Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-08
BY MRS. NJ. A. WILSON

fCopvrioht, 1890. bv Mrs. VI. A. wilson. Al
RIGHTS reserued.)
Dear Mrs. Wilson-Recently II be-
came Necessary for US to have a
trained nurse in the house to care for
one OF the family, and / am sorry to
say that the nervous patient kept the
nurse so busy attending to her that
the nurse was unable TO prepare the
foods needed.
IL certainly would have spared us
additional expense if we could have
prepared this food ourselves. Will
you kindly tell how to prepare food
for the invalid, such as toast, coffee,
steak, cereals, beef broths, oranges,
and all those things Thanking you
in advance, ] am NJ. Il. \.
TUST now it seems out Of date 70
e. furnish articles on diet cooking. So
many classes were formed for this work
during the late war that one had the
impression that most people could, in
an emergency. furnish suitable food for
both the patient and the nurse.
Toast
Cut slices Of bread one inch thick,
and then trim free from the crust.
Toast to Uelicate brown. This means
constant watching and care. Now cut
the toast into inch wide strips and il
desired to serve as milk toast. cut in.o
squares. Place in a hot dish and cover
with scalding hot milk.
To prepare a cup Of coffee for the
invalid: Place china pitcher in a
saucepan and fill with cold water. Heat
until scalding hot. Boil water in ket e
tie and then drain the water from the
pitcher and wipe dry. Place a piece of
cheesecloth over the top Of the pitcher
and push into the pitcher. thus making
n well. Tie securely around the top OF
the pitcher. Place the finely ground
coffee in this we'll and then pour on the
required amount of water. Cover
closely and return to the saucepan and
keep at the boiling point for three min
utes.
This method does not extract the OBJ
jectional acids from the coffee.
. Preparing Steak for the Invalid
Use the tenderloin or the srloin of
beef. Remove the fat and then put
the meat through the food chopper to
and place in a baking dish. Brush with
melted butter and place in the broiler
for five minutes. Now place In a hot
oven for seven minutes and baste with
One tablespoon Of melted butter,
One tablespoon Of Cdter.
One-hdt teaspoon Of lenoL juice.
Serve on toast with spinach or
creamed celery.
Cooking cereal for the invalid re.
quires careful attention. The double
boiler or fircless cooker is the logical
solution of this problem. Starchy
products need slow, moist cooking in
order to dexterize the starchy content.
Place in n double poiler or saucepan
container of the fireless cooker
Tico cups Of boiling ,cdter,
One-haU cup Of cereal.
Stir to prevent Jumping and cook
sIowly until thick. Place on the back
Of the stove or in the fireless cooker
three and one half hours.
Cereals are best served for invalids
in the form of broth. To prepare the
cereal broth, rub one cup Of we'll
cooked cereal through fine sieve and
add
TiCo cups Of milk.
One quarter teaspoon Of salt,
One quarter teaspoon Of nutmeg,
One tablespoon Of sugar.
Heat slowly to the boiling point,
stirring constantly and then serve.
The orange contains valuable min =
era salts, a fruit sugar and an abun-
dance of natural distilled water. The
strained juice of the oranges IL slipped
slowly enters the blood stream without
the process of digestion. and il there
fore valuable as needed Stimulant for
the impaired digestive tract.
Orange SOuffle
Place in small bowl the strained
Tyice of oue oruu1o