Elements of the theory and practice of cookery

Cut the meat into small pieces, soak it with the herbs one hour, then simmer three hours. Strain, cool, and remove fat. Reheat and salt a portion when required. Three tablespoonfuls of rice may be boiled and served in the strained broth. Raw Beef Sandwiches (See p. U6.) Broiled Beef Tenderloin Over a carefully broiled slice of tenderloin, squeeze, with a meat-press or lemon-squeezer, the juice of half a pound of beef-round. Season with salt, and with pepper and lemon juice, if the doctor approves. Use no butter. Chop broiled in Paper Lay the chop between slices of glazed writing paper. Trim these to within one inch of the chop, and fold 306 THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COOKERY their edges together, enclosing the chop. Broil over hot coals, turning often. The paper holds all the juices. When the chop is cooked, hold it over the dish it is to be served on and remove the paper. Season it and serve on toast. Clam broth can often be taken by a patient who can take no other food. Clam Broth (one cupful). Large clams, 6 or 8. Water, % cupful. Scrub the clams well with a brush and cold water. Heat them with the one-fourth cupful of water in a covered saucepan till their shells open. Boil for one minute after this, and strain through fine wire. Serve undiluted, or add a little hot water. Wine Jelly Granulated gelatine, IX tablespoonfuls. Cold water, X cupful. Boiling water, 1 cupful. Lemon juice, \yi tablespoonfuls. Sugar, Yz cupful. Wine (sherry or Madeira), yi cupful. Make like Lemon Jelly, recipe on p. 164. Irish Moss Lemonade Irish moss, %. cupful. Cold water, 2 cupfuls. Lemon juice and sugar to suit patient's taste. Soak the moss in cold water till soft. Pick out dark bits and foreign matter. Cook it in the two cupfuls of SPECIAL DIETS 307 water in a double boiler for twenty minutes. Strain, flavor, and sweeten. Use hot or cold for patients with throat or bronchial inflammation. Lemon Whey Hot (not scalded) milk, 1 pint. Juice of 2 lemons (or 6 tablespoonfuls). Add the lemon juice to the milk ; when the latter has curdled, strain it through cloth. Serve the whey hot or cold in a glass. 485. The invalid's tray. — Use a tray just large enough for the dishes it is to hold. Cover it with a spotlessly clean napkin. Arrange it as if you were setting a place at the table. Use the prettiest dishes you have. Except in making jellies, gruels, and other foods that are not injured by keeping or reheating, prepare no more food than the patient is likely to eat. No food left by the patient should be served a second time ; nor should food that has been in the sick-room be eaten by others. CHAPTER XII BEVERAGES: TEA, COFFEE, COCOA 486. The primary service of beverages, or drinks, is the quenching of thirst. Thirst being the body's de- mand for water, water is the best of beverages, other drinks satisfying thirst simply by means of the water they contain (§ 65^. A decoction is extracted by boiling ; an infusion, by treatment with boiling-hot water. Section 1. Tea A Study of Tea