1859 The Book of one Hundred Beverages - BERNHARD (William) -

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BEVERAGES FOR INVALIDS. pleasant taste, and it is usually therefore usec1 with milk aa directed in the following recipe;- LlllE WATER AND Mll.K. One part of lime water, mixed with one, two, or even three parts of fresh milk, which com– pletely covers its diaagreeable taate. Half a. pint to be taken as a. drink tw"o or three times a day. • Take two small flounders; boil them in a quart of water, until it is reduced to less than a pint, which is long enough to reduce the fish to a pulp ; strain tl:le liquor through a sieve ; and, having cut off the fins and heads of four. other small flounders, put them into the liquor– with a little salt, a few grains of cayenne peP" · per, and a little parsley ; boil just long enough to render the fish proper to be eaten. The . fish and liquor should be eaten together ; 111Dall · soles, or whitings, are no inferior substitutes for the flounders. Few kinds of diet ate so much relished by persons recovering from fever and other acute diseases. ·· •. · ·· · · LINSEED TEA. Linseed, three quarters of an ounce ; fresh liquorice root, one quarter of an ounce ; boil– ing water, one pint.. Pour the boiling water on the other ingredients, and allow the whole to stand by the aide of the fire for about three WATER SOUCHY,