Part 101 (1/2)

_Method._--Wash the sago, and let it soak in the water for thirty minutes.

Then simmer for about thirty minutes.

Add the sugar, and it is ready.

Prune Drink.

_Ingredients_--2 oz. of prunes.

1 quart of water.

1 oz. of sugar.

_Method._--Cut the prunes in two.

Boil them with the sugar in the water for one hour.

Strain, and cover until cold.

Rice Milk.

_Ingredients_--1 oz. of rice.

1 pint of milk.

Sugar to taste.

_Method._--Wash the rice, and simmer in the milk, with the sugar, for one hour.

Tapioca milk may be made in the same way. The crushed tapioca is the best.

Suet and Milk.

_Ingredients_--1 pint of milk.

1 oz. of suet.

_Method._--Chop the suet finely.

Tie it loosely in muslin, and simmer in the milk for three-quarters of an hour; then strain.

Invalids' Soup.

_Ingredients_--1 pint of beef tea.

1 oz. of crushed tapioca, semolina, or sago.

The yolks of 2 eggs.

_Method._--Put the beef-tea into a saucepan on the fire.

When it boils, sprinkle in the tapioca; stir, and boil for about fifteen minutes.