Time Required For Digestion.

Hrs.

Min.

Apples, sweet.......................

1

30

Apples, sour.........................

2

00

Beans, pod, boiled...................

2

30

Beef, fresh, rare, roasted.............

3

00

" " dried....................

3

30

" " fried.....................

4

00

Beets, boiled........................

3

45

Bread, wheat, fresh.................

3

30

Bread, corn.....................

3

15

Butter (melted),....................

3

30

Cabbage, with vinegar, raw..........

2

00

" boiled....................

4

30

Cheese (old, strong).................

3

30

Codfish............................

2

00

Custard, baked.....................

2

45

Duck, domestic, roasted.............

4

00

" wild, " .............

4

30

Eggs, fresh, hard boiled.............

3

30

Eggs, fresh, soft................

3

00

Eggs, fresh, fried...................

3

30

Goose, roast

2

00

Lamb, fresh, boiled.................

2

30

Liver, beef, boiled..................

2

00

Milk, boiled........................

2

00

" raw

2

15

Mutton, roast......................

3

15

" broiled.....................

3

00

" boiled ....................

3

00

Oysters, raw........................

2

55

" roast ......................

3

15

" stewed.....................

3

30

Parsnips, boiled....................

2

30

Pork, fat and lean, roast............

5

15

" " " boiled...........

3

15

" " " raw..............

3

00

Potatoes, boiled....................

3

30

" baked....................

2

30

Rice, boiled........................

1

00

Sago, " ........................

1

45

Salmon, salted, boiled...............

4

00

Soup, beef, vegetable...............

4

00

" chicken

3

00

"oyster

3

30

Tapioca, boiled

2

00

Tripe, soused, boiled...............

1

00

Trout, fresh, boiled or fried..........

1

30

Turkey, domestic, roast..............

2

00

" wild, roast.................

2

18

Turnips, boiled......................

3

30

Veal, fresh, broiled...................

4

00

" fresh, fried....................

4

30

Venison steak, broiled...............

1

35