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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.
Preparation of Vegetables
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
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