Show HOU elioud ne ILUS ave 5 A P 0 11 1 14 km t A w J WI W I k V 0 J THE SCHOOL LUNCH see recipes below whether the children carry their lunch to school or dash home at noon for a 0 hurried meal autumn school bells bring a major problem to the menu planner for tho the midday repast must give plenty of nourishment in a form that can bo be quickly ond and easily eaten and in tho the caso ot of carry away lunches easily packed as well fruit cookies sandwiches and milk in some form constitute stand bys by for box lunches as well as the tha school childs home lunch cocoa cream soups custards bustards cus tards and simple puddings help with the milk quota at the home lunch cocoa or a milk shake as well as plain milk can be carried with tho the school lunch in a vacuum bottle for the box lunch sandwiches ought to be ba carefully wrapped so that they will be fresh and appetizing chopped meat moistened with a little butter or i mayonnaise hard cooked egg delicately seasoned cream cheese jams and jellies all mako maka tempting fillings 6 semi liquid foods may be put into small glass jars with tightly fitting covers supply paper cups for the he t beverage and as a novelty put in a straw especially when you pack chocolate malt or iced cocoa the sandwiches and softer foods should be placed on top to prevent mashing brightly colored lunch boxes are popular because they are not only easier to pack and well ventilated but are attractive to carry literally speaking you can call pack everything in them from soup to nuts the lunch boxes should be kept immaculately macu lately clean by careful scalding each day you may like alko to use this menu some day when you have plenty of meat loaf left over from the sunday dinner meat loaf sandwiches deviled egg olives custard chocolate milk or you might use a menu similar to this for colder weather cream of tomato soup peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwiches fruit tapioca cookie there Is always an extra corner into which you can tuck a surprise to the smaller children this will be a delight it may be a few nuts or a few pieces of good candy or it may be the little candy bridge favor you received yesterday A packed lunch can become as tiresome to eat as it Is to packs pack even you will be thinking of the little surprise you con can find to put into it and thus make this task more of a P pleasure leasure to you so get a lunch box that will be large enough to hold all the necessary equipment but will not be too heavy to carry and begin making your plans for the school lunch bome ome of these suggestions may aid you in your plans tor for the school year soups and beverages soups and beverages it if packed in thermos bottles will stay hot or cold as the case may be the cream soups are the most nutritious for they contain not only milk but vegetables as well try cream of tomato cream of pen pea cream of spinach and cream of asparagus there is quite a wide choice of beverages for warmer weather you may like to give the children pineapple juice grape juice orange juice milk or chocolate malt when the weather becomes coor hot chocolate or cocoa are welcome beverages sandwiches bread for sandwiches should be cut in thin slices with the butter and filling spread way out to the edges the butter is easier to spread if creamed first and the sandwiches should be cut into convenient sizes lor for eating yary vary the kinds of breads hat at you use for sandwiches plain pastin or white hite whole wheat rye brown loread bread peanut butter bread orange why not plan a little different party for your friends alave ilave a harvest homo home party where your guests can call guther gather for sing singing ing games and dancing at tho the end of august or the mid dlo die of september many of tho countries of europe finished up the harvest season with the harvest festival there the workers of tho the felds feasted danced and song sang as guests of the mansion wreaths fashioned of grain flowers nuts and corn were hung on the walls to remain until the following year miss howo will tell you about a harvest party parly in her column next week which will contain many attractive suggestions I 1 I 1 bread nut broad bread com cornbread bread raisin bread and rolls for filling you may like to use these suggestions chicken with chopped celery and mayonnaise cream ch cheese ese on raisin bread chopped dates nuts and orange juice ground cooked veal raw carrots and celery with salad dressing orange marmalade and peanut butter cottage cheese chopped olives and mayonnaise ilard hard cooked egg chopped celery and mayonnaise meat loaf sliced thin bacon mayonnaise and lettuce spiced blano blanc mange blange 2 cups milk zat tablespoons cornstarch A 23 cup sugar V 24 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon vt 12 teaspoon nutmeg y teaspoon cloves cup nut meats broken I 1 teaspoon vanilla extract scald PA cups of milk mix all dry ingredients together and add the remaining A cup cold milk combine well add hot milk to the cornstarch mixture slowly return to double boiler and cook stirring constantly st until the mixture thickens cook 5 minutes remove from flame add nut meats and extract turn into a wet mold and chill serve with whipped cream if desired desserts with the problem of packing des sorts solved there Is a much wider choice than ever tl before rice pudding small tarts custards bustards cus tards oatmeal cookies brownies cup cakes tap tapioca loca cooked sl ruit dato dates figs gingerbread fresh or stewed dried fruits and plain cakes are all to be selected to vury vary the school lunch cream of tomato soup 2 cups canned tomatoes 2 slices onion VA 14 teaspoon soda I 1 teaspoon sugar I 1 teaspoon salt dash pepper 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk heat tomatoes with onion soda sugar salt aalt and pepper rub through throng h sieve reheat place laca butter in tup of double boiler and melt add hour flour and mix thoroughly add milk couk cook stirring constantly until mix tur tu ture e thickens pour four tomato mixture slowly into white sauce mix thoroughly and serve daer baking you like same food yummy chocolate nut gingerbread or some of those melt ln in jour your mou mouth th merin meringue guo cookies right about now or how about the delicious sounding lemon sunny silver pie shall I 1 stop or have I 1 made you hungry enough to want to rush right out into your kitchen and whip up a batch of cookies or one of those suggested above you amny have these tested recipes of miss howe if you will write enclosing 10 cents in coin to elennor eleanor howe north michigan avenue chicago illinois and ask tor for her cook book better bak ing you will like them all for they have been tried in her own test kitchen Gle released leased by western newspaper union |