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 Two

MONDAY

Breakfast

Blackberries with cream

Graham toast

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Poached eggs on toast

Green peas

Sliced cucumber

Melon

Dinner

Creamed green corn soup

Baked potatoes

String beans

Spinach

Salad: Watercress, radishes, cucumbers, mayonnaise dressing

Peach mousse

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Strawberries with milk or cream

Toast

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Rye bread

Pimento cream cheese

Watercress

Iced tea

Dinner

Omelet with mushrooms

Boiled onions

Buttered carrots

Salad: Cucumber and tomato with mayonnaise dressing

Prune whip

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Graham muffins

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Strawberry shortcake with cream

Head lettuce with or without oil

Dinner

Cheese soufflé

Green peas

Beet greens

Salad: Watercress and tomatoes, French dressing

Pineapple fluff

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Bran muffins

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Green pea puree

Graham bread

String beans

Radishes

Berries

Dinner

Macaroni with cheese

Stewed tomatoes

White turnips

4 Salad: Lettuce, asparagus tips, mayonnaise dressing

Peach sherbet

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Strawberries with cream

Whole wheat toast

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Beet greens or spinach with hard boiled eggs

Whole wheat bread

Radishes

Young onions

Sliced peaches

Dinner

Baked potato

Cauliflower with butter sauce

Corn on cob

Salad: Lettuce, cucumber, Avocado, Thousand Island dressing

Bavarian cream

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Muskmelon

Spiced whole wheat gems

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Carrots and peas

Rye bread

Salad: Lettuce, cottage cheese ball with chopped pecans

Fruit gelatin

Dinner

Green corn custard

Buttered boiled beets

String beans

Salad: Endive, watercress, French dressing

Fruit or melon

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Blueberry muffins

Cereal coffee

Dinner

Omelet with mushrooms

Summer squash

Asparagus

Salad: Combination vegetable, mayonnaise dressing Almond bisque

Supper

Sandwich: Whole wheat bread, lettuce leaves, eggs, hard boiled and sliced, asparagus tips, mayonnaise dressing Iced cereal coffee

Some will say that menus like these do not contain sufficient nourishment, but it is a mistake to eat a great variety at a meal. Enough in quantity may be taken to suffice. All the elements necessary are found in these menus.

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