Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II LIGHT SOFT DIET Light Soft Diet comprises everything included in Fluid Diet i and 2. Broths and soup with grains. Eggs, poached and boiled. Cereals. Toasts. Custards. Farinaceous puddings. Jellies. Junkets. Ice cream. Ices. BROTH WITH GRAINS Broth, i i ?. Rice, barley, or tapioca, ii tsps. If barley or tapioca be used soak 2 hours in cold water. Add to broth from which fat has been removed, boil 5 minutes, cook in double boiler ii hours. Season with salt. General Principle : As albumin coagulates at 160 F., and as it toughens when boiled, eggs should be cooked below the boiling point to insure a tender consistency. Boiled Egg Method I : Put i pt. of water in a saucepan. When it boils remove saucepan to side of range, put in i washed egg, and let it stand from 5 to ? minutes, according to consistency desired. Serve in heated egg cup. Method II: Wash I egg and put in saucepan with i pt. of cold water. Bring just to boiling point. Remove from water, and serve in heated egg cup. Poached Egg i egg. Toast. Parsley. Salt. Have a shallow pan full of boiling water. Break into it I egg. Remove pan to place on range where water will not boil, and let it stand until the white is coagulated and a thin film is formed over the yolk. Lay a neatly trimmed piece of toast on a skimmer, dip it in the hot water to soften it, place in center of hot plate, remove egg carefully with skimmer, place on the toast. Garnish with parsley. CEREALS Dry cereal Salt Boiling water Time Oatmeal, ¿ ?. ¿ tsp. i ?. ? hrs. Rolled oats, Je. ¿ tsp. i ?. i hr. Hominy, ¿ ?. ¿ tsp. ic. 2 hrs. Corn meal, i ?. è tsp. i ?. 2 hrs. Farina, 3 tbsps. ¿ tsp. i ?. hr. The farina may be mixed to a paste with cold water, and the boili...