Show What Wha t and How to Eat Dur DuringS During ng S Summer To keep cool Is th the height of or our ambition during the hot months of ot the year and an article In r Peoples People's oples ople's Home Journal deals deats with the question question question ques ques- tion of ot ofa a practical way by suggesting suggesting suggest suggest- ing log the proper food for tor summer meals REASONS FOR Besides our usual reasons for eatIng eating eating eat eat- ing food we food we are hungry and it tastes good good Is Is the big fundamental reason that the body requires It to pro promote ote growth repair broken- broken down cells and tissues and produce energy and heat In winter time this last function Is an important one but we can well afford to leave It out of ot our consideration In planning plan ning summer meals Fortunately our appetites help us for we do not seem to crave the producing heat-producing foods in summer time At the same time there is the possibility if It we Ve follow the dictates o of t our appetites too closely that we may not get enough food to meet the other re requirements requirements re- re which are just as vital vitalIn In hot weather as they are In coldI cold I For or example a steady diet of ot cold foods and drinks may appeal to us for the time being but they soon grow monotonous and they are also liable to cause caus nutritional and digestive digestive diges diges- tive troubles SELECTION OF FOOD We V should Indulge In some warm food tood every day for tor It Is not not the temperature of the food Which will prove heating in the long run but rather its composition Rich foods which contain large mounts amounts of ot fat are heat They furnish Just twice the number of ot calories per unit as do hydrate carbo-hydrate foods and protein foods So let our warm dish be a milk soup for instance which both nourishes and stimulates stimulates stimulates lates without creating an over- over amount of ot heat Some warm vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables are well to include in the menu too and there is no reason why we sho should ld not have hot meat occasionally Vegetables and fruits are especially advocated because neither of ot them Is heat PLANNING SUMMER MENUS In planning summer menus another another another an an- other factor that we try to consider is the means whereby the hoU housewife housewife house house- e- e wife need not spend so much time In a hot kitchen She certainly de deserves deserves deserves de- de serves to have life made as easy for her as possible Several ideas ideas' occur to me for accomplishing this For one thing the main dishes for luncheon or dinner can usually be prepared in the early morning when the kitchen is reasonably cool so that when meal time arrives they require only reheating to be palatable palatable palatable pal pal- and wholesome I 1 also suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest that th the housewife adopt the so-called so one dish meals for summer c in the kitchen By one-dish one meals I mean meals at which one sized generous-sized baking dish casserole or platter ed filled with tempting and unlooked-for unlooked food takes the place of ot the ordinary smaller dishes filled with the usual meat potatoes and vegetables Here are some summer menus which will help you to carry out the suggestions I 1 have made LUNCH Baked n Cheese Dreams n n n Lettuce and Radish Salad Graham Muffins l with Strawberry Jam Iced Tea TeaS S DINNER Stuffed Peppers and Tomatoes Baked Potatoes pre Creamed reamed Peas Fruit Salad Maple Floating Island Iced Coffee |