1937-05-17 — Page 8

There Are

Times von 6015! When It Is Better To

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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1937.

JIMI TE YAW

CERATUT QUQIB KATE TAM

Do Nothing

ach would have had a beneficial rest.

THE conscientious mother, who, what to do forces her to do nothing. Nothing is wrong she decides

More mothers should deliberate- he is just being stubborn.

forces So she feels that she must do some-

food into his Times without nùmber a child's a policy; it pre- thing about everything, has a check ly embrace such

and they get from the adults... about put upon her when she runs up vents a world of trouble and regret. mouth, arguing to herself that once actions do not merit the attention-

There are days, for instance, he tastes it he'll enjoy it against a situation for which she

eat. The even if he doesn't she isn't going them. The child may behave bad- when the child won't has no ready solution.

is sure he needs food. to let that chit of a child rule her.ly in front of strangers, may an- swer rudely when spoken to, may Then it is that inability to know mother

RESULTS FAR WORSE...

The results of such forcing are turn a deaf ear to a mother's. re- missed quest, or actually do the opposite of worse, far worse, than a meal or two. Such a course warps what she has just said. Then the be the child's appreciation of food, mother thinks to herself in panic: which shrinks in appeal when he is "What shall I do? He must two made to eat it. -

taught to behave properly." slice

Some Savoury Fish Recipes

minutes.

Shrimp Stuffing

an hour

:

one or Cod steaks, a stand-by when fish fireproof dish. Skin

for each person,

It is more than possible that be-SILENCE IS REMEDY

real 'Of course he must. But this may is dear, are apt to be uninteresting, tomatoes but are good cooked as follows. Put thickly and put over the fish. Sea-hind the child's refusal is a

lasting lesson toward four ounces of breadcrumbs in a son well with salt, pepper, a little repugnance toward food, inspired be the wrong time to try to give the

mace, and lemon juice. by a coming cold or other illness, child any bowl, add two ounces of butter, just cayenne,

and buttered paper,

by the near appearance of a tooth, that end. When baffled, a wise is to say nothing and do melted, a teaspoonful of chopped cover with

In the mean by emotional upheavals which make course parsley, a tiny pinch of herbs, salt, bake until tender. pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. Mix time, cover the bones of the fish food at the moment actually nau- nothing. Much misbehaviour is just a passing phase. The child well and add a beaten egg to make (and head if available) with cold seating to him.

Even if the child is made to eat, knows what is expected of him. He it moist, Wash and dry three or water, add a sliced onion, bay leaf, and a and salt and pepper, cover

if his digestion is unready for it, it knows he is being wilfully and un- four steaks of cod, and put în

then may make him sick, or give him a reasonably disobedient.

Next time, if there has been no buttered dish. Spread the savoury simmer for half

Make a sauce with half a lasting distaste for this particular

to-do made over his conduct, he mixture over the tòp, cover with a strain.

show that he has learned buttered paper and bake in a mo- pint of this stock, a tablespoonful food.

So what has the parent gained will derate

forty of butter, and a dessertspoonful of oven for thirty to

cornflour. Boil up, and add enough by her stubborn resistance to the something. He will answer sweet- tomato sauce to colour and flavour child's dictation of his own food ly, rush to obey, act so as to cause

But his mother a flush of pride.

Doing nothing allows the behav- A shrimp stuffing is a savoury it. Put the fish and tomatoes on a policies? Nothing valuable.

Had hot dish, and pour the sauce over had she done nothing, in fact said addition to most white fish.

nothing, but respected the child's four to sink into the background dock or whiting can be stuffed with them.

With Macaroni

refusal, she would have made real where obviously it belongs.: Doing something may make it far too im- it; so can cod if a piece out of the

Here is an interesting dish which progress. be or it can middle is chosen;

The child would have discovered portant, halo it with attention, spread on fillets of sole or plaice, can be made with fish left over, or when they should be rolled up and with fish freshly cooked. Flake the that if he had refused food through cause a situation which has to be upon whether or not the Put the

a whim, he actually suffered hung- acted tied with cotton. The time for fish and remove bones.

to bones and any other fish trimmings er because of it. If a coming ill mother wishes upon maturer con- cooking will vary from fifteen

the into a saucepan with an onion stuck

ness inspired his refusal, his stom-sideration to act upon it. Cover forty minutes, according to size and thickness of the fish.. It is with two or three cloves. important to see that the fish does with water and bring to the boil. not get dry. Put a little stock, but-Add salt, then throw in some spag- ter, or lemon juice, or some white hetti or macaroni (using half wine in the dish, cover the fish much as there is fish). Boil until with well-greased paper, and haste the macaroni is soft, then drain off it with the liquid which runs out, the liquid and keep it. Take out if necessary, from time to time. To the bones and onion and mix the macaroni with the flaked fish. Melt make the shrimp stuffing, melt tablespoonful of butter in a sauce-an ounce of butter, add a table- pan, add a tablespoonful of flour, spoonful of flour, and make into a with a breakfastcupful of and cook for a minute. Add just sauce over half a teacupful of milk or the fish and macaroni stock. Pour fish

bread stock, and stir until thick.over the fish, cover the top thickly

and with grated cheese Season well with salt, cayenne,

Stir in crumbs, add a little butter and put mace, and lemon juice. half a pint of finely chopped in the oven to heat and brown the shrimps, and use as required. The top.

fish liquid which runs from the should be strained and beaten up with a little butter, then poured over the top before serving.

Fillets

"

a

OYSTER AND CORN STEW

The flavours corn and

as

oysters

Another savoury method of cook-have a natural affinity, as this dish ing fillets of whiting or steaks of proves. A salad and a light des- cod or hake is as follows. Prepare sert will complete the meal, the fish and put it into a buttered 1 pint oysters

Fee

ration

COME

FROM USING.

Perrins Fauce

1⁄2 cup water

2 tablespoons

butter

3 tablespoons

flour

1 teaspoon sati

Few grains pepper.

3 cups milk

1

2 cups diced,

cooked celery

cups canned, whole kernel corn

1 cup crean Drain the oysters. Measure oyster liquor, strain, and add enough water to make 1⁄2 cup. Cook the oysters slowly in this liquor their edges curl. Remove beat and cut the oysters into small

́add pieces. Melt butter,

flour, and stir until smooth. "Add salt

That Dreadful Indigestion!

How The Stomach Can Be Strengthened And Dyspepsia Banished By Tonic Treatment.

Nothing mars the enjoyment of life's pleasures more completely than A weak a debilitated digestion. stomach makes meals a misery and

food loathsome.. even the sight of

Many such sufferers seek relief in purgative medicines, only to find that the help they get in this way is brief, usually lasting not more than a few hours, and then the flatulence, pains and discomforts come back as: badly, if not worse, than before. Furthermore, the constant use of strong purgatives weakens - and in- juren the digestive tract.

right and rational way to restore a weak stomach, and that, is by renewing its strength by tonic treatment.

and pepper. Blend in the milk There is only on gradually and cook in a double boil-|| er over hot water until thick, stir ring constantly. Add oysters and broth, celery, corn and cream. Heat thoroughly but do not let mixture reach boiling point. Serve with

kers. Serves 6..

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