=Albuminized Grape Juice.= Put two tablespoonsful of grape juice into
a dainty glass with pure chopped ice. Beat the white of one egg, turn
into the glass, sprinkle a little sugar over the top and serve.
* * * * *
=FARINACEOUS BEVERAGES.= These are all made by slowly adding cereals,
such as barley, rice, oatmeal, etc., to a large quantity of boiling
water and cooking from two to three hours and then straining off the
liquid and seasoning to taste. They are particularly valuable when
only a small amount of nutriment can be assimilated. Since the chief
ingredient is starch, long cooking is necessary to make soluble the
starch globules and to change the starch into dextrin, so that it can
be more readily digested. Since these drinks are given only in case of
weak digestion, it is important that they be taken slowly and held in
the mouth until they are thoroughly mixed with the saliva.
* * * * *
=Barley Water.= (Infant feeding). Mix 1 teaspoonful of barley flour
with two tablespoonsful of cold water, until it is a smooth paste. Put
in the top of a double boiler and add gradually one pint of boiling
water. Boil over direct heat five minutes, stirring constantly; then
put into a double boiler, over boiling water, and cook fifteen minutes
longer. This is used as a diluent with normal infants and to check
diarrhoea.
For children or adults use ½ teaspoonful of barley or rice flour, 1
cup of boiling water and ¼ teaspoonful of salt. Cream or milk and salt
may be added for adults, or, lemon juice and sugar, according to the
condition.
Barley water is an astringent and used to check the bowels when they
are too laxative.
* * * * *
=Rice Water.= Wash two tablespoonsful of rice, add 3 cups of cold
water and soak thirty minutes. Then heat gradually and cook one hour
until the rice is tender. Strain through muslin, re-heat and dilute
with boiling water or hot milk to the consistency desired. Season
with salt; sugar may be added if desired and cinnamon, if allowed,
may be cooked with it to assist in reducing a laxative condition.
1 teaspoonful of stoned raisins may be added to the rice, before
boiling, if there is no bowel trouble.
* * * * *
=Oatmeal Water.= Mix 1 tablespoonful of oatmeal with 1 tablespoonful
of cold water. Add a speck of salt and stir into it a quart of boiling
water. Boil for three hours, replenishing the water as it boils away.
Strain through a fine sieve or cheese cloth, season and serve cold.
Sufficient water should be added to keep the drink almost as thin as
water.
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