The Portland daily press., 1900-03-30
NURSERY COOKERY.
THE ANEMIc AND NERVOUS
child.
CONTINUED frsm last week.

BY Christine Terhune Herrick.
Sandwiches of raw or UNDERGONE meat
may be given also TO the feeble child,
and eggs, in simple preparations, are
excellent. The scraped meat, already
recommended for various disorders, IL
most useful here.
SAvORY CUSTARD.
Make a cupful of beef tea by putting
a pint of cold water upon q pound OF
chopped beef and letting 1t simmer very
slowly for three or four hours, until
the liquid is reduced to half the original
quantity. Beat the yolks Of two eggs
light, pour the beef tea upon them, sea-
son with a little salt and turn into
well creased custard CUP. Set this in
pan of boiling water, cover the cup close
ly and let 1t cook until It is firm. Watch
it carefully. for II II cooks too long 1t Will
become watery. This may be eaten warm
or cold. 1t lie very nutritious and should
be taken only a spoonful or two at a
time.
DREAMED EGGS.
Heat together a gill Of cream or rich
milk and a gill of stock from chicken
or turkey. The broth from boiled fowl
Is perhaps best, but variety may some
times be obtained by using mutton
broth. When 1t is warm, stir into II two
eggs beaten very light. and do not re-
move the spoon until the mixture Is tho
thickness of ordinary scrambled eggs.
Salt to taste and serve on tiny squares
Of toast.
PoLENTA.
The exact variety OF meal OF which
Italian polenta is made may not be OBJ
tainable IN this country, but a tolerably
good substitute is found in the ordinary
yellow cornmeal To cook 1t for this
dish heat a pint OF water TO boiling and
sift in the cornmeal, stirring all the
while. until about half eupful has been
added Stir until the mixture is smooth,
and boil after that for at least an hour.
Turn II out then upon a shallow plate
and when cold 1t may be cut into strips.
Make a good tomato sauce and pour
over this. OF course, 1t is more savory
II 1t is fried. but IL the invalid's diges-
ton is delicate all fried foods should be
avoided.
MEAT AND LETTUCE SANDWICH.
This makes n pleasant variety upon the
plain sandwich of scraped or chopped
beef crisp lettuce leaf should be
dipped into a French dressing Of good
salad OIL to which has been added little
salt and very few drops of vinegar, and
the leaf should be laid between the meat
and the bread.
DREAMED SPAGHETTI.
Break spaghetti into inch lengths. put
It over the Are in salted boiling water,
and cook until 1t is tender. Drain from
the water and put into hot dish. Have
ready a cupful of white sauce made by
cooking together a tablespoonful each OF
butter and -four and q half pint of rich
milk. Into this stir tablespoonful OF
grated cheese, let 1t become well melted
and pour all over the spaghetti.
One value of spaghetti and macaroni
is found in the fact that they are manu-
featured from -four from which part Of
the starch has been removed, and they
therefore contain a considerable por-
ton OF heterogeneous matter. Great care
should always be taken to cook them
thoroughly, as. II undercooked. they are
indigestible.
Plenty Of butter, milk, cream and
brolled fat bacon should be given the
nervous or anemic patient IL they do not
seem to disturb his digestion. So far
as cereals and fruits are concerned, the
same regimen may be followed that is
advised for the sufferer from constipa-
ton. In extreme cases II may be neces-
sary to administer foods that have been
predigested with pepsine or pancreatine,
but thisis matter lying within the prov
ince Of the physician in charge rather
than of the domestic dietitian.
(To be continued next week)