The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-02-02
FOOD FOR CONvALESCENTS
Tempting Dishes for People Recov-
ering From Illness.

During and after most kinds of illness
it is now the custom to give the most
nourlshlng and digestible kinds of food.
The day for "wishy washy" spoon food is
fairly over, and beef juice, cream and
eggs, and meat Jelly are given when
once tea and cruel would have been
rigidly prescrib, d.
To prepare beef Juice properly, as it is
done in hospital practice, select thick
cut from the round, or, better still, from
the inside of the shoulder. The butcher
will probably understand if you ask him
for the "bread and butter" piece. Cut
of pee half MS large as a mans hand,
broil 1t only long enough to thoroughly
heat it and start the juice. Put it in a
hot bow, standing it in a pan of hot
water to keep it from cooling. Cut it
with sharp knife in many places, and
squeeze out all the juice with lemon
squeezer. Salt the Juice slightly and
serve 1t Immediately in hot cup, cover
ing 1T till 1t is handed to the patient,
who may eat as an accompaniment thin
bread and butter or q delicate cracker.
The Juice must be taken directly after it
is prepared, as it is unpalatable unless
hot, but on no account should it be
heated over the fire, as strong heat coag.
ulates it and thus changes some of it's
most desirable qualities.
A dish that trained nurses frequently
offer their charges is a raw beef sand
wich; but it Is never to be so named to
the patient, who would very likely refuse
1t unseen. Scrape very fine q piece of
fresh uncOoked tenderloin of beef. Cut
two circles with a cake cutter from slices
OF thin bread, spread them lightly with
butter and then with the scraped beef.
Sprinkle on little salt and and pepper.
lay the circles together and cut across
each way to make four little pie-shaped
pieces. Serve on the prettiest plate you
have with little parsley or few
crosses for garnish, and q cup of cocoa
or tea Of allowedD to make it seem more
like regular meal. The patient will
relish the delicate sandwich and never
suspect that lie has partaken of raw
meat
OF course the doctor must be asked
for some rules to govern the patients
diet. There are instances where a ply
Stefan would object to the following
preparation, but in many cases il is
thought very desirable: Boil an egg for
twenty minutes; then take out the yolk.
which should be dry and meally, and
spread it upon slice of we'll Drowned
toast which has been very slightly but
tered. Have a cup of milk heating
while the other things are being pre-.
pared, but do not let it boil. Salt it to
the taste, and pour it over the toast, with
the addition of desertspoonful of
cream, if this lie allowed by the physi-
clan. 1t should be in a soup plate or
small dish. Put cover over It, set in
the oven for few moments and serve,
with clean napkin on the waiter, and a
fork and spoon as bright as the best sill
Yer polish can make them, aud tiny bit
of currant Jelly, if sweets are allowed,
on an especially pretty glass or decorat-
ed china saucer. Nothing in the house
&c too nice or too pretty to serve the in
val!ds fare on. A convalescent in
very dainty don't let us SAY "fussy''l
and eyes as we'll as palate should be ca
tered to by those who cook for the sick.
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