A letter writer with “clean” eating habits worries that husband buys too much soda and white bread for their kids.

Children between one and ten-years-old should eat about five servings of carbohydrates each day. One serving is one slice of bread, a small portion of brown rice or pasta, or a small bowl of cereal.

Something like banana bread. I’ve baked many banana bread ... Occasionally, my kids go on a banana-eating spree and we run out before they head to their dad’s for three nights.

When I wasn't eating local specialties ... in the Hobart Mercury newspaper in 1929. "The children will start their party with fairy bread and butter and 100's and 1,000's, and cakes, tarts ...