Peptonized Milk
314 calories
| 1 pt. of milk | 1 tube of (Fairchild’s) peptonizing powder |
Dissolve the powder in 1 gill of cold water, and place in a clean quart jar (glass).
Pour in 1 pint of cold milk and stop the bottle with cotton, shake well and place the bottle in a saucepan containing water just warm enough to allow of the hand being immersed without being burned (115° F.).
Keep the water at this temperature for 5 to 10 minutes or longer according to the degree of peptonization desired. Lift out of the warm water and plunge into cold, then place at once on ice.
The milk may be poured from bottle into a clean saucepan and brought quickly to a boil to prevent further peptonization; this process, however, is apt to make the milk very bitter and should not be used unless it is to be flavored with fruit juice.