Master Archive 2009

Generated November 4, 2009

    Roses – Recipes

Brought to by: Melody Ann’s and “The Encyclopedia of Country Living” – updated 9^th edition by Carla Emery

These fragrant, hardy perennials grow 2 – 8 feet high. Most have thorns. Modern roses are more varied in color than wild or old-fashioned roses, but as hybridizers have moved the species toward more photogenic blooms their fragrances have weakened and even disappeared in the process. The scentless rose is a modern reality. That’s why, to grow roses for use in potpourris, rose jars, beads, and food you can’t start with just any of the vat variety of roses, use your noses!

The most fragrant types of old roses are the Damasks, Bourbons, Centifolias, Moss roses, Albas, and Gallicas. Many hybridizers are bringing fragrance into the modern roses by combining them with the old roses for new varieties, so you must use your nose in discerning fragrance.

Using:

The petals are the part of the rose where the fragrant oil for scent or flavor is concentrated, so that’s the part you work with to make sachets or to flavor jelly, cake, etc. You can do more with roses than perhaps you ever guessed! But first let’s consider the fruit of the rose, used not for its fragrance but for its huge vitamin C content.

Rose Hip:

A rose hip (or “hep”) is the round orange-to-reddish “fruit” (also called “haw”) formed after the flower of a rose has bloomed. The hip is the seedpod of the plant. Some hops are better-tasting and bigger than others. Rosa rugosa, the Japanese rose varieties, flower with large and lovely blooms in almost every color. They also grow the largest rose hips, about 1 inch across. Which are much easier to work with. Sweetbriar eglantine (Rosa eglanteria) also has good hips. The sweetbriars have the extra gift of aromatic leaves that smell like ripe apples and can be added to your potpourri. Wild rose hips are also good. There are wild roses in every state except Hawaii. The rugosa has escaped and gone native in some areas.

Harvesting Hips:

Some people gather hips any time after they have turned from yellow to orange and on to scarlet. Some wait for the first frost, convinced they taste better after that. If allowed to get soft, they’re definitely not nice anymore.

Processing:

We’re talking vitamins here. That means keep them cool until you can use or preserve them, and the sooner you do that the better – same day, if possible. Stew, dry, or freeze. Wash and cut off both ends of hips with scissors. Cover if you cook them. Use wooden spoons and earthenware of china bowls. Cook in glass or enamel pans or stainless steel. Hips are so high in vitamin C that they are valuable for winter use to supply that vitamin in tea, etc.

Cooking:

Process into jelly; combine with honey to make a syrup; make granita, jam, extract, cold rose-hip soup, or hot tea.

Freezing:

Just toss them into plastic bags and freeze until needed. Or make sugarless rose hip syrup by pouring boiling water to cover the hips and cooking on low heat 145 minutes. Let that cool and steep 24 hours. Strain and freeze. When needed, use your sugarless syrup to enrich soups, toppings, teas, etc.

Drying:

For large hips, wash, cut open, take out seeds, spread, and dry in oven or dehydrator at 110° until they are hard and brittle. For small hips, you can dry whole without cutting or removing seeds, or you can cut into slices and dry, also without removing seeds. When thoroughly dry, store in airtight jars. (If not very dry, they will mold). When ready to use, cover with water and simmer until soft. Use the pulp to make jam or jelly. Hips mix well with other fruits like apple or cranberry.

Harvesting Rose Petals:

Gather just when the rose has fully expanded. If you wait a day longer, until they start to fade, they will have lost some of that precious fragrance. Gather in the morning after the dew has dried, but before they have gotten really warmed by the sun. When removing the petals from the stem be sure that the stems and leaves are removes. Also cut the edge off the petals that where connected to the stem (for this is bitter part). Dry before proceeding by pressing them gently between layers of cloth. Dry them in a dehydrator or on a muslin cloth laid over a screen in an airy, shady place.

