The Healthy Life Beverage Book

About this eBook

Author

Knaggs, H. Valentine (Henry Valentine), 1858-1954

Title

The healthy life beverage book : A compilation, alphabetically arranged, of refreshing, curative, stimulating, and nutritive liquids, comprising fresh fruit and vegetable juices, vegetable broths, cereal drinks, unfired fruit soups, nut milks, plant teas, herbal decoctions, fruit syrups, gum water, &c., with critical notes on water, milk, casein, whey, beef tea, yeast extracts, vinegar, sugar, coffee, tea, cocoa, &c., also information respecting the nutritive and medicinal properties of all the products referred to

Original Publication

London: C. W. Daniel, 1911.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Ian Crann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Beverages

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78781

Release Date

May 29, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HEALTHY LIFE BEVERAGE BOOK
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.FOREWORD.
5. 5.A — ACORNS. — Acorn Coffee. — ALCOHOLIC DRINKS. — Wine. — Beer. — ALMONDS. — Almond Milk. — Almond Emulsion Milk. — APPLES. — Fresh Apple Juice. — Apple-peel Tea. — Apple Soups. — Apple Water. — Apple Coffee.
6. 6.B — BANANAS. — Banana Soup. — Banana Water. — Banana Coffee. — BARLEY. — Barley Water. — BEEF TEA. — BEETROOT. — Beetroot Juice. — Decoction of Beetroot. — BLACK CURRANTS. — Black Currant Juice. — Black Currant Drink. — BRAN. — Bran Water. — Bran Tea. — Bran Coffee. — BROOM. — Broom Tea. — Broom Decoction. — Compound Broom Decoction. — BUCHU. — Buchu Tea.
7. 7.C — CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS. — Vegetable Broth. — CARROTS. — Carrot Juice. — Carrot Tea. — CELERY — Celery Juice. — Celery Tea. — CEREAL BEVERAGES. — Cereal Coffee. — Wheat Tea — Cereal Coffee. — “Cerealis.” — CHAMOMILE FLOWERS. — Chamomile Infusion. — Chamomile Tea. — CHERRIES. — Cherry Juice. — Cherry Water. — Cherry Soup (1). — Cherry Soup (2), German Method. — CHESTNUTS. — Chestnut Tea. — CINNAMON. — Cinnamon Water. — Cinnamon Decoction. — Strong Cinnamon Decoction. — COCOA. — Cocoa made from the “Cocoa Nibs” or “Rock Cocoa.” — Cocoa made from the Essence. — Chocolate. — Cocoashell as a Drink. — COFFEE. — How to Infuse Coffee. — Pale Roasted Coffee. — How Coffee is Spoilt. — Turkish Coffee. — French Coffee. — Fig Coffee — CHICORY — COKERNUTS. — Cokernut Milk. — Cokernut Soup. — CRANBERRIES. — The Fresh Juice. — Cranberry Tea. — CUCUMBER. — Cucumber Juice. — CURRANTS (DRIED).
8. 8.D — DANDELIONS. — Dandelion Tea. — To make a Dandelion Decoction. — Dandelion Coffee. — DATES. — Date Decoction.
9. 9.E — EGGS. — Albumen Water. — Albumen Lemonade. — Egg-Nogs. — Malted Egg-Nog. — Egg-Nog with Fruit Juice. — Egg-Nog with Fruit or Vegetable Juice and Cream. — Egg and Milk. — Egg and Cocoa. — EUCALYPTUS. — Eucalyptus Tea.
10. 10.F — FRUIT DRINKS. — Fruit Soups and Teas.
11. 11.G — GINGER. — Green Ginger Punch. — GOOSEBERRY. — Gooseberry Drink. — GRAPES. — Fresh Grape Juice. — Grape Tea. — GRASS AND CLOVER. — Clover Tea. — GUM. — Gum Water.
12. 12.H — HONEY. — Mulse. — Mead. — HOPS. — Hop Infusion. — HORSERADISH.
13. 13.L — LEMONS (AND ORANGES). — Lemonade. — Alternative Method. — Lemonade de Menth. — Lemon or Orange Squash. — LETTUCE. — Fresh Lettuce Juice. — LIMES (see Lemons). — LIME WATER (MINERAL). — LINSEED. — Linseed Tea. — Alternative (2). — Alternative (3). — LIQUORICE.
14. 14.M — MALT EXTRACT. — Malt Tea. — Sweet Wort. — Malt Soups. — MARROW (VEGETABLE). — Marrow Juice. — Marrow Tea. — MILK. — Buttermilk. — Koumys and Kefir. — Curdled Milk. — Milk and Soda. — Casein Stock. — MINT.
15. 15.N — NASTURTIUM (or Indian Cress). — NETTLES. — Nettle Tea.
16. 16.O — OATS. — Oatmeal Water. — Alternative (a form of gruel). — Alternative (3). — Oaten Tea. — Oaten Tea (2). — ONIONS
17. 17.P — PARAGUAY TEA. — PARSLEY. — Decoction of Parsley. — Parsley Tea. — Parsley Tea (alternative). — PEAR. — Pear Soup. — PEAS, BEANS AND LENTILS. — Green Pea Soup. — PEPPERMINT. — Peppermint Tea. — PINEAPPLE. — Pineapple Juice. — POTATO. — Potato Juice. — Potato Water. — PRUNE. — Prune Soup.
18. 18.R — RAISINS. — Raisin Syrup. — Raisin Tea. — RASPBERRY. — Raspberry Lemonade. — RED CURRANTS. — Red Currant Soup. — Red Currant Punch. — Red Currant Drink. — RHUBARB. — Rhubarb Juice. — Rhubarb Water. — RICE. — Rice Water.
19. 19.S — SAFFRON. — Saffron Tea. — SALT. — SARSPARILLA. — Decoction of Sarsparilla. — SEAWEEDS AND MOSSES. — Carrageen Decoction. — Agar-agar Decoction. — Alternative with Milk. — Tomato Jelly. — SPINACH. — Spinach Juice. — Spinach Tea. — STRAWBERRY. — Strawberry Juice. — Strawberry Drink. — Strawberry Tea. — SUGAR.
20. 20.T — TAMARINDS. — Tamarind Water. — Tamarinds with Milk. — TAR (VEGETABLE). — Tar Water. — TEA. — On Brewing Tea. — Other Methods of Infusing. — Tea with Lemon (Russian style). — Tea Punch. — Cold Tea. — TOAST AND WATER. — TOMATO. — Tomato Juice. — Tomato Soup. — TURNIP.
21. 21.V — VALERIAN. — Valerian Tea. — VEGETABLES. — Vegetable Soup. — Devonshire Soup. — Strength Broth. — A Stock. — Vegetable Decoctions. — Vegetable Decoction. — Carrot Soup. — Rhubarb Soup. — Tomato Soup. — VINEGAR
22. 22.W — WATER. — Daily Requirements of the Body. — Water as a Curative Agent. — The So-called Medicinal Waters. — The Action of Water in the Body. — The Temperature of Water. — Water In Heart Disease and Dilatation of the Stomach. — Water and Dropsy. — When to Drink Water. — Water in the Cure of Catarrh. — Water in General “Nature Cure” Treatment. — The Salisbury Treatment. — Drink Water only Between Meals. — Impurities in Water. — Rain Water. — Tap Water. — The Virtues of Distilled Water. — Distilled Water not Unnatural. — Do Children Need Hard Water? — Distilled Water as a Preventive of Old Age. — WHEY. — Lemon or Orange Whey — WINTERGREEN.
23. 23.Y — YEAST EXTRACTS. — The Yeast Cure—a Contrast. — TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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