1920 What to Drink E L Bertha

DRINKS FOR INVALIDS AND CHILDREN

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TREACLE (MOLASSES) POSSET

(English recipe)

i pint of milk, 2 tablespoonfuls of molasses, \ lemon.

Put the milk into a saucepan, and bring to the boiling point; add the molasses and lemon juice. This will curdle. Strain through a fine cloth. Use hot or cold.

THICK MILK

\ ounce of baked flour, \ pint of milk, Sugar.

Put a half ounce of flour in a dish and put into the oven, allowing it to brown slightly. Blend it with the milk, stir- ring a few drops of milk into the flour at a time, until all the milk is used. Boil for five minutes, stirring constantly. Sweeten a trifle and use. This is given to patients at times when they are on a liquid diet and a change is needed. A little nutmeg will again change the taste. LEMON WHEY \ pint of milk, \ lemon, Sugar. Boil the milk and add the juice from a half lemon. It will, of course, curdle. Strain through a fine cloth ; sweeten slightly and use. MILK WHEY

(English recipe)

i pint of sweet milk, \ pint of buttermilk.