„ „ lour*— Tie some flour✪ Kusks tightly in a cloth as if it
\ ere a pudding; put it into boiling water, and boil
for about four hours, when it will be quite hard.
Open the ball, use in the proportion of a 'A oz. flour
to a y2 pint milk and a ^ teaspoonful of sugar of
milk. Scrape as much of the flour as you require for
a meal; add the sugar ; mix to a smooth paste with a
little cold milk; add the rest of the milk gradually,
rlace m a pan, and stir over the fire till it boils; let
it boil tor three minutes, remove from the fire, and let
it cool till it is only warm (96° or 98° Fahr.). If
preferred, the flour may be baked for the same length
of time in a slow oven. This is good for an infant
who has a tendency to diarrhoea. In all such cases
the milk should be boiled, but it must be allowed to
cool before being used, as the food must not be given
above the heat mentioned. The occasional use of
these foods prepares the way for weaning.
Weaning in a child of average health takes place
about nine months after birth. During weaning, in
addition to plain milk, a fresh egg well beaten may be
given in say three portions during the day, with some
milk mixed with it. After weaning, a little beef-tea
(see page 138, ordinary beef-tea,) may be given — not
more than 2 oz. (four tablespoonfuls) a "day. No
farinaceous foods should be given until after weaning,
as there is no saliva to mix with and prepare them for
digestion until the teeth come. In the pap and flour
mixtures already mentioned the starch is driven out
INFANT’S FOOD.
1ST
by boiling. As the teeth come, animal and vegetable
food may be gradually added in small quantities, but
the diet of young children should consist chiefly of
milk and eggs, either taken separately or made into
puddings with semolina, rice, arrowroot, etc. (see
page no). .
It must be understood that the foregoing remarks
are quite general in their nature, and subject to mocli-
fication for even healthy infants. The patent foods
suit some children ; a little beef-tea before weaning
agrees well with others.
Warning. — Mothers cannot be too strongly warned
against giving infants either spirituous liquors or
opiates— that is, soothing syrups, etc. Spirituous
liquors cause inflammation of the coats of the stomach,
and lay the foundation of many diseases in afterlife.
Opiates injure the nervous system, make the child
nervous and irritable, and hurt digestion. All soothing
powders contain opium (even Dalby’s Carminative),
and should only be used when ordered by a doctor.
152
APPENDIX.
SUGGESTIONS FOR ARRANGING COOKERY
CLASSES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
If n. school can be so built nq tn
Sss ri^rged as Ai«chet:ooLuo«r
as T *
ated schoolroom with little or no inconvenience.
Cookery may be taught in two ways— first bv de
monstration, in which the teacher cooks and expkins
e .flsl)es ’ sfcond, by practice classes, in which the
pupfis themselves cook. If managers of elemental
schools can give the money and allow the time to
ave the children taught first by demonstration and
training that is the most borough
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Presented as published in 1881. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Flour. — Tie some flour tightly in a cloth as if it Tie some flour tightly in a cloth as if it \ were a pudding; put it into boiling water, and boil for about four hours, when it will be quite hard. Open the ball, use in the proportion of a 'A oz. flour to a y2 pint milk and a ^ teaspoonful of sugar of milk. Scrape as much of the flour as you require for a meal; add the sugar ; mix to a smooth paste with a little cold milk; add the rest of the milk gradually, rlace m a pan, and stir over the fire till it boils; let it boil tor three minutes, remove from the fire, and let it cool till it is only warm (96° or 98° Fahr.). If preferred, the flour may be baked for the same length of time in a slow oven. This is good for an infant who has a tendency to diarrhoea. In all such cases the milk should be boiled, but it must be allowed to cool before being used, as the food must not be given above the heat mentioned. The occasional use of these foods prepares the way for weaning.
Weaning in a child of average health takes place about nine months after birth. During weaning, in addition to plain milk, a fresh egg well beaten may be given in say three portions during the day, with some milk mixed with it. After weaning, a little beef-tea (see page 138, ordinary beef-tea,) may be given — not more than 2 oz. (four tablespoonfuls) a "day. No farinaceous foods should be given until after weaning, as there is no saliva to mix with and prepare them for digestion until the teeth come. In the pap and flour mixtures already mentioned the starch is driven out
1ST
by boiling. As the teeth come, animal and vegetable food may be gradually added in small quantities, but the diet of young children should consist chiefly of milk and eggs, either taken separately or made into puddings with semolina, rice, arrowroot, etc. (see
page 109). .
It must be understood that the foregoing remarks are quite general in their nature, and subject to moclification for even healthy infants. The patent foods suit some children ; a little beef-tea before weaning agrees well with others.
Warning. — Mothers cannot be too strongly warned against giving infants either spirituous liquors or opiates— that is, soothing syrups, etc. Spirituous liquors cause inflammation of the coats of the stomach, and lay the foundation of many diseases in afterlife. Opiates injure the nervous system, make the child nervous and irritable, and hurt digestion. All soothing powders contain opium (even Dalby’s Carminative), and should only be used when ordered by a doctor.
APPENDIX.
SUGGESTIONS FOR ARRANGING COOKERY CLASSES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
If n. school can be so built nq tn
Sss ri^rged as Ai«chet:ooLuo«r as T *
ated schoolroom with little or no inconvenience.
Cookery may be taught in two ways— first bv de monstration, in which the teacher cooks and expkins
e .flsl)es ’ sfcond, by practice classes, in which the pupfis themselves cook. If managers of elemental schools can give the money and allow the time to ave the children taught first by demonstration and
training that is the most borough
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