Part 46

NOTE.--For children or adults, use 1/2 tablespoon barley or rice flour, 1 cup boiling water, 1/4 teaspoon salt.

Rice Water No. II, 160 Calories

3 tablespoons rice 1 pint boiling water 1 tablespoon stoned raisins

Wash rice, put into saucepan with water and raisins; boil gently for one hour. Strain. When cold serve. Sugar or salt may be added to taste.

NOTE.--Do not use raisins in bowel trouble.

Oatmeal Water, 50 Calories

1 tablespoon oatmeal 1 tablespoon cold water Speck salt 1 quart boiling water

Mix oatmeal and cold water, add salt and stir into the boiling water. Boil three hours; replenish the water as it boils away. Strain through a fine sieve or cheese cloth. Season, serve cold. Different brands of oatmeal vary considerably in the amount of water which they take up in cooking, and sufficient should always be added to make this drink almost as thin as water.

Oatmeal Water No. II, 220 Calories

1/2 cup fine oatmeal 1 quart water

Use sterile water (boiled and cooled). Add oatmeal and stand in warm place (covered), for one and one-half hours. Strain, season, and cool. Sometimes used for dyspeptics.

Toast Water, 350 Calories

1 cup stale bread toasted 1 cup boiling water Salt

Cut bread in thin slices and in inch squares. Dry thoroughly in oven until crisp and a delicate brown. Measure, and break into crumbs; add the water and let it stand one hour. Rub through a fine strainer, season and serve hot or cold. The nourishment of the bread is easily absorbed in this way and valuable in cases of fever or extreme nausea.

NOTE.--Milk or cream and sugar may be added.

Crust Coffee

Take some pieces and crusts of brown bread and dry them in a slow oven until thoroughly hard and crisp. Place in a mortar and pound or roll. Pour boiling water over and let soak for about fifteen minutes. This when strained carefully is very acceptable to invalids who are tired of the ordinary drinks, such as lemonade, etc.

Cracker Panada, 100 Calories

4 hard crackers 1 quart water Sugar

Break crackers into pieces and bake quite brown; add water and boil fifteen minutes, allow to stand three or four minutes. Strain off the liquid through a fine wire sieve; season with salt and a little 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, 162 Calories

1 1/2 cups water 1 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoons stale white bread crumbs 1/4 cup white wine 1 tablespoon lemon juice Nutmeg

Put water and sugar on to cook, just before it commences to boil add the bread crumbs; stir well, and let it boil three or four minutes. Add the wine, lemon and a grating of nutmeg; let it boil up once more, remove from fire, and keep it closely covered until it is wanted for use.

FOOTNOTES:

Without Milk.

Estimated on one-half the oatmeal.

Without sugar.

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