little salt or spice should be put into any nourishment; but in cases
of dysentery, salt and nutmeg may be used freely: in such cases too,
more flour should be put in porridge, and it should be boiled very
thoroughly indeed.


STEWED PRUNES.

Stew them very gently in a small quantity of water, till the stones
slip out. Physicians consider them safe nourishment in fevers.

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VEGETABLES.


Parsnips should be kept down cellar, covered up in sand, entirely
excluded from the air. They are good only in the spring.

Cabbages put into a hole in the ground will keep well during the
winter, and be hard, fresh, and sweet, in the spring. Many farmers
keep potatoes in the same way.

Onions should be kept very dry, and never carried into the cellar
except in severe weather, when there is danger of their freezing. By
no means let them be in the cellar after March; they will sprout and
spoil. Potatoes should likewise be carefully looked to in the spring,