Every good Tibetan drinks fifty or sixty cups of tea every day of his life. The leaves are boiled for several hours, then the infusion is poured into a section of hollow bamboo, where it is churned up with a plunger, together with a handful of salt, a pinch of soda, and a good lump of butter—usually rancid. The result is a purplish liquid of unusual taste for tea, but as soap excellent—so they say.
The Tibetan cup of tea is most distinctly not ours. But awed mental c templation it does away with one fallacy, that tea is bad for the nerves! Who ever heard of a Tibetan who suffered from nerves? And how the tannin in tea is always promptly and effectively neutralized by the addition of milk. Even without such neutralization tannin serves a useful physiological purpose, as it stimulates gastric secretion, which in turn, through its acidity, counteracts the effects of the tannin upon any food that is ingested.
Let us then pour out our nice cups of tea without stint—having first been careful to command that it be made immediately after the water reaches boiling point and allowed to brew for six minutes before it is poured.
The habit of drinking milk in generous quantities is a tremendous factor in personal health, since nothing else is so near a complete and perfect food. Not only does the regular consumption of milk promote physical fitness and well-being; it also increases markedly the bodily powers of resistance to infection and disease. For those who only care for a light breakfast a glass of milk is ideal. Only one piece of advice is necessary amely that "raw" milk is best taken through a straw, to ensure that it shall be sipped slowly. In that way it is most easily and quickly digested.
There are, of course, many foods that go naturally with milk, the combination Aot only making a pleasant meal, but providing also that balance of qualities so essential to a well chosen breakfast. High on the list of such foods comes prepared wheat, which has earned wide appreciation of its value in promoting general fitness among both young and old.
Come The Staffe Of Life The whole wheat berry is used, with nothing added, and nothing taken away in the process of manufacture. It contains 1 the vital nourishment of wheat in form easily digested and assimilated, scien-fie test having proved its possession of ihe valuable "growth-promoting" and "energy-giving" Vitamin B, Additional benefit is derived from the bran content of such a food, which exercises a gentle regulating effect on the system and thus does much to create physical well being.
Taken with milk at breakfast, a good prepared wheat is so nourishing that it susiairs one in work or play throughout the morning. To make use as much as possible of dishes involving the presence of milk is, indeed, indicative of a wise choice in food.
"Coffee Makes A Politician Wise"
The Marquess of Crewe, Leader of ihe Liberal Peers in the House of Lords, while debating the second reading of the Milk Industry (No. 2) Bill recently, put forward ihe strange idea (possibly judging others by himself) that many people regarded milk as unpalatable. "It would be a great help if greater consumption of milk in coffee could be encouraged," he said. Of course the United Kingdom is not exactly famed as a whole for its talent in coffee-making, and maybe the marrying of milk io English-made, coffee might not have the iavourabie effect on the former's reputation that the noble Marquess looked ior.
iced much English-made coffee might the cry attributed to Mark wain in addressing a steward on board ip: "If this is coffee, bring me tea; if it is tea, bring me coffee."
Yet coffee well made is one of the most magnificent of drinks and its aroma the true harbinger of breakfast at its best. There was once an attempt to bring coffee under the prohibition of the Church, from which it was saved by a Pope who knew a good thing when he tasted it. Coffee was brought to Europe from the Near Fast by Venetian traders, and a movement rose among the monastic orders for the suppress sion of this drink of infidels. A deputation waited on Pope Clement VIII, and after hearing their case he asked for a sample of the new beverage to be brought
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