Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-08
BASKET LUNCHEO NS
Tasty and Nourishing Food
for Children.
SANDWICH NOVELTIES
N1TH FILINGS OF MEATS, LET
TUCE AND FRUITS.
Potato, Chicken or Apple Salads Can
Be Packed in Tiny
Jars.

What to put in the school lunch basket Il
the ALA bsorbing problem of mothers, now
that school days are approaching. After
three months of home luncheons it is diff
flcult to reconcile small boy or girl to a
basket meal of necessarily limited va
rety of edbles. Most children dislike to
be burdened with a lunch basket which
must be carried home every day, and the
wise housewife has a collection of empty
pasteboard boxes for this purpose, cracker
packages being most useful. An assort-
ment of wrapping paper, plenty of string,
pile of paper napkins and some paraffne
paper will simplify the task of packing the
lunch each morning.
Careful mothers will not give children
pennies and nickels with which to purchase
cakes and candies at noon, as their selec-
ton of sweets is seldom in accordance Win
the laws of digestion. Such fruits as
bananas. oranges and apples are easny
packed and better for school chllo
than rich cake and pie. Occasionally, nara
boiled or deviled eggs. accompanied oy
plain bread and butter, may be substituted
for cold meat sandwiches. Little jars Oh
potato or chicken salad can easily be put
into the lunch basket, and sometimes
pickles and olives vary the midday school
meal. Once in awhile cheese with crack
ers helps to fill the basket and cold wing
or leg of fowl is delicacy in the schooi
lunch circle.
A modified club SANDWICH anu one "hiCh
comprises almost meal in itself, Is mace
of two slices of bread toasted on one size.
The other side is buttered ana iet.uce.
small piece of bacon. piece OF colo
chicken or other fowl. a slice OF pickle ana
a little mayonnaise dressing constitutes the
filling Spices should be used in sand
witches for children.
Brown Bread Sandwiches. Between
slices of Boston brown bread, outtered
thinly spread paste of seeded ralslns me
Iv chopped with English walnuts. rms Is
a wholesome sandwich and serves as
semi-sweet for the school child.
MANY persons do not know how to hard
boil an egg properly and consequently nave
come to believe that because the white is
tough and the yolk is discolored the egg is
warm water and left until the water is
about 200 degrees Fair. Then it should
be left thirty minutes and dashed into
cold water and peeled. After this process
the egg will be mealy and the white will
be hard and firm without being tough
Never let a hard-boied egg cool in the
water.
boiled or baked ham is indispensable
in a house where there are school children,
as nothing is palatable to most chill
dren as a carefully prepared ham sand
witch.
Baked Ham.-Soak a whole ham in cold
water night, remove and cover the
lean side with a paste of smoothly mixed
-four and water, taking care that 1t is or
sufficient thickness to keep in all the meat
juice. Bake in moderate oven twenty
case. then skin; cover the top with bread
crumbs and brown.
Thnly sliced veal or beef loaf, either be-
tween slices of bread and butter or alone,
makes a wholesome and palatable lunch
dish.
Veal Loaf-Three pounds of chopped veal,
one-quarter pound chopped pork, teaspoon
full pepper, two teaspoonfuls salt, one cup
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well, press in square form and bake one
and one-half hours. For sandwiches a
perfectly square mold cuts to the best adj |
vantage.
Individual cakes, and occasionally some
doughnuts, palatable between sessions
at school.
Doughnuts.-One cup of sugar, one and
one-half cups sweet milk, three tablespoon
fuls melted butter, three teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder. two eggs, flour to roll soft.
Ginger Snaps-One pint molasses. one tea
cup brown sugar, one teacup butter and
solved in one-fourth cup water, one table,
spoonful ginger, and flour enough to roll
soft and thin. Bake in quick oven
Coffee Gems.-Four eggs, cup granu-
lated sugar two teaspoonfuls extract Of
coffee, one cup -four. Beat eggs in a sauce
rapidly together over boiling water until it
is warm; remove from fire, beat for fifteen
minutes, add -four, sifted, and have gem
pans ready, brushed with suet and
sprinkled with little graduated sugar.
Fill pans half with batter and bake in a
quick oven for fifteen minutes. These cakes
are usually served warm, but are tasty
when cold
Fig Sandwiches-Between slices of but
tered graham bread spread figs which have
been chopped to smooth paste. The bread |
must not be cut too thin and the sand
witches, if they would be kept moist and
palatable until the noon recess, should be |
wrapped in moisteHed tissue paper
a tasty filling for sandwiches is COM
posed of two-thirds minced chicken and
one-third minced ham and tongue chopped {
together. Moistened with mayonnaise
dressing and spread on white bread with
lettuce leaves is a delicacy.
Fruit Bread-work sufficient bread
sponge for a small loaf into half a cup of
butter and half cup of sugar Have
dried pears or apples stewed and sweeten-
ed to a rich syrup, stir two cups of the
fruit into the dough with a cup of nut {
meats, hickory English walnut, and
spice to taste. Add sufficient flour to
knead into loaf, let rise until very light |
then bake in slow open two hours. This ]
bread buttered and cut thin makes a whole
some sandwich. {
eggs and cut a small piece off the white |
at the end so they will stand up. Cut in
halves and remove the yolks, press through
a potato ricer and mix until it is smooth |
with tablespoonful of melted butter, one
sixth cup Of salad dressing, salt, pepper |
and vinegar to taste. Refill whites and pin
halves together with toothpick.
Apple Salad-Take firm, tart apples cut |
into dice and add enough celery cut in the |
same manner to the proportion of two
third celery to one-third apple. Mix with
n,ayonnaise dressing.
Cheese Straws.-One pound each of flour. |
butter and cheese; one egg, pinch CAYENNE |
pepper, half cup water, one teaspoonful |
dry mustard. little salt. Mix flour but |
Ter ana grated cheese. add egg, well beat
en- ana pepper, mustard and salt. Add
water Roll out thin. cut into strips one
nan inch wide and bake a light brown {
Beans baked in~individual tins. with a | {
tiny piece of salt pork, make a hearty and |
Wholesome dish for school children in cold {
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