Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-08
NURSERY COOKERY.
BY Christine Terhune HerricA
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The diet in constipation is in some re-
speets more important than that in oiar-
rhoes, since the former disorder Is
"a many cases more likely than the lat
ter TO became chronic. The habit may
be regulated more beneficiaRy by dlei
than by drugs. II is Of the strongest
advantage To the child's general health
10 keep the bowels open. but II Is a tact
that many mothers who guard watch
fully against q costlve tendency IN their
battles, relapse into great carelessness
Tn this matter as their children grow old
Or.
To lessen disposition 10 constipation
coarse meals and breads will be found ex-
celient. Graham bread or gems, rye,
corn, whole wheat or Boston brown
bread, mush. cracked wheat, oatmeal
and similar preparations are aemlraois.
With these q little good moiasses VII
prove a useful corrective OF the trouble.
Cream should be eaten with the cereals. /
Gingeroread sWeetened with molasses
and brown sugar Is often helpful
BOSTON BROWN BREAD.
sfft together one and a half cups each
If coruneai and white or whoi. wheat
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Stir into them half cup of molasses
and whole cup Of sweet milk Beat
well. dissolve a scant teaspoonful Of soda
In a little boiling water. whip TINS INTO
the batter, turn 1t into q well creased
Boston brown bread mould, cover tight
In. and boil steadily for three hours.
Turn 1t out on fat dish. when done, and
set ii in the oven for five minutes 10 cry
of before sending 10 table.
QUICK WHOLE WHEAT BREAD.
SIT a teaspoonful of salt and two OF
baking powder into a quart Of whole
wheat four. Into this chop a tablespoon
full OF butter or sweet dripping. Moistsn
IL with enough milk TO make soft dough
ABOUT three cupfuls will be required
handling it as little and as lightly as
possible. Have the dough very soft.
Form with the hands into small leaves,
and bake In brick shaped tins in brisk
oven. When cold il may be cut Ike
raised bread If preferred, the dough
NAV be moulded with the hands into
biscuit. or rolled into sheet and cut into
rounds.
MANY students of dietetics consider
the quickly raised bread better than that
which has been raised with yeast The
bread for which the recipe has Just been
given is easily made and is generally
satisfactory.
WHOLE WHEAT GEMS.
stir two slightly beaten eggs into
plut Of warmed milk, and add 10 them a
teaspoonfnl Of brown sugar and table
spoonful of butter. melted. Beat in, a
little at time, cup and half Of whole
wheat -four, or enough 10 make good
batter. using ths spoon vigorously and
beating the batter well up from the bot
tom. Have ready gem pans. creased and
heated. and turn the batter into these
Bake in a very hot oven. Graham gem:
may be made in the same way.
CORN MUsH MUFFINS.
Make a good cornmsal mush by cook
ing a cupful OF yellow cornneal for al
nour with two cups Of boiling water il
a double boiler. Before il cools stir II
q tablespoonful Of butter. Add to il
when cool. a cupfui Of milk, three well
beaten eggs, and three tablespoonfuls o
whole wheat -four, to which has beel
added a small teaspoonful of bakinl
powder, beat all well. and bake in thor
oughly CREASED gem pans or muffin TIM
Stewed fruits, like prunes or hgs, an
apple sauce are sometimes eficacious
controlling constipation in children
and in grown persons also. Abundanc
of water,-neyer iced,-should be DRUM
better, perhaps. before or after meal
than while eating, and the child wit
this complaint should be encouraged I
drink glass Of water at bedtime. Fres
green vegetables should be given. b
those containing much starch woul
better be withheld. Eggs have a tel
dency TO constitpate, as DO sweet pastl
and fried foods. Simple pudGings max
of rice or Sage may be given 10 the chi
and a pain Indian pudding, eaten wi
cream sweetened with maple or brow
sugar, is excellent Children sufferil
from constipation should avoid all dri
fruits except prunes and figs, and shou
abstain from nearly ali berries. Chez
and pickles should have no place in I
young child's dietary, and more especii
iy TO be condemned for any one affliI
ed with costive tendency. Nuts. caE
Except plain gingsrbread), sailed FISH
meats also, have disposition TO incres
the disorder. Chocolate, plain or in 81
pie combinations, is a valuable corr
tive.
INDIAN PUDDING.
Heat three cups of milk in q dop
boiler. Stir half teaspoonful Of s
as soon as the milk is hot put the m
into 1t by the handful, stirring it ca
fully TO prevent Jumping. Cook for h
an hour. stirring often. At the end Of I
time have ready in a bowl half a cup
of molasses and tablespoonful Of b
ter wen beaten together. stir the n
and meal into this and add teaspo
full Of mace. cinnamon and ginger, mil
and two eggs. whipped light Beat v
hard before turning the pudding in
buttered baking dish. II should b
covered in a steady oven for three-qI
tiers Of an hour, and then be stirred
from the bottom and allowed to brow
top.
CHOCOLATE BLANC NANCE
Soak ham package of gelatine in
cup of cold water for an hour. Z
two cups OF milk in double boiler,
add TO IL two heaping tablespoonful
grated chocolate, which has been n
ed over hot water and moistened wi