peptonizing

[Paul Johnson]

Petsin  is a chemical used to breakdown food and peptonization  was a
concept to help children and some others to digest food.  I haven't
heard of that since the '40s.

Darla Wells wrote:
> Found in a 1963 cookbook The American Family Cookbook by Lily Wallace (along with a recipe that involves cleaning a possum"Do not remove head or tail."
> which I will not burden you with)--
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> Peptonized Milk
> 1 tube peptonizing powder
> 1 pint milk
> Dissolve powder in 1/2 cup cold water. Add milk. Mix well. Chill.
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> I am guessing it is something people used to drink?
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> Google has this entry for peptonization. It is a scanned manual from 1889 with other weird substances involving peptonization--for example, the classic Meat Enema with Pepsin. Apparently they used to give children a better recipe involving brandy and raw egg yolks also.
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> http://www.neonatology.org/classics/starr/starr.9.html
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I cut it three times and it was still too short

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