Rose Hip Tea

Boil dried coarse-ground rose hips with water, about 1 Tablespoon for each cup of tea. The longer you boil, the stronger your tea. Mash the hops with a spoon to get out all the juice, and strain. Sweeten with brown sugar or honey.

Melody Ann’s Hip mix tea

Rose hips are not strongly flavored, although they are nourishing, so a hip mix makes for a tastier tea. Stem the hips, dry then, and grind. Mix dried ground hips with mint or nettles, and well-dried strawberry leaves: ½ rose hips, ½ mint or nettles and the rest wild strawberry leaves. Or leave out the mint and use lemon balm, etc.

Rose Pear Granita

This recipe is from Lane Morgan’s Winter Harvest Cookbook (Sasquatch Books, 1990). “No special equipment is required for this simple ice from Le Gourmand. The rose hips give the crystals a bit of tartness and a gorgeous red-gold tint. 1 quart pear juice, ½ cup rose hips, cut in half and seeded. Pour juice into a saucepan, add rose hips, and simmer, covered, until liquid is reduced by half. Put through a food mill and pour into a shallow pan. Freeze. Stir when mixture starts to get slushy and return to freezer until time to serve. Makes 1 pint.”

Rose Hip Syrup

Wash 2 pounds fresh hips and remove stems (or soak dried rose hips in 6 cups of water until soft, use all of the water for boiling, be sure that there is 6 cups of water for boiling). Put through food chopper using medium blade. Cover with 6 cups boiling water and boil 2 minutes. Strain through sieve and put solids in a jelly bag to drain. There should be 1 ½ pints of liquid. If more, boil it down. Add ¾ coup sugar and boil for 5 minutes. Bottle.

Rose Hip Jam

If using fresh pick hips try to preserve the hips the same day you pick them. Boil 4 cups hips with 2 ½ cups water until the hips are tender. Put through sieve to remove seeds. Add 1 cup sugar for every 2 coups pulp. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Mix thoroughly and bring slowly to a simmer. Cook about 20 minutes depending on climate. Seal.

Rose Hip Extract

Add it to breakfast juice, gelatin, desserts, meat sauces, soups or sherbet for lots of vitamin C. If using fresh rose hips, chill, and remove blossom ends, stems, and leaves. Rinse off. If using dried rose hips soak overnight in 1 ½ cups of water, be sure to use this water and that there is 1 ½ water of water for boiling. For each 1 cup of hips bring to a rolling boil 1 ½ cup of water. Add the rose hips. Cover and simmer 15 minutes. Mash with fork or potato masher and let set 24 hours. Strain off liquid part. Bring extract to a good boil. Add 2 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice for each pint. Pure hot into jars and seal. Another way to make an extract is: For each 1 cup of hips, pout over 1 cup boiling water. Let soak 48 hours. Strain off the juice. Add ¼ cup honey per quart of juice. Heat to boiling point. Pure into clean hot jars and seal. Take 2 teaspoon per day in winter for you vitamin C.

Rose Hip Jelly

Wash, stem, and chop you hips (must use fresh hips for this). For every 4 cups hips, boil 2 cups, water for 5 minutes and then let hang overnight in a jelly bag to get the juice. For every 1 cups rose hip juice, add 3 cups real apple juice. Boil 10 minutes. Gradually add 1 cup sugar for every cup of juice you are working with, and boil until it jells.

Rose Extract

Put petals into a wide-mouthed mason bottle and pour over them some vodka. Let stand a month, and then strain (beside it’s out of the direct sunlight), and the strain. The liquid is rose extract, or essence of roses.

Rose Water

Combine 1 part attar with 1 part vodka and 10 part distilled water. Or 1 teaspoon extract mixed into ¾ coup distilled water. Or combine 1 ounce attar with 1 gallon distilled water. Age 2 weeks. You have to shake a long time, slowly at first, to get a solution.

Rose Brandy

To flavor sauces for cakes and puddings, gather rose petals while the dew is on them. Fill a bottle with them. Then pour into the bottle a good brandy. Steep 3 to 4 weeks. Strain and rebottle.

