The household cook book

BARLEY WATER.— To 1 cup of barley (first washed) add 1 quart of water. Allow to simmer until J has boiled away. Strain, and to this add a tablespoon of sugar dissolved in 1 cup of hot water- This is an excellent drink in febrile affections; also it is very refreshing and somewhat nourishing. To make a mild laxative drink, for children, add to the barley 8 or 10 figs cut in pieces. It is a delightful drink, and quite laxative. RICE WATER.— Wash 2 oz. of rice; boil 1 hour in 2 quarts of water; strain, and sweeten; flavor with nutmeg. It is a very pleasant drink and efiicacious in the bowel troubles of children. TOAST WATER.— Cut 4 slices of bread thin; toast to near burning. Pour over them 1 quart of boiling water and allow to cool, and strain. It may be flavored with a little lemon juice. This is a most wholesome and refreshing drink. HOT LEMONADE. — Peel the yellow rind off 1 lemon, squeeze, and add a glass of boiling water; sweeten with crushed sugar. This is an excellent drink in the feverish condition of colds. It will quickly induce perspiration. EGG AND LEMON JUICE.— Dissolve 1 oz. sugar in 1 pint of water, and stir in the juice of 1 lemon; add the white of 1 egg and froth up. Ice it if desired. EGG DRINK — Use 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teacup milk. Beat the egg well in a cup with the sugar, put the milk on to boil, and when it boils pour it over the egg, beating with a fork all the time. It is refreshing and invigorating. EGG AND LIME WATER/— To a wine glass of lime water add the white of 1 egg beaten so it will not string. Give it in small quantity and often. It is excellent in obstinate vomiting and irritation of the stomach. LIME WATER — Put 2 teaspoons of lime water in | tumbler of milk; add a little sugar to taste. This will often be retained when the stomach rejects all other kinds of food. The same may be said of milk and soda water in equal proportions. We explain elsewhere how to make lime water. FLAXSEED TEA — To 1 cup water allow 1 tablespoon flaxseed; pour on the water boiling hot, boil 5 minutes and strain. Sweeten with sugar, and for flavor add a little lemon or orange juice. LINSEED TEA — Boil 2 tablespoons of the unground linseed in 3 pints of water untd reduced to a quart; strain, and add lemon juice to relieve the flat taste. A very useful drink in colds and coughs. It is also good in affections of the urinary organs. LICORICE TEA. — Take 2 oz. each of licorice and marshmallow root; boil m 3 pints of water down to a quart. Allow it to stand to settle; then strain through muslin. It is a very desirable drink in colds, etc. SLIPPERY ELM TEA — Boil 1 oz. in a quart of water until half boiled away. Pour off, and flavor with lemon juice if desirH Useful in the same cases as the former. RENNET WHEY — Infuse a piece of the rennet in a little boiling water, as for making cheese; let it remain 1 or 2 hours; put a tablespoon of this fluid into 3 pints of new milk, just warmed (not hot). Cover it with a cloth and let stand siill until the curd is formed thick on the top; press out, and use the whey. WINE WHEY.— Add to a pint of milk, brought to the boiling point, sufficient madeira or sherry wine to coagulate it. Strain, sweeten or flavor to taste.