Newark post., 1921-02-02
SOME VARIATIONS
FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES
Expert Gives Many Sugges-
tons for Sandwich
Filings

"Will you suggest some varla-
tions in sandwiches for school
lunches This question came from
a mother who puts up five lunches
every day and who feels that the
children need some variation from
the meat sandwiches and from the
egg sandwiches which are so COM
monty used. Bread and meat and
bread and butter and eggs are
pretty good combinations for the
average child's lunch box, but for
the sake of variety it is we'll to in
troduce some other kind of sand
wich OCCASIONAL. Men and women
and children are all peculiarly en-
dowed with desire for a change
and this desire for change in
cludes the subject Of foods as
every housewife can testify.
An attractive sandwich filling is
made by putting through the meat
grinder equal quantities of raisins
and nuts. Add enough fruit juice
or jelly to make moist, then spread
on slices of buttered bread. A let
tuce leaf placed in the sandwich
improves it for most people. An
other fruit sandwich filling is made
of figs. Remove the stems and chop
the figs until fine. Add "a small
quantity of water and cook in a
double-bOiler until paste is
formed. Then add a few drops Of
lemon juice. Chopped peanuts
may be added to this or some peO-
pie like to spread the bread with
peanut butter and then with this
paste of figs. For those who like
preserved ginger, try placing thin
slices Of preserved Canton ginger
between slices of buttered bread.
Sometimes the addition of flavors
to the meat sandwiches will make it
more acceptable. Try adding some
tomato sauce to cold chopped meat
and see if it is not pleasant
variation. Fried oysters arranged
on crisp lettuce leaves and placed
between slices of buttered bread
form a good sandwich for adults.
Young children should not have
the fried foods, because Of the
greater difficulty in digestion.
Hard-cooked eggs mixed with
chopped ham and moistened with
salad dressing is an old friend
under a new guise. Scrambled egg
with crisp bacon is another good
combination.
: Cheese may be used much more
than it is by most mothers. A
| plain cheese sandwich is nOurish-
ing and palatable. a cake of cream
cheese contains many possibilities
l With the addition of some pimen-
' toes and possibly some nuts OF
some chopped olives and bit of
mayonnaise it makes very nice
filling for sandwiches. Cottage
cheese which is made at home takes
: on quite an aristocratic air when
mixed with chopped nuts and
spread between thin slices of gra
: ham bread. A change in the kinG
0 of bread used will often please the
child. A change in color or il
shape is often worth while. One
mother bakes round loaves il
s baking powder cans because hel
j. children are fond OF the crust an(
n this makes a sandwich which is at
n tractive and which does not breal
i easily.
= The ingenious woman, however
! is not going to depend upon direc
f tions for the making of sand
4 wiches. She will study the taste
v and needs of her children; she will
study the contents and possibilitie
y of her cupboard and do some eS
o perimenting in the making Of sand
! wiches. If she has nuts, cheese
I salad dressing, tomatoes, and drie,
fruits, she will be able to give he
= children a surprise occasionally il
= the contents of their lunch baskets