Rose Vinegar

Boil 2 cups apple cider vinegar (be sure that it is apple cider vinegar by reading the label) in a glass or stainless steel pan and pour over 1 cup rose petals. Add ½ teaspoon lavender or rosemary. Cover and steep 10 days. Strain and bottle. You can also use a Vin rose’ wine for a light wine vinegar, add some new rose petals for added beauty when finished.

Rose Petal Honey

Did you know that this recipe was a favorite of Martha Washington’s? Bring 2 pints of honey to a boil. Add 1 pint rose petals. Let stand 4 hours. Heat again. Strain into jars. Or you can just simply place the rose petals in a mason jar cover with raw honey and let stand for two weeks. Enjoy both the rose honey and rose petals!

Rose Petal Jam

Chop the petals into pieces and pack firmly into a measuring cup. You’ll need 2 cups for this recipe. Cover the 2 cup petals with 2 cup boiling water in a pan and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain, keeping the liquid. Add 2 ¾ cups sugar and 3 Tablespoon honey to water in which the petals were cooked. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and the chopped petals, and simmer 30 minutes more. The rose petals will have dissolved. Have ready your clean, hot jelly jars. Pour hot liquid into the hot jars and seal.

Rose Petal Bread

Add to a regular 2-loaf white or wheat bread recipe 1 cup lightly packed rose petals, 1 teaspoon rose extract, 3 teaspoon lemon extract, and extra sweetening. Note: You will have to make these extract beforehand. Lemon extract is made the same way Rose extract except with the lemon you slice and use the whole lemon.

Rose Petal-scented Tea

The Chinese use cabbage rose petals and/or jasmine flowers to float on and scent a cup of steaming tea. I like any strong scented rose petals to float on my tea or try the Rose Honey in your tea, the petals will float once the honey has dissolved.

Rose and Rhubarb Syrup

Simmer 1 ½ pounds chopped rhubarb about 20 minutes. Strain. It’s the liquid you want to save. To that rhubarb juice add 1 pound sugar and petals from about 8 red roses. Simmer 20 minutes more. Strain again, this time discarding the rose petals. Bring the syrup back to boiling. Simmer until it thickens. Pour into small (for it will ferment soon after opening) hot bottles and seal them. To use, add to a milk shake for flavor or to hot water to make a tea.

Crystallized Rose Petals

My all time favorite candy!

This project is rather tedious and time-consuming, but makes nice gifts when put in nice containers oat Christmas time. They are pleasant to eat. Pick a few roses with short stems. This makes the roots get stronger. Cut off the white part, which is the base of the rose, because it is bitter. Take the petals apart and wash each carefully under running water; switch each petal in a pan of water and change the water quite often. Put on paper towel to dry. Then take an egg white, add a little cold water, and beat slightly. Dip each petal in the egg white, lift it out with a fork, and lay on granulated sugar, press gently, and carefully turn it over and treat same way and lift and lay on piece of waxed paper. Let dry thoroughly, turn over, let other side dry thoroughly. Then pack in a dark jar so they will keep their color. P.S. I make crystallized Carnations also it taste nice clove-flavored candy!”

Rose Bud Ice Cubes

Freeze a tiny rosebud in each cube to float in special summer drinks.

Look for more Rose recipe in the future!

Generated November 1, 2009

Harvesting Herbs!

Brought to by: Melody Ann’s and “The Encyclopedia of Country Living” – updated 9^th edition by Carla Emery

NOTE: If you want to gather wild herbs, keep in mind that road-sides, fields and even forests can get unannounced and unrecorded but heavy doses of herbicide or insecticide. Be cautious.

When to Harvest:

Gather herbs on a dry day, early in the morning but after the dew is off. The season to harvest varies with the species. Parsley and chervil are dried in May, June, and July; burnet and tarragon in June, July, and August; marjoram and mint in July; summer savory and lemon thyme at the end of July and August. The tender young leaves that appear before the flowering are usually best. Get leaves before the plants show sighs of going to seed. That happens after they blossom, when the blossoms turn into seed clusters and their energy goes into making seed. At best the plant is not at its prime; at worst it gets bitter.

