Foods of the foreign-born in relation to health

Take Iamb or chicken meat without bones ; boil for an hour or longer, shred into fine thready pieces with your fingers. Take the special wheat prepared for this purpose and soak in water for eight to ten hours, then boil in one-half the broth of the chicken or lamb, gradually adding the rest of the broth. During the process of boiling it is necessary to stir and pound the mixture continually with a wooden spoon. When serving in plates, pour over each share hot butter and powdered cinnamon to taste. Fruits prescribed may be dried ones, as well as fresh, as compotes, not "stewed" fruits. Even the candy or sweetmeat called "Medley" is made with wheat in it. Ashoureh has nuts as well as wheat : I pound wheat i to i teaspoon rose water li pounds sugar J cup chopped hazelnuts i cup seedless raisins i cup chopped walnuts i cup peeled pistachio nuts i cup chopped almonds I to 2 pinches powdered cinnamon Soak the wheat in plain water for ten to twelve hours ; then after washing well boil in newer water, twice of its measure, until it cracks. In a separate vessel boil the sugar in an equal quantity of water, until two-thirds of it remains. To this add the raisins and the pistachio nuts. Then pour these all in the boiled wheat and continue boiling a while longer. When this is done, take away from the fire and add the rose water. Then chop well hazelnuts, walnuts, and the almonds ; roast a little in a pan on a moderate fire, and spread over the boiled wheat mixture, meanwhile sifting on the powdered cinnamon. Kolva is something like it : I pound wheat i cup seedless raisins i cup flour i cup chopped almonds I cup sugar i cup chopped walnuts I cup mixed fancy candy Soak the wheat in water for ten or twelve hours ; wash well, and boil in newer water, but take away from the fire before it cracks. Strain and then spread over some white muslin over night. Then roast the flour in a pan by itself until light brown, and when sufficiently cold, add the sugar, also the almonds and the walnuts, which should be well chopped. Add this mixture to the boiled wheat, and mix in also the spiced fancy "grape shot" candy. (Serve cold.) For constipation, fruit compotes may be prescribed. These are known as retchel. Wishneh, or cherry preserve, is made as follows : 2^ pounds sugar impounds sour cherries, I pint plain water freed from the stones I teaspoon lemon juice Boil the sugar in the water over a moderate fire until it gets cream thick, then add the sour cherries (without the stones), also the lemon juice; after a little boiling, take away from the stove and cool before placing in jars. Note. — Retchel can be prepared from all kinds of berries and fruits, especially from figs, pineapple, and even pumpkin, in same manner as described above. When vegetables are prescribed, it is well to remember that the Oriental cooks them with olive oil. They are known as basdis, and are used extensively with meat or cooked in olive oil, or both. One of the best dishes for a patient with constipation is cabbage with meat, as follows : Lohano Basdi (Kelom) 1 pound meat, fat, of beef, 3 cups broth (or plain mutton, or lamb water) 3 pounds cabbage Salt and red pepper to 2 dry onions, medium taste 2 tomatoes, ripe (or 3 to 4 tablespns. of canned) Cut the cabbage into egg-sized pieces, and the meat into one-half the size of the cabbage pieces. Also chop coarsely the onions and put them all, alternately, into a suitable vessel. Season with salt and the red pepper. Then, after adding the cut tomatoes and the broth, boil on a moderate fire until the meat and cabbage become very tender, (It is better to serve this Basdi at least six to eight hours after cooking, when it should be reheated.) Another dish equally valuable in their diet is Tureli Chuvedge, or mixed vegetables with meat: