of salt, one half-pound of salt pork, fat and lean mixed. Cover with
water, and bake from eight A.M. until six P.M. As the water boils away
add more.



=A Breakfast Dish=

Take stale brown bread, no matter how dry, and boil until it is soft
like pudding. Serve hot, with cream.



=Cracker Tea for Invalids=

Take four Boston crackers, split open, toast to a delicate brown on
each side. Put these into a bowl, or earthen dish of some kind, pour
over them a quart of boiling water. Let it stand on the back of the stove
half an hour. When cold, give two or three teaspoonfuls to the patient.
It is nourishing, and the stomach will retain it when absolutely
nothing else can be taken.



=Crust Coffee=

Take the crusts, or any pieces of stale brown bread, and bake in the
oven until hard and brown. Put them into an agate or earthen tea-pot,
pour over them boiling water and boil ten or fifteen minutes. Strain
and serve hot like any coffee, with cream and sugar.