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The cook came back to work in the house. One day, the Seth asked him, “What miracle is there in your preparations that they have such excellent taste and flavour ?" The cook replied, "Seth Sahib, I will tell you the secret of my preparations if you do not get angry with me. But after knowing the secret, you will certainly send me away". The Seth insisted upon knowing the secret and the cook gave this reply, "To prepare food, I fetch water from my house. That is a particular type of water. In the overhead tank of our house, the bones of camels are put. During all the twenty four house of the day, those bones remain in the tank. Then, that water is used for preparing food. The food prepared with that water possesses excellent taste. Mostly in the Chinese hotels, this kind of water is used for preparing food.”
The Seth was dumb-struck on hearing what the cook said. He said to the cook, "Brother, do not bring such water to my house. Prepare food only with pure water. We should not taste such water as you bring from your house".
You admire hotel food. Now, do you understand this point which I mentioned. Will you stop going to hotels ? Eat peacefully the food that is prepared in your house. Eat the food that agrees with your constitution and eat food only when you are hungry. I have to mention some more points on food but not to-day.
This is enough for to-day.
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