If allowed, a handful of raisins and a little grated nutmeg may be boiled with it.
WINE WHEY.
Boil one cup of new milk, and add half a wine-glass of good sherry or Madeira wine.

Boil a minute; strain, and use with or without sugar as liked.
EGG-NOG.
One egg; one tablespoonful of sugar; half a cup of milk; one tablespoonful of wine.
Beat the sugar and yolk to a cream; add the wine, and then the milk.

Beat the white to a stiff froth, and stir in very lightly.
Omit the milk where more condensed nourishment is desired.
ARROW-ROOT OR RICE JELLY.
Two heaping teaspoonfuls of either arrow-root or rice flour; a pinch of salt; a heaping tablespoonful of sugar; one cup of boiling water.
Mix the flour with a little cold water, and add to the boiling water.

Boil until transparent, and pour into cups or small molds.

For a patient with summer complaint, flavor by boiling a stick of cinnamon in it.