New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-17
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HOW TO FEED an INVALID.

From The Queen.
Give the distastcful food the semblance OF some
thing that is particularly palatable to the patient
and your efforts viii be rewarded by your soon be-
holding him eating with an appetite For instance,
you are bound to give mince, and equally bound not
10 give pastry. lonr patient, however, Is fond Of
pastry What You must then do is this on must make
"A yol-au-yent case, and ill it with minced chicken
or lamb. Them though your patient may not eat a
single mouthflIl of the crust, the look of the whole
thing calls mp the pleasurable feelings associated
with the NoI-yent, in lieu Of the feeling OF disgust
excited by dish Of mince. On this day you " III
find that he enjoys his meal: on another occasion
you can surround the inlnce with wall 81 mashed
potatoes or boil led nee. Again, You may send up
your mincc in the guise Of cOitagcr pie This,
~ everyone knows Is inst "a layer Of minced meat
placed az the bottom of small pie dish. covered
with thrce-inch layer Of potatoes put IN the oven
and nicely Drowned. Yet again, you NAV put tie
nncc into rl~,oes or roll it up inside batter OF,
failing all these. can make thre-cornercd sand.
witches with IT. In this last case the mnce should
be- of chicken and instead of butterng both pieces ot
the bread. sou might spread the faintest sogpC0n Of
pOitrd ham on one Oi Them
In catering for such an invalid as We have ~
view. our aim Is 10 get Inn 20 take a stlpula
amount of meat per diem. he doctor has ordered
him 10 many ounces day, 70 lc gwen IN any form
t,ayc the solid IN which he can be- induced To
swallow It. ~ long. then. a. this quantity gets
TAKEN our Object is secured We may give IL. If We
like through the medium OF sonp or through mat
of meat jccs. II is quite possible, therefore 10 let
two even three days III the week pass without
mincc ia any one OF its lrotean shapes being pre-
sent. We can make chicken panada, and put a.
ounces INTO q plate of soup; or, again, can make
some strong OX-a Jelly. and administer compile Of
glasses To him; and then, when we have given the
due allowance of meat, we are able 10 lnclnde IN
that days menu things which are more appetnDg.
though less n0urishng, than the mince. We can
give him "A soule Favored with yanille served IN
smoking tin with a snowy white napkin round 1t.
Charlotte russo, maccarUn with sweet sauce, roast
apples To be- eaten with baked milky rice pBddlDgl.
sirwcd pears covered with cream, and lDnunerabe
other buildings can be given with great benefit,
since by causing Your invalid to derive pleasure
from some portion AT least of his meal you prevent
Inn from T, .1.Itling all eating ~ distasteful
But above all il must be remembered that The
way m which things are served Is the most import
ant element in the matter. The trays should be
covered with the freshest Of cloths, and even be
r.ud, red bright by "A vase OF flowers You should
never -t a plate before ar invalid containing the
exact quantity If meat fish, or pudding you want
him Ia at II you do he will be sure b. leave hall.
with tue complaint that he has no appetite lie
should always have everything served on small
dishes and should be allowed Ia assist himself Ills
vegetables and sauces should never be heapcd on his
plate but should come up IN tiny vegetable dishes
and pretty sauce boats Above all, he should never
lee told beforehand what he may expect, so that Ms
meal, have all the charm OF a surprise. In short,
an inyald's meals should be so managed that he
should look forward To them with pleasure "a 10
brlk in the day monotony instead of turning from
them with DISCUS from some dlsaeTceabie ordeal
g. IL. undergone with all the resolution he can