The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-21
The Sick Room.

subject in the Christian Union, by Miss
L. II. Scovil, Of the Massachusetts Gen.
eral Hospital, we Gull the following hints
and recipes:
The pure juice may be extracted from
beef in two ways: First, by cutting the
meat in small pieces, putting them in q
tightly corked bottle, immersing it in
hot water, and boiling for several hours.
Second, by taking a thick piece of juicy
steak, broiling it on a gridiron over
clear fire for few moments, then cutting
it in strips and pressing it in lemon
squeezer The juice thus obtained may
be given either cold or hot. 1t may be
frozen, broken into Jumps, and given
like cracked ice. A little salt should be
added before using it.
An invalid who is tired Of hot beef tea
will sometimes drink it cold or iced with
great relish. Enough isinglass or gelatine
may be added to the juice TO make o
jelly, which can be favored with sherry,
essence Of celery, or anything the patient
may fancy
Raw meat is very nutritious, and may
be prepared by shredding the beef ex-
tremely fine, removing every particle Of
skin or fat, and mixing it with cracker
crumbs. A little salt and pepper may be
added, and the mixture rolled into tiny
balls.
In conyalescence after typhoid fever
the greatest care is necessary with regard
10 the food, and no new article of diet
should be given without the express per-
mission of the doctor. Even 80 slight an
imprudence as eating raw apple has
been known to cause death.
While roast, boiled and broiled chicken,
mutton chop and beef steak have long
held q recognized position in the invalid's
bill Of fare, the merits Of q veal sweet
bread have been sadly overlooked.
When properly cooked it is delicious
dish, and may tempt capricious mp
petite that has grown weary of other
viands. A sweetbrcad should be par
boiled for short time until quite soft,
and then fried in little butter TO q
delicate brown. 1t may be served with
gravy or white sauce.
J Port wine jelly may sometimes be
given where the wine itself would excite
disgust. Dissolve half an ounce of
gelatine in three tablospoonfuls of water;
add little white sugar, and nutmeg or
cinnamon if the taste is liked; lot it melt
over very gentle heat, put in five wine
glassfuls of port, and stir constantly for
ten minutes. Strain it into mold
moistened with cold water. A piece as
large as an egg should be eaten two or
three times day.
Delicious oatmeal cruel may be made
by stirring cupful of oatmeal into n
bowl Of water, allowing it to stand for II
few minutes until the coarscst particles
have fallen to the bottom, pouring off the
water, and repeating this once or twice.
The water must then be boiled, stirring
it constantly until it is sufficient cooked
Few persons understand properly the
art of making lemonade. The lemoi
', should first be rolled between the hands
, until it is quite soft, the skin removed
with sharp knife, and every pip ex
tracted, the lemon being held over {
tumbler that no juice may be lost in the
operation. The pulp should then bt
divided into small pieces, and the sugal
/, thoroughly mixed with it. Last of nj
the requisite amount of water should be
! added. Orangeade may bo made in the
p, same way as lemonade, using less sugar
They should be iced. Imperial drink is
made by adding small teaspoonful o
cream of tartar dissolved III boiling water
to each pint Of lemonade.
In some diseases it is impossible tc
give anything containing acid, and thel
the ingenuity Of the nurse is tested t.
provide some beverage at once cooling
u and palatable. Iced tea and coffee ar
! excellent when they are liked, and ma
= ! be taken either with or without mill
!, Barley water is made by boiling tw
ounces of pearl barley, previously we
, washed, for twenty minutes in pint an
n half OF water. 1t is then strained an
favored with lemon peel and sugar t
taste. This may be alternated wit
haxseed tea. Steep half an ounce of I'm
bruised faxsced in pint of boiling water
Let it stand in covered jar near fire fo
three or four hours; then strain and flavor