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THE CHINESE COOK BOOK
time it takes each substance to be digested and the number of calories developed per ounce.
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Food
Number of ounces per 100 calories
Number of hours for digestion
Almonds 160 2½
Bamboo shoot 137 3
Barley 2¼
Beans 9.66 2
Bean Cake 192 3
Beef 1.4 4
Celery 5.3 3½
Chestnuts 70.3 3
Chestnuts (dried) 30 3½
Chicken 3.24 2½
Cornstarch 3
Dates 101 2
Duck 65.6 4½
Eggs 2.1 2 to 3½
Fish 4.85 3
Fowl 65.6 3
Chinese Ham 1.21 4 to 5
Lamb 51.2 2½ to 3½
Lettuce 15.2 2¾
Lobster 4.13 4
Melon, East 25.7 1¾
Melon, Star 18 1
Muskmelon 11.6 1½
Mushrooms 13.1 1½
Mushrooms (dried) 2.4 2½
Nuts 189.4 2 to 3
