American Red cross textbook on elementary hygiene and home care of the sick / by Jane A. Delano and Isabel McIsaac.

  • Jane Delano
Date:
1913
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: American Red cross textbook on elementary hygiene and home care of the sick / by Jane A. Delano and Isabel McIsaac. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    267/284 (page 247)
    Mix flour in a little cold milk add to hot milk and cook in double boiler for y hour. Cooked raisins or sugar and flavoring may be added if desired. Arrow Root Gruel 2 teaspoonfuls of arrow root 2 tablespoonfuls cold water ]/2 pint of boiling water or milk Salt to taste Mix the arrow root with the cold water, add to boiling water and cook 2 hours in double boiler. Sugar and any desired flavoring may be added, serve hot or dilute with milk and serve cold. Oat Meal Gruel 2 tablespoonfuls of oatmeal 1 cup of boiling water Cook 2 hours in double boiler, strain through wire strainer, add 1 cup milk and bring to boiling point—serve hot. Dry Toast Use stale bread and cut in thin slices, dry in oven and brown over the fire. Toast for invalid should be crisp to the center of the slice. Milk Toast 2 slices of bread toasted as above, butter if desired 1 cup of milk* Bring almost to the boiling point, season with salt, pour over the toast and serve at once. Cream Toast Use a thin white sauce instead of hot milk, made as fol- lows: 2 cups of milk 1 tablespoonful butter