Evening star., 1946-07-24
FEEDING PROBLEM?

FEEDING PROBLEM?
From G. H., Washington
I would like to have some sug-
gestions in regards to feeding a 49,
month-old baby Unless he is given
some toys or something that he can
concentrate on he will not take
his food. Recently he has spit the
food out or will take it out of his
mouth and throw it on the floor.
What procedure would you suggest
should be adopted in feeding him?
BATTER FRIED CHICKEN;
THUMB-SUCKING: CARRIER.
From Mrs. A. E. D., Washington.
In reply to Mrs. E. l.. L. about
the fried chicken: I make batter
Of two eggs, -four enough to thicken
so 1t will stick" plus salt and
pepper. Beat the eggs first, add
the -four until you think 1t won't
run off the chicken, add tea
spoon OF baking powder to each
cup Of flour and you'll get Texas
fried chicken. I learned to cook
1t down there, but do it by guess
and by gosh, so can't give exact
measurements. 1t depends on the
size of the chicken and whether
the cook has good judgment. If l
fry chicken soon will try to come
through with exact measurements
About the thumb-sucking: My
son is 81 years old SO I might be
way out of date, but when he
(at months)) decided he would
suck his thumb, I took a grape
basket lid (any thin wood or heavy
pasteboard would do and cut q
piece about 3 inches long and
inches wide, padded it with cotton
and gauze and bound it loosely
on the inside of the arm of the
thumb he wanted to suck. Then
I diverted him with toys, etc. He
couldn't get the thumb up to his
mouth but he could use the hand
SO there wasn't much argument
He'd fuss a bit, but kids know
when they're licked much quicker
than you would believe! 1t took
me less than two weeks. I forgot
to say that ! cut two curves in the
wood so he could use his arm. but
not quite to his mouth.
Also, travelled with my husband
and / devised carrier that
haven't seen used since. l had q
saddler take Is inches of surcingle
webbing and stitch it into an enc
of leather and stitch two straps
to 1t with a leather pad for my
shoulder. I put that across my
shoulder and adjusted it so that
the baby straddled my hip and one
arm kept him from jumping out
of my arm. I had the other hand
to hold on to train doors, etc. !
didn't carry him this way for any
long time, but it was a life saver for
him and me on ice and on trains
and streetcars.
(Fron, Mrs. J. W. P, Takoma Park. J
I am sending recipe for fried
chicken in batter for Mrs. E. L. L.,
Washington. Cut chicken in parts
ready for frying. Stew until tender
salting to taste. When tender dip
each piece in the following batter.
Eight level tablespoons -four. tea
spoon baking powder. l tablespoon
salt, cup milk, egg. Beat all to-
gether until creamy. Melt / table
spoon butter and l tablespoon vege-
table shortening in skillet for frying.
Dip chicken in the batter and fry.
The chicken fries quickly and Is
ready to serve at once. The dinner
should be ready to serve before fry
ing chicken. If necessary, add more
butter and shortening for frying. If
any batter is left it can be used for
gravy. This recipe is one
I can be sure will please, especially
when I want to serve something
really good.
y
COMMENT.
From Mrs. I. J. P, Greenbelt. Md
In answer to Mrs. K. K. MS let
ter, | believe she is confused as to
groups, Perhaps she doesn't realize
that the strongest groups in the
country lobbied against the con-
Sumers.
Many of us wrote to our Congress-
men and Senators In Washington
expressing our views for OPA, but
since the ajority of our legislative
body apparently no longer repre-
sents us, and since the operating