How to make. Junket is a dish that needs, no cooking. Warm the milk slightly on the stove, or set it in the sun in an open dish. Stir the sugar and flavoring✪ Junket into the milk. Dis- solve the tablet in a little water, and stir it into the milk. Let the dish of milk stand in a warm place ; and then cool it, when the milk becomes firm. How to serve. Serve just as it is, in saucers, or with berries or fruit juices, or with cream and a little sugar. Why is junket digestible ? Do you know what the rennet is .? It contains the same substance that helps to digest the milk in our bodies, as we usually take it. The junket is partly digested then, and agrees with some people who cannot take milk plain. Cheese from sour milk. What, A pan, or dish, of soured milk that is firm. Salt is enough to add, but a little butter or cream improves it.✪ Cheese from Sour Milk How much. This cheese can be made without measure- ments, and salted to taste. Utensils, The pan that holds the milk, a bowl, and a piece of clean rheesecloth. How to make. Heat the milk until the whey separates, but not until the curd toughens. Put the cheesecloth into the bowl. Pour in the milk. Lift the cloth, let the whey run out, squeeze it a little ; and then, if the curd in the cloth is not dry enough, tie the cloth together and hang by the string where the rest of the whey will drip. Later salt the curd, and add a little soft butter or cream. How to serve. Serve the whey to the chickens. They will appreciate it. Make the curd into balls and cool. It is deli- cious with gingerbread for supper. You can take it to school 34 FOOD AND HEALTH in a cup or jar. Try putting it into a sandwich with a little currant jelly spread on, too. That does sound odd, but see If you do not like it. Why is good milk, and clean milk so important ? We are quite right in Europe and in America in think- ing that milk is a useful part of our diet ; and even in Japan and China, where milk has not been used in the past, the people are beginning to take it as food. What is the value of milk ? In the first chapter we have seen how the growth, strength, and warmth of young animals show milk to contain substances that build the body and give energy. Indeed, it is a perfect food for the young and an excellent food for grown people. The grown-ups and you must remember that milk is true food to be taken instead of some other food, and not in place of water plus the other food. This is a very important fact, for some people add milk to a meal when they have eaten enough of other things ; and then they say that milk does not agree with them. It should always be partaken of slowly. Hot milk is a gQod thing sometimes, especially when one feels a little " faint " for food. Some forenoon when Mother looks tired, give her a cup of milk heated almost to the boiling point ; add a tiny pinch of salt ; and, if she does not like the taste, stir in a teaspoonful of fruit juice. It will make her feel rested, and will give her nourishment. What does milk contain .? This picture (Fig. 19) shows what is found in milk, when the chemist separates LUNCHEON AT SCHOOL 35 the parts. You have seen the dairy separator remove the cream. The curd and the whey separate when milk sours or when rennet is used. The chemist can do more. He can take out the sugar, which gives the sweet taste, Courtesy of President GulHver, Boct/ord CoUege. Fig. 19. — Composition of milk, i, whole milk; 2, water; 3, fat; 4, protein; 5, carbohydrate; 6, mineral matter or ash. and the mineral matter, which gives iron, lime, and other things needed for body building and health.

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How to make? Junket is a dish that needs no cooking. Warm the milk slightly on the stove, or set it in the sun in an open dish. Stir the sugar and flavoring into the milk. Dissolve the tablet in a little water, and stir it into the milk. Let the dish of milk stand in a warm place ; and then cool it, when the milk becomes firm. How to serve? Serve just as it is, in saucers, or with berries or fruit juices, or with cream and a little sugar. Why is junket digestible? Do you know what the rennet is? It contains the same substance that helps to digest the milk in our bodies, as we usually take it. The junket is partly digested then, and agrees with some people who cannot take milk plain. Cheese from sour milk. What? A pan, or dish, of soured milk that is firm. Salt is enough to add, but a little butter or cream improves it. How much? This cheese can be made without measurements, and salted to taste. Utensils? The pan that holds the milk, a bowl, and a piece of clean cheesecloth. How to make? Heat the milk until the whey separates, but not until the curd toughens. Put the cheesecloth into the bowl. Pour in the milk. Lift the cloth, let the whey run out, squeeze it a little ; and then, if the curd in the cloth is not dry enough, tie the cloth together and hang by the string where the rest of the whey will drip. Later salt the curd, and add a little soft butter or cream. How to serve? Serve the whey to the chickens. They will appreciate it. Make the curd into balls and cool. It is delicious with gingerbread for supper. You can take it to school in a cup or jar. Try putting it into a sandwich with a little currant jelly spread on, too. That does sound odd, but see If you do not like it. Why is good milk, and clean milk so important? We are quite right in Europe and in America in thinking that milk is a useful part of our diet ; and even in Japan and China, where milk has not been used in the past, the people are beginning to take it as food. What is the value of milk? In the first chapter we have seen how the growth, strength, and warmth of young animals show milk to contain substances that build the body and give energy. Indeed, it is a perfect food for the young and an excellent food for grown people. The grown-ups and you must remember that milk is true food to be taken instead of some other food, and not in place of water plus the other food. This is a very important fact, for some people add milk to a meal when they have eaten enough of other things ; and then they say that milk does not agree with them. It should always be partaken of slowly. Hot milk is a good thing sometimes, especially when one feels a little "faint" for food. Some forenoon when Mother looks tired, give her a cup of milk heated almost to the boiling point ; add a tiny pinch of salt ; and, if she does not like the taste, stir in a teaspoonful of fruit juice. It will make her feel rested, and will give her nourishment. What does milk contain? This picture (Fig. 19) shows what is found in milk, when the chemist separates the parts. You have seen the dairy separator remove the cream. The curd and the whey separate when milk sours or when rennet is used. The chemist can do more. He can take out the sugar, which gives the sweet taste, [illustration: Fig. 19. — Composition of milk, 1, whole milk; 2, water; 3, fat; 4, protein; 5, carbohydrate; 6, mineral matter or ash] Fig. 19. — Composition of milk, i, whole milk; 2, water; 3, fat; 4, protein; 5, carbohydrate; 6, mineral matter or ash. and the mineral matter, which gives iron, lime, and other things needed for body building and health.

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