How to Harvest:

Cut the herbs with pruning shears or scissors and put them into clean pillowcases or some such. Don’t cut to the ground; leave at least a 4-inch stem if you’re topping an annual. It it’s a perennial; leave at least two-thirds of the plant unharmed. Then take the herbs home and carefully puck them over. Rinse in cool water and drain.

Preserving Herbs

If you can’t pick from your herb plants all winter long or bring some into the house in pots, you either freeze or dry your herbs for winter use. Whether freezing or drying, label all containers. Frozen and dried herbs tend to look alike, and you may not be able to smell the difference.

Freezing:

Wash if needed, shake off excess water, package in small amounts in baggies or boxes, and freeze right away. Herbs that freeze well are anise, basil, chives, coriander, dill, lovage, marigold, mint, oregano parsley, rosemary, sage, savory, sorrel, sweet marjoram, tarragon, and thyme. Take out of the freezer only the amount you intend to use.

Drying:

Outside:

Spread individual leaves or leaves still on the stem (they’ll be easier to get off one dried) on sheets of clean cloth to dry in the shade in an airy place, or dry in a very slow oven or dehydrator. Or put them in an outdoor dryer covered with cheesecloth and place where there’s good air circulation all around. Direct hot sunlight ruins leaves by burning or browning, a little sun early or late in the day is OK. The aromatic herbs shouldn’t be exposed to too much heat, and don’t let them get rained or dewed on.

Hanging Bunches:

Cut off the top 6 inches of the plant, or use whole plants, bunch them, tie the bundles with string, and hang them up with the root end upward in a shady, airy place. (They hold the flavor better when not powdered.) Allow at least 2 weeks for drying Hanging works well with anise, basil, marigold, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage savory, tarragon, and thyme. If you dry your herbs whole like this, crumble them or rub them through a sieve to remove the stems, and midribs when you’re ready to use them.

In an Oven or Dehydrator:

Spread in shallow pans at 110°F, with the door ajar if you’re using an oven Don’t mix different kinds of herbs. It takes an average of 8 hours.

Big Leaf/Small Leaf:

Some herbs are huge plants (as tall as 6 feet high) with real big leaves, or evens trees. Drying big, moist-lived plants is harder than doing small ones. With comfrey, forage, ginkgo and costmary, you can tear the midrib away from the rest of the leaf and then tear the rest of the leaf into smaller pieces. That helps the leaves dry better and prevents mold. Or hang these big leaves individually to dry.

Mint, lemon balm, and most other small-leaved kitchen herbs easily dry in the shade within 3 days. Tearing the small leaves away from the stem (which can then be discarded) speeds up the process. The problem with tearing the leaves is that they don’t hold their flavor as well.

Turn all drying leaves once or twice a day keep good air circulation. Here are Melody Ann’s we prefer to hang all herbs with a slow moving ceiling fan, most people to do have the room for this so, thick leaves tend to be frozen more than dried.

Roots:

Herb roots are generally better fresh rather dried. Dig in the fall after the leaves are dead and the roots are mature, or before they start growing again in the spring. Wash in cool water. Dry in a place that’s warm enough to dry them soon but that’s not exposed to the sun, such as an attic. Or slice and dry in a shady place where air circulation is good. Dry in the sun or oven only if you can’t dry them completely the first way. Store when thoroughly dry and brittle. If protected from extremes of heat and cold, the roots will keep fine for years. Store so as to protect them from the air as much as possible.

Seeds:

To save herb seeds, pick the entire stalk when the seedpods are fully formed but have not yet burst. Spread the pods on a cloth in the sun to dry. If it takes more than one day, stir occasionally while they are outside and bring them in at night. When your seeds are dry, shell and store them in a tightly covered container in a cool, dry place.

