Note 6 — "WHAT FOOD."
Reading edition
Another most excellent dietetic article is biscuit jelly, made according to the following formula:
Biscuit Jelly.—Biscuit, crushed, 4 oz.—cold water, 2 quarts; soak for some hours; boil to one half; strain; evaporate to one pint; then flavor with sugar, red wine and cinnamon.
Parched Corn, powdered and sweetened to suit the taste, is recommended as a pleasant and nutritious diet for invalids.
In a Southern convalescent, one of the most desirable things that can be given them is thin corn meal, ground, well boiled, seasoned with salt, and presented while hot.