removing every trace of the latter; put the pulp into a
deep dish, with a plentiful sprinkling of fine white sugar✪ Grape-Fruit for Breakfast,
and let it stand over night in a cool place. Use it at the
beginning of breakfast; it is exceedingly refreshing and
wholesome.
CHAPTER XL
BEVERAGES, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DIET
OF INVALIDS AND CHILDREN.
THE number of beverages is proportionate to the pro-
verbial thirst of mankind ; but, in the limited space
available, few can be mentioned. After the usual domestic
drinks of tea, coffee, and chocolate or cocoa, some good
temperance beverages are given, together with fruit sirups
and cordials, upon which they may be based. Then follow
a few of the drinks usually ordered by physicians in illness
and convalescence ; and some of the cups and punches gen-
erally used for garden-parties.
The diet for invalids and children can only be outlined
here, for lack of space, and because it is treated exhaustively
in a larger work by the author in the Harpers' press.
Dishes for invalids should combine nutriment with diges-
tibility, and be attractive and appetizing; above all, their
ingredients should be perfectly fresh ; and not many mgre-
dients should enter into one dish. Among the dishes suit-
able for invalids included in this book are ; clear soup, bouil-
ion, .chicken and rice soup, cream oyster and clam soups,
roast and broiled oysters, boiled and broiled salmon, Girard
trout, fresh mackerel broiled, poached and shirred eggs and
omelets, sweetbreads broiled and baked, tripe broiled and
stewed, broiled chops and steaks, broiled chicken and game
birds, calf 's-foot and wine jellies, and some of the delicate
puddings. Fruit must be subject to the doctor's selection ;
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as also must be special diets of milk, beef, etc., because all
changes in diet are to be carefully made. Some few good
dishes are added to those already mentioned.
FILTERING WATER OR SIRUP.
When drinking-water is muddy, it can be cleared by filter-
ing it as shown in the accompanying pictures ; the first one
represents the folding of a round piece of filtering-paper,
such as can be procured at the druggist's ; the folded paper
is laid inside a funnel set in the neck of a decanter, and the
water is allowed to run through the paper slowly. If smooth
decanters or carafes are used, the water can be frozen in
them after it is filtered, by following the directions given in the
recipe for frozen carafes. For filtering sirup, a clean piece
of thin chamois is excellent ; the chamois should be washed
in borax-water every time it is used, and very carefully
rinsed in clear water ; if borax is not at hand, a small piece
of washing-soda may be dissolved in the water in which the
chamois is washed, and it can then be thoroughly rinsed.
COFFEE.
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removing every trace of the latter; put the pulp into a deep dish, with a plentiful sprinkling of fine white sugar, and let it stand over night in a cool place. Use it at the beginning of breakfast; it is exceedingly refreshing and wholesome.
BEVERAGES, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DIET OF INVALIDS AND CHILDREN.
THE number of beverages is proportionate to the proverbial thirst of mankind ; but, in the limited space available, few can be mentioned. After the usual domestic drinks of tea, coffee, and chocolate or cocoa, some good temperance beverages are given, together with fruit sirups and cordials, upon which they may be based. Then follow a few of the drinks usually ordered by physicians in illness and convalescence ; and some of the cups and punches generally used for garden-parties.
The diet for invalids and children can only be outlined here, for lack of space, and because it is treated exhaustively in a larger work by the author in the Harpers' press.
Dishes for invalids should combine nutriment with digestibility, and be attractive and appetizing; above all, their ingredients should be perfectly fresh ; and not many ingredients should enter into one dish. Among the dishes suitable for invalids included in this book are ; clear soup, bouilion, .chicken and rice soup, cream oyster and clam soups, roast and broiled oysters, boiled and broiled salmon, Girard trout, fresh mackerel broiled, poached and shirred eggs and omelets, sweetbreads broiled and baked, tripe broiled and stewed, broiled chops and steaks, broiled chicken and game birds, calf 's-foot and wine jellies, and some of the delicate puddings. Fruit must be subject to the doctor's selection ;
as also must be special diets of milk, beef, etc., because all changes in diet are to be carefully made. Some few good dishes are added to those already mentioned.
FILTERING WATER OR SIRUP.
When drinking-water is muddy, it can be cleared by filtering it as shown in the accompanying pictures ; the first one represents the folding of a round piece of filtering-paper, such as can be procured at the druggist's ; the folded paper is laid inside a funnel set in the neck of a decanter, and the water is allowed to run through the paper slowly. If smooth decanters or carafes are used, the water can be frozen in them after it is filtered, by following the directions given in the recipe for frozen carafes. For filtering sirup, a clean piece of thin chamois is excellent ; the chamois should be washed in borax-water every time it is used, and very carefully rinsed in clear water ; if borax is not at hand, a small piece of washing-soda may be dissolved in the water in which the chamois is washed, and it can then be thoroughly rinsed.
COFFEE.
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