Flowers:

Don’t bruise or overheat. Collect just after they have bloomed. Don’t pile them up; dry on a screen if possible. Harvest orange flowers and elderberry flowers in May, June, and July.

Storing Dried Herbs:

To store leaves, seeds or roots, I use baby food jars, cleaned, dried, filled, and with the lid on tightly. Keeping herbs in airtight containers helps prevent flavor deterioration. The fewer times you open the lid, the better they keep their strength. And try to keep them in a cool, dark, dry place away from heat – not on a shelf over or beside your stove! The cool storage inhibits evaporation of the flavoring oil in the herb, and the darkness protects the color, which fades when exposed to light.

Cooking with Dried Herbs:

They are at least 3 times as strong as fresh. So figure 1 teaspoon dried herb equals 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh herb. Another way to figure it is about 1 teaspoon dried herb in a dish for four.

Generated on October 28, 2009

Presented by Dr. Paul Phillips, D.C.
Chiropractic Clinic (360) 693-25976409
East Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98661

Happy and Healthy Halloween

What could be scarier than a global epidemic of obese children? A holiday that encourages communities to fill youngsters’ tummies with candy and junk food loaded with hydrogenated oils, trans fatty acids, white sugar and empty calories.

This Halloween, Dr. Phillips asks patients to remember that consuming candy in moderation is fine, but it’s vital to keep spooky seasonal splurging under control. Here at Melody Ann’s we ask that you balance out the consumption of candy and junk food with grains, fresh fruits and fresh greens, for the vitamins and minerals that are stored in your body are burned to compensate the hydrogenated oils, trans fatty acids, white sugar and empty calories.

Dr. Phillips emphasizes preventing health-related problems before they occur. This includes promoting what’s known as the chiropractic lifestyle, a way of life that focuses on preventing health problems, rather than merely masking symptoms with medication.

Candy is full of sugars, fats and empty calories. That’s why it’s important ration your child’s Halloween sweets. Take this opportunity to explain some basic nutrition guidelines to your child; emphasize that you don’t want him or her to suffer tummy aches or ruin his or her appetite for nutritious food. And never use food or candy as a reward for good behavior, as it may establish a psychological pattern that can lead to eating disorders.

At Melody Ann’s I have talked about the importance of diet to help treat the symptoms of ADD and ADHD. During Halloween we all see an increase in behavior problems, due to the candy and junk food intake. Again it is important to balance the intake of healthy food and non-healthy food.

Homemade Goodness

For situations where homemade treats are OK, popping corn with a hot-air popper or on the stove top with a splash of olive oil is a perfect healthy alternative to store-bought candy.

Homemade whole-wheat cookies with nuts and raisins are delectable and, unlike commercially produce cookies, aren’t full of scary preservative and hydrogenated oils that may clog little arteries.

Healthy Treats Abound

Did you know that dark chocolate isn’t just good to eat; it’s actually good for you? In the August 28 issue of Nature, researchers note that dark chocolate “triggered significant elevations in blood antioxidants” Antioxidants are needed to counteract the by-product of oxygen that make bodies “rust” from the inside out – a truly spooky thought!

Did you know that Carob chips Carob flour is relatively low in calories and high in fiber. Carob is an excellent source of vitamins A, B2, B3, and B6. It is also an excellent source of a number of minerals, including copper, calcium, manganese, potassium, and magnesium. It is also a good source of zinc and selenium. See Melody Ann’s page on how to make Carob chips and for more information on Carob and cocoa.

Health-food stores carry a wide variety of yummy nut-based and fruit-based sweet treats perfect for Halloween – without the high levels of trans fats and empty calories children will find at most home along their trick or treat route.

How about packets of organic fruit leather, sunflower crisps or pumpkin seeds? Or, opt for individual boxes of raisins or other dried fruits.

Limit Halloween Candy for Halloween

Keep binging in control by restricting consumption of Halloween treats to the day itself and limited post-holiday rationing.

Two-a-Day

Allow your child to choose two small piece of Halloween candy after dinner. Or trade it for healthy Cookies or snack. The key is to limit this period so that daily candy consumption does not become habit. And, as stated earlier, don’t link “being good” with earning candy.

