Evening star., 1930-10-03
Food to Serve to Children
Appetizing and Nourishing Dishes Are Obtained
by Proper Sttdy-Traning Should Begin
in Chdhood-Vegetables Require
Careful Cleaning.
Careful Cleaning.

the skins can be made tender by FIRE.
Quent basting.
Questions 70 Answer.
Did your child have at least pint
and q half of milk, in one form or an
other, during the day2
Were the fats which you gave your
child Of the wholesome kind found in
milk, cream, butter and salad oils, or
were they the unwholesone kind found
in doughnuts and other fried foods?
Were all cereal foods thoroughly
cooked? Did you keep in mind that
while cereals are good foods in them
selves they should not take the place
of meat, milk. eggs, fruit or vegetables?
Did each child have an egg or an
equivalent weight, about two ounces, OF
meat, fish or poultry?
Were your children given sweets be-
tween meals, or anything else that
tempted them to eat when they were
not hungry? Were they allowed to eat
sweets when they should have been
drinking milk or eating cereals, meat.
eggs, fruit or vegetables? Were the
sweets given to the child in simple form
that is, unmixed with much fat or
with hard substances dffficult to chew
and not highly favored?
Did either the fruit or the vegetable
given disagree with your child? II so,
ought you to have cooked it more thor
oughly. chopped it finer. or have re-
moved the skins or seeds?
Delicate or Sick Child.
Mothers who can invent new ways of
presenting the limited number OF
dishes from which they have to choose
will fnd 1t well worth while to DO 30,
but when q child Is SICK or convalescent
it Is not entirely to the sense Of taste
that one should try to appeal. The
food should also be served in 9 novel,
attractive way, 80 as to cheer the
dropping spirits Of the child. This can
be done by giving O novel, humorous or
playful touch when serving deltcacies,
or even plain food. Presented in the
usual way, the choicest dainties will
meet with disapproval from sick child.
For instance, the breakfast egg served
In the usual cup will be refused, but If
you draw a funny little face on the
shell and surmount 1t with a tall,
pointed cap Of gayly lowered crepe
paper placed jauntily on one side and
place the egg In q sparkling little glass
upon o dolly Of linen or fancy paper, 1t
viii be greeted with delight. The fun
Of eating this egg win be an altogether
new experience.
Boiled rice may be made very tempt
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cone and served In futed or plain tall
slender glass. The much-loved cone and
the snowy whiteness Of the rice suggest
ice cream and produce the desired
effect.
Children usually like crusty bread be-
cause they Like crunching things. and
crusty bread Is more digestible and
sweeter to taste than the crumb. Bread
sticks, those tiny hard cylinders Of all
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as stick of candy, and he or she win
enjoy breaking It into q bowl Of milk.
A banana viii suggest number Of
ways for presenting to sick child q
much-needed food in q new way that
win be sure to please. Select q firm but
ripe banana that can be curved at one
end sharply to assume humorous atti-
tude. Thrust into one side four tooth
picks Tor legs and attach a prune or
date for Q head. Then from the top Of
this unknown animals back cut q
rather large slice Of the peel TO form q
suitable receptacle for holding meat,
fruit, Jelly, o rany other food that you
wish 20 serve. Food scooped out from
this animal viii be eaten with o relish.
An apple may be converted into q cup
by removing slice from the top and
the inside. Make face on one side Of
the apple by fastening with bits Of
toothpick two circular pieces cut from
orange peel for eyes. Q triangle piece
for the nose and O small crescent for
the mouth. Paper may be used for this
purpose II more convenient. Food
served In this surprise cup VIII meet
with welcome not accorded 1t II pre-
sented in less attractive way.
j. lemonade glass may be used Tor
serving broth, but should be petticoated
with crepe paper or plain white paper
cut to At and with q border because
seeing the broth through the sides Of
the glass takes away part Of the nov.
city. Let the child sip the broth
through straw.
Napkins and Favors.
Paper napkins with attractive deco
rations that appeal to children may be
bought at small cost. They may be