Break the bark into bits, pour boiling water over it, cover and let it
infuse until cold. Sweeten, ice, and take for summer disorders, or add
lemon juice and drink for a bad cold.

FLAX-SEED TEA.

Upon an ounce of unbruised flax-seed and a little pulverized
liquorice-root pour a pint of boiling (soft or rain) water, and place
the vessel containing these ingredients near, but not on, the fire for
four hours. Strain through a linen cloth. Make it fresh every day. An
excellent drink in fever accompanied by a cough.

FLAX-SEED LEMONADE.

To a large tablespoonful of flax-seed, allow a tumbler and a half of
cold water. Boil them together till the liquid becomes very sticky.
Then strain it hot over a quarter of a pound of pulverized sugar, and
an ounce of pulverized gum arabic. Stir it till quite dissolved, and
squeeze into it the juice of a lemon.

This mixture has frequently been found an efficacious remedy for a
cold, taking a wine-glass of it as often as the cough is troublesome.

TAMARIND WATER.

Put tamarinds into a pitcher or tumbler till it is one-third full,
then fill up with cold water, cover it, and let it infuse for a
quarter of an hour or more.

Currant jelly or cranberry juice mixed with water makes a pleasant
drink for an invalid.

SAGO JELLY.

Made the same as tapioca. If seasoning is not advisable the sago may
be boiled in milk, instead of water, and eaten plain.

Rice jelly made the same, using only half as much rice as sago.

ARROWROOT WINE JELLY.

One cupful of boiling water, one scant tablespoonful of arrowroot,
mixed with a little cold water, one tablespoonful of sugar, a pinch of
salt, one tablespoonful of brandy, or three tablespoonfuls of wine.
Excellent for a sick person without fever.

HOMINY.

Put to soak one pint of hominy in two and one-half pints of boiling
water over night, in a tin vessel with a tight cover; in the morning
add one-half pint of sweet milk and a little salt. Place on a brisk
fire, in a kettle of boiling water, the tin vessel containing the
hominy; let boil one-half hour.

Cracked wheat, oatmeal, mush, are all good food for the sick.

CHICKEN JELLY.

Cook a chicken in enough water to little more than cover it; let it
stew gently until the meat drops from the bones, and the broth is
reduced to about a pint; season it to taste, with a little salt and
pepper. Strain and press, first through a colander, then through a
coarse cloth. Set it ove