Show CHILD MAY HAVE VARIETY OF FRESH VEGETABLES The appearance of fresh vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables in the market sets sets' up an at annual contention Shall the children chil hIldren hIl- hIl dren have hav new young vegetables or sh should uld they ther still be served canned vegetables STEAM VEGETABLES The delicacy of young vegetables is Li their chief delight and there seems no reas reason n at all why children should children should be deprived of them All AU ve vegetables for children should be cooked sufficiently sufficiently suf suf- so that they can be sieved I i easily If U hard wood woody particles resist re reo re- re slat the pressure it is evident that the vegetables s not have have been cooked long enough Usually young fresh freh vegetables demand less cooking than older tougher ones one This is not true of new potatoes potato s which must bo be cooked 10 or more minutes longer than the older ones one because the starch is more tible Uble For children use old potatoes pota toes which arc suitable for baking until the new p potatoes are more snore mature Steaming is Jg the Ideal method of cooking young vegetables If It the mother possesses no regulation steamer steam er let her place the finely shredded or cubed carrots beans or tender peas in a wire ire sieve set it over boiling boil boll ing jug water cover with a lid and cook until soft Press the vegetables through a sieve add a tiny bit of butter and salt and serve Until 14 months months' or longer r children can cat eat catall catall all o of their vegetables sieved after alter that depending of f course upon the child the vegetables may be mashed well with a fork ONIONS TABOO TABO Uncooked vegetables such as radishes rad onions and cucumbers are arc not suited to the childs child's digestion and should not be offered even in small quantities There are sufficient vege tables bles which caf can be c cooked ked and I sieved or 10 to provide a varied menu for the child All An general instructions about diet should be tempered to suit the Individual in In- Some children may be upset upset up up- se set b by fr fresh h vegetables and respond by excessive bowel activity Young babies may show tracer trace of ot apparently undigested vegetables in the stools In the first case it may be better betterto to stop vegetables for a few v days and I in the latter case a more thorough cooking should end this particular phenomenon Tomorrow Good training requires placid repetition of desired acts |