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STEWED PRUNES FOR SICKNESS
Wash the prunes, put them in a stew pan, cover them with water, and to each
pound of prunes put a cupful of clear brown sugar. Cover the stew-pan and let
them boil slowly, until the syrup is thick and rich.
WINE JELLY FOR THE SICK
Take one pint of Madeira wine, one pint of water, and one ounce of isinglass
dissolved in a teacupful of water. Let the wine and water be boiling hot, then
stir into it the dissolved isinglass, and sugar to taste; make it quite sweet;
let it come to a boil, try it by taking a little in a saucer, and if not a good
jelly when cold, boil it until it is so; if lemon is allowed, use the juice of
two to flavor this jelly.
JAUNE MANGE
Break up and boil an ounce of isinglass in rather more than half a pint of water
until it is melted; strain it; then add the juice of two large oranges, a gill
of white wine, and the yolks of four eggs beaten and strained; sweeten to taste,
and stir it over a gentle fire till it boils up; dip a mould into cold water and
pour the preparation into it.
CARRIGEEN MOSS FOR INVALIDS
Wash and pick a tablespoonful of Irish moss and put it into a tin cup; pour on
it half a pint of boiling water, and set it on the coals for a short time; when
it is all dissolved add sugar and nutmeg to taste.
This may be made with milk, to resemble custard, and is very nourishing.
Delicate infants may be fed on it when they will take no other nourishment.
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