Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-11

pox, typhoid and other fevers, erysipells
| &C.: Milk and water gruels, porridges
! vegetable soup, toast water, whey, lemon
| ade. bread and milk, stewed and fresh
| fruits, used with discrimination, preserve
water sea moss pudding and other light
milk buildings.
| Gruels properly made and daintily served
are invaluable where food is required that
shall quench thirst and satisfy hunger
without overlooking the stomach or afford
ing too great a stimulant The difference
between gruels and porridges is but one of
degree, the porridges being thicker than
the gruelS. Both are cooked mixtures of
various grains or fiours made with water
or milk. They require long and thorough
cooking to make them digestible. This
should be done in double boiler to avoid
scorching. GruelS may be served hot or
cold, but should be always freshly made.
For -four, arrowroot, corn starch and rice
flour gruels use two level teaspoonfuls of
the flour dissolved with a little cold water
to a smooth paste and one Saltspoon of salt
to pint of boiling water. Cook two hours.
Oatmeal should be cooked from five to eight
hours, unless it is to be strained, as the
cellular tissue is very irritating in diseases
of the intestineS or in any case of weak
digestion. For foods that have already
been partially cooked, like farna, stir one
tablespoonful of the food and one saltspoon
of salt into a full cup of boiling water and
and heat thoroughly. Barley cruel is eX-
cellent in gastric troubles or fevers Cook
one ounce of pearl barley in enough hot
water to cover well for two minutes. Pour
off the water, add one quart of cold water
and cook slowly for two hours. Strain.
salt to taste and sweeten or flavor slightly
if desired.
Egg cruel is made as follows: To the
yolk of one egg, we'll beaten, add one tea
spoonful of sugar and pour over 1t one cup
full of hot water, beating very rapidly. Add
the well-beaten white of the egg. and again
beat until foamy. Serve very hot Spice
or few drops of liquor may be added to
this under the Doctors orders.
For oatmeal cruel pound one cupful Of
the meal until fine Pour over it a cup of
cold water and let it stand until it settles
Strain off the water into saucepan.
Pour over the meal another cup Of cold
water, stir well and again strain. Repeat
this operation. four times. Then boil the
four cups of strained water thirty minutes
add one saltspoon Of salt and serve very
hot. Beef tea, milk or cream may be added
A St. Louis physician maintains that the
banana makes one Of the best foods for a
typhoid patient. He explains by stating
that in this disease the lining membrane of
the small intestineS becomes intensely in
famed, eventually sloughing away in spots
leaving well-defined ulcers. A solid food
taken into the stomach or one containing
large amount of innutritious substances is
to be avoided as dangerous; but the banana,
though 1t may be ctaSSed as a solid food,
does not possess sufficient waste to irrtate
the tender spots. Nearly the whole amount
of the fruit is absorbed in the stomach, CIV
ing the patient more strength than can be
obtained from other foods.
Almost every housekeeper has her own
pet formula for polishing her floors, but
here is one that is especially satisfactory:
Cut one-half pound of yellow beeswax into
small shavings and put to soak overnight
in pint of turpentine. In the morning the
wax will be dissolved to a paste-like con-
sistency. Apply to the floor, which must be
perfectly clean and dry, with a cloth or
sponge Let it dry for a half hour, then
polish with a brush or soft cloth.
This same encaustfc may be used with
good effect on furniture by beating in one
gill Of alcohol. In waxing furniture the
finest polish is given by cork which has
been sandpapered smooth.
Contrary to general opinion. eggs, though
a perfect food, are not always to be COM
mended to people of weak digestion. If
they leave bad taste in the mouth after
eating, avoid them. A raw egg requires
two hours for its digestion, a soft-boiied
egg three hours, and fried or hard-boiled
egg three hours and half. Dyspept,cs
particularly, should take eggs in great mod
Grafton If they wish to get well.
placed, when wet. with the handle DOWN
ward to dry. The moisture then drains
from the edge of the frame and the fabric