Show 7 7 Q L THE SCHOOL LUNCH see recipes below whether the children carry their lunch to school or dash home at noon tor for a hurried meal autumn school bells bring a major problem to the menu planner for the midday repast must give plenty of nourishment in a form that can be quickly and easily eaten and in the case of carry away lunches easily pac packed ked as well fruit cookies sandwiches and milk in some form constitute stand bys for box lunches as well as the 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 the school lunch in a vacuum bottle for the box lunch sandwiches ought to be carefully wrapped so that they will be fresh and appetizing chopped meat moistened with a little butter or mayonnaise hard cooked egg delicately seasoned cream cheese jams and jellies all make tempting fillings semi liquid foods may be put into small glass jars with tightly fitting covers supply paper cups for the beverage and as a novelty put in a paper 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 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 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 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 pack even you will be thinking of the little surprise you can find to put into it and thus make this task more of a pleasure to you a lunch box that will be large enough to hold all the necessary equipment but will not be too heavy neavy to 10 carry and making carry making making your plans for the school lunch some of these suggestions may aid you in your plans for the school year soups and beverages soups and beverages it if packed in thermos bottles will stay hot or cold as the ease 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 pea cream of spinach and cream of asparagus 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 il if creamed first and the sandwiches should be 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