Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1912-12-20
back seat of the school room, and al.
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most under the seat?
Children caunot help but be sensi.
tive in regard to such matters. and If
they have no cause to be ashamed of
their lunch they will look forward to
the noon hour with anticipation and
pleasure.
Sandwiches should be given the first
place in the luncheon basket. In max.
ing these, thoughtful mothers can easi.
ly have fresh surprise almost every
day, and the children will look for
ward with much interest to what ia
coming next. The sandwich should be
made OF bread medium fresh, should be
sliced about one-fouth inch in thick.
ness, and evenly spread with butter
and filling Of some kind. When the
slices are put together this will make a
sandwich one-half inch or little more
IN thickness. The filling can consist
OF thin sliced ham, chicken, beef,
tongue, sardines etc. Egg sandwiches
are also good and are favorites with the
children. In making these, take an
egg that is boiled hard, remove the
she'll and mash fine with fork, season
with salt, pepper and melted butter
and spread between the buttered slices
of bread lettuce leaf is also nice to
put between these sandwiches.
1t only takes minutes time to run
the chicken, ham, beef or other meat
thru food chopper, season with
small amount Of melted butter or thick
sweet cream in order to make it spread
easily; this not only makes good flll-
ing, but adds variety and pleases the
children. A little prepared mustard,
or better yet, mayonnsise dressing can
be mixed with the meat filling. this will
add flavor which most children will an
JOY and which will be good for them
Ii the children are fond of jelly,
which most children are, you can put
glass of it in their basket or what ia
better still. fill small vasaline hottie
which has screw top, and the children
can spread their plain bread and butter
sandwiches with it.
Cheese has great place in the diet
as food Weight for weight, cheese has
appreoiHbly more protein than cooked
beef and fifty percent more fat. There
fore, do net forget the cheese sand
wlches. Ii you cannot get the cream
cheese, take other cheese and grind it
fine on the food chopper and mix with
hot milk until 1t will spread evenly.
| Cookies and small cakes are relished
by all children, and if properly made
will not be injurious. Do not forget
the value of fruits and nuts, for the
growing child needs them in his diet.
Now that you have been given some
hints on what to prepare for the
lunches, do not forget that the most
important thing is to put this lunch up
in neat, appetizing manner. Paper
napkins cost only few cents hun.
dred and can be thrown away when
used. Let each child be provided with
his own drinking cup.
An authority has said that those who
live on a skim milk diet will think
skim milk thoughts. This is rather q
startling statement, but it hints at the
truth. The old saying that schols,
| could live upon a crust of bread and a
, glass of water and think great Thoughts
J is no longer entertained. A good mind
must be sustained and supported nv 8
l good body; and good body must be
t sustained and supported by q proper
S quantity and quality of good nourish
3 ing food prepared in the proper form