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do not gain a knowledge of how to prepare food so that it is both
wholesome and palatable.
The science of cooking is not a small matter. The skillful prepa-
ration of food is one of the most essential arts. It should be regarded
as among the most valuable of all the arts, because it is so closely
connected with the life. Both physical and mental strength depend to
a great degree upon the food we eat; therefore the one who prepares
the food occupies an important and elevated position.
Both young men and young women should be taught how to cook
economically, and to dispense with everything in the line of flesh food.
Let no encouragement be given to the preparation of dishes which
are composed in any degree of flesh food; for this is pointing to the
darkness and ignorance of Egypt, rather than to the purity of health
reform.
Women especially should learn how to cook. What part of the
education of a girl is so important as this? Whatever may be her
circumstances in life, here is knowledge that she may put to practical
use. It is a branch of education which has a most direct influence upon
health and happiness. There is practical religion in a loaf of good
bread.
Testimonies for the Church 6:182
Many young people will come to school who desire a training in
industrial lines. The industrial instruction should include the keeping
of accounts, carpentry and everything that is comprehended in farming.
Preparation should also be made for teaching blacksmithing, painting,
shoemaking, cooking, baking, laundering, mending, typewriting and
printing. Every power at our command is to be brought into this
training work, that students may go out equipped for the duties of
practical life.
Manuscript 95, 1901
Connected with our sanitariums and schools there should be cook-
ing schools, where instruction is given on the proper preparation of
food. In all our schools there should be those who are fitted to educate
the students, both men and women, in the art of cooking. Women
especially should learn how to cook.