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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—Winter

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Sliced orange, 1. 75 B C

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120

415

Dinner

Roast beef, 2 slices 5x3x¼ inches. 300 A B

Baked potato, 1 medium. 100 A B C

Peas, 2 tablespoons. 80 A B

Carrots, 1 tablespoon. 20 A B C

Lettuce hearts, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise, 12 tablespoon. 50

Cup custard 265 A B

825

Supper

Cold roast beef, 1 slice. 150 A B

Stewed parsnips, 1½ oz. 35 A B

Celery, 2 stalks. 20 B

Sliced peaches, 5 oz. 75 B C

Cream 20%, 4 tablespoons. 120 A

1640

400

Total calories for the day.

MONDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit, ½ 100 B C

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ OZ 80 A

Kaffee Hag 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

440

Lunch

Poached eggs, 2. 160 A B

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter ball, ⅓ OZ 80 A

String beans, 1 cup. 40 A B C

Celery, 1 stalk. 10 B

Green gage plums, 2 oz. 50 B C

480

Dinner

Broiled steak, 5x3x½.. 300 A B

Sweet potato, ½ medium baked. 50 A B

Carrots, 2 tablespoons. 40 A B C

Peas, 3 tablespoons. 120 A B

Lettuce hearts, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

Baked apple 100 A B C

Cream 20%, 4 tablespoons. 120 A

1760

840

Total calories for the day.

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Prunes, 6, no sugar. 150 B C

Shredded wheat, 1. 110 A B

Milk, 1 cup. 160 A B

Postum 00

Cream 40% (no sugar), 2 table-

spoons 120 A

540

Lunch

Carrots, 3 tablespoons. 60 A B C

Peas, 3 tablespoons. 120 A B C

Whole wheat toast, 1 slice. 70 A B

Romaine, 3 oz. 15 A B C

French dressing 100

Canned peaches, 2 large halves

with juice 100 B C

465

Dinner

Roast veal, 2 slices 2x3x½. 200 A B

Baked potato, medium. 100 A B C

Natural gravy, about. 100

Beets, 2 small, about. 40 A B C

Salad:

Tomato, 1 30 A B C

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

Pineapple milk sherbet, 4 oz. 250

830

Total calories for the day.

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit, ½ 100 B C

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Postum or Sanka. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

440

Lunch

Omelet, 13 of 3 egg size. 100 A B

Whole wheat bread, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Romaine salad, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Sliced orange 75 B C

405

Dinner

Porterhouse steak, 14 lb. 270 A B

Baked potato, medium. 100 A B C

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Carrots, 4 tablespoons. 80 B C

Beets, 2 medium. 50 A B C

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

Pineapple, 3 slices. 240 C

1775

930

Total calories for the day.

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Sliced orange 75 B C

Poached eggs, 2. 150 A B

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball ½ oz. 80 A

Postum or Kaffee Hag. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

565

Lunch

Sardines, 3 oz. 150 A B

Baked potato 100 A B C

Butter, 1 ball ½ oz. 80 A

Spinach, ½ cup. 30 A B C

Triscuits, 3 105 A B

465

Dinner

Broiled lamb chop, large. 300 A B

Peas, 2 tablespoons. 80 A B C

Carrots, 2 tablespoons. 40 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce hearts, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Prunes stuffed, 3. 75 B C

Cream cheese, 1½ oz. 65 A B

Nut meats, 4. 28 A B

Cream mayonnaise, ½ tablespoon 50 A

Baked apple 100 A B C

748

Total calories for the day. 1778

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Sliced orange, 1. 75 B C

Shredded wheat, 1. 110 A B

Milk, 2 oz. 40 A B

Sanka 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

345

Lunch

Poached eggs, 2. 150 A B

String beans, 1 cup. 40 A B C

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball 1½ oz. 80 A

Cocoa, 1 cup. 210 A B

620

Dinner

Halibut, broiled, 3½ oz. 150 A B

Baked tomato, 1 slice egg plant. 175 A B C

Carrots, 2 tablespoons. 60 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

Banana, ½ 50 A B C

Maraschino cherries, 8. 30 B C

Malaga grapes, 10. 50 B C

Pineapple and cherry juice. 20

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

1690

725

Total calories for the day.

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit, ½ 100 B C

Oatmeal, 1 cup. 100 A B

Milk, ½ cup. 80 A B

Kaffee Hag, 1 cup. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

400

Lunch

Omelet, ⅓ of 3 egg size. 100 A B

Whole wheat bread, 2 slices. 140 A B

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Cream mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon 100 A

Demi-tasse 00

430

Dinner

Porterhouse steak, 14 lb. 270 A B

Cranberry jelly, 1 tablespoon. 50 C

Baked potato, 32 oz. 100 A B C

Butter, 1 ball 1½ oz. 80 A

String beans, 1 cup. 40 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce hearts, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Russian dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

Ice cream, 2½ tablespoons. 250 A B

900

Total calories for the day.

1730

Mer

305

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