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Arrowroot, to Prepare

Mix a dessert-spoonful of arrowroot with a little cold water. Pour on it, very gradually, half a pint of water boiled with a little lemon-rind; stir it briskly, and boil for a few minutes. Sweeten it, and add a little sherry or port wine. For infants, a drop of cinnamon-water, or of the essence of caraway-seeds, may be put in. Fresh milk may be substituted for the water, when the wine may be omitted. If there is any fear that the milk is in the slightest degree adulterated, it will be much better to use condensed milk, if for invalids. In that case no sugar will be required. Probable cost, 2d. per pint without the wine. Sufficient for one person.