"Nothing," says he, "next to flesh is more nourishing; but in this country we overboil them, and dispel their volatile salts: the water should boil before they are put in."
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
To avoid temptation I went and lived with a hermit to whom I soon found that I could be of no use beyond warning him not to overboil his peas and lentils, not to leave his door open when a storm threatened, and not to fill his pitcher too full at the neighbouring spring.
"The Pilgrims Of The Rhine"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton