This section is from the book "A Handbook Of Invalid Cooking", by Mary A. Boland. Also available from Amazon: Handbook of Invalid Cooking.
Breakfast.
Buckwheat Cakes.
Fried Bacon.
Dinner.
Giblet Soup.
Baked Potatoes, with
Drawn Butter Sauce.
Supper.
Codfish Balls.
Cheese.
Bread.
Tea.
Giblet Soup. Giblet soup is made from the heart, liver, and neck of chicken and other fowls, which in city markets are sold separately and very cheap. Clean them very carefully, wash in cold water, cut into small pieces, and boil for two hours with onions and herbs. Then add a little butter, thickening, salt, and pepper.
Codfish Balls (Salt Cod). Codfish is one of the cheap foods that seems to be thoroughly appreciated among 21 us, and good ways of cooking it are generally understood. It must be freshened by laying it in water over night. When soaked, put it into cold water, and bring gradually to the boiling point; then set the kettle back where it will keep hot for half an hour; at the end of that time separate it into fine shreds, add an equal amount of fresh mashed potato, make into balls, and fry on a griddle.
 
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