Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-30
FORTY LEAN DAYS ARE OVER
Time for Eating o. Seasonable Food il
Tlsnty Comes Again.
EASTER FEAST FELLOWS LENTEN FAs1
Eggs and other DaintIes and Sub
stantiaIs Contribute to Breakfast
and Dinner Menus that Tempt
in Prospect.

The forty days Lenten fast reached its
eliminating day Good Friday, and those who
have observed the Lenten fast as a religious
rite will be abstaining from food entirely;
others less rigorous, may have kept the
season from a knowledge Of its dietetic
value, and knowing that when the heat
comes. as in the last week or two. at an
unseemly time they should eat less, espe-
cially of heat producing foods, will have
made their rations lighter and of easily
digested dishes Nature as general rule
produces the foods appropriate for the diff
fering seasons; in the warm weather, green
vegetables and ripe, juicy fruits, but some
times, as in the last two weeks, undue
heat appears before these foods come to
maturity, at least in the section where
they are needed. and then resort must be
had TO the best substitutes or to the high
priced fruits and vegetables from further
south, II one would brinl to and keep
their bodies In the condition suited to the
climate
Mrs Providem and the thousands whom
she represents, even while they fast, have
in mind as a part of their duty the day
that comes so shortly after the great fast
day, and is one Of the special feast days.
Easter Sunday. so as the morn OF Saturday
follows, she takes her market basket to
carry the supplies for the two meals always
of special Importance to those who OBJ
serve the Easter feast, breakfast and din
ner.
Eggs for Breakfast.
Eggs seem the piece de resistance for
breakfast which some question protestingly
after a Lenten diet of eggs Others. per-
haps. who have been obliged to economize
somewhat have not lost their appetite for
this valuable substitutel for meat, and
having adopted the sensible rule Of no meat
for breakfast at any time. win plan with
pleasure for a pleasing and novel way
OF serving the breakfast egg, or perhaps
several ways, in order that every one par
taking may be exactly suited. In addi-
ton. also. It is we'll to consider our food
somewhat In It's relation to the spiritual as
well as the material significance. and the
day which celebrates the renewal or COM
ing forth OF the new life. the higher life
has always had as one OF it's material sym
bols the egg
50 Mrs. Providem's basket received a
supply OF eggs and she may II she Is not
In the habit Of doing so all the time. Sc
leet those which state on the paper cases
which hold the dozen daintily put up,
Guaranteed not TO be over twenty-four
hours old"
other Items on btli.
And then there is an embarrassment OF
riches 10 select from OF the foods which
had been shipped from the south in extra
abundance for this time when the fast
was over and the spring feast should be
ushered in by the Bastertide. She had
! planned for little unusual extravaganza,
but where to begin All there are some
lovely red and green peppers ana one
member of her family, as well as herself
Is so fond OF pepper eggs she would
garnish her omelet with one at each cor
ner -Four peppers, please-two green and
two red, ana all the same size" Now a
/ box OF that very incest sliced breakfast
bacon to gaTnish with and bunch OF
/ parsley Then a loaf Of that special
bakers brown bread that makes such fine
toast Some Of those specially hne. small
Crane fruit TO put all In me trim by their