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edition of Back to Eden, it has a dark imitation leather cover
and contains many Biblical passages. This book has no title
page, copyright page, publication date, or table of contents.
The fi rst page (verso) states: “Send orders for ‘Back to
Eden’ to the author, Jethro Kloss, Takoma Park, Washington,
D.C., U.S.A., when you cannot secure it from dealers
in your locality. Special Notice: This book is now being
revised. Some things may be eliminated, and many new
things added. I have a regular experimenting outfi t, and I am
experimenting all of the time. No doubt there will be many
new recipes made from soy beans in the Revised book...
This Revised edition will be printed in Regular Book Form.
Just as this book is being closed up, another most excellent
article has been perfected, a Soybean, Whole Wheat Noodle.
Send all orders for this product to The Royal Cookie Co.,
Takoma Park, Washington, D.C... This book is now being
copyrighted. All rights reserved.”
Underneath the copyright notice, Doris Gardiner has
written “Copyright Jethro Kloss 1935.” She does not recall
where she got that information. No publisher is listed.
Note: Takoma Park is now in Maryland, 6 miles north of
Washington, DC.
This book is largely about herbs and natural healing. It
contains many Biblical quotes.
Soy-related recipes include: Unleavened bread (with
soy bean meal, p. 94). Gems (with soy bean fl our). Soy bean
bread (5:1 whole wheat fl our to boiled soy bean meal, p.
97). Soy bean buns or cinnamon rolls (with soybean meal
and soybean milk, p. 98). Soy bean cheese (fermented, with
raw peanut butter, soy bean milk, and tomato puree, p. 104).
Nut cheese No. 1 and 2 (made with raw peanut butter, water,
and salt, p. 105. Can be made from different nuts; tastes
like cream cheese made from whole milk). Ice cream (made
with soy bean milk, dextro sugar, corn starch, and crushed
fruits to taste, p. 105). Malted nut cream. Nut milk (with raw
peanut butter and Soothe-a-lac {made with cocoa fat}). Soy
bean milk (p. 106). Buttermilk (made from soymilk, p. 106).
Malted nuts (with raw peanut meal), non-dairy butters (with
ground peanuts and cocoa fat, p. 107). Nut sauce (made from
Vegetarian meat). Peanut butter No. 4. Nayonnaise (with
peanut butter and vegetable oil, p. 108). Canned soy beans
(using soybeans sprouted about half an inch, p. 111). Soy
beans and rice (using sprouted soy beans, p. 112). How to
sprout soy beans, lentils, and grains (p. 112). Original meat
#1 and #2 (using gluten and peanuts, p. 112). Granola #3
(with only whole wheat fl our and soy bean fl our, p. 116).
Soybean coffee (p. 118). Note that Kloss has no recipes using
whole dry soybeans in an unprocessed or unsprouted form.
“Loma Linda Food Company, Loma Linda, California,
Manufacturer of Health Foods,” has an ad on p. 189. They
list their products, but no soy products are mentioned.
Nature’s Original Food Co. in Muirkirk, Maryland, is listed
on pages 196 and 198. They make or sell strictly vegetarian
pure health foods, incl. “Fine grade soy bean fl our.”
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One interesting section is titled “Aluminum utensils
for cooking purposes” (p. 80-84); Kloss strongly advises
against their use, presenting much convincing but anecdotal
evidence describing health problems that both he and other
people have had after using aluminum cooking utensils. For
example, Kloss bought a tea kettle which was constantly
standing on the stove with some water in it. He would
drink 2-3 cups of this water each morning, then some more
about an hour before dinner. He developed terrible bowel
trouble. He tried all kinds of remedies but nothing worked.
The conditions grew steadily worse until fi nally he said to
his wife, “Unless something helps me, I will surely die.”
One day he described his condition to a man, and the man
said that the symptoms were similar to those that aluminum
poison would cause. He began to research the subject by
reading various books and found that “every one who had
any practical experience in it condemned aluminum cooking
utensils.” Yet Kloss does not say that when he stopped using
aluminum utensils his health problems disappeared. Kloss
then includes a 3-page statement by Dr. Chas. T. Betts of
Toledo, Ohio, on the dangers of using aluminum cooking
utensils. Dr. Betts became very ill soon after his family
began using aluminum cooking utensils. He too investigated
the subject in depth and regained his health within 8 weeks
after he stopped using aluminum cooking utensils. He has
enjoyed good health for the past 17 years. While studying
the subject in Washington, DC. he found that the U.S.
government had made a thorough investigation of the matter
from 1920 to 1925. The Federal Trade Commission Docket
540 contained more than 4,000 pages of closely typewritten
testimony from 158 witnesses during the 5 years, after which
an offi cial report was made by Edward M. Averill. “Many
of the witnesses above mentioned were professors, deans,
biologists, and toxicologists from many colleges, some
of which are the highest schools of learning in America.”
Averill’s report noted. “The evidence in this record does
not prove that they are harmless... It does prove that there
are substantial grounds upon which to predicate an honest
opinion that they are harmful.”
Doris Gardiner notes (Oct. 1990) that “in the revised
1939 edition of Back to Eden, Jethro Kloss eliminated many
Biblical texts. He didn’t want to turn off anyone that was
not religious. He wanted to help everyone.” Kloss moved
to Brooke, Virginia, in 1920. From there, in the early 1930s
(by Sept. 1932), he and his family moved to Takoma Park.
Address: Takoma Park, DC.
92. Kellogg, John Harvey. 1936. Improvements in or relating
to preparation of natural or artifi cial milk containing Bacillus
acidophilus. British Patent 441,574. Jan. 22. Application
fi led 16 Nov. 1934. *
93. Good Health (Battle Creek, Michigan). 1936. Babies
thrive on soy bean milk. 71(1):19. Jan.