ERE, at last, is the bill of fare for our dinner:
| Roast beef, | Bread, | Peaches, |
| Potatoes, | Butter, | Bananas, |
| Tomatoes, | Salt, | Oranges, |
| Squash, | Water, | Grapes. |
What must be done first, with the different kinds of food that are to make up this dinner?
The meat, vegetables, and bread must be cooked. Cooking prepares them to be easily worked upon by the mouth and stomach. If they were not cooked, this work would be very hard. Instead of going on quietly and without letting us know any thing about it, there would be pains and aches in the overworked stomach.
The fruit is not cooked by a fire; but we might almost say the sun had cooked it, for the sun has ripened and sweetened it.
When you are older, some of you may have charge of the cooking in your homes. You must then remember that food well cooked is worth twice as much as food poorly cooked.
"A good cook has more to do with the health of the family, than a good doctor."
THE SALIVA.
Next to the cooking comes the eating.