n; but this may be remedied by mashing them very fine, and
seasoning them with salt and a little milk. When peas are dressed for
children, let them be seasoned with mint and salt, which will take off
the flatulency. If they are old, let them be pulped, as the skins
cannot be digested by children's stomachs. Never give them vegetables
less stewed than would pulp through a cullender.

2080. Rice Pudding With Fruit.

In a pint of new milk put two large spoonfuls of rice, well washed;
then add two apples, pared and quartered, or a few currants or rasins.
Simmer slowly till the rice is very soft, then add one egg beaten to
bind it: serve with cream and sugar.

2081. Puddings and Pancakes for Children.

Sugar and egg, browned before the fire, or dropped as fritters into a
hot frying-pan, without fat, will make a nourishing meal.

2082. To prepare Fruit for Children.

A far more wholesome way than in pies or puddings, is to put apples
sliced, or plums, currants, gooseberries, &c., into a stone jar, and
sprinkle among them as much sugar as necessary. Set the jar in the
oven, with a teacupful of water to prevent the fruit from burning, or
put the jar into a saucepan of water till its contents be perfectly
done, Slices of bread or some rice may be put in to the jar to eat
with the fruit.

[HONEST LOSS IS PREFERABLE TO SHAMEFUL GAIN.]

2083. Rice and Apples.

Core as many nice apples as will fill the dish; boil them in light
syrup; prepare a quarter of a pound of rice in milk with sugar and
salt; put some of the rice in the dish, put in the apples, and fill up
the intervals with rice; bake it in the oven till it is a fine colour.

2084. A nice Apple Cake for Children.

Grate some stale bread, and slice about double the quantity of apples;
butter a mould, and line it with sugar paste, and strew in some
crumbs, mixed with a little sugar; then lay in apples, with a few bits
of butter over them, and so continue till the dish is full; cover it
with crumbs, or prepared rice; season with cinnamon and sugar. Bake it
well.

2085. Fruits for Children.

That fruits are naturally healthy in their season, if rightly taken,
no one who believes that the Creator is a kind and beneficent Being
can doubt. And yet the use of summer fruits appears often to cause
most fatal diseases, especially in children. Why is this? Because we