The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20
what to Have for Breakfast.

New York Tribune.
1t Is little wearisome to the appetite to
find that about five out of six breakfast
bills of fare in families include a cereal
course. The cereal is a good thing occa-
slonally, but it is by no means as uni
versally wholesome as it has been claimed
10 be, and there is no more monotonous
course that appears on our tables There
Is not enough variety even in the multiform
preparations offered for this course to give
it daily place in the breakfast menu.
An occasional dish of perfectly cooked
oatmeal or wheat served with cream Is ac-
ceptable to those who like it, In spite of
all that has been said in eulogy of cereals
II Is well-known fact that the entire oat
kernel ground to flour is not always a di-
gestible food and is positively injurious to
some persons. 1t is cruelty for a mother
10 make delicate child eat oatmeal mush
or any other food which is distasteful to it
unless under orders of physician To GER
tam persons, and these are probably the
majority, q dish of properly boiled oatmeal
served with cream is good and whole
some thing. The same is true of wheat il
me woody fiber of the. husk is not left in
the preparation. There is no nutritive value
IN the bran. The best known bread is
made from graham flour which has been
slfted The various sets of nerves in the
constitute the taste, and this is in man, as
IN all other creatures, the best guide in
matters of food. When a healthy child
shows repugnance to a dish it is safe
to conclude it is not good for it. Certainly
no grown person should be so foolish as to
eat anything that the nerves of taste have
rejected, except medicine prescribed by a
physician. Most persons are in a some
what exhausted condition at breakfast and
require a light, nourishing food like eggs.
Here the old proverb which declares
c
poison" applies. There are some people to
Whom even eggs are unwholesome, but
tRey are exceptions. An egg is by far one
Of the best articles known to break the
fast after long nights rest. A dainty
little salad of cheese or a fruit salad
served with a dash of maraschino sherry
or cognac, as the case may be, all intro
duce breakfast acceptably. 1t is not desir-
able this should be a heavy meal. One of
the OBJECTIONS to a daily cereal course is
that it gives the digestive powers too much
TO do compared with the amount of actual
nutrition it furnishes. An egg is one of the
most easily digested of all articles of food
and is concentrated nutrition Served with
rolls and coffee it furnishes as much break
faSt as a hungry woman will usually con-
sumo. A hungry man will probably need
also a rare chop or piece of beefsteak,
accompanied by potatoes and some species
of bread to furnish starch, as we'll as eggs
and coffee.
There are many delicious cereals in the
market; use them in rotation, remember
ing barley and rice are good food as well
40 OdlHlSdl anu wheat. All CnSSe cereals,
however, are similar enough in appearance
and flavor to give the breakfast table a
monotonous appearance if they are served
daily. Try other courses Most persons
will feel sympathy for the four-year-oId
lad who was somewhat the victim of
hyg1enic repression and cereal foods with a
limited allowance of preserves and sweets.
Mastering all the courage of his. small per-
son. he finally rebelled, and when he came
to the tea table announced: Tonight
am going to eat too much JAM" Probably
he actually needed more sweets.