The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-28
NURSERY COOKERY.
TIE ANEMIC AND NERVOUS
CHILD.
Continued from last week.)

BY Christine Terhune Herrick.
Sandwiches Of raw or underdone meat
may be given also to the feeble child,
and eggs, in simple preparations, are
excellent. The scraped meat already
recommended for various disorders, is
most useful here.
SANORY CUSTARD.
Make a cupful of beef tea by putting
a pint Of cold water upon a pound of
chopped beef and Attng it simmer very
slowly for three W 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 little salt and turn into
we'll CREASED custard cup. Set this in
pan of boiling water, cover the cup close
ly and let it cook until it is firm. Watch
it carefully, for if it cooks too long it will
become watery. This may be eaten warm
or cold. 1t is 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 a boiled fowl
is perhaps best, but a variety may some
times be obtained by using mutton
broth. When it is warm, stir into it two
eggs beaten very light, and do not re-
move the spoon until the mixture is the
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 it for this
dish heat pint of water to boiling and
sift in the cornmeal, stirring all the
while, until about a half cupful has been
added Stir until the mixture is smooth
and boil after that for at least an hour.
| Turn it out then upon a shallow plate
and when cold it may be cut into strips.
Make a good tomato sauce and pour
over this. OF course, it is more savory
If it is fried, but if the invalid's diges-
ton is delicate all fried foods should be
| avoided.
MEAT AND LETTUCE SANDWICH.
This makes 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
1t over the fire in sailed boiling water,
and cook until it 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 flour and a half pint of rich
milk. Into this stir Tablespoonful of
grated cheese LET it become we'll melted
and pour all over the spaghetti.
One value of spaghetti and macaroni
is found in the fact that they are manu-
featured from flour 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, If undercooked, they are
indigestible.
Plenty of butter, milk, cream and
broiled fat bacon should be given the
nervous or anemic patient If they do not
seem 10 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 extrems cases 1t may be neces-
sary to administer foods that have been
predigested with pepsne or pancreatine,
but this is matter lying within the prov
ince Of the physician in charge rather
than of the domestic dietltlan.
CTo be continued next week)