Beat up well for a fever-patient.
Wild cherry or blackberry jelly is excellent, prepared in like manner for those suffering with summer complaint.
Flax-seed Lemonade. ✠
- 4 tablespoonfuls flax-seed (whole.)
- 1 quart boiling water poured upon the flax-seed.
- Juice of two lemons, leaving out the peel.
- Sweeten to taste.
Steep three hours in a covered pitcher. If too thick, put in cold water with the lemon-juice and sugar. Ice for drinking.
It is admirable for colds.
Slippery-elm Bark Tea.
Break the bark into bits, pour boiling water over it, cover and let it infuse until cold. Sweeten, ice, and take for summer disorders, or add lemon-juice and drink for a bad cold.
Apple Toddy. ✠
Boil a large juicy pippin in a quart of water, and when it has broken to pieces strain off the water. While it is still boiling-hot, add a glass of fine old whiskey, a little lemon-juice, and sweeten to taste.