Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-10
Recipes for Wholesale Cooking.

SANDWlCHES.
Sandwiches are very useful to put in your bag
or pocket, when You are not likely % be able tc
procure your usual meal. T
DO. 1. CHEESE SANDWICHES. Take two
thirds OF good cheese, grated, thifd II butter
and a little cream; pound all together in NOR
tar; then spread il ON slices Of brown bread or
gems; lay another slice over each; preS them
gently together, and cut in small square pieces
No. Fee SAEDwIoHIs.-Boil fresh eggs
i've minutes; nut them in cold water, ant, when
quite cold peal them, and after taking alittle of
the white off each end of the egg cut the remain
der in four slices; lay them between bread and
butter.
No. 3. FRIED Fee SANDwrcuEs.-Beat some
eggs wei; fry them in butter as pancake: when
Spid; ee' IN sihaIi square piv,e., aud lay them
between brown bread and butter.
No. 4. ONRLLT SANDwICHKs-Take four
eggs; two table-spOonfuls of bread crumbs. and
one-half ounce of chopped parsley. After beat
ing the eggs well, add the bread crumbs, then
the parsley, and two table-spoonfuls of water;
season, and fry it in small fritters, and when
cold, put them between brown bread and butter
VARIOUS BEVERAGES.
No. 1. WATER is the natural beverage Of
animal that departs from it; and he never
improves himself, nor increases the sum total OF
his enjoy ments by doing so. Plain water is the
most simple and the best drink.
No. 2. Toast AND WATER is made by toast
ing, very highly, thick crust of bread or a
plain unbuttercd biscuit, and then plunging X
into a jug OF botitrg water; the water should not
be poured on the toast, as the latter Is thereby
broken, and the drink rendered turbl,i. ii the
bread is burned instead of toasted an unpleasant
flavor is impaired TO the water; large quantity
should not be made at once, as il acdu ires bY
keeping disagreeable mawkish taste.
No. 3. TEA is very injurious ~ some persons
especially to the nervous: in fact, it does the
most harm to those who think it docs them ~ e
most good-who fancy they could not live
without it;-that it cures (relieves) the ealache
To which they are frequently subject. These are
among our strongest reasons for not using il. Il
Is inst the habit OF tea drinking that produces
the headache. though sometimes relieves il for a
short time. It contains volatile Oil. which ha.
peculiar effect upon the nervous system. occa-
other distressing symptoms, such az sinking at
the stomach, etc. 1t is a powerful astringent
Our recipe is-ayoid it!
No. 4. COFFEE, though in another form and
for other reasons, is equally Objectionable. II
should never be taken a beverage. It il.
heating, exciting, and very difficult of digestion
and although the man who is working hard in
fee , GReq r. aT with feanty SIMPLY OF food may
II is injurious to the sedcntary and commercial
part of the community, who work their brain.
more than their muscles. Here also our recipe
is-Reject it'll
No. 8. CHOCOLATE is a nutritious and
pleasant beverage, wholly free from causing the
effects which tea and coffee sometimes produce
III nervous persons, yet not altogether unobiec-
uonable III some cases, as from the large quanti-
~ of Oil 1t contains, it is rather difficult of diges
ton, and therefore apt TO disagree with delicate
stOmachs.
No. G. Cocoa is generally prepared by simply
grinding the cocoa nibs, the husks being ground
w with the kernels, and those separ ated in the
manufacture of chocolate are added. In the
cheaper kinds, the adulteratiOn il carried much
further, very large quantity Of potato starch
animal fat, and red Ochre being added; some
idea may be formed of the extent to which this
practice is carried, from the fact that the com
mon kinds OF cheap cocoa are sold retail at less
than half the price that genuine cocoa nibs
command wholesale.
No. z. LEEOyADH.-Lemons furnish two
important products for the formation OF
beverages: an acid Juice, and an aromatic
stOmachic oil, contained in the rind. Lemon
juice If slightly tuThid, very sour liquid, having
pleasant flavor when diluted; it contains
considerable quantity OF gummy mucilage
winch causes II TAI become mOldy on exposure u
the air 1t is capable OF furnishing large num-
Der of calculated drinks, which are useful I'm
allaying thirst, and are valuable for their anti
seorbutc properties Cut in very thin slice.
three lemons, put them in a basin, add half-a-
pound OF sugar, bruise all together, add gallon
of cold water, anu stir we'll. 1t is then ready for
use.
NO. (. BARLEY LEHONADE.-Put four ounce.
OF sugar into a small stewpan, with half pint OF
water, which soil about ten mimi tes or until
forming thlckish syrup; then add the Tne OF a
fresh lemon and the pulp OF two; let il boil two
minutes longer, when add two quarts of barley
water, made without sugar and lemon; boil five
minutes longer, pass Il through a hair ssive into
a jug, which cover with paper. making "a hole in
The center Ia let the heat through; when cold il Is
ready Tor us; II UUt cold into a bottle, and well
ccrkcd down, it would keep good several DAYS
Herald # Health.