Invalid food

14 recipes

• Arrowroot milk

  Arrowroot milk from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900): arrowroot flour 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

  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

  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

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

• Cake for the sick (sponge cake)

  "Cake for the sick" from Erken & Steen's Kogebog for skole og hjem (1900): a simple, mild sponge cake of butter, sugar, flour and eggs.

• Beef broth (beef tea)

  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)

  Quick beafthe (beef tea) from "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900): fast beef broth kept below boiling. Invalid food from 1900, not medical advice.

• Rice pudding (for the sick)

  Rice pudding for the sick from Erken & Steen's Kogebog for skole og hjem (1900): a small, mild pudding of rice flour and milk, gentle invalid food.

• Lemon lemonade

  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 of "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900): the sickroom, cleanliness and calm. Not medical advice.