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BEEF TEA FOR INVALIDS
Cut tender lean beef into small pieces, free it from fat and strings, fill a
junk bottle with it, cork it tight and put it in a kettle of boiling water; let
it boil three hours. In that way you obtain the juices of the meat undiluted.
This is especially nourishing and good when the stomach can bear but little
liquid.
MILK PUNCH AS A RESTORATIVE
Take a large tumbler (it should hold a pint), half fill it with chopped ice, add
to it a large tablespoonful of white sugar, beat it a little with the ice, then
pour on it a wineglass of gin, rum or brandy, and fill up with fresh milk. It is
generally very acceptable to an invalid who refuses other stimulants.
APPLE TEA, OR WATER, FOR INVALIDS
Cut some ripe apples into thin pieces, add the peel of a fresh lemon; pour
boiling water over them and let it stand till cold, then sweeten with loaf
sugar. This is a grateful and cooling drink.
BAKED APPLES
Bake them in a tin roaster, as iron discolors them; pour molasses over them and
bake until soft. This is good for opening the bowels of patients who are a
little constipated.
ARROW-ROOT BLANC MANGE FOR THE SICK
Put a pint of new milk to boil; make a smooth batter with an ounce of Bermuda
arrow-root and cold milk; add a little salt, and when the milk is boiling stir
in the batter; let the fire be gentle or it will scorch; sweeten this with fine
white sugar, and let it boil a few minutes;
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