The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-09
Extension and Club Work
By Miss Gertrude Gage

amount OF protein for muscle build
ing and the necessary calcium or lime
for bone and teeth building. More
should not be given because milk is
satisfying and if more were given it
would probably mean-that not enough
solids would be taken.
AT the age of ter months we will
start out with a 7:30 breakfast. con.
sisting of cooked whole grained GER
cal, Cracked wheat, rolled oats, etc.
wholewheat toast, (crisp). cooked
fruit, apple sauce, prunes, eac.; milk,
e ounees), pastuerized.
The cereal must be cooked thorolv.
1t should either be soaked over night
and cooked one to two hours or par
TALLY cooked the night before. 1t NAV
be served with top milk and prefer
rably with out sugar. A little sugar
leads to more later and frequently
it gets to the place where the child is
eating the cereal for the sugar he
gets. Sugar at the beginning of the
meal tends to dull the appetite for
the remainder of the meal.
The toast should be made of whole
wheat bread that is at least "a hours
old. Considerable mineral matter is
furnished thru the bran present in
the whole grained cereals. The toast
should be hard to give exercise to
the teeth. Much of our teeth trouble
is due to over indulgence in sweet
foods and lack of exercise from eat
ing too much soft food.
Fruit may consist of any well cool
ed fruit that is not too acid. Plums
and Strawberries should be avoided
Oranges and tomato juice are always
good. After ID months scraped raw
apple may be given.
The main meal of the day is given
at 1890. This consists of baked po-
tato Or rice, PURGE of vegetable, dry
toast or Sweibach, broth and 8 ounces
of pastuerized milk.
The potato should be baked until
mealy and served with butter. The
vegetable puree is prepared by cook
ing thoroly and pressing thru a sieve
Season with salt and butter.
To prepare beef broth pour cold
water over lean beef and let it come
to a boil and boil several hours. Let
it stand until the fat hardens and
skim it all off. Beef fat is very hard
and difficult to digest because of its
high melting point. Butter and cream
are the only fat that should be served
to baby. The baby should be taught
to drink the milk out of a cup as
early as possible. Long continued
sucking frequently causes deformed
mouths and may be the cause of ade-
mold tissue growing.
At $3.50 the supper should consist
of cooked cereal, toast fruit sauce,
8 ounces of milk. A different cereal
than that given for breakfast should
be given, to prevent monotony. 1t
should however, be a cooked one.
BY this time the foods given to the
child consists of Milk: one quart raw
and in prepared dishes; Vegetables;
including potatoes, cauliflower, tur-
nips, carrots, beets, string beans,
spinach, kale, asparagus, tomatoes,
brussels sprouts.
At the end of the second year the
following raw vegetables may be Civ
en-, they should be ground or grated
Cabbage, carrots, lettuce, and celery.
Cereals: Finely divided as cream OF
wheat, farina, white rice, and oat-
meal. Whole grained rolled oats,
steel cut oats, cracked wheat, hominy
grits, brown rice, corn meal whole
grained.)
Breads: Whole wheat at least "a
hours old. Fresh bread is gummy and
hard to digest, toast, bread and milk,
milk toast, Zweigach.
Fruits: Apple sauce, stewed peach
es, pears, figs, fresh orange juice.
Occasionally for variety little
hard boiled egg yolk, mashed or a
thin slice of crisp bacon may be Civ
en-. Until after two years of age no
egg white or meat other than the
bacon should be given. Tea, coffee,
pickles, vinegar, spices, pastry and
rich desserts should be avoided as if
they were poison. Keep them liking
the natural flavors with small por-
tions of salt and occasionally little
smear all their lives if possible.