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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17021, 30 November 1918, Page 4 (Supplement)

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■ mi M? : JOO FOX THE OfV ALTO. • . ..... ■:; • -'ik i 3 •'• ' .•■ ;in i''?''. ~ — a fy|-«- ■.. tl o. : . Ar.-r,!)6, ■ y Si?is B(fttv."i ■ ■• :>a •' '">> km! ?&ay 0? ' <^t'fta*" -» *- : : r or *" r to .-insure * <e his. '•'" ■ *efubiess. due. management ■is . -jjj^ir'. A simple fresh-mi! 1, iiet is M tcn'« hftlirsp* ■'? «*». ' I v. J rti>..t:< i '•' .•".:i vi ir-;y ensue and ra'tric and intestinal irritation super* • vew, while the purity and inmvuousness ',: of irWh cows' milk nay -nr-iiy times be • questioned, 'inly wiy fresh milk should be used in the sick room, and, on the ■ f'coro of safety, this should be boiled as . goon as received and eel in a cool place. . As a nourishing beverage this boiled milk ' inav be served either cold or lukewarm, ':. and for weak stomachs may be greatly | improved by the additionwhen 'ad- .. r ministered— of an equal quantity of carbonated water. I > Mill. Gruel.—Scald half a pint of milk, ' sdd six raisins, and allow to stand five pastes. Take a tablespoonful of cornfloi: • and thoroughly mix with two tablespoonful* of cold milk. Having placed the scalded milk in a fnrina boiler over the fire, add the cold milk and cornflour, stirring the whole backward and forward until it begins to thicken; then add loz of 'sugar and let it cook one minute. Strain, - and place in moulds in a cool place. •Milk Gruel with Oatmeal.— oatmeal, two tablespoonfuls; milk, one pint. . Stir the oatmeal smoothly into the milk. Then stir it quickly into a pint of boiling ' water and boil a few minutes until thickened. Add a pinch of rait and sweeten with sugar.

Milk Jally.—A-; a variation in milk diet, the following i.« recommended: Heat one quart of milk with lib of sugar, and, .when the sugar is dissolved, continue the heat at a boiling temperature for about 10 minutes, '.hen coo! well snd add, slowly J stirring, a sohiti- ■. if loz of gelatine in & cupful of. water. \£xt ?.id the juice of ~ ihree or four lemons. Four in*-o glnses and set in a cool p'.:.ce. It is necessary to have' the milk quite cold before adding the other ingredients, else it will curdle.

5 Milk Punch.— brandy, one or two t«t'.espponfuls; co T d milk, one tumblerful. Mix «"ith sugar an.i nutmeg to taste. This is a useful medicinal drink 'when a stimulant is required n conjunction with a nutrient