The Book of a Thousand Menus

A thousand menus for 1927 — sixty-seven weeks of breakfasts, lunches and dinners, reckoned to the calorie and the vitamin.

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Balanced Caloric Menus—Summer

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Muskmelon, ½ 100

Waffles, 1 200 B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Syrup, 2 oz. 170

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

670

Dinner

Roast lamb, 1 slice 32x42x7½ inch. 100 A B

Natural clear gravy, 2 tablespoons. 10 B

Mashed potatoes, 5 tablespoons. 20 A B C

Peas, 2 tablespoons. 80 A B C

Carrots, 2 tablespoons. 40 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce heart, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Tomato, 1 30 A B C

French dressing, ½ tablespoon. 50

Vanilla ice cream, 2½ tablespoons. 250 A B

770

Supper

Cold lamb, 1 slice. 100 A B

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

Cream mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon 100

Iced coffee, 1 glass. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A B

410

Total calories for the day. 1850

MONDAY

Breakfast

Peaches, sliced, 2. 150 B C

Cream 20%, 4 tablespoons. 120 A

Triscuits, 2 70 A B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Kaffee Hag 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

540

Lunch

Coddled eggs, 2. 150 A B

Whole wheat bread, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Salad:

Lettuce heart, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise dressing, 1 table-

spoon 100 A

Iced tea 00

Sugar, 1 teaspoon. 30

Lemon 00 B C

510

Dinner

Cold roast beef, 2 slices, 5x3x¼ in. 300 A B

Beets, 2 medium. 50 A B C

String beans, ½ cup. 20 A B C

Salad:

Romaine, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Russian dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

Blackberries, ½ cup. 100 C

Cream 20%, 4 tablespoons 120 A

Sugar, 3 teaspoons. 90

Demi-tasse 00

1840

790

Total calories for the day.

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe, 1 small. 100

Shredded wheat, 1. 110 A B

2 oz. milk, 1 tablespoon cream 40% 100 A B

Coffee 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

430

Lunch

Omelet, ⅓ of 3 egg size. 100 A B

Whole wheat bread, 2 slices. 140 A B

Tomatoes, 2 plain. 60

Iced coffee, 1 cup. 00

Sugar, 1 teaspoon. 30

Cream 20%, 2 tablespoons. 60 A

390

Dinner

Bass, broiled, 6 oz. 150 B

Baked potato, 373 oz. 100 A B C

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ OZ 80 A

Tomato stewed, 1. 30 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

French dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

Red raspberries, 1 cup. 100 C

Cream 20%, 5 tablespoons. 150 A

Iced coffee, 1 cup 00

Sugar, 1 teaspoon. 1 30

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

870

Total calories for the day.

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon, 8 oz. 100

Graham gems, 1, 2 oz. 150 A B

Butter ball, ⅓ oz. 80 A

Kaffee Hag 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

450

Lunch

Sandwich:

Egg, 1 hard boiled. 75 A B

Lettuce, 1 oz. 05 A B C

Mayonnaise, ½ tablespoon 50

Raspberries, ½ cup. 50 C

Sugar, 2 teaspoons. 60

Iced tea, 1 cup. 00

Sugar, 1 teaspoon. 30

Lemon 00

270

Dinner

Broiled chicken, 5 oz. 450 A B

Baked potato, 3½ oz. 100 A B C

String beans, 1 cup. 40 A B C

Salad:

Shredded cabbage, ¼ cup. 40 A B C

Grated raw carrots, 1 tablespoon 20

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

Blackberries, ½ cup 100 C

Cream 40%, 4 tablespoons. 240 A

Sugar, 2 teaspoons. 60

1150

Total calories for the day.

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Huckleberries, 4 oz. (large helping) 100 C

Corn bread 3x2x12. 200 A B

Butter, 1 ball 1½ oz. 80 A

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

500

Lunch

Bread, rye, 2 slices ¼ inch 70 A B

Butter ball, ⅓ oz. 80 A

Cream cheese, 1 oz. 2x1x1 inches 130 A B

Spinach, buttered, 5 oz. 85 A

Hard boiled egg, 1. 75 A B

Iced tea, 1 cup. 00

Lemon 00

Sugar, 1 teaspoonful. 30

470

Dinner

Roast veal, 2 slices, 2x3x½. 200 A B

Brussels sprouts, creamed. 50 A B C

Carrots, 4 tablespoons. 80 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce heart, 2 oz. 10 A B C

French dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

Spanish cream, 1 cup 300 A B

Demi-tasse 00

740

Total calories for the day.

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe, 1 small. 100

Whole wheat muffins, 2. 250 A B

Butter ball, 3 oz. 80 A

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

550

Lunch

Baked veal croquettes, 1. 175 A B

Carrots, 3 tablespoons. 60 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce heart, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Russian dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

Strawberries, scant cup. 50 C

Sugar, 2 teaspoons. 60

455

Dinner

Broiled bluefish, 4 oz. 100 B

Mashed potato, 2½ tablespoons. 100 A B C

Peas, 4 tablespoons. 160 A B C

Salad:

Romaine, 2 OZ. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

Cup custard, 1 cup. 265 A B

Demi-tasse 00

735

Total calories for the day.

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon, 8 oz. 100

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices, 4x4x½

inches 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball 3 oz. 80 A

Milk, 1 glass, 8 oz. 160 A B

480

Lunch

Omelet plain, ⅓ of 3 egg size. 100 A B

Spinach buttered, 5 oz. 85 A B

Boston brown bread, 1 slice, about 115 A B

Huckleberries, 4 oz. (large helping) 100 C

400

Dinner

Porterhouse steak, 6 oz. 400 A B

Baked potato, medium, 3½ oz. 100 A B C

Corn on the cob, 1 ear. 100 A B

Salad:

Lettuce heart, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Tomato, 1 30 A B C

French dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

Milk pineapple sherbet. 250 A B C

990

Total calories for the day.

1870

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