[Too Much Porridge Eating a Mistake—499] (CD 315) MC VC

Graham Gruel VC

491. You can make graham gruel. If the graham flour is too coarse, sift it, and while the gruel is hot, add milk. This will make a most palatable and healthful dish for the campground.—Testimonies for the Church 2:603, 1871 (CD 315.1) MC VC

To Take the Place of Flesh Meat VC

492. When flesh food is discarded, its place should be supplied with a variety of grains, nuts, vegetables, and fruits, that will be both nourishing and appetizing.... The place of meat should be supplied with wholesome foods that are inexpensive.—The Ministry of Healing, 316, 317, 1905 (CD 315.2) MC VC

[Taking the Place of Flesh Meat—765, 795]
[Flesh Meat Not Needed Where There Are Fruits, Grains, and Nuts—138]
[To Be Included in a Simple Diet for Visitors—129]
[Use of Grains at Helpers’ Table—444, 651]
[On E. G. White’s table—Appendix 1:15-23]
[Sanitarium Patients to Be Taught Use of—767] (CD 315) 1 I MC VC

The Staff of Life VC

493. Religion will lead mothers to make bread of the very best quality.... Bread should be thoroughly baked, inside and out. The health of the stomach demands that it be light and dry. Bread is the real staff of life, and therefore every cook should excel in making it.—Manuscript 34, 1899 (CD 315.3) 1 I MC VC

Religion in a Good Loaf VC

494. Some do not feel it is a religious duty to prepare food properly; hence they do not try to learn how. They let the bread sour before baking, and the saleratus added to remedy the cook’s carelessness makes it totally unfit for the human stomach. It requires thought and care to make good bread. But there is more religion in a good loaf of bread than many think.—[Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 49] Counsels on Health, 117, 1890 (CD 315.4) MC VC

Fish Often Contaminated VC

698. In many places fish become so contaminated by the filth on which they feed as to be a cause of disease. This is especially the case where the fish come in contact with the sewage of large cities. The fish that are fed on the contents of the drains may pass into distant waters, and may be caught where the water is pure and fresh. Thus when used as food they bring disease and death on those who do not suspect the danger.—The Ministry of Healing, 314, 315, 1905 (CD 394.1) MC VC

Recognition of Emergency Conditions VC

699. Where plenty of good milk and fruit can be obtained there is rarely any excuse for eating animal food; it is not necessary to take the life of any of God’s creatures to supply our ordinary needs. In certain cases of illness or exhaustion it may be thought best to use some meat, but great care should be taken to secure the flesh of healthy animals. It has come to be a very serious question whether it is safe to use flesh food at all in this age of the world. It would be better never to eat meat than to use the flesh of animals that are not healthy. When I could not obtain the food I needed, I have sometimes eaten a little meat; but I am becoming more and more afraid of it.—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 117, 118, 1890 (CD 394.2) MC VC

[Ellen G. White at times compelled to eat a little meat—Appendix 1:10] (CD 394) MC VC

700. Some honestly think that a proper dietary consists chiefly of porridge. To eat largely of porridge would not ensure health to the digestive organs; for it is too much like liquid. Encourage the eating of fruit and vegetables and bread. A meat diet is not the most wholesome of diets, and yet I would not take the position that meat should be discarded by every one. Those who have feeble digestive organs can often use meat, when they cannot eat vegetables, fruit, or porridge. If we would preserve the best health, we should avoid eating vegetables and fruit at the same meal. If the stomach is feeble, there will be distress, the brain will be confused, and unable to put forth mental effort. Have fruit at one meal and vegetables at the next.... (CD 394.3) MC VC