Show COOKED CEREALS ARE GOOD FOR CHILDREN encourage use of milk miah by serving each day IF by tho iho united department tit of agriculture thoroughly bly cooked conked cereals served to alldren hll dren once a lay day for the first course and once a day tor for dessert encourage of milk it is hard bard to give general rules tor for cooking cereals tor for there are so many kinds but it Is safe to say that there Is no danger of overcooking overlooking over cooking and much danger of under undercooking cooking ng them syme some grains need longer conkling than others cornmeal for ecamp ex example amp needs ailt at least three hours and rice hardly more than half an hour in gc general whole groins grains like whole wheat or groins more or less leas finely broken like cracked wheat require longer cooking three hours tit at least than more finely ground grains which should be cooked one hour at least breakfast foods made from groins grains with the outer coverings left on require more cooking than those with the outer covering removed whole barley tor for exam example ale more than pearl barley many cereal foods particularly the rolled and flaked types have been partially cooked at the factory these require less cooking in the home ilian those which bave P 7 4 aa Y 1 I 1 t I 1 likes her cereal for breakfast ind no such treatment but if they are to be sered to children such cereals cereal i horld be cooked at home for at beasi on an hour there tire are also cereal breakfast foods which have been still more thoroughly cooked at the factory elther by parching ebing in to flak ing or by some come other special method these are imp improved by putting them into the oien 01 en to crisp them oatmeal cora meal and ninny many other granular cereals can be put directly into cold water and cooked satisfactorily in fit a double boiler without stirring the method being particularly good in is the case of corn meal which is likely to be lumpy if stirred into hot water A convenient method for cooking cereals Is to mix with the usual quantity ot of water bring to the boiling point boll boil for three or tour four minutes and then put into a fireless cooker and leave tor for ten or hours the quantity of water required differs w ith the cereal A cupful of rolled oats tit nt least two cupfuls of water oatmeal a or corn meal four cupfuls and rice three cupfuls cup fula A level teaspoonful of salt to a cupful of cereal will usually be right but it is well to experiment a little with an unfamiliar cereal since failure to salt properly very often leads children to dislike them any cereal may be cooked in milk besides being served with it skim milk which might othera otherwise be thrown h imay may be used for the purpose ulce rice cooled cooked in an uncovered double boiler or in a pan in a very slow oven can be mail madd to absorb about six times its volume of skim milk to cook a cupful of rice in in this way Instead of in water may be considered equivalent so far as tissue forming materials are concerned to ser ong it with halt half a pound of lean beef |