English and French cookery

There is no laying down any fixed law as to the quantity of aliment to be given, but all authorities are agreed that the moment ‘ sniffing ’ and ‘ walking away ’ begins, any food remaining should be removed until next mealtime, or be re-offered when appetite is renewed. Some animals make night hideous by barking and howling. In all such cases try liberal and late feeding, leaving the dog a few bones to amuse himself with. If hunger is the cause, as is most probable, the nuisance will be stopped. Whilst in pup the mother requires extra food, and for the last week of her time allow her Spratt’s fibrine cakes with beetroot twice a day mashed up with rich broth ; every other day chop up with her principal meal, boiled bullock’s liver. Some hours after whelping, and when sufficiently recovered to accept nourishment, a little puppy food prepared with milk or strong meat-broth thickened with the former, will prove a valuable restorative. Offer about bloodheat. Whilst suckling vary the diet constantly, remembering that the fibrine cakes and puppy food are great milk producers, and that vegetables are equally needed. After the third week accustom the pups to lapping puppy food in warm milk, increasing the quantities gradually ; a little later on try them with the cakes pulped in broth, and after the fifth or sixth week let them have bits of the latter half softened to nibble at, as it assists teething. From comparatively early infancy throughout life a fish meal, say of cod’s head, once a week will be found an advantage. BROWN & POLSON’S CORN FLOUR FOR THE NURSERY. In ordinary cases the only suitable food for young infants is milk. So soon, however, as some solid addition to the liquid food becomes desirable, there is nothing better for the purpose than BROWN & POLSON’S CORN FLOUR. Its principal function is to supply heat. It also contributes to the formation of fat, so essential to life at all stages, but especially to the earlier. BROWN & POLSON’S CORN FLOUR FOR THE FAMILY TABLE. In the hands of an accomplished cook there is no known limit to the variety of delicate and palatable dishes which may be produced from BROWN & POLSON’S CORN FLOUR, It is equally susceptible of plain and simple treatment for ordinary domestic purposes, and one of its chief recommendations is the facility with which it may be prepared. Boiled with milk, and with or without the addition of sugar and flavouring, it may be ready for the table within fifteen minutes ; or, poured into a mould and cooled, it becomes in the course of an hour a Blancmange, which, served with fresh or preserved fruit, will be acceptable at any meal. Add sultanas, 'raisins, marmalade, or jam of any kind, and in about the same time it is made into an excellent Baked Pudding. To which may be added : — Take care to boil with milk, when so required, for not less than eight minutes. BROWN & POLSON’S CORN FLOUR FOR THE SICK-ROOM. The properties of BROWN & POLSON’S CORN FLOUR are identical with those of Arrowroot, and it is in every respect equal to the costliest qualities of that article. The uses of Arrowroot in the sick-room are not only matter of tradition, but of everyday experience, and there can be but few persons who are not acquainted with its uses as an important ally to medical treatment.