The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-25
Topics Of Domestic Circle
EGGS AND CEREALS.


It is a little wearrisome 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 &C.
| casionally, but it is by no means as uni
versally wholesome as it has been
| claimed to be, and there is no more mono
tonous course that appears on our tables.
There is not enough variety even in the
multiform preparations onered for this
course to give it daily place in the
breakfast menUe.
An occasional dish of perfectly cooked
oatmeal or wheat served with cream is
acceptable to those who like it. In spite
of all that has been said in eulogy OF
cereals, 1t is a well-known fact that the
cat kernaI ground to -four is not always
a digestible food, and is positively in
furious to some people. lit is cruelty for
a mother to make a delicate child eat oat-
meal mush or any other food that is dis
tasteful TO it unless under orders Of ply
sician. To certain persons, and these are
probably the majority, a dish of properly
boiled oatmeal served with cream is a
good and wholesome thing. The same is
true Of wheat. if the woody fibre of the
husk is not left in the preparation. There
is no nutritive value in the bran. The best
brown bread is made from graham flour
which has been sifted. The various sets
OF nerves in the tongue, together with the
sense of odor, 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 a repugnance TO
dish it is safe to conclude it is not good
for it. Certainly no grown persOnshould
be so foolish as 10 eat anything that the
nerves of taste have rejected, except
medicine prescribed by physician. Most
persons are in a somewhat exhausted con-
dition at breakfast, and require light,
nourishing food like eggs,
Here the old proverb which declares
what is one mans meat is another's
poison" applies There are some people
to whom even eggs are unwholesome, but
they are exceptions. An egg is by far
one of the best articles known to break
the fast after a long nights rest.
dainty little salad of cheese or a fruit
salad, served with a dash of maraschino,
sherry or cognac, as the case may be,
all introduce breakfast acceptably. It is
not desirable that this should be heavy
meal. One Of the objections to a daily
cereal course is that It gives the diges-
tive powers too much to do compared to
the actual amount of nutrition furnished.
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 breakfast as hum
cry woman will usuallyconsume. A hun
CRY man will probably need also rare
chop or a 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
as oatmeal and wheat. All these cereals, |
however, are similar enough in appear |
ance and favor to give the breakfast table |
a monotonous appearance If they are
served daily. Try other courses. Most |
persons will feel a sympathy for the A.
year-old lad who was somewhat the VIC |
tim Of hygenic repression and cereal foods |
with a limited allowance of preserves and |
sweets. Mastering all the courage of his |
small person, he finally rebelled. and when |
he came to the tea tabe announced: TO |
night L am going TO eat too much jam"
Probably he actually needed more sweets. |
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