The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-12-17
THE MARKET BASKET

Mrs. Thompson, land my four never
seem to get enough. They're as skin
ny as rails, towel Eds fat enough
but Mr.. Thompson says he hasn't mus
| Gle and he's sick half the time" Mrs.
Harris bright eyes travelled to her
/ neighbours market basket.
Maybe the children aren't getting
| the right kind of food" she suggested, |
as they left the market.
Il always buy the best there is" re-
turned Mrs. Thompson in slightly in
jured tones. But Mrs Harris was de-
termined to get square deal for the
hungry little Thompsons, if she could.
We'll" she continued, "Tve found
| that children have to have certain
| kinds of food or they don't thrive
| There's milk
Eighteen cents quart for some
| thing to drink !'
But it's the most important food in
| the world for children. 1t has more of
the different kinds of things that they
| need than any other food A quart of
milk has the same food value as a
pound of meat or nine eggs, and think
of the cost of those! ~
| mine don't care for it, They like
: tea and coffee BETTER
"And it's so bad for them! Why
don't you try coloring their milk with
a little cocoa? And, of course, you
/ can give it to them in soups and pud-
dings and on cereals and toast Each
of mine gets at least a pint a day in
some form"
What else do you give them?' Mrs.
Thompson was getting interested.
"Well, I make point of having
green vegetable every day." Mrs
Thompson's basket contained nothing
green.
Spinach"
Spinach is fine. All the leafy veg
etables are-spinach, chard, cabbage,
beet green's, lettuce. But all green
vegetables have minerals which are
good for the blood and help make good
teeth and bones. Onions boiled are
splendid and are usually rather cheap
! Besides there are beets. carrots and
string beans. Celery and asparagus
are all right. but they contain less
nourishment than the others and are
usually expensive anyway"
| What about potatoes?"
children ought to have them. They
are starchy food, like bread and ce-
reals, and even better for children
than bread. l bake them in order to
save their mineral. | have a cooked
cereal every morning. too-a package
of oat meal costs less and has about
| q rhf nh .se.l,,
the same sized package of dry cereal,
besides having iron in it," (Mrs
Thompson looked guilty at her two
packages of ready to eat cereaD.
Don't you give them any meat?"
Eyes, a little Either meat or fish
or eggs-they are all growth foods,
| like milk. Meat wouldn't he necessary
| If they drank more milk and it would
be cheaper to get the milk for them.
but we have meat on the table and
the children like it, so | give them
some. I don't LET them have fried
meat or sausage or pork-theyre tod
| indigestible.'
"Children always want sweet things,
and I suppose that's bad for them"
ooh, no, little does no harm if
| given at the end of meal. I make
custards and rice buildings for them.
or we have stewed or fresh fruit or
few pieces of candy for dessert. Ice
cream is all right, and, of course a
treat I don't have pies or rich cake.
And don't let them eat sweet things.
or anything else between meals 1t
| spoils their appetite for wholesome
| food at the table.
Maybe that's why my children are
never hungry when they sit down at
| the table. Bat don't You ever give
them an apple or an orange or ba-
nana?"
Eyes indeed. AT meals. The baby
has his fruit juice or stewed apples
or prune pulp. The others have all
| kinds of cooked fruit, and oranges and
apples and peaches when they're ripe
I'm careful to see that they have some
fruit every day. I don't give them
bananas, though, unless they're very
ripe" noticing Mrs. Thompson's bunch
of pale yellow ones. "The brown
skinned ones are more digestible and
cheaper. too
"Your children do look so healthy,
and don't believe it costs bit more"
at doesn't, if you buy carefully. I
don't buy fancy package goods. 1 buy
in bulk whenever | can, and l male
sure of the things that are recessary."
Its hard TO make children eat
what's good for them"
Eyes, but they're hungrier at meal
time If they are out of doors a lot,
and have nothing to fill up on between
meals. Maybe you could get them in
terested, too. in watching their weight
go up"
I'm going to try" said Mrs. Thomp-
son, as they reached her front door.
81 may he over for another lesson"
"Any time" laughed her friend.
"Mr Harris says that I'll get every
body down on me if don't stop tell
ing them what they ought TO eat But
| we've been so much better and hap
pier ourselves since we had sensible
diet that l want everybody to try it."