The dish chosen should be as simple as possible--a vegetable or cream soup, cocoa, baked potatoes, baked apples, white sauce with potatoes or other vegetables, apple sauce, rice pudding, etc. It may be well, in some cases, to have plans made on Friday for the following week. As a rule, each day a little before or after four o'clock, the recipe for the following day should be discussed, the quantities worked out to suit the number of pupils, and the supplies arranged for. The element of surprise should be made use of occasionally, the pupils not being allowed to know the dish until they take their places. SUGGESTED MENUS The following are some suggested menus in which the food brought from home is supplemented by one hot dish. (The name of the hot dish is printed in italics.) 1. _Potato soup_, meat sandwiches, orange, sponge cake 2. _Cream of tomato soup_, bread and butter sandwiches, stuffed egg, pear, oatmeal cookies 3. _Apple cooked with bacon_, bread and butter sandwiches, gingerbread, milk 4. _Cocoa_, date sandwiches, celery, graham crackers, apple 5. _Stewed apples_, egg sandwiches, plain cake, prunes stuffed with cottage cheese 6. _Custard_, brown bread sandwiches, apple, raisins, sauce, molasses cookies 7. _Baked beans_, bread and butter sandwiches, fruit, sauce, molasses cookies SUGGESTIONS FOR HOT DISHES FOR FOUR WEEKS _First week_ _Second week_ Monday Potato soup Rice and milk Tuesday Cocoa Tomato soup Wednesday Coddled eggs Egg broth Thursday Creamed potatoes Chocolate custard Friday Soft custard Rice and tomato _Third week_ _Fourth week_ Monday Macaroni and cheese Rice soup Tuesday Creamed eggs Cocoa Wednesday Cheese soup Boiled rice and milk Thursday Apple sauce Soft-cooked eggs Friday Cheese Wheat pudding _First week_ _Second week_ Monday Rice soup Macaroni and cheese Tuesday Cocoa Apple sauce Wednesday Baked apples Shirred eggs Thursday Custard Cheese soup Friday Baked eggs Apple custard _Third week_ _Fourth week_ Monday Potato soup Rice and tomato Tuesday Tapioca cream Apple custard Wednesday Cocoa Tomato soup Thursday Creamed potatoes Cracker pudding Friday Soft custard Cocoa RECIPES SUITABLE FOR THE RURAL SCHOOL LUNCH