Invalid’s Bills of Fare.
(When a laxative diet is not objectionable.)
Breakfast.
Oatmeal porridge. A poached egg on toast.
Dinner ( at half-past twelve o’clock ).
Beefsteak and mashed baked potatoes; toasted Graham crackers.
Dessert: Sea-moss blanc-mange.
Tea.
Boston brown-bread cut into slices, with cream poured over.
A baked apple.
Breakfast.
Hominy grits; a mutton-chop, with tomato-sauce.
Dinner.
A chicken broth, quite thick with rice, and some pieces of chicken in it.
Wafers.
Dessert: A raw egg, arranged as in receipt on page 322, with sherry wine.
Tea.
Milk-toast.
Breakfast.
Oatmeal porridge. The second joint of a leg of chicken cooked on the coals and served with pease around it.
Dinner.
Beef broth, thick with tapioca. Graham wafers.
Dessert: Boiled parched rice, with cream.
Tea.
Corn-meal mush, with cream and sugar.