The Ideal cook book

949.—Vinegar Whey (used in fevers)—Ingredients—Half a gill of vinegar, 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar, 2 teacupfuls of milk, (boiling). Mix the vinegar with the sugar, stir in the boiling milk; let it boil one or two minutes, cool it and strain off the whey. 264 _ THE Dominion Cook Book. Lemon juice may be used instead of vinegar, if preferred, it is then called lemon whey. 950. Seidlitz Powders. Two drachms of tartarized soda and two scruples of bicarbonate of soda for the blue packet, and 30 grains of tartaric acid for the white paper. 951. Effervescing Saline Draughts. White sugar powdered, eight ounces; tartaric acid two ozs; sesquicarbonate of soda, two ounces ; essence of lemon, a few drops. Mix well, and keep ina corked bottle. 952. Rice Milk—Ingredients—Two tablespoonfuls of rice, 1 pt. of milk, 1 tablespoonful of ground rice (if wanted thick, 2 will be required,) a little cold milk. Put the rice into the pint of milk ; boil it until done, stirring to prevent it burning. Put the ground rice with a little cold milk, mix smooth and stir it in; boil for about a quarter of an hour. Thick milk may be made in the same way as “rice milk,” only substituting flour for rice, thickening and sweeten- ~ ing to taste. Five minutes boiling will do. 653. Chamomile Tea.—Ingredients—1 oz. of dried chamomile flowers, 1/4 oz. of dried orange peel, 1 qt. of boiling water. Put the chamomile into a jug with the orange peel. Pour over it the boiling water, and stand on the back of the stove just close enough to the fire to keep it simmering till the strength of the peel and flowers is drawn out, then strain off for use and drink a wineglassful at a time. 954. Dandelion Tea—Ingredients—6 or 8 dandelion roots, according to size, 1 pt. of boiling water. Pull up the dandelion roots and cut off the leaves; well wash the roots and scrape off a little of the skin. Cut them up into small pieces and pour the boiling water on them. Let them stand all night, then strain through muslin, and the tea is ready for use. It should be quite clear, and the color of brown sherry. One wineglassful should be taken ata time. The decoction will not last good for more than two or three days, and therefore it must only be made in small quantities. Sick Room CooKERY. 265- 955. Sarsaparilla. (Simple decoction)—Ingredients—5 oz. of sarsaparilla chips, 4 pts. of water. Digest the chips in the water, let it simmer gently for two hours ; take out the chips, bruise and pla‘e them back in the water ; boil down to 2 pints and strain. oe The following receipts ‘are selected from eminent authori- _ ties and can be relied upon, but while in all cases it is prudent to consult a medical man as soon as possible, the information under this heading will be found invaluable where the doctor is not readily available. : of THE DOCTOR & 956. A Medicine Box. Secure a deep cheese box, line it inside with dark cambric or cotton ; put pockets all around the inside about two inches from the top and let them extend very nearly to the bottom. In these pockets place white cotton, a sponge, safety pins, a spool of white silk, fingers from old kid gloves, court plaster, rolls of bandages, all sizes, mustard, vaseline, chloroform, sweet oil, bottle of arnica, saleratus and a bottle of good liniment. Have some uncleaned sheep’s wool to use for smoking painful wounds. Putin everything that could be needed in any case of sudden illness or accident, in the body of the box put old linen, flannels, or old cotton cloths, so useful in sickness. Cover the top of the box with a cushion and tack a frill around the edge. Coverthe box with the same material put on in box pleats. One of these boxes should be foundin every household. 957. Fractures.