Toast Water Toast a crust of white bread very brown without burning it, and put it into cold water. It is made much more palatable by the addition of any acid jelly. Crust Coffee Take a nice crust of bread, brown is to be preferred, but Graham bread will answer. It is excellent for a weak stomach, and particularly for children with teething complaints. Dried Whortleberry Tea Wash the berries, steep them in hot water, and let it stand till cold.
Herb drinks become insipid and disagreeable by standing.
They should be made with boiling water, in an earthen jar or pitcher, and not boil up again, but be drunk very soon. All food and drink for the sick should be prepared with careful attention and perfect neatness, and should be served in as inviting a manner as possible. The appetite of an invalid is excited or checked by things that escape the observation of a person in health. Used under License.