The Henderson cook book

Chop very fine 1 pound lean beef-round. Cover with y% pint cold water. Stand in cold place 1 hour. Set over hot water, stir till liquid begins to turn color. Strain, add pinch salt. To re-heat, set cup in pan of hot water. RESTORATIVE JELLY. Put in glass jar i/o box granulated gelatine, 1 tablespoon FOOD FOR THE SICK 195 granulated gum arabic, 2 cloves, 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 cup port wine. Stand in kettle cold water, beat till all is dissolved. Strain into shallow dish. Chill. Cut in 1/4-inch squares. CHICKEN JELLY. One young chicken, 1 gallon water, 1 tablespoon rice, salt. Pound a nicely cleaned young chicken, bones and all, and put it on to boil in 1 gallon water with a little salt. Tie up a tablespoon rice and drop it in until it is soft, then take the rice out and boil down to 1 pint. Strain the jelly from the chicken and let cool. One tablespoon of this is as nourishing as a plate of soup and more delicate. BROILED RAW BEEF CAKES. Scrape the pulp from a round beefsteak, add salt, shape into small flat cakes, place on a buttered broiler and cook 4 minutes, turning every 10 seconds. Put tiny bits of butter on the cakes, but not enough to make them greasy. Scraping the meat in place of running it through a chopper separates the nutritious part from the indigestible fiber, thus making it easy of digestion for the invalid, as well as strengthening. MILK TOAST. Stale bread, buttermilk, salt. There is more than one way to make milk toast. That's why it is sometimes very good and sometimes different. Start by cutting the bread in slices about 1-3 of an inch thick. Spread them in a hot oven to brown until they are crisp all the way through. Butter the bottom of a frying-pan, put in the milk and heat gradually up to the boiling point. Have the toasted bread well buttered and spread it on a platter. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pour the hot milk over it, serving at once. Allow about a quart of milk for 10 or a dozen slices of bread. 196 FOOD FOE THE SICK EGGNOG. Beat the yolk of 1 egg until very light, add 1 tablespoon of sugar, and a speck of salt, and beat until creamy. Add very slowly 1 tablespoon of brandy, or more, if egg still has a raw taste. Add % cup of milk or whipped cream and last of all the stiffly-beaten white of the egg. ALBUMINIZED SHERRY. Beat the white of 1 egg stiff, and beat in slowly sugar to taste and 1 tablespoon of sherry. Serve cold. ALBUMINIZED ORANGE OR LEMON. Add the juice of 1 orange or 1 lemon to the unbeaten white of 1 egg. Blend thoroughly and sweeten to taste. Strain over cracked ice and serve. SANDWICHES FOR INVALIDS. Scrape raw beef, season with a little salt and pepper, and spread between thin slices of bread. Put in oven until bread is a little brown, and the beef is heated. GRAPE-WHIP. Beat the white of an egg until it foams; to it add % cup of grape-juice, in which 5 tablespoons of sugar have been dissolved and 1 cup of thick sweet cream. Whip and as the froth rises take it off and drain on a sieve. Pour the unwhipped part into a glass and pile the whipped part on top. HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS One-fourth pound dressed fowl will yield 1 quart chopped meat. 1 quart salad will serve 10 persons. ICE CREAM. One gallon will serve 25 persons, or 30 served in sherbet glasses.