3598. The great essentials for the easy digestion of animal food are that the fibres be tender and fine grained.
3599. Of the different sorts of butcher meat, Pork is that of which the least quantity should be taken at a time. It requires longer to digest roasted pork than any other kind of meat.
3600. Beef agrees well with most constitutions; it is cheapest in the autumn, but best in the winter season. Many have a distaste to mutton; but for those who relish it, it is a nutritious food, and easy of digestion.
3601. Lamb, veal, and fowls are delicate and healthy diet for the young and sedentary; and for all who find fat meats and those of coarse fibre do not agree with them.
3602. The most economical way of cooking meat is to boil it, if the liquid be used for soup or broth, as it always ought to be.