3/10 Meat should never be eaten raw. It should always be well cooked. Unripe Foods.~--Most vegetable foods are unfit to be eaten when green or unripe, especially if uncooked. Sometimes persons are made very sick indeed by eating such articles as green apples or unripe peaches. Stale or Decayed Foods.~--Food which has been allowed to stand until it is spoiled, or has become _stale_, _musty_, or _mouldy_, such as mouldy bread or fruit, or tainted meat, is unfit to be eaten, and is often a cause of very severe sickness. |