Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-07-19
NURSERY COOKERY,
IN SMALL cHILD's sUAEMEn
DIET.
BY Christine Terhune Herrick.
b CONTINUED from last weekly

1N 4ltContinued from last week.
a The summer Is a period Of peculiar
dietetic danger to the child who is old
enough to forage for himself. The little
haby may be protected by his very help
Ssness from all imprudences of diet
cept those which his seniors force upon
IN. Even the two or three-year old
Jay be watched and guarded to cer-
lin extent and his baby feet directed
Fom the paths of temptation.
The older child, however, who Ia re-
ased from the constant ward OF
urse finds temptations awaiting him on
VERY side. For him exist the unrlpe
merry, the green apple. the immature
ear and the little peach of emerald hue.
Bgainst their perils he has not even a
lust taste to protect him. 1t is useless
- hazard conjectures as to the condition
W palate that moves a child to eat and
11pareDtly enjoy the sour acrid berries
"a green fruits that an older person
Xpuld reject from sheer disrelish. Moth
g comes amiss to the small child. He
8 naturally of an inauiring turn of mind.
nd there are few inanimate noveltieH
hat come his way and fail, sooner. or
hter--ganerally sooner-to be sub
hitted to the test Of the taste. And the
Worst part of II Is that he is not warned Off
By countless unpleasant experiences, but
promptly picks flint and tries again
whenever new thing attracts his atten-
lion,
Ripe fruit, II eaten In moderation. Ia
hot likely to do any harm to the healthy
fhild. He usually survives even, unripe
FRUIT, by kind provision Of the power
that watches over the helpless and the
heediess. For generations past boys
have climbed cherry trees and gorged
themselves with half ripened fruit,
*prudently swallowing the stones in order
ITO evade detection, and have survived to
2become Sunday school superintendents
land clergymen. who in their public dis
courses dwell severely upon Ewes sin in
taking forbidden fruit. Still, the fact
that they have not ended worse heed not
move parents to encourage their children
in the same path.
As l have said ripe fruit does not. as
a rule, hurt a healthy child. But 1t
should be fresh as well as ripe. This is
especially necessary In the case OF
cherries. Stale or bruised cherries are
most unwholesome. and IL one is not
perfectly sure they are fresh they should
be cooked before they are given to the
children
CHERRY BLANCMANGE.
Stew ripe cherries until tender. Drain
on the juice and put 1t to one side. Make
bianomange by soaking half box OF
geIatine for a half hour in enough cold
water to cover It, heating three cups Of
milk to boiling and stirring the gelatine
into It with three tablespoonfuls Of white
sugar. When all are dissolved take
from the IRE, add to Ii half a cupful of
the jpice Of the cherries, set the blanc-
mango aside to get cool and when 1t be-
gins to form put II on the ice. The
stewed cherries may either be stirred
into the hlancmange when It is about
half firm or they may be reserved until
this Is entirely formed. After 1t is
turned out on dish, the cherries may be
heaped about the base Of the form OF II
4 the blancmange has been put into a
mould with a hole in the center the cher
ries may be put In and piled on top of the
form. Should there be any OF the syrup
left 1t may be boiled down with the adj
dition of little more sugar. When en-
tireiy cold It will make a syrup that may
= be poured about the base of the mould.
CHERRY CUsTARDs.
For these white custard may be
made by pouring pint of hot milk upon
!. the whites OF three eggs with which have
fbeen stirred-not beaten-thp,e scant
Tablespoonful of white sugar. The
y cherries should have been stewed with