Parents: Self-Ration!

It’s not just the kids who overindulge at Halloween. Those handing out the candy do so as well. To steer clear of Halloween-related snack attacks, don’t stock up on Halloween candy weeks proper to October 31. Unless you have the will power of a superhero, all that will be left by Halloween is a hall closet full of empty bags – and a new wardrobe a size larger than last year.

Also, choose candy you’re not fond of – making it much less likely you’ll raid the stash.
Spooky Safety Tips
"Trade masks for non-toxic face paint. Masks can block a child’s vision, and heavier ones – such as the helmet worn by movie villain Darth Vader ® – could cause neck fatigue and pain.
"Dress your child in bright colors that will reflect light. You can also purchase light-reflective tape in the hardware store and use it as decorative “trim” on his or her costume.
"Look for flame-retardant clothing, beards, wigs, etc.
"Banish high heels, circus-clown shoes or any foot war that might cause your child to trip and fall.
"Avoid props, such as swords, that could cause injury in a fall.
"Give each child his or her own flashlight to carry.
"Accompany younger children as they trick-or-treat throughout the neighborhood.
"Tell older children to stay together in groups, remain the neighborhood and be home at a specific time. Also, advise them on what to do if they feel threatened or unsafe. Children need to know that it’s OK to trust their instincts.
"Instruct children to avoid homes that are not well lit from the out-side.
"Remind children to walk, not run, through the neighborhood; look both ways before crossing the street; and stay on the sidewalk whenever possible. If there is no sidewalk, encourage them to walk in the direction facing traffic.
"Inform your children that no candy is to be eaten until you have thoroughly checked every piece. Toss out any unwrapped or home-made items. Slice apples and other fruit (after washing) to make sure there are no foreign objects inside.
"Carve pumpkins with care. Never leave a child unattended with a sharp knife or a lit candle. A safer option is to purchase some brightly colored markers and draw a face onto the pumpkin.
"Consider alternative supervised, safety-focused trick-or-treating options, such as those offered at many community malls or shopping districts.
"Make you home as safe as possible for neighborhood children.
"Make sure your yard is not littered with toys, garden hoses, lawn ornaments, clotheslines or anything that could cause a trip-and-fall accident. Also, turn on all exterior lights.

CINNAMON AND HONEY

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. It will do what some call turning to sugar. In reality honey is always honey.. However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call "crystallizing".   When this happens I loosen the lid, boil some water, and sit the honey container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To do so will kill the enzymes in the honey.

Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around. Facts on Honey and Cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and Cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.   Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, in its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES:

Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:

Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:

Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours.   As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS:

Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS:

According to the studies done in India and Japan, it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA:

A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY:

Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES:

Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:

Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:

Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:

Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.

FATIGUE:

Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH:

People of South America, first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS:

Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it!

