The Feeding of School ChildrenBulkley, M. E. (Mildred Emily)
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The Feeding of School Children
Bulkley, M. E. (Mildred Emily)
School children -- Food
Monday. Pea soup; brown and white bread. Parkin.
Tuesday. Shepherd's pie; brown and white bread. Buns or cake.
Wednesday (except during Advent and Lent)--Irish stew; brown and white
bread. Parkin.
Wednesday (during Advent and Lent)--Lentil and tomato soup (alternately
with fish pie); brown and white bread. Parkin.
Thursday. Crust pie; brown or white bread. Buns or cake.
Friday. Lentil and tomato soup (alternately with fish pie); brown and
white bread. Parkin.
(Some other kind of cake or bun is now sometimes substituted for
parkin.)
SUMMER DIETARY
Monday. Rice pudding; stewed fruit. Currant cake.
Tuesday. Shepherd's pie; brown and white bread. Seed cake.
Wednesday. Crust pie; brown and white bread. Currant cake.
Thursday. Potted meat sandwiches. Rice pudding.
Friday. Lentil and tomato soup; white and brown bread. Buns.
(3) West Ham.
WINTER DIETARY.
Monday. Irish stew. Brown bread and jam.
Tuesday. Lentil soup. Baked currant pudding.
Wednesday. Roast mutton; potatoes; haricot beans; bread.
Thursday. Mince. Suet pudding; jam or stewed fruit.
Friday. Soup. Rice with jam or treacle.
(During summer lighter food is substituted.)
(4) Acton.
Monday. Soup and bread. Currant roll.
Tuesday. Stewed meat; cabbage; potatoes.
Wednesday. Soup and bread. Plain suet pudding with syrup.
Thursday. Irish stew and potatoes. Plain pudding.
Friday. Soup and bread. Rice pudding.
Saturday. Stewed meat and two vegetables.
This menu is theoretically repeated week after week throughout the year,
but in practice it is not always strictly adhered to.
(5) London.
_Dinners which may be supplied by the Alexandra Trust._ (_See Minutes of
the L.C.C., Dec. 17, 18, 1912._)
WINTER MENU.
1. Haricot bean soup; bread. Treacle pudding.
2. Fish and potato pie; bread. Baked raisin pudding.
3. Pea soup; bread baked in dripping. Fig pudding.
4. Stewed beef or mutton; dumplings; steamed potatoes; bread.
5. Beef stewed with peas; dumplings; potatoes; bread.
6. Mutton stewed with haricot beans; steamed potatoes; bread. Suet
pudding.
7. Meat and potato pie; bread.
8. Meat pudding.
9. Toad-in-the-hole; potatoes; bread.
10. Rice pudding; two slices of bread and butter.
SUMMER MENU.
1. Rice pudding; two slices of bread and butter.
2. Toad-in-the-hole; potatoes; bread.
3. Meat pies; potatoes; bread.
4. Meat pudding; potatoes; bread.
5. Cold meat pie; fruit roll.
6. Meat sandwich; piece of cake.
7. (For Infants) Hot milk and bread; fruit roll.
DINNERS FOR INFANTS
1 Liquid part of winter dinner menus, Nos. 4, 5, 6.
2 Rice, tapioca, macaroni or barley pudding, with two slices of sultana
bread and butter.
3 Stew--very fine mince.
4 Baked custard, with bread and butter.
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