Invalid food

14 recipes

• Arrowroot milk

  Historic recipe for arrowroot milk from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Arrowroot flour is stirred out and boiled up in milk. Invalid food from 1900 – not medical advice.

• Steamed fish

  Historic recipe for steamed fish from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Lean fish gently steamed with salt and lemon. Invalid food – not medical advice.

• Steamed meat

  Historic recipe for steamed meat from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Chicken breast or veal cutlet gently steamed. Invalid food – not medical advice.

• Egg white lemonade

  Historic recipe for egg white lemonade from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Egg white, water, sugar and lemon shaken to a froth. Invalid food – not medical advice.

• Egg toddy

  Historic recipe for egg toddy from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Egg yolk, sugar, milk and seltzer. Invalid food from 1900 – not medical advice.

• Apple water

  Historic recipe for apple water from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Unpeeled apples, sugar and lemon peel steeped in boiling water. Invalid food – not medical advice.

• Poached eggs (for the sick)

  Historic invalid-food note from Erken & Caroline Steen's Kogebog for skole og hjem (1900): poached eggs served on a piece of toasted white bread.

• Oat soup

  Historic recipe for oat soup from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Oat flour is stirred out and simmered into a thin soup. Invalid food from 1900 – not medical advice.

• Cake for the sick (sponge cake)

  Historic recipe for "Cake for the sick" from Erken & Caroline Steen's Kogebog for skole og hjem (1900). A simple, mild sponge cake with butter, sugar, flour and eggs.

• Beef broth (beef tea)

  Historic recipe for beaf-the (beef tea) from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Clear beef broth drawn in a water bath. Invalid food from 1900 – not medical advice.

• Beef broth, quick method (beef tea)

  Historic recipe for quick-made beafthe (beef tea) from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Fast beef broth kept below boiling. Invalid food – not medical advice.

• Rice pudding (for the sick)

  Historic recipe for rice pudding from Erken & Caroline Steen's Kogebog for skole og hjem (1900). A small, mild pudding of rice flour and milk, gentle invalid food.

• Lemon lemonade

  Historic recipe for lemon lemonade from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Lemon zest and juice steeped in boiling water and sweetened. Invalid food – not medical advice.

• The sickroom and invalid food (introduction)

  Historic introduction to the invalid-food chapter in "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). On the sickroom, cleanliness and calm. A cultural-history source, not medical advice.