1 lb. pitted dates, 10 oz. seedless raisins, 7 oz. Figs, 5 oz. almonds, 10 oz. finely ground carob meal, or, if this is not handy, substitute wheat meal.  Chop figs in small pieces, mix all ingredients thoroughly together and put through flaker.  Firmly press the mass an eight-inch cake ring to mould, and in an hour or less empty on plate and dust with cocoanut.

Carob meal (St. John's bread or locusts) used in quantities of one ounce a day, in addition to six ounces of prunes, daily for six weeks, will cure an ordinary case of constipation.  Consider this a meal, eating nothing else at the same time.