Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02
HOW TO FEED AN INVALID.

Journal Of Chemistry.
HOW TO FEED AN INVALID.
Give the distasteful food the semblance
of something that is particularly palat-
BILE to the patient. and your efforts will
be rewarded by your soon beholding him
eating with an appetite. For instance,
you are bound to give mince, and equal
ly bound not to give pastry. What you
must do is this. You must make a vol
au-vent case, and fill it with minced
chicken or lamb. Then, though your
patient may not eat a single mouthful of
the crust, the look of the whole thing
calls up the pleasurable feelings associ-
ated with the vol-au-vent, in lieu of the
feeling of disgust excited by dish of
mlnce. On this day you will find that
he enjoys his meal; on another occasion
you can surround the mince with wall
of mashed potatoes or boiled rice. Again,
you may send up your mince in the
guise of "cottager's pie" This, as
everyone knows, is just layer Of mine
ed meat placed at the bottom of small
pie dish, covered with three inch layer
of potatoes, put in the oven and nicely
Drowned. Yet again, you may put the
mince into rissoles, or roll it up inside
batter, or, failing all these, can make
three-cornered sandwiches with it, In
this last case the mince should be of
chicken, and instead of buttering both
pieces of the bread, you might spread
the faintest SOupcOn of potted ham on
one of them.
In catering for such an invalid as we
have in view, our aim is to get him to
take a stipulated amount of meat per
diem. The doctor has ordered him so
many ounces day, to be given in any
form (save the solid) in which he can
be induced to swallow it. As long, then,
as this quantity gets taken, our object
is secured. We may give it, if we like,
through the medium of soup, or through
that of meat jellies. 1t is quite possible,
therefore, to let two, or even three, days
in the week pass without mince in any
of its PrOtean shapes being present. We
can make chicken panada, and put as
much as is equivalent to the specified
number of ounces into plate of soup;
or, again, we can make some strong OK
tail jelly. and administer couple of
glasses to him. and then, when we have
given the due allowance of meat, we are
able to include in that days menu
things which are more appetizing, though
less nourishing. than mince. We can
give him souffle favored with vanilla,
served in a smoking tin. with a snowy
white napkin round it. Charlotte russo,
maccaroni with sweet sauce, roast apples
Ito be eaten with baked milky rice pud-
ding, stewed pears covered with cream,
and innumerable other puddings, can be
given with great benefit, since, by caus-
ing your invalid to derive pleasure from
some regarding all eating as distasteful.
But above all, it must be remembered
that the way in which things are served
is the most important element in the
matter. The trays should be covered
with the freshest of cloths, and even be
rendered bright by vase of flowers.
You should never set plate before an
invalid containing the exact quantity of
meat, fish, or pudding you want him to
eat. If you do, he will be sure to leave
half. with the complaint that he has no
appetite He should always have every
thing served on small dishes, and should
be allowed to assist himself. His vege-
tables and sauces should never be heaped
on his plate, but should come up in tiny
vegetable dishes and pretty sauce boats.
Above ALL he should never be told be-
forehand what he may expect, SO that
his meals have all the charm of sur
prise In short, an invalid's meals
should be so managed that he should
look forward to them with pleasure as
to break in the days monotony. in
stead of turning from them with disgust,
: as from some disagreeable ordeal to be
undergone with all the resolution he
can muster-Ihe Queen.
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