoned food irritates the