Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-08
THAT COLD DINNER.

Farmers children who have to walk
o mile or more to school should be
provided with substantial lunches,
especially in winter time. Buttered
bread, cake and cookies are insult
cient nourishment after the long morn
ing walk and three hours of study;
the afternoon session and homeward
walk sharpens up their appetites, and
as rule they go sti aight to the pan
try as soon as they get homo, eat an
other cold lunch and consequently
spoil their supper. 1t Is not strange
that 80 many country children, who
should be the most vigorous, have
stomach troubles before they are in
their teens.
Mothers should make special study
OF cold dinners, having them as varied
and nourishing as possible, and besides
this, have the children's supper early.
This will be convenient in winter, for
we all like our evening meal at 5 o'clock,
but it summer 1t neoessitates an extra
meal, especially when the supper Is to
be hearty-for digestion should be
well begun before the early bed hour.
At first it will seem quite task, but
one will soon become used to 1t, and
it pays in the end in haying and har-
vesting, especially when extra help is
hired, it is much nicer for the mother
and children to have their tea before
the men folks.
When We stop to consider, it is
long wait for the growing child (the
time between the early breakfast and
the 6 O'Clock supper, the only hearty
meals they have), unless the cold
lunches are made more nourishing.
We have known of many cases where
children mot of poor parents, either
have been ashamed to open their lunch
basket before the others, its contents
being SO meager and uninviting-left
covers, anything that happened to be
cooked. This is all wrong; it is but
tribe more work to prepare them
nice lunches, cooking the articles on
the previous day while getting dinner.
OF bread and butter there should be
plenty, and cold meat as often as pos
sible; veal or beef loaf are moe lunch
dishes and are very inexpensive
smoked fish, salmon, halibut or even
herring is good for an occasional re-
lish; hard-boiled eggs are moe onoe
in while, also cottage cheese,
moulded in cups. Nice sandwiches
may be made from odd bits OF meat or
fish chopped fine and moistened with
salad-dressing. When chickens come
upon the bill of fare, save some OF the
wings and forelegs that are the favor
ite pieces for the majority OF children;
they will enjoy them the next day at
school.
There are many wholesome and ap-
petizing dishes that may be taken
from any modern cook book. Health
full dalnties, suoh as sponge cake, gra-
ham waters, cream gingerbread, oat
meal cookies and fruits, should be
provided instead Of rich pastries.
Baked apples and cup custards are
nice, also small cups of jelly (beef ex-
tract cups are about the right size)
will be appreciated; cranberry and
apple-sago jellies are very appeti2ing,
and at the same time Inexpensive.
Always provide napkins; paper ones
will do. and they are sold as cheap as
l2A cents per hundred. Paraffine paper
is capital for keeping bread, cake, etc,
fresh, and it can be used several times.
Small tin boxes are convenient for
packing meat or fish. If child's ap-
petite fails, as is often the case in the
spring time, have the lunches pre-
pared out of her sight, and have "sur.
prises" as often as possible. New
England Homestead.