Scald milk, reserving two tablespoons. Add cold milk,
gradually, to flour while stirring constantly to make a
smooth paste. Pour into scalded milk, and stir until
mixture tliickens, then coyer, and cook over hot water
twenty minutes. Season with salt An inch piece of
stick cinnamon may be cooked with the milk if liked, and
tends to reduce a laxative condition. Thickened milk is
often given in bowel troubles.
Barley Gmal Z.
1 tablespoon barley flour. 1 cup boiling water.
2 tablespoons cold water. y^ cup milk.
^ teaspoon salt

Add cold water slowly to barley flour to form a thin
paste, then add gradually to boiling water, while stirring
constantly ; let boil fifteen minutes. Add milk, bring to
boiling pointy season, and strain.
Barley Ghruel XL

1 tablespoon barley floor. 1 cup scalded milk.
2 tablespoons cold milk. J^ teaspoon salt

Add cold milk, slowly, to barley flour to form a thin
paste. Add gradually to scalded milk, while stirring con-
stantly. Cook in double boiler twenty minutes. Season,
and strain.
Farina Cknel. 161 Calories.
}i tablespoon farina. % cup milk.
}^ cup boiling water. 1 egg yolk.
>^ teaspoon salt

Add farina, slowly, to boiling water, while stirring
constantly, then let boil twenty minutes. Add milk and
reheat. Beat egg yolk slightly, dilute with two table-
spoons mixture, add to remaining mixture, season, and
strain.
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Indian Meal GmeL

1 tablespoon granulated % teaspoon salt

Indian meaL 8 tablespoons cold water.
% tablespoon flour. 2 cups boiling water.
Milk or cream.
