The complete economical cook and frugal housewife : an entire new system of domestic cookery, containing approved directions for purchasing, preserving, and cooking ... With directions for pastry and confectionary. Likewise the art of making British wines, brewing, baking, gardening, &c / by Mary Holland.
- Holland, Mary
- Date:
- 1829
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The complete economical cook and frugal housewife : an entire new system of domestic cookery, containing approved directions for purchasing, preserving, and cooking ... With directions for pastry and confectionary. Likewise the art of making British wines, brewing, baking, gardening, &c / by Mary Holland. 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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![With regard to the times of eating, they must to a certain degree be conformed to family convenience, but ought to be quite indepcndant of the caprices of fasliion. 'I'he great things to be guarded against are, either eating too soon after a former meal, or fasting too long.—The stomach should always have time to empty itself before it is filled again. Some stomachs digest their contents sooner than others, and if long empty it may destroy the appetite, and greatly disturb both the head and animal spirits; for, from the great pro- fusion of nerves spread upon the stomach, there is an immediate sympathy between that and the head. Hence the head is sure to be affected by whatever disorders the stomach, whether from any particular aliment that dis- agrees with it, or being overfilled, or too long empty. Such as feel a gnawing in the stomach, as it is called, should not wait till the stated time of the next meal, but take a small quantity of light, easily digested food, that the stomach may have something to work on. Young persons in health who use much exercise, may eat three times a day. But such as are in years, such as are weak, as do no work, use no exercise, or lead a sedentary life, eating twice in the day is sufficient; or, as in the present habits of society, it might be difficult to arrange the taking only two meals, let them take three very moderate ones. Old and weak ])crsons‘ may eat often, but then it should be very little at a time.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21526564_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
