The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-20
Children's Lunch
Basket Needs
Careful Stu d y

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How much time and thought do
you put on your children's lunch
baskets ~. z
Children have such appetites that
they will eat anything" is a remark
often heard. They may have good
appetites now, but If school children
are allowed to eat the wrong things,
the, time may come when they can't
eat the right things.
Growing children have certain
special needs in the way of food.
Like grown people, they must be
supplied with that which is neces-
sary for health and Strength, but,
unlike them, they should be given
also that which is necessary for de-
velopment. ~, a, ,...s /. !. ,. ..s ~ !. >.
Dven one hot dish lobtainable at
school at noon makes the lunch
more appetizing. and many. schools
are now providing it. When a child
must carry lunch and can not obtain
at school a hot dish, the task of fill
ing the box or basket demands great
care to make sure that. it is appetiz-
ing, nourishing and sustaining.
q One OF the best investments to
make for q child who carries his
lunch to a school that does not serve
a hot lunch is bottle which will
keep liquids hot or&cold for some
time. Cocoa, or soup piping hot On
d cold day will make a feast out
of an otherwise undressing lunch.
Five Groups Of Food Needed +
In general, the school lunch, like
the child's diet as whole, should
contain Representatives Of the 1--WE
food groups In IT should be found
foods rich In protein, such as milk.
chess, meats, fish, dried beans, peas,
peanuts, and other nuts; cereal or
starchy foods, such as bread, cereal
mushes, rice, and tapioca; fatty
foods, such as butter, cream, salad
oils, and bacon. vegetables and
fruits, but such as cereals and dried
beans are not put under this CLASH
fication; simpe sweets, including
cakes and cookies that contain little
fat; cane sugar, plain candies, maple
sugar, sweet chocolate, jellies, mo-
lasses, sirups and dried figs, dates,
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Some Suggested Basket Lunches
Here are some recommended COM
binations:
Sandwiches with SLICED, tender
meat for filing, baked apple, cook
les, or "a few Jumps Of sugar.
Slices of meat loaf or bean loaf;
bread and butter sandwiches; stewed
fruit; small frosted cake.
Crisp rolls. followed out and filled
with chopped meat or fish, moistened
and seasoned, or mixed with salad
dressing; orange, apple, mixture of
sliced fruits or berries; cake.
Lettuce or celery sandwiches; cup
custard; jelly sandwiches.
Cottage cheese and chopped green
pepper sandwiches, or a pot of cream
cheese with bread-and-butter sand
witches; peanut sandwiches; fruit;
cake.
Hard-boiled eggs; Grips baking
powder biscuits; celery or radishes;
brown-sugar or maple-sugar cand-
witches. I@ '" a@
Bottle of milk; thin corn bread
and butter; dates; apple.
Raisin or nut bread with butter;
cheese; orange; maple sugar.
Baked bean and lettuce sand
witches; apple sauce; sweet choco-
late.
Nearly every one knows the neces-
sity Of dainty wrapping and packing
If an appetizing lunch is to be the
result. A container that can be
scalded, plenty Of paraffin paper, a
jelly cup with a cover, and bottles
with screw tops all assist in the max
ing of dainty lunch.