1934 Here's How to be Healthy by B G Hauser

Here's How

Watercress, rich in sulphur, should also be used in small portions. Remember, in choosing vegetables for your Health Cocktails, that their juices are all used raw. Cooking spoils their tonic value. Hence the vegetables must all be fresh and in good condition. Vegetables are quickly and safely cleaned by this simple method: Put a handful of ordinary salt in a dish- pan of cold water and let the vegetables stand, uncut, in it for twenty minutes. Re move any insects. The few drops of lemon juice you always have in your fruit cup will destroy any germs. Rinse, cut out any spoiled portions. Use the whole vegetable. Leaves,skin and roots contain valuable min erals. Be sure not to cut the vegetables before cleaning,because salt water would leech out the mineral elements in them. After washing, cut the vegetables with long, tough Strings, such as celery, beet [24] Preparation of Vegetables