Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
Good School Lunches for Children
SOME SUGGESTED COMBINATIONS FOR
THE LUNCH BASKET.

| How much time and thought do you
put on your cbildren's lunch baskets
"Children have such appeti'es that they
will eat anything" is a remark often
heard. They may have good appetites
now, but II 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 necessary for health and
strength, but, unlike them, they should
be given also that which is necessary for
development.
Even one bot dish obtainable at school
at noon makes the lunch more appetite
ing, and many schools are now provid-
ing it. When child must carry lunch
and can not obtain at school hot dish,
the task of filling the box or basket de-
mands great care to make cure that 1t II
sppetizing, nourisbing and sustaining
One of the best Investments to make
for child who carries bis lunch to q
school that does not serve q hot lunch
is bottle which will keep liquids hot or
cold for some time. Cocoa, or soup
piping hot on a cold day, will make q
least out of an otherwise uninteresting
lunch.
FIVE GROUPS OF FOOD NEEDED.
In general, the school lunch, like the
child's diet az q whole, should contain
representatives of the five food groups.
In It should be found foods rich in pro-
tein, such as milk, cheese, meats, fab,
dried beans, peas, peanuts, and other
outs; cereal or starcby foods, such as
bread, cereal mushes, rice and tapi0ca;
fatty foods, such as butter, cream, salad
oils and bacon; vegetables and fruits,
but such as cereals and dried beans are
DOT put under this classification; simple
sweets, including cakes and cookies that
contain little fat: cane sugar, plain can
dies, maple sugar, sweet chocolate, jel-
lies, preserved fruit, jams, marmalades,
honey, molasses, sirups and dried figs,
dates and other dried fruits.
SOME SUGGESTED BASKET LUNCHES.
Here are some recommended combi
nations:
Sandwiches with sliced, tender meat
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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 dress.
ing; orange, apple, q mixture of sliced
fruits, or berries; cake.
Lettuce or celery sandwiches; cup GUS
tard; jelly sandwiches.
Cottage cheese and chopped green
pepper ndwiches, or pot OF cream
cheese with bread and-butter sand
witches; peanut sandwiches; fruit; cake.
Hard.boiled eggs; crisp baking po WIDER
biscuits; celery or rsdishes; brown. sugar
or msple-sugar sandwiches.
Bottle of milk; thin corn bread and
butter; dates; apple.
Ralsin or nut bread with butter;
cheese; orange; maple sugar.
Baked bean and lettuce sandwiches;
apple sauce; sweet chocolate.
Nearly everyone knows the necessity
of dainty wrapping and packing If an
appetiSing lunch 10 to be the result. A
container that can be scalded, plenty Of
parafiu paper, jelly cup with . cover,
and bottles with screw tops all assist In
the making of dainty lunch.