Milk 6 cups, scalded Soda crackers✪ Fish and Clam Chowder How to make. If clams are used, clean and pick them over, cut off the hard part, chop, and strain theclam liquor. Or if you are using fish, cut it into pieces. Try out a little pork in a large kettle and fry the onion in it. If it is a clam chowder, cook the potatoes first and drain. ' Then put into the kettle layers of clams, potatoes, and crackers; add the milk and butter; cook for three minutes ; and add the clam liquor hot. If it is a fish chowder, put the potatoes in raw with the fish and cook the chowder half an hour. With pork, omit butter. The Luncheon Club made this chowder at school one day in the fall on a fire built out of doors, for the smell of fish in the 66 FOOD AND HEALTH schoolroom is not very pleasant. Of course, the canned salmon could be used for a luncheon dish at school, as it is already cooked. What is the value of fish as food ? Fish is one of the meat substitutes. People who live on the coast can make it their chief animal food. It costs some- what less than meat, at least in some places. When we can, we should use it at least two or three times a week for one meal or another. It is just about as di- gestible as meat, although some of the oily fish, like herring, mackerel, salmon, and shad, are a little more difficult of digestion than cod or haddock. We must not think of fish as a " brain food." Some people used to say that it was good for the brain because it contained phosphorus, but fish has no more phosphorus than some other food, and the brain has no more need of phosphorus than have other parts of our body. Having fish fresh. Fish spoils very easily. If we live far away from the seacoast, unless we happen to be near ponds or rivers, it is better for us to use canned or smoked fish than fish that has been kept a long time. It can be carried on ice, however, for a long distance. If you buy fish from a cart that comes to your neighbor- hood, notice that the flesh is firm and the eyes bright. Fish always has a disagreeable odor ; but, if it is spoiled at all, the smell is very unpleasant. Cooking fish. The flakes of fish fall apart very easily because the connective tissue softens more easily than the tissues of meat. When you boil fish it is best LUNCHEON AT SCHOOL 67 to wrap it in a cloth so that it may not break and it is a good idea to bake it in the dish in which it will be served. EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS 1. As fish is a meat substitute, what important foodstuffs must it contain ? 2. If there are fish in your neighborhood, make a list of the seasons when they are caught. If you are not near the coast, perhaps your teacher can help you to find this in some cook book. 3. Make a list of the different dishes in which fish could be used as a substitute for meat. REVIEW 1. What ideas have you for cooking a lunch at school ? 2. Is it worth while to have fruit juices in the diet ? 3. How may fruit juices be prepared for the school luncheon J 4. Is there any reason for drinking water freely many times a day ? 5. It IS very important that water be kept pure. Can you tell how water may be kept pure ? 6. Is there any reason why one should be very careful about the source of his water supply ? 7. What general directions can you give about cooking ? 8. There are several ways to prepare cocoa. Can you suggest one ? 9. Tell how to prepare two simple dishes from milk. 10. What valuable food substance does milk contain ? 11. Do you know why the foodstuff we call protein is so im- portant ? 12. How may milk be kept pure and clean f 13. What are the points in good bread ? 14. Name the foodstuffs bread contains. 68 FOOD AND HEALTH 15. Compare bread with other staple foods as to value and cost. 16. What is yeast ? Can you tell why yeast is used in bread ? 17. Give complete directions for making white bread. 18. Just what is a meal ?

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Milk 6 cups, scalded Soda crackers How to make. If clams are used, clean and pick them over, cut off the hard part, chop, and strain the clam liquor. Or if you are using fish, cut it into pieces. Try out a little pork in a large kettle and fry the onion in it. If it is a clam chowder, cook the potatoes first and drain. ' Then put into the kettle layers of clams, potatoes, and crackers; add the milk and butter; cook for three minutes ; and add the clam liquor hot. If it is a fish chowder, put the potatoes in raw with the fish and cook the chowder half an hour. With pork, omit butter. The Luncheon Club made this chowder at school one day in the fall on a fire built out of doors, for the smell of fish in the schoolroom is not very pleasant. Of course, the canned salmon could be used for a luncheon dish at school, as it is already cooked. What is the value of fish as food ? Fish is one of the meat substitutes. People who live on the coast can make it their chief animal food. It costs somewhat less than meat, at least in some places. When we can, we should use it at least two or three times a week for one meal or another. It is just about as digestible as meat, although some of the oily fish, like herring, mackerel, salmon, and shad, are a little more difficult of digestion than cod or haddock. We must not think of fish as a " brain food." Some people used to say that it was good for the brain because it contained phosphorus, but fish has no more phosphorus than some other food, and the brain has no more need of phosphorus than have other parts of our body. Having fish fresh. Fish spoils very easily. If we live far away from the seacoast, unless we happen to be near ponds or rivers, it is better for us to use canned or smoked fish than fish that has been kept a long time. It can be carried on ice, however, for a long distance. If you buy fish from a cart that comes to your neighborhood, notice that the flesh is firm and the eyes bright. Fish always has a disagreeable odor ; but, if it is spoiled at all, the smell is very unpleasant. Cooking fish. The flakes of fish fall apart very easily because the connective tissue softens more easily than the tissues of meat. When you boil fish it is best to wrap it in a cloth so that it may not break and it is a good idea to bake it in the dish in which it will be served. 1. As fish is a meat substitute, what important foodstuffs must it contain ? 2. If there are fish in your neighborhood, make a list of the seasons when they are caught. If you are not near the coast, perhaps your teacher can help you to find this in some cook book. 3. Make a list of the different dishes in which fish could be used as a substitute for meat. 1. What ideas have you for cooking a lunch at school ? 2. Is it worth while to have fruit juices in the diet ? 3. How may fruit juices be prepared for the school luncheon J 4. Is there any reason for drinking water freely many times a day ? 5. It IS very important that water be kept pure. Can you tell how water may be kept pure ? 6. Is there any reason why one should be very careful about the source of his water supply ? 7. What general directions can you give about cooking ? 8. There are several ways to prepare cocoa. Can you suggest one ? 9. Tell how to prepare two simple dishes from milk. 10. What valuable food substance does milk contain ? 11. Do you know why the foodstuff we call protein is so important ? 12. How may milk be kept pure and clean f 13. What are the points in good bread ? 14. Name the foodstuffs bread contains. 15. Compare bread with other staple foods as to value and cost. 16. What is yeast ? Can you tell why yeast is used in bread ? 17. Give complete directions for making white bread. 18. Just what is a meal ?

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