The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-17
HOME DEMONSTRATION NOTES
Make 'em Appetizipg


The box lunch, whether it is used
every school day or whether it is a
picnic occasion, is not means of fur
nishing refreshments, but supplies a
regular meal.
Lunches away from the home, pres
ent peculiar problem-aside from
the usual task of including all the
food groups--as many foods are not
good when cold, and others are incon-
venient to pack. At the same time,
the food must be attractive and there
must be variety.
A hot dish with the lunch brought
from home, greatly aids digestion and
raises physical efficiency. Warm
milk, cocoa, or soup may be brought
in thermos bottle, but it is very
much to be hoped that the smallest
school will see the need and provide
one hot dish each day to supplement
the cold lunch.
A lunch should contain the follow
ing: nutritious sandwiches of some
muscleIbuilding food, such as egg,
meal, cheese, beans, peanut butter; 2
some food which supplies energy
pudding, cookies, candy, raisins, jel-
lies; 3-some food rich in mineral SUBJ
stances-as orange, apple, peaches, to-
matoes, etc.
In making sandwiches, cut bread
evenly and spread both slices with
butter to keep bread moist and pre-
vent it from soaking up the filling.
For the occasional lunch, paper
bag or box that can be thrown away
is best suited, but for constant use, a
permanent lunch box is desirable. 1t
should be one which can be cleaned
easily, scalded, we'll ventilated and
easy to carry. Every article of food
should be wrapped separately and
placed in the order in which they are
eaten. Juicy foods can be put in a
closed jar or cup.
A Pleasant Kitchen
Make the kitchen attractive. Work
out a color scheme. Use curtains,
potted flowers, bright bowls, or what
ever will make the kitchen place in
which work will be enjoyable. This
is the word of the home management
workers at the New York State Col
lege of Agriculture, who say that the
kitchen in house should be pleas
ant workshop, instead of place of
drudgery.
They advocate the use of light col
ors, such as tan, warm grey, pale vel
low, for painting the walls and wood
work. because light colors have
practical value in rejecting and dis
tributing the light.
Among the points of value in plan
ming and remodeling kitchen are the
following:
l. Work space should be left free
and open. 2
2. There should be windows on at
least two sides of the kitchen for
light and air circulation.
8. Windows should be high with
stills at least three feet from the floor
to save table space beneath the win
dowS.
A. Equipment should be placed ac-
cording to uSe-the most used articles
in the most convenient places.
5. A rest corner away from the
sink and stove, should be part of ev-
cry kitchen: this provides an easy and
convenient place for a moments rest.
Kitchen work should be condensed
into small step-saving space; every
task, except those connected with
food, should be left out of the kitchen.
The Unity Home Makers Club met
on Thursday, September 9th, with
Mrs. c. B. Denman. The feature of
the afternoon was a bread-mixer
demonstration by Miss Baker, Home
Demonstration Agent. Plans were
laid for Products Show to be held
at the Community House, Friday, Oc-
tober 22d. The next meeting will be
held October 18th, at the home of
Mrss. Geo, Busick. At that time,
Mrs. Bleeck will talk to the women
along the lines of their responsibility
as voters in the coming elections.
The Unity Home Makers Club will
entertain the young people of the
community at Halloween party the
evening of Saturday, October Both.