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FLAX-SEED TEA.
Upon an ounce of unbruised flax-seed and a little pulverized liquorice-root pour
a pint of boiling (soft or rain) water; and place the vessel containing these
ingredients near, but not on, the fire for four hours. Strain through a linen
cloth. Make it fresh every day. An excellent drink in fever accompanied by a
cough.
FLAX-SEED LEMONADE.
To a large tablespoonful of flax-seed, allow a tumbler and a half of cold water.
Boil them together till the liquid becomes very sticky. Then strain it hot over
a quarter of a pound of pulverized sugar, and an ounce of pulverized gum arabic.
Stir it till quite dissolved, and squeeze into it the juice of a lemon.
This mixture has frequently been found an efficacious remedy for a cold, taking
a wine-glass of it as often as the cough is troublesome.
TAMARIND WATER.
Put tamarinds into a pitcher or tumbler till it is one-third full; then fill up
with cold water, cover it, and let it infuse for a quarter of an hour or more.
Currant jelly or cranberry juice mixed with water makes a pleasant drink for an
invalid.
SAGO JELLY.
Made the same as tapioca. If seasoning is not advisable, the sago may be boiled
in milk, instead of water, and eaten plain.
Rice jelly made the same, using only half as much rice as sago.
ARROWROOT WINE JELLY.
One cupful of boiling water, one scant tablespoonful of arrowroot; mix with a
little cold water; one tablespoonful of sugar, a pinch of salt, one
tablespoonful of brandy, or three tablespoonfuls of wine. Excellent for a sick
person without fever.
HOMINY.
Put to soak one pint of hominy in two and one-half pints of boiling water over
night, in a tin vessel with a tight cover; in the morning add one-half pint of
sweet milk, and a little salt. Place on a brisk fire in a kettle of boiling
water, the tin vessel containing the hominy; let boil one-half hour.
Cracked wheat, oatmeal, mush, are all good food for the sick.
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