The indigestibility of beef and mutton fat has long been recognized. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
The leaves are eaten raw with pickled fish to correct its oily indigestibility. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
One reason for the tardy appreciation of the nutritive value of nuts is their reputation of indigestibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
The major nutritional problems lie in the low concentrations of phosphorus and the relative indigestibility of the protein fraction. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
For myself I am inclined to believe that their supposed indigestibility, etc., arises from the fact that they are generally cooked in hard water. From Wordnik.com. [Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses] Reference
If lactose is the indigestible component of milk, the lactose-consuming bacteria present in fermenting milk should solve the indigestibility issue. From Wordnik.com. [Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
When meat is fried or sautéd, that is, brought directly in contact with hot fat, it is made doubly indigestible, because of the hardening of the surface tissues and the indigestibility of the fat that penetrates these tissues. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish] Reference
The Mayor, indeed, had for a little while managed to administer currant buns (it was not easy always to find the currant) for supper; but even prior to the official proclamation of their indigestibility they had gone the way of all luxuries. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
About the Senator's she would not commit herself, beyond saying that we had a great deal to be thankful for in that his health hadn't suffered, in spite of the indigestibility of that eternal French twist and honey that you were obliged on the Continent to begin the day with. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference
Nuts have had a reputation for indigestibility that was wide spread, not only among people in general, but also among physicians and dieticians, and even Prof Jaffa's clear cut experiments failed to dispell this idea of indigestibility that had been empirically assigned to nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919] Reference
Evidence is accumulating that people have developed ingenious methods of fermentation to overcome inherent indigestibility, or toxicity, of the protective (fruit-coat constituents) and not-to-be-eaten components of plants by a combination of physical (to destroy the antimicrobial factors) and microbial methods, with or without leaching or throwing away the cooking wastes. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 19] Reference
This is true, but does not carry with it the inference that indigestibility accompanies this coagulation. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
Was later mal de mared, swam ashore, and thanked his lucky stars for his indigestibility and the illness of his rescuer. From Wordnik.com. [Who Was Who: 5000 B.C. to Date: Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be.] Reference
Part of it, no doubt, passes unchanged through its body, either owing to its indigestibility, or to its being given in excess. From Wordnik.com. [The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock] Reference
Mince's notorious indigestibility underwrote its reputation for causing bad dreams, which were well-known to originate in the stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
He would find that the sourness had ripened into wholesome and refreshing acidity; the hardness into that firmness of fibre which, besides being pleasant to the palate, makes the apple "keep" better than any other fruit; the indigestibility into certain valuable dietetic qualities; and so on. From Wordnik.com. [What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular] Reference
But if the same man were to wait till October and then eat an apple from the same tree, he would find that the sourness had ripened into wholesome and refreshing acidity; the hardness into firmness of fibre which, besides being pleasant to the palate, makes the apple 'keep' better than any other fruit; the indigestibility into certain valuable dietetic qualities, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [On The Art of Reading] Reference
But if the same man were to wait till October and then eat an apple from the same tree, he would find that the sourness had ripened into wholesome and refreshing acidity; the hardness into firmness of fibre which, besides being pleasant to the palate, makes the apple keep better than any other fruit; the indigestibility into certain valuable dietetic qualities, and so on . From Wordnik.com. [III. Childrens Reading (I)] Reference
Pierre is finally regurgitated whole ” the lion having become ill from the boy's indigestibility. From Wordnik.com. [Little Private Lives] Reference
'veracity,' 'imagination,' 'indigestibility,' retrenchment. '. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
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