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 Meatless Menus—Summer: Week Three

MONDAY

Breakfast

Puffed wheat with red raspberries and cream

Graham toast

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Creamed tomato soup

String beans

Radishes

Olives

Berries

Dinner

Boiled new potatoes, melted butter and chopped parsley

Beet greens or spinach Creamed oyster plant

Salad: Lettuce hearts, mayonnaise dressing

Cup custard

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Whole wheat muffins

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Corn on the cob

Stewed tomatoes

Triscuit

Radishes

Iced cocoa

Dinner

Stuffed green peppers, baked, with tomato sauce

Mashed turnips

Brussels sprouts

Salad: Romaine, tomato, mayonnaise dressing

Prune jello

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Strawberries and sliced banana

Whole wheat toast

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Cream or cottage cheese

Rye bread

Cucumbers

Radishes

Iced cereal coffee

Dinner

Riced potatoes

Boiled new cabbage

String beans

Salad: Lettuce, sliced pineapple, olives, mayonnaise

Ice cream

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Muskmelon

Shredded wheat with cream or milk

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Baked potato

Lettuce, tomato, dressing to suit

Iced cocoa

Dinner

Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips on toast

Buttered carrots

String beans

Salad: Watercress, sliced cucumbers, mayonnaise dressing

Blackberries

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Graham toast

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Strawberry shortcake (biscuit dough)

Iced cereal coffee

Dinner

Corn on the cob

Stewed tomatoes

Summer squash

Salad: Lettuce, green peas, cucumber, tomato, Thousand

Island dressing

Red raspberries with cream

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Huckleberries

Bran flakes with milk or cream

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Whole wheat raisin bread

Pimento cream cheese

Radishes

Olives

Iced cereal coffee

Dinner

Creamed corn soup with egg drops

Boiled beets

Spinach

Salad: Lettuce, tomato, cucumber, mayonnaise dressing

Fruit gelatin with cream

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Spiced coffee cake

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Dinner

Noodle custard with mushrooms and asparagus tips Boiled onions, butter sauce

Salad: Lettuce, carrots, peas, cucumber, mayonnaise Ice cream

Supper

Cottage cheese

Radishes

Olives

Rye bread

Melon

These menus are for individuals in good health, or at least in fair health. Those who are truly ill need expert advice and supervision until they learn what to do for themselves. Such dishes as noodle custard with mushrooms and asparagus tips, and certain desserts would perhaps not be given to them.

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