et.--l qt. milk, 2 cups sugar, juice of 2 lemons. Chill the
milk, then add the sugar and lemon mixed, and freeze like sherbet.

Ice Cream.--Mix 3 cups sugar and 2 tablespoons flour and stir into 2 qts.
hot milk until flour is cooked. When cool add 1 qt. cream, whipped, and
one tablespoonful vanilla. Freeze.

Sago Custard.--Soak 2 tablespoons sago in a tumbler of water an hour or
more, then boil in same until clear. Add a tumbler of sweet milk; when it
boils add sugar to taste, then a beaten egg and flavoring.

Crust Coffee.--Toast bread very brown, pour on boiling water, strain and
add cream and sugar. Good for stomach and diarrhea.

Cream Soup.--One pint boiling water, one-half cup of cream, add pieces of
toasted bread and a little salt.

Cinnamon Tea.--To 1/2 pint fresh milk add stick or ground cinnamon, enough
to flavor, and white sugar to taste; bring to the boiling point and take
either warm or cold. Excellent for diarrhea in children or adults.

Barley Water.--Add two ounces pearl barley to 1/2 pint of boiling water;
simmer five minutes, drain and add 2 qts. boiling water, add two ounces of
sliced figs, and two ounces of raisins; boil until reduced to one quart.
Strain for drink.

Arrowroot Custard.--One tablespoonful of arrowroot, one pint milk, one
egg, two tablespoons sugar. Mix the arrowroot with a little cold milk and
beat in the egg and sugar, pour into the boiling milk and scald until
thickened, flavor and pour into cups to cool.

Odors.--A few drops of oil of lavender poured into a glass of very hot
water will purify the air of the room almost instantly from cooking odors;
the effect is especially refreshing in a sick room.

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Dainty Way to Serve Egg on Toast.--Pile the well-beaten white of an egg on
a slice of buttered toast, which has been softened with hot water. Make a
hollow in the white and drop the yolk therein. Set in the oven to cook the
egg.

Oatmeal Gruel.--Pour boiling water over a cupful of rolled oats, stir and
let stand a moment, then strain off the liquid. Season with sugar and a
little cream if desired. Especially good for children.

Prepared Flour for Summer Complaint.--Take a double handful of flour, tie
up in a cloth and cook from three to six hours in a kettle of boiling
water. Take out and remove the cloth and you have a hard, round ball. Keep
in a dry, cool place. Prepare by grating from this ball into boiling milk
enough to make it as thick as you