Marjorie sees first that the water is cooling. She allows one fourth to one third cup of sugar to a quart of water✪ Fruit Juice Beverage. Can you explain why the quantity of sugar LUNCHEON AT SCHOOL 19 varies from time to time ? If it is convenient, she melts the sugar in some hot water. Why ? Next she pre- pares the fruit. The lemons must be washed, cut in two and squeezed, and have the seeds strained out. A glass lemon squeezer costs only five cents and is very handy. Two or three lemons to a quart of water will be enough, depending on the size of the lemons. If Marjorie is working with another kind of fruit, she must squeeze the juice out, sometimes after cooking. The amount used must be " to taste " ; or, if currant jelly is at hand, two or three teaspoonfuls to a glass of water are enough. Marjorie has a dainty way of tasting things with two spoons, one for dipping out, and the other for the tast- ing. Finally, the water, sugar, and juice are mixed in a pitcher and cooled on the ice. When there is not ice, wrap a wet cloth around the pitcher and set it in the breeze. Do you know why this cools it ? These beverages may be prepared at school as easily as at home. Here is a chance to use your arithmetic in calculating the quantity. A cool drink. On a hot day, the men in the field are glad of some refreshing drink. One of the girls in the Pleasant Valley School was taught by her grandmother how to make an old-fashioned beverage. Have ready molasses, cream of tartar or vinegar, ground ginger, and nutmeg. Use about a quarter of a cup of molasses to a quart of water, and a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, which some people think more whole- 20 FOOD AND HEALTH some than the vinegar. Stir into the molasses a tea- spoonful of ground ginger and a grating of nutmeg✪ Old-Fashioned Beverage, and mix all with the water. It is better when one is heated to have a cool, rather than an ice-cold drink ; the temperature of well water is cool enough. Fruit-ade. A fruit drink is sometimes called fruit- ade ; and sometimes, fruit punch. If the girls become very expert, they may be invited to make and serve a fruit beverage at a meeting of the Woman's Club or at some evening entertainment. Do not be afraid to try experiments with several kinds of fruit at a time. Use lemon juice first ; add a glass of currant jelly, and a can of cherries or raspberries. Cut a banana✪ Fruit-Ade in small pieces and serve in the fruit punch. Does some one say, "How odd to spend so much time talking about fruit juice and drink ! " Why are fruit juices valuable .? They contain something most valuable to the body, — the mineral matter that you cannot see. How much better to take iron in fruit juice than in patent medicine. Courtesy of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. t i i J, A ij f u J 11 It ^ot <^i^ly tastes better. Fig. 7. — An old-fashioned open well is -^ ' subject to surface wash. but the body Can USC LUNCHEON AT SCHOOL 21 the iron in fruit when that in the medicine bottle i^ useless.

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Marjorie sees first that the water is cooling. She allows one fourth to one third cup of sugar to a quart of water. Can you explain why the quantity of sugar varies from time to time ? If it is convenient, she melts the sugar in some hot water. Why ? Next she prepares the fruit. The lemons must be washed, cut in two and squeezed, and have the seeds strained out. A glass lemon squeezer costs only five cents and is very handy. Two or three lemons to a quart of water will be enough, depending on the size of the lemons. If Marjorie is working with another kind of fruit, she must squeeze the juice out, sometimes after cooking. The amount used must be " to taste " ; or, if currant jelly is at hand, two or three teaspoonfuls to a glass of water are enough. Marjorie has a dainty way of tasting things with two spoons, one for dipping out, and the other for the tasting. Finally, the water, sugar, and juice are mixed in a pitcher and cooled on the ice. When there is not ice, wrap a wet cloth around the pitcher and set it in the breeze. Do you know why this cools it ? These beverages may be prepared at school as easily as at home. Here is a chance to use your arithmetic in calculating the quantity. A cool drink. On a hot day, the men in the field are glad of some refreshing drink. One of the girls in the Pleasant Valley School was taught by her grandmother how to make an old-fashioned beverage. Have ready molasses, cream of tartar or vinegar, ground ginger, and nutmeg. Use about a quarter of a cup of molasses to a quart of water, and a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, which some people think more whole- some than the vinegar. Stir into the molasses a teaspoonful of ground ginger and a grating of nutmeg, and mix all with the water. It is better when one is heated to have a cool, rather than an ice-cold drink ; the temperature of well water is cool enough. Fruit-ade. A fruit drink is sometimes called fruitade ; and sometimes, fruit punch. If the girls become very expert, they may be invited to make and serve a fruit beverage at a meeting of the Woman's Club or at some evening entertainment. Do not be afraid to try experiments with several kinds of fruit at a time. Use lemon juice first ; add a glass of currant jelly, and a can of cherries or raspberries. Cut a banana in small pieces and serve in the fruit punch. Does some one say, "How odd to spend so much time talking about fruit juice and drink ! " Why are fruit juices valuable .? They contain something most valuable to the body, — the mineral matter that you cannot see. How much better to take iron in fruit juice than in patent medicine. Courtesy of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. t i i J, A ij f u J 11 It ^ot <^i^ly tastes better. Fig. 7. — An old-fashioned open well is -^ ' subject to surface wash. but the body Can USC the iron in fruit when that in the medicine bottle i^ useless.

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