Invalid Cookery
Always prepare food for the sick in the most careful and attractive manner. In sickness the senses are unusually acute and far more susceptible to carelessness, negligence and mistakes in the preparation and serving of food than in health.
The Recipes
Barley Water
2 tablespoons pearl barley 2 quarts cold water Wash barley, soak several hours in cold…
Albuminized Orange
1 egg white juice 1 orange sugar Add orange juice sweetened to taste to egg white and…
Pineapple Juice
1 pineapple cracked ice Peel a good ripe pineapple, cut into small pieces and put through…
Beef Tea
1 pound lean beef 1 cup cold water Cut beef up into small pieces or put through meat…
Scraped Beef
Scrape meat with sharp knife from lean beef cut from round until nothing but connective…
Spanish Cream
2 cups scalded milk 4 egg yolks 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons granulated gelatine 1/4 cup…
Gluten Muffins
2 cups gluten flour 3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder 1 egg 1 tablespoon butter 2 cups milk…