onions, garlic,
leeks, chives and shallots, all of which are similar, possess
medicinal virtues of a marked character, stimulating the circulatory
system, and the consequent increase of the saliva and the gastric
juice promoting digestion. Red onions are an excellent diuretic, and
the white ones are recommended raw as a remedy for insomnia. They are
tonic, nutritious. A soup made from onions is regarded by the French
as an excellent restorative in debility of the digestive organs. We
might go through the entire list and find each vegetable possessing
its especial mission of cure, and it will be plain to every
housekeeper that a vegetable diet should be partly adopted, and will
prove of great advantage to the health of the family.

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HOUSEKEEPERS' TIME-TABLE.

| MODE OF | TIME OF | TIME OF |
|PREPARATION| COOKING |DIGESTION|
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| | H. M. | H. M. |
Apples, sour, hard |Raw | | 2 50 |
Apples, sweet and mellow |Raw | | 1 50 |
Asparagus |Boiled | 15 to 30| 2 30 |
Beans (pod) |Boiled | 1 00 | 2 30 |
Beans with green corn |Boiled | 45 | 3 45 |
Beef |Roasted |[A] 25 | 3 00 |
Beefsteak |Broiled | 15 | 3 00 |
Beefsteak |Fried | 15 | 4 00 |
Beef, salted |Boiled |[A] 35 | 4 15 |
Bass, fresh |Broiled | 20 | 3 00 |
Beets, young |Boiled | 2 00 | 3 45 |
Beets, old |Boiled | 4 30 | 4 00 |
Bread, corn |Baked | 45 | 3 15 |
Bread, wheat |Baked | 1 00 | 3 30 |
Butter |Melted | | 3 30 |
Cabbage |Raw | | 2 30 |
Cabbage and vinegar |Raw | | 2 00 |
Cabbage |Boiled | 1 00 | 4 30 |
Cauliflower |Boiled | 1-2 00 | 2 30 |
Cake, sponge |Baked | 45 | 2 30 |
Carrot, orange |Bo