SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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when dinner is being prepared and simply reheated for 
supper. 
A hot drink at night usually seems desirable except on 
hot days in the summer. If tea is served for adults, the 
children should have cocoa or milk. 
If dinner is served at night, luncheon is served in the 
middle of the day. The suggestions made in regard to 
supper apply equally well to luncheon. 
Little children should have their hearty meal in the 
middle of the day and a light meal at night no matter 
what arrangement of meals the rest of the family may 
have. 
Simple Suppers 
1. Macaroni and cheese or cold meat 
Stewed or fresh fruit 
Cookies 
Bread and butter 
Tea (for adults) 
Milk or cocoa (for children). 
2. Cream of potato soup 
Vegetable or fruit salad 
Baking powder biscuit 
Tea (for adults) 
Milk or cocoa (for children). 
Macaroni and Cheese — For macaroni and cheese the 
macaroni must be cooked and white sauce prepared. 
Break three-quarters of a cup of macaroni in inch pieces 
and cook in two quarts of boiling water to which a table- 
spoon of salt has been added. The water must be boil- 
ing rapidly when the macaroni is added and must be kept 
boiling constantly. When the macaroni is tender, drain 
it in a strainer and run enough cold water through it to 
prevent the pieces from sticking together. To prepare 
the sauce, melt two tablespoons of butter or oleomar- 
garine in the top of a double boiler, stir in two tablespoons 
