Hints for the table: or, the economy of good living / [Anon].

  • John Timbs
Date:
1838
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Credit: Hints for the table: or, the economy of good living / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Soda-water is the simplest stimulating liquid. To per- manently weak stomachs it is generally unwholesome. It is always unwholesome during a meal, hut is an excellent beverage at some interval afterwards.—Mayo. Soda-water rarely contains any soda; it being merely common water charged with fixed air: it is often drank to neutralize acid iu the stomach, in which case fifteen or twenty grains of carbonate of soda, finely powdered, should be put into a large glass, and a bottle of soda-water poured on it. Dr. Graham, however, observes, that the practice of taking carbonate of soda and soda-water freely, is a very injurious one. In full habits, where there is much strength, they may be occasionally taken with advantage, but scarcely in other less vigorous states of the constitution. Carbonate of soda, adds the Doctor, should never be used in the tea-pot, and very seldom in beer. Seltzer-water, when fresh, has a brisk, slightly acid taste, and makes a refreshing drink with Rhenish wane and powdered loaf sugar; in this state it is, probably, the most wholesome beverage in warm weather. But the best re- commendation of Seltzer-water, is the plain fact that the inhabitants of Nieder-Selters, (where it is obtained), who have drank it all their lives, are by many degrees the healthiest and ruddiest looking peasants in the Duchy of Nassau. For acidity in the stomach, and heartburn, Seid- litz-water is much recommended. Ginger-beer is the most refreshing of all summer drinks, from its high, close, and creamy head. A piece of anchovy will almost immediately restore the just tone of voice to any one who has become hoarse by public speaking. Coffee and green tea will be found the most efficacious antidotes to intoxication, when no sickness prevails. A dose of camphor julep is excellent. Nausea is counteracted by effervescent and aromatic draughts; of the former, soda- water is the best. The Greeks used a solution of salt, to counteract the effects of wine; and this is a common remedy
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