add
the water and let it stand one hour. Rub through a fine strainer, season
and serve hot or cold. The nourishment of the bread is easily absorbed
in this way and valuable in cases of fever or extreme nausea.

NOTE.--Milk or cream and sugar may be added.

Crust Coffee

Take some pieces and crusts of brown bread and dry them in a slow oven
until thoroughly hard and crisp. Place in a mortar and pound or roll.
Pour boiling water over and let soak for about fifteen minutes. This
when strained carefully is very acceptable to invalids who are tired of
the ordinary drinks, such as lemonade, etc.

Cracker Panada, 100 Calories[10]

4 hard crackers
1 quart water
Sugar

Break crackers into pieces and bake quite brown; add water and boil
fifteen minutes, allow to stand three or four minutes. Strain off the
liquid through a fine wire sieve; season with salt and a little sugar.
This is a nourishing beverage for infants that are teething, and with
the addition of a little wine and nutmeg, is often prescribed for
invalids recovering from a fever.

Bread Panada, 162 Calories

1 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons stale white bread crumbs
1/4 cup white wine
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Nutmeg

Put water and sugar on to cook, just before it commences to boil add the
bread crumbs; stir well, and let it boil three or four minutes. Add the
wine, lemon and a grating of nutmeg; let it boil up once more, remove
from fire, and keep it closely covered until it is wanted for use.

FOOTNOTES:

[8] Without Milk.

[9] Estimated on one-half the oatmeal.

[10] Without sugar.

THE COOK SAYS

Cook has discovered some little things which help to make her dishes so
much above the average.

When next making griddle cakes add a little brown sugar or molasses to
the batter, the cakes will brown better and more easily.

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Pie crust is best kept cold in the making; to this end an excellent
substitute for a rolling pin is a bottle filled with ice water.

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When boiling turnips, add a little sugar to the water; it improves the
flavor of the vegetables and lessens the odor in the cooking.

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Hard boiled eggs should be plunged into cold water as soon as they are
removed from the saucepan. This prevents