Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-03-01
NURSERY COOKERY.
DIET IN DISEASE.
BY Christine Terhune Herrick.
Continued from last week.

AZ many casts more ilkely lndn the lat
Ter to become chronic The habit may
be regulated more benehcially by diet
than by drugs. II is Of the strongest
advantage TO the ehild's general health
to keep the bowels open, but 1t is a fact
that many mothers who guard watch
fully against costive tendency in their
babies, relapse into great carelessness
in this matter as their children grow old
e..
To lessen a disposition to constipation
coarse meals and breads will be found ex-
eellent. Graham bread or gems, rye,
corn, whole wheat or Boston brown
bread, mush, cracked wheat. oatmeal
and similar preparations are admirable
With these a little good molasses will
prove a useful corrective Of the trouble.
Cream should be eaten with the cereals.
Gingerbread sweetened with molasses
and brown sugar is often helpful
BOSTON BROWN BREAD.
Sift together one and a half cups each
Of cornmeal and white or whole wheat
flour. with a half teaspoonful Of salt
Stir into them a half cup Of molasses
and a whole cup Of sweet milk. Beat
We'll. dissolve a scant teaspOonful Of soda
in a little boiling water, whip this into
the batter. turn IL into a well creased
Boston brown bread mould, cover tight
Is. and boil steadily for three hours.
Turn It out on a fiat dish. when done, and
set It in the oven for five minutes TO dry
off before sending to table.
QUICK WHOLE WHEAT BREAD.
Sift a teaspuonful Of salt and two OF
baking powder into quart Of whole
wheat flour. Into this chop tablespoon
ful Of butter or sweet dripping. Moisten
Il with enough milk to make a soft dough
about three cupfuls will be required
handling 1t as little and as lightly as
possible. Have the dough very soft.
Form with the hands into small loaves,
and bake in brick shaped tins in brisk
oven. When cold il may be cut like
raised bread. II preferred. the dough
may be moulded with the hands into
biscuit. or rolled into a 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 lust been
given is easily made and is generally
satisfactory.
WHOLE WHEAT GEMS.
STIR two slightly beaten eggs into a
PINK OF warmed milk, and add 10 them "a
teaspourlul Of brown sugar and a table
rpoonfuI OF butter, melted. Beat In,
little at a time. a cup and "a half Of whole
wheat -four, or enough to make good
batter. using the 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 gems
may be made In the same way.
CORN MUSH MUFFINS.
Make a good corEmeal mush by cook
ing a cupful Of yellow cornmeal for an
hour with two cups OF boiling water in
a double boiler. Before IL cools stir In
s. tablespoonful Of butter. Add to H.
when cool a cupful Of milk, three well
beaten eggs. and three tablespoonfuls Of
whole wheat flour, to which has been
added a small teaspoonful Of baking
powder, beat all well. and bake in thor
oughly creased gem pans or muffin tins.
stewed fruits, like prunes or figs, and
apple sauce are sometimes eiiicactous In
controlling constipation In children
and in grown persons also. Abundance
OF water.-never iced,-should be drunk.
better. perhaps. before or after meals
than while eating. and the child with
this complaint should be encouraged TO
drink a glass Of water at bedtime. Fresh
green vegetables should be given but
those containing much starch would
better be withheld. Eggs have ten
dency 70 constitpate. as do sweet pastry
and fried foods. Simple puddings made
OF rice or sago may be given TO the child
and a plain Indian pudding, eaten with
cream sweetened with maple or brown
sugar. is excellent. Children suffering /
from constipation should avoid All dried |
fruits except prunes and figs, and should |
abstain from nearly all berries. Cheese
and pickles should have no place In the |
Young child's dietary. and more especial |
ly TO be condemned for any one afiiict- /
Cd with a costive tendency Nuts, cakes /
texcept plain gingerbread. salted fish or 1
meats also. have a disposition 70 increase /
the disorder. Chocolate. plain or in sim
pie combinations. is a valuable eorrec-
tive.
INDIAN PUDDING.
Heat three cups Of milk In a double
boiler. STIR a half teaspoonful Of salt
into half a cup Of yellow cornmeaL and
as soon as the milk Il hot put the meal
into Il by the handful stirring d care
fully TO prevent Jumping. Cook for half
an hour stirring often. At the end Of this
time have ready in bowl half cupful
81 molasses and a tablespoonful Of but
ter well beaten together. stir the milk
aud meal into this and add a teaspoon
fuI Of mace, cinnamon and ginger mixed.
and two eggs. whipped light Beat very
hard before turning the pudding into a
buttered baking dish. II should bake
covered in a steady oven Tor three-quar-
tiers of an hour. and then BE- stirred well
from the bottom and allowed 10 brown on
top
CHOCOLATE BLANC NANCE.
soak half a package Of gelatine In half
a rup OF cold water for an hour Heat