VARIOUS.

Chocolate 12.9 2860
Cocoa 21.6 2320
Candy —–­ 1785
Honey —–­ 1520
Molasses (cane) 2.4 1290

INVALID COOKERY

BARLEY.

The plants Hordeum Distichon and Hordeum Vulgare supply most of the barley used in this country.  Barley has been used as a food from time out of mind.  We find frequent mention of it in the Bible, and in old Latin and Greek books.  According to Pliny, an ancient Roman writer, the gladiators were called Hordearii, or “barley eaters,” because they were fed on this grain whilst training.  These Hordearii were like our pugilists, except that they often fought to the death.  Barley has been used from very ancient days for making an intoxicating drink.  In Nubia, the liquor made from barley was called Bouzah, from which we get our English word “booze,” meaning an intoxicating drink.  The first intoxicant drink made in this country was ale, and it was made from barley.  Hops were not used for beer or ale in those days.  Barley is a good food, and was the chief food of our peasantry until the beginning of the nineteenth century.  Barley contains about 7 per cent. of sugar, and its flesh-forming matter is in the form of casin the same as is found in cheese.  This casin is not elastic like the gluten of wheat, so that one cannot make a light bread from barley.  Here is the chemical composition of barley meal:—­

Flesh formers 7.5
Heat and force formers (carbon)[A] 76.0
Mineral matters 2.0
Water 14.5
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100.0

[Footnote A:  There is 2.5 per cent. of fat in barley, and 7 per cent. of sugar.]

From this analysis we can judge that barley contains all the constituents of a good food.  In it we find casin and albumen for our muscles; starch, sugar, and fat to keep us warm and give force; and there is a fair percentage of mineral matter for our bones and teeth.

Allinson’s prepared barley may be eaten as porridge or pudding (see directions), and is much more nourishing than rice pudding; it is also good for adding to broth or soup, and to vegetable stews, and is most useful for making gruel and barley water.  Barley water contains a great deal of nourishment, more than beef tea, and it can be drunk as a change from tea, coffee, and cocoa.  During illness I advise and use barley water and milk, mixed in equal parts, and find this mixture invaluable.

BARLEY FOR BABIES.

Put 1 teaspoonful of Allinson’s barley into a breakfast cup; mix this perfectly smooth with cold milk and cold water in equal parts, until the cup is full.  Pour into a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring all the time to prevent it getting lumpy.