There are, however, various other methods which may be used to
advantage. For instance, top-milk from a bottle of fresh milk which has
stood 4 or 6 hours in ice water will contain 6 to 8% of fat. By diluting
this with an equal part of water, the percentage of protein, fat and
mineral matter will be about right, and sugar, either cane-sugar or
milk-sugar, may be added to supply the carbohydrates. Or carefully
prepared sweet whey containing milk-sugar, or barley water, may be added
to the thin cream in place of some of the pure water.
The following recipes have been used with good results:
Mrs. Pospyhala’s Recipe
=Infant Food.=—Warm 1½ quarts of milk to blood heat. Remove from
fire and add one Junket Tablet dissolved in a spoonful of cold
water. Let the milk set until it forms a solid mass, then stir
it up in order to break the curd. Place it back on the fire and
stir until quite smooth, not allowing it to get any warmer than
blood heat. It is then ready to strain through two thicknesses
of cheese-cloth and care must be taken to squeeze well so as to
obtain as much of the whey as possible, which is very important.
Add one tablespoonful of sugar to sweeten. Pour into nursing
bottles, the amount being according to the age of the baby. A
sufficient number of bottles are prepared for 24 hours’ feeding.
Care should be taken to keep the milk in a cool place as it will
sour the same as fresh milk. Every time the baby is fed the milk
must be warmed by placing the bottle in a pan of water and
heating to the right temperature.
_Mrs. Rorer’s Recipe_
Where cow’s milk, even when diluted, or partly modified as in
the home fashion, disagrees with the infant, this mixture may be
used with good results: heat two quarts of milk to 100° F. Add
two Junket Tablets dissolved in a tablespoonful of cold water.
When the milk is congealed and perfectly solid draw through it
backward and forward an ordinary four-tined silver fork; this
will separate the curd. Strain through two thicknesses of
cheese-cloth, saving the whey as this is the part you are to
use; add a pint of water, a half ounce of sugar of milk, three
ounces of cream and four ounces of the white of egg. The whites
may be dropped into a quart fruit jar, a pint of the whey added,
the top screwed on and the jar thoroughly shaken until the
whites are well mixed with the whey; then add them to the
remaining quantity and stand at once in a very cold place. This
will be given in quantities from two to three ounces in an
ordinary nursing bottle.
_RECIPES_
_of the Nathan Straus Laboratories_
Formula by Dr. A. R. Green for 1st to 4th week:—
¾ ounces of 16% Cream
3 ounces of Full Milk
19 ounces of Water
1½ ounces Milk Sugar
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