Foods for Invalids
Iluted Milk
If milk disagrees with a patient, it may be made more digestible, by diluting it with lime water, barley water or oatmeal water. Two…
Hot Milk
This is considered a good stimulant after much fatigue. It should not be allowed to boil, but should just reach that point and be served as…
Grain Foods
In preparing any of the grain foods for a sick person, extra care should be taken that they are sufficiently well cooked, else the result…
Flour Ball Gruel
Tie loosely into a half-yard square of thick white cotton cloth one pint of sifted bread flour, place it in a pan of boiling water and let…
Barley Gruel
The prepared flour is generally used for the barley preparations. Wet one tablespoon of the flour, with one and one-half tablespoons of…
Barley Jelly
Prepare as barley gruel, using two tablespoons of flour and two cups of boiling water. Strain into a mold, chill, and serve with sugar and…
Oatmeal Preparations
The oatmeal gruel and water are made after the same recipe as the barley where the prepared oat flour is used. They may however be made out…
Indian Meal Gruel
Take one quart of boiling water; onehalf teaspoon of salt; two tablespoons of meal; one tablespoon of flour; four tablespoons of cold…
Rice Jelly
Mix enough water with two tablespoons of rice flour to make a thin paste, and then add one coffee-cup of boiling water. Sweeten to taste…
Wine Whey
One cup of new milk; one-half cup of sherry wine; sugar to sweeten. Place the milk in a small saucepan set in another of boiling water…
Albumen Water
Stir the white of an egg with a silver fork, and add one glass of water which has been sweetened and flavored. Mix well.
Sherry and Egg
Beat the yolk of an egg and one teaspoon of sugar together, and add to this two teaspoons of sherry, brandy or port, stirring well. Beat…
Currant Water
Stir one tablespoon of currant jelly into one glass of water. Sweeten slightly, if desired. When currant juice is obtainable, use three…
Flaxseed Lemonade
This is very soothing to patients suffering from colds. One quart of boiling water; four tablespoons of whole flaxseed; two lemons; sugar…
Hot Lemonade
This should be drunk only just before retiring; it is excellent for colds, but care should be taken to avoid all exposure on the following…
Toast Water
Toast two or three slices of stale bread until brown all through, but not at all scorched. Break the toast in small pieces, and put one cup…
Arrowroot Blanc Mange
Put half a pint of milk into a double boiler, scald and stir into it three heaping teaspoons of arrowroot which have been dissolved in…
Beef Juice
When much nourishment must be given in small compass, the best nurses now prepare beef juice. This is made of the round of beef cut at…
Beef Tea
Place one pound of finely chopped lean beef in a wide-mouthed bottle, or in a fruit-jar. Add to it one-half pint of cold water, and let it…
Scraped Raw Beef Sandwiches
Scrape very fine two or three tablespoons of fresh, juicy raw beef, season it slightly with pepper and salt, spread it between two thin…
CHICKEN BROTH (Cut up a young fowl and remove)
Cut up a young fowl, and remove all of the skin and fat. Wash the chicken, cut it into small pieces, crack the bones well, and place it in…
Chicken Jelly
Use the recipe for chicken broth and strain. When cold skim off any grease that has risen, heat, add salt and pepper, then pour into a…