Panada. — Lay in a bowl two Boston or Graham crackers, split;
sprinkle on a pinch of salt, and cover with boiling water✪ Panada. Set the
bowl in a sauce-pan of boiling water, and let it stand half an hour
or till the crackers look clear. Slide into a hot saucer without break-
ing, and eat with cream and sugar. As they are only good hot, do
just enough for the patient's appetite at one time.
Milk Toast. — Toast one or two slices of bread a bright brov;n;
dip quickly in a little salted, boiling water and spread on a little but-
ter. Boil a teacupful of milk; thicken with an even teaspoonful of
flour mixed smooth in a little cold water, with a pinch of salt✪ Milk Toast; lay
the toast in a small, hot, deep plate and pour over the milk. Cream
toast is made in the same way.
Beef Sandwich. — Two or three tablespoonfuls of raw, very ten-
der beef, scraped fine and spread between two slices of slightly but-
tered brea✪ Beef Sandwichd. Sprinkle on pepper and salt.
Prepared Flour. — Tie a pint of flour tightly in a cloth and boil
four hours. Scrape off the outer crust, and the inside will be found
to be a dry ball. Grate this as required, allowing one tablespoonful
wet in cold milk✪ Prepared Flour, to a pint of boiling milk, and boiling till smooth.
Add a saltspoonful of salt. This is excellent for summer-complaint,
whether in adults or children. The beaten white of an egg can also
be stirred in if ordered. If this porridge is used from the beginning
of the complaint, little or no medicine will be required.
Rice Coffee. — Parch rice to a deep brown and grind. Allow half
a cup to a quart of boiling water✪ Rice Coffee, and boil fifteen minutes. Strain
and drink plain or with milk and sugar.
Herb Tea. — For the dried herbs allow one teaspoonful to a cup
of boiling water✪ Herb Tea. Pour the water on them, cover, and steep ten min-
utes or so.
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Beefsteak or Chops. — With beefsteak, cut a small thick piece
of good shape; broil carefully, turning every minute, eight minutes
for rare, twelve for well done. Serve on a hot plate, salting a little,
but using no butter unless allowed by the physician.
Chops should be neatly trimmed and cooked in the same way.
A nice way of serving a chop is to broil and cut in small bits. Have
ready a baked potato✪ Beefsteak or Chops. Cut a slice from the top; take out the inside
and season as for eating ; add the chop and return all to the skin,
covering it and serving hot as possible. When appetite has returned,
poached eggs on toast, or a little salt cod with cream, will be
relished.
Tapioca Jelly. — Two tablespoonfuls of tapioca soaked over night
in one cup of cold water. In the morning add a second cup of cold
water and boil till very clear. Add quarter of a cup of sugar; two
teaspoonfuls of brandy or four of wine; or the thin rind and juice
of a lemon✪ Tapioca Jelly may be used instead. Pour into small moulds wet with
cold water and turn out when firm.
Apple Water. — Two roasted sour apples or one pint of washed
dried apples. Pour on one quart of boiling water✪ Apple Water; cover and let it
stand half an hour, when it is ready for use.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Panada. — Lay in a bowl two Boston or Graham crackers, split; sprinkle on a pinch of salt, and cover with boiling water. Set the bowl in a sauce-pan of boiling water, and let it stand half an hour or till the crackers look clear. Slide into a hot saucer without breaking, and eat with cream and sugar. As they are only good hot, do just enough for the patient's appetite at one time.
Milk Toast. — Toast one or two slices of bread a bright brown; dip quickly in a little salted, boiling water and spread on a little butter. Boil a teacupful of milk; thicken with an even teaspoonful of flour mixed smooth in a little cold water, with a pinch of salt; lay the toast in a small, hot, deep plate and pour over the milk. Cream toast is made in the same way.
Beef Sandwich. — Two or three tablespoonfuls of raw, very tender beef, scraped fine and spread between two slices of slightly buttered bread. Sprinkle on pepper and salt.
Prepared Flour. — Tie a pint of flour tightly in a cloth and boil four hours. Scrape off the outer crust, and the inside will be found to be a dry ball. Grate this as required, allowing one tablespoonful wet in cold milk, to a pint of boiling milk, and boiling till smooth. Add a saltspoonful of salt. This is excellent for summer-complaint, whether in adults or children. The beaten white of an egg can also be stirred in if ordered. If this porridge is used from the beginning of the complaint, little or no medicine will be required.
Rice Coffee. — Parch rice to a deep brown and grind. Allow half a cup to a quart of boiling water, and boil fifteen minutes. Strain and drink plain or with milk and sugar.
Herb Tea. — For the dried herbs allow one teaspoonful to a cup of boiling water. Pour the water on them, cover, and steep ten minutes or so.
174 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.
Beefsteak or Chops. — With beefsteak, cut a small thick piece of good shape; broil carefully, turning every minute, eight minutes for rare, twelve for well done. Serve on a hot plate, salting a little, but using no butter unless allowed by the physician.
Chops should be neatly trimmed and cooked in the same way. A nice way of serving a chop is to broil and cut in small bits. Have ready a baked potato. Cut a slice from the top; take out the inside and season as for eating ; add the chop and return all to the skin, covering it and serving hot as possible. When appetite has returned, poached eggs on toast, or a little salt cod with cream, will be relished.
Tapioca Jelly. — Two tablespoonfuls of tapioca soaked over night in one cup of cold water. In the morning add a second cup of cold water and boil till very clear. Add quarter of a cup of sugar; two teaspoonfuls of brandy or four of wine; or the thin rind and juice of a lemon may be used instead. Pour into small moulds wet with cold water and turn out when firm.
Apple Water. — Two roasted sour apples or one pint of washed dried apples. Pour on one quart of boiling water; cover and let it stand half an hour, when it is ready for use.
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