and sugar.
Serve cold.

NOTE.--Have all ingredients cold before blending.

Albuminized Grape Juice, 40 Calories[7]

2 tablespoons Welch's Grape Juice
White 1 egg
Sugar
Chopped ice

Put in a dainty glass the grape juice, and the beaten white of egg and a
little pure chopped ice; sprinkle sugar over the top and serve.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Calculated with 1 tablespoon brandy. 277 calories if brandy is
omitted.

[2] Without liquor.

[3] Without liquor.

[4] Calculated with milk.

[5] Without sugar.

[6] Without lemon juice or sugar.

[7] Without milk.

STARCHY BEVERAGES

Starchy drinks consist of cereals or cereal products, cooked thoroughly
in a large amount of water and strained before serving. Arrowroot,
cornstarch, tapioca, rice and rice flour are nearly pure starch. Oats,
barley and wheat in forms which include the whole grains contain besides
starch some protein and fat, and also valuable mineral matter,
especially phosphorous, iron, and calcium salts. In starchy drinks these
ingredients are necessarily present in small amounts; hence they have
little energy value, unless milk or other highly nutritive material is
added. Such drinks are of value when only a small quantity of nutriment
can be taken.

_Principles of Cooking._ As the chief ingredient is starch, long cooking
is necessary, in water at a high temperature (212 deg. F.), which softens
the cellulose, and breaks open the starch grains, changing the insoluble
starch to soluble starch and dextrin, so that it can be readily
digested.

Time of cooking should be conscientiously kept by the clock.

_Digestion._ The action of ptyalin is very rapid, and if these drinks
are sipped slowly, so as to be thoroughly mixed with saliva, a
considerable portion of starch may be changed to sugar before reaching
the intestines.

Barley Water, 180 Calories

2 tablespoons pearl barley
1 quart cold water

Wash barley, add cold water and let soak several hours or over night; in
same water, boil gently over direct heat two hours, or in a double
boiler steadily four hours, down to one pint if used for infant feeding,
and to one cup for the adult. Strain through muslin.

NOTE.--Cream or milk and salt may be added, or lemon juice and sugar.
Barley water is an astringent or demulcent drink used to reduce laxative
condition.

Rice Water, 100 Calories[8]

2 tablespoons rice