Gilpin observer., 1920-04-29

the fat and season with salt. Serve hot.
Almost any vegetable can be used
Tor fiavOring milk stews. Or little
fish or chopped dried beef may be
used. In the case of very little chill
dren care should be taken not to serve
dried beef unless the mother has time
to watch. and see that they are well
| chewed.
Another way to use milk is in sim
pie puddings.
Rice Pudding.
! quart milk, wholeh teaspoonful of
skim. ground nutmeg, or
| Ia cupful rice. cinnamon or the
| 1-3 cupful sugar. grated rind of u OF
" teaspoonful suit. a lemon.
Wash the rice thoroughly, mix the
Ingredients, and bake three hours OF
more in very slow oven, stirring Oc
casiOnally at first.
Any kind of cereal, oatmeal, corn.
meal, or cracked wheat can be used
in place of the rice and mOlasses, OF
brown sugar can be used for sweeten
ing and flavoring.
| To say that a child does not need
flesh foods like meat, chicken, and fish
If he has plenty of milk does not mean
that these foods are not good for him.
The chief point is that they are not
needed and when used in addition to
milk they are extravagant. So far as
health is concerned some of the ten
derer flesh foods, like fish or chicken
may be given In small amounts even
TO very young children. No child,
however, should be given tough meat
that is likely to be swallowed in large
pieces. Fried meat is particularly
| harmful.
! Use Fresh or Dried Fruits.
Fruit once a day is a good rule. II
you cannot AFFORD fresh fruit, get dried
fruits. Soak them well and cook them
until soft. II the child is delicate give
only the Juice or pulp. Very young
children who are just beginning to eat
other things than milk should be given
the Juice only of the fruits. A little
later they may be given the pulp. A
healthy child of school age can eat
apples, peaches and plums, skin and
| all.
Every child should have plenty OF
good bread. There Is no danger of
him eating too much of 1t unless 1t is
covered with sugar or jam. A hungry
child Will eat plain bread without
either butter or sugar between meals
Save the sweets for dessert.
Whole wheat or graham bread helps
to prevent constipation. So, too, do
vegetables and fruits. Mothers who
cannot afford vegetables and fruits
slolld give coarse bread occasionally
Cereal mushes, like oatmeal, cornmeal
or cracked wheat, are good food for
children; they have just as much
nourishment in them as the ready-to
eat cereals and cost very much less
Hardness and crispness in food is not
the same as toughness. In fact, hard
bread or toast is good food for chill
dren. Bread that has been dried and
| slightly Drowned in the oven can he
broken into small pieces and served
with milk as cereal mushes are.
| As to sweets, save them for dessert
when the child is not hungry enough
simple puddings mentioned above
makes good dessert. So, too, dc
| plain cake or cookies. One of the
cheapest sweets is bread sprend with
butter and sugar, white or brown
Lump sugar is usually far cheaper
than candy.
Breakfast may consist always OF
fruit, fresh or dried, with cereal
mush, milk, bread and butter. Bread
and milk or rice and milk are enough
| for supper. The chief meal should
come in the middle of the day. Here
are few suggestions for It:
Suggested Dinners.
| Baked Potatoes.
Milk Gravy. made with bacon or salt
| pork fat
Greens.
MIX Stew.
Egg on Toast.
Rice Pudding.
MIX Toast.
Stewed Celery or Cabbage.
Boiled Rice with sirup.
Potato Soup. Bread and Butter.
Baked Apples.
HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS
Always empty the water out Of q
kettle before refilling II.
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The pantry shelves are best covered
with white ollcloth, cut to ft.
Use borax in tepid water for wash.
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