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butter; simmer thirty minutes; add a gill of boiled milk, strain, and serve.
This is an excellent broth for weak stomachs.
MILK OR CREAM CODFISH.
This dish will often relish when a person is recovering from sickness, when
nothing else would. Pick up a large tablespoonful of salt codfish very fine;
freshen it considerably by placing it over the fire in a basin, covering it with
cold water as it comes to a boil; turn off the water and freshen again if very
salt, then turn off the water until dry, and pour over half a cupful of milk or
thin cream; add a bit of butter, a sprinkle of pepper, and a thickening made of
one teaspoonful of flour or corn-starch, wet up with a little milk; when this
boils up, turn over a slice of dipped toast.
CRACKER PANADA.
Break in pieces three or four hard crackers that are baked quite brown, and let
them boil fifteen minutes in one quart of water; then remove from the fire, let
them stand three or four minutes, strain off the liquor through a fine wire
sieve, and season it with sugar.
This is a nourishing beverage for infants that are teething, and with the
addition of a little wine and nutmeg, is often prescribed for invalids
recovering from a fever.
BREAD PANADA.
Put three gills of water and one tablespoonful of white sugar on the fire, and
just before it boils add two tablespoonfuls of the crumbs of stale white bread;
stir it well, and let it boil three or four minutes; then add one glass of white
wine, a grated lemon and a little nutmeg; let it boil up once, then remove it
from the fire, and keep it closely covered until it is wanted for use.
SLIPPERY-ELM TEA.
Put a teaspoonful of powdered slippery-elm into a tumbler, pour cold water upon
it, and season with lemon and sugar.
TOAST WATER, OR CRUST COFFEE.
Take stale pieces of crusts of bread, the end pieces of the loaf; toast them a
nice, dark brown, care to be taken that they do not burn in the least, as that
affects the flavor. Put the browned crusts into a large milk pitcher, and pour
enough boiling water over to cover them; cover the pitcher closely, and let
steep until cold. Strain, and sweeten to taste; put a piece of ice in each
glass.
This is also good, drank warm with cream and sugar, similar to coffee.
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