Take three juicy pippins or other fine flavored apples, one quart cold water; pare and quarter the apples, but do not core them; stew the apples to pieces in a tin or porcelain sauce-pan, closely covered; strain the liquor at once, closely pressing the apples in the cloth; sweeten and ice for drinking. Slightly laxative.
11. SLIPPERY ELM BARK TEA.
Break the bark into bits, pour boiling water over it, cover and let it infuse till it is cold.
12. JELLY WATER.
Take one large teaspoonful currant or other kind of jelly, one goblet ice water; beat up well. A good drink in fever, and if of wild cherry or blackberry jelly it is very good for those suffering from diarrhœa.
13. CORN TEA.
Take a cupful of dry corn, parch it brown, grind it, or pound it in a mortar; pour over it two cups of boiling water, and steep for a few minutes. This is nutritious.
14. TARTAR WHEY.
Take of milk one quart, cream of tartar half an ounce; boil until the curd separates. This is somewhat laxative.