Apple Water

Some well flavored apples, 3 or 4 cloves, a strip of lemon peel, boiling water.

Slice the apples into a large jug (they need be neither peeled nor cored). Add the cloves and lemon peel, and pour boiling water over. Let it stand a day. It will be drinkable in 12 hours or less.

Currant Water

One quart red currants, 1/2 pint raspberries, 2 quarts water; syrup-1 quart of water, about 3/4 lb. of sugar.

Put the fruit with the water over a very slow fire to draw the juice, for 1/2 hour. They must not boil. Strain through a hard sieve and add syrup. Other fruits may be used in the same way.

Jelly Water

Stir a tablespoonful of currant or other jelly into 1/2 pint water; keep it cold and give as occasion requires. Excellent in fevers.

Toast Water

Toast a large slice of wheat bread so that it is a deep brown all over, but not blackened or burnt. Lay in a covered earthenware vessel, cover it with boiling water, and let it steep until cold. Strain it and add a little lemon juice, unless forbidden by the physician.