117. Broiled Smelts.—When cleansed and wiped dry with a cloth, dip them lightly into flour, and put them upon a gridiron over a slow fire, for five, or six minutes, turning them carefully when half done; serve plain, or with a little sauce, if allowed, as many patients are forbidden moist food. I can highly recommend any kind of white fish cooked in this manner; and it is well known that nothing in the way of food is more digestible than fish.
Water souchet of flounders, soles, and slips may also be served to invalids, by proceeding the same as above.
Meat, Game, and Poultry, of every kind, for invalids, ought to be served as free from fat as possible.