Newark post., 1919-11-19
YOUNG CHILDREN DO
NOT NEED MEAT
Herein Are What They Should
Not What They Should


rut this is entirely unnecessary if they
are able to get milk, and milk is al
WAYS cheaper than these other foods.
And it is the most important of all
foods for it supplies something for
every part of the body. 1t supplies
something for making muscles; some
Thug for making bones and teeth; and
something that makes children grow,
No chiie will grow as fast as he
should Of as we'll without milk, He
may get fat, but fatness is not the
same as strength Unless he has milk,
some art Of him will almost surely be
weak.
Every little child should have at
least three glasses of whole milk every |
day, and if possible. four. If he has
this amount of milk, and particularly |
if he can be given one egg yolk day, |
he does not need meat.
How to Servie Eggs.
Some one will probably ask how the
yolk of an egg should be served to "a
child One good way is to add it to
milk gravy Another way is to cook
it hard, salt and mash it and spread
it on bread. The mother may just as
we'll use the white of the egg for cake
or for puddings. 1t is the yolk that
the child needs most All OF the iron
of the egg is in the yolk. There is
something in the yolk, too, as there is
in the milk, that makes children grow.
Every mother wants her children to
have straight, long legs. Both milk
and eggs help to make the bones
strong. Children who do not get
these foods are almost sure to have
disease called "rickets." Their bones,
reing weak, bend under them and get
very much out of shape.
Vegetables Necessary for Children.
The Something" IN milk that
makes children grow comes from the
grass and other green things that the
COW eats. The same "something" in
eggs comes from the green food that
every good chicken raiser provides for
his chickens From the green food it
gets into the milk and the egg yolks
This substances. SO much needed by
all young animals, is also in lettuce,
spinach and other greens. For this
reason these vegetables are good for
children, particularly when milk and
eggs are scarce.
Some children do not like vegetables
and it does little good to try to per
suade them to eat them. A better way
is to put them into soups or gravies
without saying anything about it. For
example, make milk stews or gravies
and put into them any small amounts
of cooked vegetables that may be left
over or some fresh vegetables cooked
for the purpose. Here is a recipe for
milk stew. With plenty of bread, a
large bowl of it makes a good dinner
; for a child.
Milk Stew With Vegetables.
: l quart milk, whole or skim.
cup raw potatoes, cut in small
S pieces.
= A few leaves lettuce, spinach, OF
3 other greens cut into small pieces OF
n chopped.
A small piece of onion.
e level tablespoons butter or bacor
), fat.
Salt.
h Boil the potatoes till soft and drain
e Cook the other vegetables in so little
r water that they do not need to b,
drained. Add to the milk. Heat, ado
D the fat, and season with salt.
d Almost any vegetables can be uset
+ for Aavoring milk stews. Or littl,
o fish or chopped dried beef may b.
o used. In the case of very little child
rem care should be taken not to serv
e any tough foods like large pieces o
n dried beef unless the mother has tim
= to watch and see that they are wei
a cheWed
Have Fruit Once Day.
- Fruit once a day is good rule. !
you can not afford fresh fruit, &c
IL dried fruits Soak them well and coo
y them until soft. If the child is del
- cate give only the juice or pulp. Yer
:. young children who are just beginnin
~ to eat other things than milk shoul
- be given the juice only of the fruit
u" A little later they may be given tt
pulp, A healthy child of school az
can eat apples, peaches, and plum
skin and all
ed Give Plenty of Bread.
ed Every child ShO111d hava plar+,,