Prepare like the foregoing, spreading with tomato puree in place of butter. Drink with it rich fresh milk. This is excellent for people who have difficulty in digesting milk. Strained hot tomato juice may be used in place of water. BARLEY TOAST. Prepare like tomato toast. Use thick, barley jelly prepared from pearl barley, or soften the toast with barley water. RICE TOAST. Use thick rice jelly prepared from Carolina rice. Flavor with cinnamon, if desired. RYE OR BRAN TOAST. Make a strong tea from toasted black bread and bran, and prepare like the foregoing. PRUNE TOAST. Soften some black or white toast with boiling water, and add a little salt. Spread with thick prune juice. Sterilized cream may be added. APRICOT TOAST. Prepare the same as prune toast. Add cream or a piece of butter and the yolk of an egg. APPLE TOAST. Use thick apple sauce. Prepare the same as apricot toast. The four last recipes are excellent for constipation. MILK TOAST. Scald some fresh milk. Add a stick of cinnamon, if desired. Pour over white or black toast. CREAM TOAST. No. 1. Prepare like water toast. Bring some fresh cream to a boil with a stick of cinnamon. Add when the toast is soft. Use black or white toast. CREAM TOAST. No. 2. Prepare a white sauce from butter, salt, flour and hot water, as directed in “Sauces.” Add one-fourth of a cup of hot cream and pour over black toast, which has been softened with one-half cup of hot water. CREAM TOAST. No. 3. Use sweet whey in place of hot water, and prepare as No. 2. The cream may be omitted. CELERY TOAST. Cut some celery and cook until tender. Soften the toast with the celery water. Prepare a plain butter sauce and add cream, if desired. Mix with the celery and pour over the toast. CLAM TOAST. No. 1. Soften the toast with hot clam broth and strain, if desired. Mix the remainder with hot cream and pour over the toast. CLAM TOAST. No. 2. Soften the toast with clam broth. Prepare a white sauce from the remainder, add hot cream and pour over the toast. OYSTER TOAST. Prepare like the clam toast, with or without cream. SPINACH TOAST. Cut off the stems and select only fresh tender leaves. Cook and chop as fine as possible, flavoring with butter and lemon juice. Soften some black or white toast with broth or spinach water, and add the spinach. Serve with hard boiled eggs for dinner. If it is desired for supper, and if the patient’s stomach is delicate, use only the hard yolks. Fried beachnut bacon may be added. If the flavor of onion is desired, remove the onion before serving. This is good for constipation. EGG TOAST. No. 1. Beat one egg with three tablespoonsful of water or soup stock, and a little salt. Let the toast soften in it and fry to a golden brown in one-half butter and half vegetable fat or oil. EGG TOAST. No. 2. Use cream or unsweetened condensed milk. Beat up with eggs, salt and cinnamon, and prepare like the foregoing. This is good for diabetic patients.