Household cookery and laundry work

There are extraordinary healing properties in the unboiled juices of meat, and in cases of extreme illness this is invaluable. This beef tea may be made palatable by heating it a little (not boiling), and flavouring with a little ketchup or Harvey sauce. On no account should wine or spirits be used to flavour. VEAL JELLY. 1 lb. Lean Veal. Turnip, size of an egg. 1 breakfast-cupful of Water. Pinch of Salt. Slice the veal very thinly, and put in a jar alternately with slices of the turnip cut very thinly, to which add a small pinch of salt, and the water. Cover the jar very tightly with a paper, and put it in a sauce-pan of boiling water coming more than half-way up the jar, and boil continuously for 4 hours ; then strain and use. This is a strong jelly and very nourishing. Turnip is particularly good for chest complaints. MILK 1 cleaned Calf s Foot. 1 pint Water. 2 inches Cinnamon. JELLY. 1 tablespoonful of Sugar. 1 pint Milk. £ Lemon Rind thinly pared. Scald the foot and scrape it very clean, and put it on to boil with the water. Let it boil gently for 2 hours, then add the milk, cinnamon, and lemon rind, and gently simmer for 2 hours longer. Sweeten with the sugar, then strain and pour it into a shape to get cold. This is most nourishing for children or invalids. BEEF TEA PUDDING. 1 breakfast -cupful of weak Beef Tea. 2 Eggs. 1 table-spoonful of Bread, grated. Salt. Soak the bread crumbs in the beef tea, and allow it to stand a few minutes. Beat up the eggs and add them with a very little salt; then pour all into a small dish, and bake for a quarter of an hour, or steam gently about half an hour till it gets firm. This is a very nourishing dish for the sick ARROWROOT. 1 dessert spoonful Arrowroot. 1 breakfast cupful of Milk or 1 teaspoonful of Sugar. Water. Wet the arrowroot in a small basin with a tablespoonful of cold milk. Boil what remains of the milk, and when boiling pour it over the arrowroot stirring all the time, and sweeten it with the sugar. It then becomes a clear thick jelly. It is equally good made with either milk or water, but for some sicknesses water is preferable. It is made into a small pudding by the addition of one well-beaten egg stirred in and baked for a quarter of an hour. Arrowroot is best not to be boiled. EGG DRINK. 1 Egg. 1 breakfast -cupful of Sweet 1 teaspoonful of Sugar. Milk. Beat the egg and the sugar well with a fork. Boil the milk and pour it boiling on the egg, stirring vigorously all the time. This is a most invigorating and strengthening drink, and should be taken when hot. SUET AND MILK. 2 breakfast-cupfuls of Milk. | 1 tablespoonful Suet chopped up. Boil the milk and suet together for 10 minutes, and strain ; add either a teaspoonful of sugar or a small pinch of salt. This is excellent for a weak chest. APPLE FOOL. 4 Apples. Sponge Cake. 1 dessert-spoonful of Sugar. 1 Egg. Bake 4 nice apples till quite soft, and scrape the pulp out ; add to it the sugar and a small slice of sponge cake crumbled up, and one egg well beaten. Whisk all together with a fork, stir over the fire till it gets hot, then dish it nicely, and use either hot or cold. FLOUR FOR INFANTS’ FOOD.