The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1920-01-08

Dinner a hree-Y

| Poached Egg on Toast, Baked Potato,
ding Make an Excellent
| prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AGriculturCD
Some people tell us Il great deal
about what children ought not to eat
! but forget To tell us what they ought
/ to have. The kinds Of food that chill
dren need To make them grow into
healthy men and women is being
/ studied by home economics experts.
The most important of these foods
/ Is milk. 1t supplies something for
making muscles; something for max
ing bones and teeth; and something
that makes children grow. No child
will grow as fast us he should or as
well without milk. He may get fat.
/ but fatneSS is not the same as
strength. Unless he has milk, some
part 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 partcu-
larly if he can be given one egg yolk
n day, he does not need meat. Some
mothers worry because they cannot
| afford to buy meat fish, chicken or
! other flesh foods for their children.
| but this is quite unnecessary if they
are able to get milk, and milk is al
most always cheaper than these other
foods.
How to Serve Eggs.
Some one will probably ask how the
yolli 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
well use the white of the egg for cake
or for puddingS. 1t is the yok 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 10
have straight, strong legs. Both milk
and eggs help to make the bones
strong. Children who do not get these
foods are almost sure to have dis
ease called "rickcts." Their bones,
being weak, bend under them and get
very much out of shape.
Milk gets dirty easily and it is very
hard to make 1t clean after it has be-
come dirty. 1t is different from such
foods as apples and oranges from
which the dirt can be wiped. If milk
Is left uncovered and dust or other
kinds of dirt fall on it, or if 1t Is put
into dirty dish the dirt sinks to the
bottom and it Is impossible to get it
out. Dirty milk is almost sure to
make children sick and so the great
est pains should be taken to keep It
clean. The barn where TIE cow is
kept should be clean; so, too, should
After the milk comes into the house
1t should be kept carefully covered in
q cool place.
Use OF Clean skim Milk.
Whole milk Is far better for chill.
dren than skim milk, but clean skim
milk is better than dirty whole milk
If the mother cannot get clean whole
milk. she had better use clean skim
milk and give the child little extra
butter to make up for the fat that was
taken off when the milk was skinned
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 ii gets
into the milk and the egg yOlks. This
substance, so much needed by nj
young animals is also in lettuce, spin
ach. and other greens. For this rea
son these vegetables are good fOl
children, particularly when milk anc
eggs are scarce.
: Some children do not like vegetable!
and ii does little good TO Try to per
suudo them to eat them. a bette
way is to put them into soups o.
gravies without saying anything ahou
: It, For example, make milk stews o
gravies and put into them any smal
amounts of cooked vegetables tha
I NAV he left over or some fresh vege
: tables cooked for the purpose, Eor
:, is n recipe for milk stew. Will
= uIenty of bread, Il large hOWl OF
+ mnl.es good dinner for II child.
l Milk Stew With Vegetables.
quart milk, whole or skim
cupful raw potatoes cut In sma
= pieces
8 A few leaves lettuce. spinach or othe
greens cut into small pieces or chopped
A small piece OF onion.
level teaspoonfuls butter or bacon IA
Salt.
! Boil the potatoes till soft and drair
Cook the other vegetables in so littl
water that they do not need to b
drained. Add to the milk. Heat. ad