desire, stirring it just before removing
from the fire with a stick of cinnamon to give it a pleasant flavor. Salt
the milk a little. This is very good for children having summer complaint.

Chicken Broth.--Take the first and second joints of a chicken, boil in a
quart of water until tender, season with a very little salt and pepper.

Fever Drinks--Pour cold water on wheat bran, let boil one-half hour,
strain and add sugar and lemon juice. Pour boiling water on flaxseed and
let stand until it is ropy, pour into hot lemonade and drink.

Egg Gruel.--Beat the yolk of an egg with one tablespoonful sugar, beating
the white separately; add one cup boiling water to that yolk, then stir in
the whites and add any seasoning. Good for a cold.

Diabetic Bread.--Take one quart of set milk or milk and water, one heaping
teaspoonful of good butter, one-fifth of a cake of compressed yeast beaten
up with a little water, and two well-beaten eggs. Stir in gluten flour
until a soft dough is formed; knead as in making ordinary bread; place in
pans to raise, and when light bake in hot oven.

Lime Water.--Into an earthen jar containing hot water stir a handful of
fresh unslaked lime. Allow it to settle; then decant the clear fluid and
bottle it. Water may again be added to the lime, and the mixture covered
and allowed to stand to be decanted as needed.

Vanilla Snow.--Cook one-half cup of rice. When nearly done add one-half
cup of cream, small pinch of salt, beaten white of one egg, one-half cup
of sugar, flavor with vanilla. Pile in a dish and dot with jelly. Serve
with sugar and cream.

Omelet.--One egg, white and yolk beaten separately; two tablespoons milk,
one-third teaspoon each of flour and melted butter, a little salt. Add
the beaten white last. Pour in small spider in which is a little melted
butter (hot) and cook over moderate fire. When it thickens and looks from
under the edges, fold it over and slip it on a hot dish.

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Almond Milk.--Blanch one pound of sweet and two of bitter almonds that
have been soaked in cold water for twenty-four hours. This is done by
pouring boiling water over the almonds when, after a few minutes, they can
easily be pressed out of their hulls. Grind the almonds in a mill or pound
them in a mortar; mix with a half-pint of warm milk or water and allow the
mixture to stand two hours after which strain through a cloth, pressing
the juice out well.

Brandy and Egg Mixture.--