“DOCTOR ORDERS EGGS”

Shannon News, 23 November 1928, Page 2

“DOCTOR ORDERS EGGS”

And the doctor, good man. may be quite unaware that these orders will be taken very literally by the wellmeaning, but inexperienced housenurse. Eggs, to her often mean —just eggs! Served boiled, poached, scrambled, or in the form of egg and milk. The patient grows weary of her everlasting egg diet, and soon comes to dread mealtimes'instead of looking forward to them as pleasant little breaks in a long day. If doctor orders eggs, why not serve them disguised as something more appetising f Introduce one occasionally l'nto the invalid soup, for instance. Beaten in just before serving, it will make the soup all the more nourishing and will be detected ■ scarcely at all by the patient. White sauce served with a light pudding might well have a beaten egg added at xlic last moment; and even the pudding that does not necessarily call for an egg will be all the better for its addition. Beat an egg into mashed potatoes, or into a glass of lemonade —this, by the way, makes a delicious drink. Cover an egg with a fritter batter, fry it very lightly with grated cheese or tomato, pop it into the. oven for a minute or two, trim it with parsley and send it up to the sick-room as a “special treat.” If these few hints are followed, there will be fewer sigh when “Doctor orders eggs.”- It will be as well however, to get the medical man’s permission so to camouflage the eggs, especially in the case of the fritters.