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Apricots

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Artichokes

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Avocados

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Bananas

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Beans

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Helps hemorrhoids

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Beets

Controls blood pressure

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Broccoli

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Cantaloupe

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Carrots

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Cauliflower

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Cherries

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Chestnuts

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Chili peppers

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Figs

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Fish

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Flax

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Battles diabetes

Protects your heart

Improves mental health

Boosts immune system

Garlic

Lowers cholesterol

Controls blood pressure

Combats cancer

Kills bacteria

Fights fungus

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Grapefruit

Protects against heart attacks

Promotes Weight loss

Helps stops strokes

Combats Prostate Cancer

Lowers cholesterol

Grapes

Saves eyesight

Conquers kidney stones

Combats cancer

Enhances blood flow

Protects your heart

Green tea

Combats cancer

Protects your heart

Helps stops strokes

Promotes Weight loss

Kills bacteria

Honey

Heals wounds

Aids digestion

Guards against ulcers

Increases energy

Fights allergies

Lemons

Combats cancer

Protects your heart

Controls blood pressure

Smoothes skin

Stops scurvy

Limes

Combats cancer

Protects your heart

Controls Blood pressure

Smoothes skin

Stops scurvy

Mangoes

Combats cancer

Boosts memory

Regulates thyroid

Aids digestion

Strengthens bones

Mushrooms

Controls blood pressure

Lowers cholesterol

Kills bacteria

Combats cancer

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Oats

Lowers cholesterol

Combats cancer

Battles diabetes

Prevents constipation

Smoothes skin

Olive oil

Protects your heart

Promotes Weight loss

Combats cancer

Battles diabetes

Smoothes skin

Oranges

Supports immune systems

Combats cancer

Protects your heart

Straightens respiration

Peaches

Prevents constipation

Combats cancer

Helps stops strokes

Aids digestion

Helps hemorrhoids

Peanuts

Protects against heart disease

Promotes Weight loss

Combats Prostate Cancer

Lowers cholesterol

Aggravates
diverticulitis

Pineapple

Strengthens bones

Relieves colds

Aids digestion

Dissolves warts

Blocks diarrhea

Prunes

Slows aging process

Prevents constipation

Boosts memory

Lowers cholesterol

Protects against heart disease

Rice

Protects your heart

Battles diabetes

Conquers kidney stones

Combats cancer

Helps stops strokes

Strawberries

Combats cancer

Protects your heart

Boosts memory

Calms stress

Sweet potatoes

Saves your eyesight

Lifts mood

Combats cancer

Strengthens bones

Tomatoes

Protects prostate

Combats cancer

Lowers cholesterol

Protects your heart

Walnuts

Lowers cholesterol

Combats cancer

Boosts memory

Lifts mood

Protects against heart disease

Water

Promotes Weight loss

Combats cancer

Conquers kidney stones

Smoothes skin

Watermelon

Protects prostate

Promotes Weight loss

Lowers cholesterol

Helps stops strokes

Controls blood pressure

Wheat germ

Combats Colon Cancer

Prevents constipation

Lowers cholesterol

Helps stops strokes

Improves digestion

Wheat bran

Combats Colon Cancer

Prevents constipation

Lowers cholesterol

Helps stops strokes

Improves digestion

Yogurt

Guards against ulcers

Strengthens bones

Lowers cholesterol

Supports immune systems

Aids digestion

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Thoughts to Ponder

Daily Quotes from The Urantia Book
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December 31

When all is said and done, the Father idea is still the highest human concept of God. [The Urantia Book, p. 2097, par. 3]

January 1

The affectionate dedication of the human will to the doing of the Father's will is man's choicest gift to God [The Urantia Book, p. 22, par. 5]

January 2

The existence of God can never be proved by scientific experiment or by the pure reason of logical deduction. God can be realized only in the realms of human experience [The Urantia Book, p. 24, par. 2]

January 3

Those who know God have experienced the fact of his presence; such God-knowing mortals hold in their personal experience the only positive proof of the existence of the living God which one human being can offer to another. [The Urantia Book, p. 24, par. 3]

January 4

It is not necessary to see God with the eyes of the flesh in order to discern him by the faith-vision of the spiritualized mind. [The Urantia Book, p. 25, par. 3]

January 5

The more completely man understands himself and appreciates the personality values of his fellows, the more he will crave to know the Original Personality, and the more earnestly such a God-knowing human will strive to become like the Original Personality. [The Urantia Book, p. 30, par. 5]

January 6

You can argue over opinions about God, but experience with him and in him exists above and beyond all human controversy and mere intellectual logic. [The Urantia Book, p. 30, par. 5]

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January 7

The God-knowing man describes his spiritual experiences, not to convince unbelievers, but for the edification and mutual satisfaction of believers. [The Urantia Book, p. 30, par. 5]

January 8

To assume that the universe can be known, that it is intelligible, is to assume that the universe is mind made and personality managed. [The Urantia Book, p. 30, par. 6]

January 9

If man's personality can experience the universe, there is a divine mind and an actual personality somewhere concealed in that universe. [The Urantia Book, p. 30, par. 6]

