Four cups whole wheat bran, 2 cups graham flour, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup sour milk or water, ¾ cupful lard or butter, 1 cupful chopped figs. Spices to taste.
VEGETABLE SOUP FOR BABIES.
One handful of spinach, 1 beet, 2 carrots. Chop fine and boil two hours in one quart of water. Strain through gauze and add sterile water to make one quart of soup.
BARLEY SOUP FOR BABIES.
One tablespoon of barley flour to one quart of water. Boil twenty minutes.
FROZEN COCOA CREAM.
(A hospital recipe).
One-half pound box cocoa, 4 cups of water, 3 cups of sugar. Boil three minutes until it stiffens. Put on ice.
A. To Prepare the Cocoa Syrup.—One-half pound of cocoa, 4 cups of water, 3 cups of sugar. Boil about three minutes until it stiffens. Put on ice.
B. Beat white and yolk of eggs separately and thoroughly. Sweeten whites to taste.