[Sca-cooks] Foods for Invalids

[Christy]

Greetings Cooks!

 

I have long been interested in the sections of period cooking and medicinal
writings aimed at foods for the infirm.  Having just been diagnosed with a
gastric infirmity of my own, it is of even more interest than before.  :/

For example, many of the early mentions of gruel are in medical treatises
that recommended it as food for invalids because it was nourishing and easy
to digest.

(My personal needs are currently for low-fiber foods, so broth is better for
me currently than gruel J )

 

I'm interested in seeing what various cultures consider healing foods.   I'd
like to know what is said about seasonality and humoral influences, among
others.  

What would your persona feed to an invalid? 

 

Christianna, who is missing oatmeal something fierce