January 10

The better man understands his neighbor, the easier it will be to forgive him, even to love him. [The Urantia Book, p. 38, par. 2]

January 11

Mercy is the natural and inevitable offspring of goodness and love. [The Urantia Book, p. 38, par. 4]

January 12

Though you cannot find God by searching, if you will submit to the leading of the indwelling spirit, you will be unerringly guided, step by step, life by life, through universe upon universe, and age by age, until you finally stand in the presence of the Paradise personality of the Universal Father. [The Urantia Book, p. 39, par. 4]

January 13

The experience of loving is very much a direct response to the experience of being loved. [The Urantia Book, p. 39, par. 7]

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January 14

For, as a father, a real father, a true father, loves his children, so the Universal Father loves and forever seeks the welfare of his created sons and daughters. [The Urantia Book, p. 40, par. 1]

January 15

God is love, but love is not God. [The Urantia Book, p. 40, par. 2]

January 16

When man loses sight of the love of a personal God, the kingdom of God becomes merely the kingdom of good. [The Urantia Book, p. 40, par. 4]

January 17

Love is the dominant characteristic of all God's personal dealings with his creatures. [The Urantia Book, p. 40, par. 4]

January 18

In the physical universe we may see the divine beauty, in the intellectual world we may discern eternal truth, but the goodness of God is found only in the spiritual world of personal religious experience. [The Urantia Book, p. 40, par. 5]

January 19

Man might fear a great God, but he trusts and loves only a good God. [The Urantia Book, p. 40, par. 5]

January 20

Happiness ensues from the recognition of truth because it can be acted out; it can be lived. [The Urantia Book, p. 42, par. 7]

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January 21

Divine truth is best known by its spiritual flavor. [The Urantia Book, p. 42, par. 7]

January 22

Truth is coherent, beauty attractive, goodness stabilizing. [The Urantia Book, p. 43, par. 5]

January 23

Is courage -- strength of character -- desirable? Then must man be reared in an environment which necessitates grappling with hardships and reacting to disappointments. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 5]

January 24

Is altruism -- service of one's fellows -- desirable? Then must life experience provide for encountering situations of social inequality. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 6]

January 25

Is hope -- the grandeur of trust -- desirable? Then human existence must constantly be confronted with insecurities and recurrent uncertainties. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 7]

January 26

Is faith -- the supreme assertion of human thought -- desirable? Then must the mind of man find itself in that troublesome predicament where it ever knows less than it can believe. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 8]

January 27

Is the love of truth and the willingness to go wherever it leads, desirable? Then must man grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 9]

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January 28

Is idealism -- the approaching concept of the divine -- desirable? Then must man struggle in an environment of relative goodness and beauty, surroundings stimulative of the irrepressible reach for better things. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 10]

January 29

Is loyalty -- devotion to highest duty -- desirable? Then must man carry on amid the possibilities of betrayal and desertion. The valor of devotion to duty consists in the implied danger of default. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 11]

January 30

Is unselfishness -- the spirit of self-forgetfulness -- desirable? Then must mortal man live face to face with the incessant clamoring of an inescapable self for recognition and honor. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 12]

January 31

Man could not dynamically choose the divine life if there were no self-life to forsake. Man could never lay saving hold on righteousness if there were no potential evil to exalt and differentiate the good by contrast. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 12]

February 1

Is pleasure -- the satisfaction of happiness -- desirable? Then must man live in a world where the alternative of pain and the likelihood of suffering are ever-present experiential possibilities. [The Urantia Book, p. 51, par. 13]

February 2

Universe causes cannot be lower than universe effects. The source of the streams of universe life and of the cosmic mind must be above the levels of their manifestation. [The Urantia Book, p. 53, par. 1]

February 3

The human mind cannot be consistently explained in terms of the lower orders of existence. Man's mind can be truly comprehended only by recognizing the reality of higher orders of thought and purposive will. [The Urantia Book, p. 53, par. 1]

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