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THE CHINESE COOK BOOK
the two are combined in the right proportion the diet is the best possible for man.
Chinese food furnishes just this mixed diet.
When a man sees or smells something that is tasty his mouth begins to water. The water is a dilution of hydrochloric acid, with which food is digested. If he does not chew his food long enough to let the water form and mix with the food, he has a sickness known as indigestion. When he goes to a physician the physician will give him some form of dilute hydrochloric acid to digest his undigested food, and so he will feel all right. Since Chinese food is prepared in so tasty as well as fancy a way, it makes one's mouth water the moment you look at it. Therefore it makes indigestion impossible.
