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Egg Gruel, Mulled Jelly,
Beat the yolk of 1 egg with a table-spoon of sugar till very light; on this pour 2/3 of a cup of toiling water; on the top put the white of the egg beaten to a stiff froth, with a tea spoon of powdered sugar; flavor with something as unlike other flavors the invalid has had as you can give him. Mulled (to mull is to soften by heat, adding hot water, spices, etc. As Gay says: "Drink new cider, mulled with ginger warm " (it is not hard to take, even if not sick); jelly is another drink "which may be taken with pleasure, i. e., beat a table-spoon of red or black currant jelly with the white of an egg and a little sugar; pour over this a small cup of boiling water; break a cracker in it, or a thin slice of toasted bread.
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