Description
BEEF TEA.
Put One large tablespoonful of beef extract in a hot cup.
Large pinch of salt and pepper.
A little celery salt, also, to flavor.
Fill cup with hot water, and add three drops Worcestershire sauce.
Serve while steaming hot.
CURRANT JELLY WATER.
One tablespoonful of currant jelly, dissolved in goblet of water.
Sweeten to taste.
This is a very refreshing drink for invalids, and especially for fever patients.
FLAXSEED TEA.
Boil half a cup of flaxseed in a quart of water for about half an hour, then allow to stand twenty minutes, near the fire.
Strain and sweeten to taste.
Add a little lime or lemon juice, as preferred.
This is an excellent drink for coughs, colds, etc.
Two drachms of licorice root, bruised, can be added to the above drink; if this is done, allow the mixture to steep for four hours.
LIME WATER.
Take a piece of fresh, unslaked lime, about the size of a walnut.
Pour over it two quarts of hot water.
When it is slaked, which will occur in a few minutes, stir thoroughly, then allow to stand over night, pouring off all the liquid in a perfectly clear state, and bottle. The addition of more lime is not necessary, because the above will give a saturated solution.
Lime water is usually administered in milk for the purpose of neutralizing the effects of an acid stomach.
About a teaspoonful or a tablespoonful of lime water to a half pint of milk is the usual formula.
OATMEAL DRINK.
Rub two tablespoonfuls of oatmeal smooth by gradually stirring in teacup of cold water.
Add a pinch of salt.
Stir this batter-like mixture into a quart of boiling water and boil for an hour.
Strain through a fine sieve.
WINE, LEMON OR VINEGAR WHEY.
Boil a pint of milk, and, just as it comes to the boil, pour in a gill of Sherry Wine, then let it boil again. The whey separates and can be strained off. Sweeten to taste.
