3689. Iceland Moss Chocolate—For the Sick Room.—Iceland moss has been in the highest repute on the continent as a most efficacious remedy in incipient pulmonary complaints; combined with chocolate it will be found a nutritious article of diet, and may be taken as a morning and evening beverage. Directions—Mix a teaspoonful of the chocolate with a tea-spoonful of boiling water or milk, stirring constantly until it is completely dissolved.
3690. It is not easy to persuade laboring men that water is the best beverage. Where the water is bad, some corrective or palliative will be had. Then home-brewed beer is to be commended.
3691. Beer and Beverages.—(See "Mrs. Hale's New Cook Book," page 397.)
3692. To restore a Barrel of Stale or Sour Beer.—Put a quarter of a pound of good hops, and two pounds of sound chalk into the bung-hole, stop it close, and in a few days it will be fit for use.
3693. Or, a small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda may be mixed with each quart as it is used.