We think that it was Napoleon who stated that: “An army marches on its stomach.” He was referring to the simply logistics of getting the supplies and the food to the right place at the right time.
Every single mother in the world does not need to be told that a family operates on its stomach. Every mother has to make a trip to the supermarket – or even the local grocer -on a regular basis. The staple items of a shop include food – bread (some) and all the dairy products like butter, milk and cheese.
The Nomads of yesteryear knew that if a food was dried it was easier to carry. Milk could be partially dried by being left in a shallow container to evaporate in the sun. Cheese was possibly made when milk was carried in the bags made out of the stomach of animals. The milk slowly turned into curds and then to what we call cheese today.
Back in Ancient Greece the wrestlers had to include cheese in their diet.
The Roman legions used to carry cheese when they went on their long marches.
Monks in the Middle Ages ate cheese – presumably to help to keep themselves healthy.
Most children will eat cheese at one time or another in their lives. Sometimes the cheese has to be disguised!
In Bluewater in Kent, last Christmas, there is an account of a conversation that went:
“One hamburger, with cheese please.”
“Do you mean a cheeseburger?”
“No, I want a hamburger with cheese.”
“That’s a cheeseburger.”
“No, I want a hamburger with cheese.”
This conversation was stencilled in letters a foot high on the boarding around an unoccupied shop.
So parents looking for a balanced diet for their children need look no further than cheese.
If your child eats cheese he or she will be able to wrestle with problems.
If your child eats cheese he or she will be able to demonstrate great endurance.
If your child eats cheese he or she will become pure in their intentions towards the examination.
Finally, if your child eats cheese you may be less prone to some of the silly conversations that some Eleven Plus children are want to engross themselves in.
“I will start on my Eleven Plus paper as soon as I have finished this.”
“No you agreed that you would start as soon as you arrived home from school.”
“Yes I know, but, I will start on my Eleven Plus paper as soon as I have finished this.”
“That is not fair. You can wipe that cheesy grin off your face. You said that you would start as soon you got home from school.”
What ever valid reasons you can offer to your child for eating the right food and working on time the logic of a bright ten year old is sometimes baffling.
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