Making Good on Private Duty by Harriet Camp Lounsbery
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One glass of milk, 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls of brandy, 2 teaspoons of sugar. Shake well or beat with an eggbeater. Give cold. Have patient take slowly. EGG-NOG. One egg, half glass of milk, 2 teaspoons of sugar, 2 teaspoons of sherry or brandy, ice. Beat the yolk of egg in a glass, add the sugar and beat, then a little milk, continue beating, then four or five pieces of ice about as big as a hickory nut; add brandy-- regulate to the taste of your patient--add rest of milk; beat whites of eggs and add all but a teaspoonful with which garnish the top. It should make a glass brimming full. Have a spoon with which to eat it. EGG LEMONADE. One egg, one-half a lemon, 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar, beat the white and yolk separately as for egg-nog; add the sugar to the yolk, then the lemon juice, then the ice, lastly the white beaten to a stiff froth. WINE WHEY. One pint of boiling milk, one-half pint sherry; add sherry to the milk while scalding hot; stir a moment until the curd gathers; strain through a fine muslin, sweeten. To be taken cold. This |
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