Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1917 — Suggestions for School Lunches to Stay Kiddies’ Craving Until Night Meal [ARTICLE]

Suggestions for School Lunches to Stay Kiddies’ Craving Until Night Meal

Don’t let the school lunch be merely something which will till the lunch box in the morning and be only a sop to stay the kiddles’ appetites from noon until night Make it a real contribution to the food which the children require to meet the needs of their growing bodies and active brains —to satisfy their appetites and keep them In health. These are the suggestions of home economics specialists of the United States department of agriculture, now that millions of the\ future citizens of the country ate again eating their midday meals from box, basket, bag or confectionery shop" Instead of from the family table under watchful parental eyes. The preparation of luncheons which will fill the needs of the child’s body, does not mean the use of more expensive foods or the expenditure of greater effort, the specialists paint out. In many cases both expense and work will be lessened. What Is needed for the preparation of more satisfactory lunches is merely that parents and “big sisters,” or whoever fills the lunch box,' shall inform themselves of certain facts In regard to the choice and combination of foods. The need in many cases Is for neither more nor less food, but for the representation of needed food groups. . The necessary facts are set but plainly In Farmers’ Bulletin 712, “School Lunches.” The following suggestions are among those made In the bulletin for wellbalanced lunches to be carried toschool:

1. Sandwiches with sliced tender meat for filling; baked apple, cookies or a few lumps of sugar. 2. Sliced meat loaf or bean loaf; bread and butter sandwiches, stewed fruit, small frosted cake. 3. Crisp rolls, hollowed out and filled with chopped meat or fish, moistened and seasoned, or mixed with salad dressing, orange, apple, a mixture of sliced fruits or berries, cake. 4. Lettuce or celery sandwiches, cup 5. Cottage cheese and chopped green pepper sandwiches or a pot of cream , cheese with bread-and-but-ter sandwiches, peanut sandwiches, fruit, cake. 6. Hard-boiled eggs, crisp baking powder biscuits, celery or radishes, brown sugar or maple sugar sandwiches. 7. Bottle of milk, thin corn bread and butter, dates, apples. 8. Raisins or nut_ bread with butter, cheese, orange, maple sugar. 9. Baked bean and lettuce sandwiches, apple sauce, sweet chocolate.