MEALS AT SCHOOL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 60, Issue 4232, 17 January 1940, Page 8

MEALS AT SCHOOL

CANTEENS FOR CHILDREN. The British Board of Education issued recently a memorandum on “Canteen Meals for School Children,” with a view to helping people who are faced with the problem of organising central canteens for children. The document stated that many children were unaccustomed to regular meals of any kind, and were not familial' with the kind of food that was being given to them in private houses. Most children liked fried fish and chips, sausages, suet puddings, fruit, gravy, fried bread, and jam tarts, and disliked green vegetables, soups, fat, rhubarb, salads and cooked cheese. One of the first problems was to find a way to helping children to get accustomed to eating some food from both lists and the eating of unfamiliar foods was to be encouraged. The memorandum recommended certain essential foods, and emphasised the importance of variety in a child’s diet. To make the children like their food their favourite flavouring should be considered. The pamphlet contains practical hints on cooking, storage and equipment, and notes on the planning of meals and some recipes, with the quantities required, for groups of 50 children.