They boil, broil, or toast all the meat they eat, and it is very common with them to boil fish as well as flesh with their hominy; this is Indian corn soaked, broken in a mortar, husked, and then boiled in water over a gentle fire for ten or twelve hours, to the consistence of frumenty: the thin of this is what my Lord Bacon calls cream of maize, and highly commends for an excellent sort of nutriment. (fieryfoodscentral.com)
Let us make an interesting comparison, one that should be quite clear to the average intelligence: There is 54.87 per cent more total nutriment in currants than in lean beef. (scientificamerican.com)
As soils lose their fertility, chemical fertilizers provide the needed nutriments for food - production. (religion-online.org)