After carefully cleaning the chicken, skin and cut into small
pieces. Put these into a china lined saucepan with the bones
and neck, the heart of the celery, stalks of a bunch of parsley,



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peppercorns and a little salt. Cover with cold water and
allow to simmer till the meat will drop from the bones. Strain,
and when cold take a clean soft cloth dipped in hot water and
wipe over the jelly gently to remove any fat that may appear.
Now put equal proportions of jelly and milk into a china lined
saucepan, boil up three times and strain into an inviting looking
cup and serve hot or cold. Good for invalids recovering from
typhoid fever.
886. Veal Broth — Ingredients — 1% lb. of veal, i doz. sweet almonds,

a qt. of spring water, a little salt, i pt. of boiling water.
Remove all the fat from the veal, and simmer gently in the
spring water till it is reduced to a pint ; blanch and pound the
almonds till they are a smooth paste, then pour over them the
boiling water very slowly, stirring all the time till it is as
smooth as milkj strain both the almond and veal liquors
through a fine sieve and mix well together, and add the salt
and boil up again.
887. Chicken Broih— Ingredients — An old fowl, 3 pts. of water, a

pinch of salt, a blade of mace, 6 or 8 peppercorns, a very small
chopped onion, a few sprigs of sweet herbs.
