Foods and home making

1. Makes the baby more healthy. 2. Is free from bacteria and dirt. If cow's milk is used for baby feeding, it should be modified according to the needs of each baby. Foods other than milk needed by babies are: Orange or tomato juice to supply vitamins and mineral matter Cereal to supply energy or heat and mineral matter Cooked and strained vegetables to supply vitamins and mineral matter Cod-liver oil to prevent rickets Cooked and strained prunes for laxative effect Toast or other hard unsweetened bread to help develop jaws, face, and head Egg yolk to supply proteins, vitamins, and mineral matter and to prevent rickets As the baby matures more solid foods are added. REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES I. Why should a young baby not be given : 1. Plain cow’s milk 2. Ready-to-eat cereals 3. Candy 4. Unboiled water 5. Modified milk prepared from uncertified milk without being heated II. Each of the following statements is completed in more than one way, only one of which is correct. Read each statement carefully and choose the Feeding the Baby 509 correct word or phrase to complete it. T hen copy the statement , including only the correct word or phrase. 1. Milk is pasteurized by being heated to (a) 21 2° F. ( b ) 1450 F. (c) 185° F. 2. Water given to a baby to drink should be (a) boiled ( b ) iced (c) freshly drawn from the faucet. 3. Orange or tomato juice should be given to a baby ( a ) just before the milk feeding ( b ) immediately after the milk feeding (c) between milk feedings. 4. Fruit juices and cooked vegetable pulp should be given only to babies (a) fed on modified cow’s milk (6) fed on mother’s milk (c) fed either on modified cow’s milk or on mother’s milk. 5. Some ultra-violet rays of the sun will pass through (a) special glass ( b ) ordinary window glass (c) clothing. HOME WORK 1. If there is a baby in your home or you have small brothers or sisters, report anything you have done in preparing food or planning menus for them. 2. The food of a child six years old should supply 1400 to 170c calories. Referring to the list of foods for school children given on page 506 and to the table of food values on pages 602-609, plan a day’s feed- ing for a child of six years. 3. The food for a child nine years old should supply 1700 to 200c calories. Plan a day’s feeding for a child of nine years. UNIT 6: FOOD PRESERVATION CHAPTER XXXVII CANNING FRUITS Can you answer these questions ? If not, look for the answers as you study this chapter. 1. Which spoil more readily, fresh or cooked strawberries ? Explain your answer. 2. What is the difference between the cold-pack and hot-pack methods of canning? 3. Why is it necessary to seal cooked fruit in jars in order to keep it? 4. Why should rubbers be used on jars for canning? 5. How can you test a rubber to find whether it is of good quality? 6. How thick should sirup be for canned peaches ? 7. Why should a jar of fruit cooked in an open kettle be filled to overflowing ? 8. In canning fruit in a water bath, when should you begin to count the time given in a time table ? 9. What is meant by processing? What makes foods spoil? In the fall there is usually an abundance of fruit in the orchards or in the markets. However, most of the fruits do not last long ; they soon spoil. They must be picked from the trees before they decay if they are to be used as food.