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Oatmeal Gruel
1½ cups boiled water . 1 teaspoon salt Add oatmeal mixed with salt to boiling water. Boil two minutes. Cook in double boiler one hour…
Oatmeal Water
1 quart cold water Cook slowly for about 2 hours, boiling down to a pint. Strain while hot and add enough cold boiled water to make 1 quart…
Rice Gruel
1 cup milk Wash rice, cover with cold water and let stand two hours. Drain, add milk and cook one and one-half hours in double boiler…
Rice Water
3 cups cold water Cream or milk Wash rice by placing in strainer and allowing cold water to run through. Soak 30 minutes in cold water…
Barley Water
Wash barley, add water and let soak 4 hours. Cook in same water until water is reduced one-half, if to be used for infant feeding; for…
Toast Water
Two slices of bread toasted until thoroughly dextrinized, 1 cup boiling water. Break toast in pieces, add water and allow to stand one…
Albumen Beverages
cup orange or lemon juice Syrup to taste Beat egg white to a froth, add fruit juice, strain, sweeten. Serve cold. Syrup for fruit beverages…
Peptonized Milk
cup cold water 1 pint fresh milk Put powder into a sterilized quart bottle, add water, and shake until powder is dissolved; add milk, shake…
Irish Moss Lemonade
Lemon juice Syrup Soak Irish Moss in cold water, drain and pick over. Add 1½ cups cold water, cook 30 minutes in double boiler and strain…
Beef Broth
2 pounds meat from the shoulder or shin 2 pounds bone 3 quarts cold water 1½ teaspoons salt Cut the meat into small pieces and put it with…
NOTE (Reheat in double boiler not)
Reheat in double boiler; not direct heat, as it coagulates albumen. pound beef steak from round, cut 1 inch thick
Beef Extract
Salt Remove fat and wipe steak with cloth wrung out of cold water. Place on heated wire broiler, broil 4 minutes, turn every 10 seconds for…
Chicken Broth
Cut 2 pound chicken into pieces; cover with 2 pints cold water; simmer three hours or until meat is tender. Remove meat, cool stock, remove…
Mutton Broth
3 pints cold water 2 tablespoons boiled rice or barley 1 teaspoon salt Wipe meat, remove from bones, discard skin and fat, and cut lean…
Raw Beef Sandwich
Scrape beef with dull knife, place between buttered slices of bread. Cut in fancy shapes. Toast in oven. (Meat for this purpose must be…
Creamed Chicken
To cup cold cooked chicken add cup white sauce I. Serve on toast.
Broiled Sweetbread
Soak sweetbread in cold water to cover for one hour. Cook in boiling water to which salt and one tablespoon of vinegar have been added for…
Eggnog
1 to 2 tablespoons sugar Speck nutmeg and salt cup milk Beat yolk, add sugar, salt and milk, strain, add stiffly beaten white and nutmeg.
Coddled Eggs
Allow cup milk for each slightly beaten egg. Cook mixture in a double boiler, stirring constantly until thickened. Season with salt and…
Scrambled Eggs (Allow tablespoon of milk)
Allow 1 tablespoon of milk for each egg, slightly beaten. Pour in a buttered pan. Cook until creamy, stirring and scraping from the bottom…
Soft Custard
cup sugar Flavoring Speck of salt Beat the eggs, add sugar and salt and scalded milk slowly. Cook in a double boiler, stirring constantly…
Baked Custard
Instead of cooking the above mixture over hot water, strain into custard cups or a mold set in a pan of water. Bake in a slow oven 325°F…
Junket
2 teaspoons rennet, or 2 teaspoons lukewarm junket tablet water Heat the milk to lukewarm (99°F.) in double boiler. Add sugar and…