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 Menus with Meat—Winter: Week Two

MONDAY

Breakfast

Whole wheat toast

Whole wheat toast

Boiled eggs

Kaffee Hag or cereal coffee

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Baked beans (without pork)

Lettuce hearts, French dressing

Apple sauce

Dinner

Baked lamb croquettes, mushroom sauce

Stewed corn

Boiled onions

Celery

Olives

Banana fluff

Demi-tasse of Kaffee Hag or Sanka

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Sliced bananas with cream

Graham muffins

Crisp bacon or broiled ham

Postum or cereal coffee

Lunch

Macaroni and cheese

Carrots and peas

Fruit salad, cream mayonnaise dressing

Dinner

Roast beef, natural gravy

Whole (peeled) potatoes roasted with the meat

Mashed turnips

Cauliflower

Salad: French endive, watercress, pimento, mayonnaise dressing

Apple delight

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Sliced oranges

Whole wheat toast

Crisp bacon

Postum or cereal coffee

Lunch

Lentil soup

Rye bread

Spinach with poached egg

Celery

Olives

Dinner

Beef stew with mushrooms

Baked potato

Boiled onions with green peppers

Salad: Lettuce hearts, melted butter dressing

Baked apple with cream

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit

Rice waffles with maple syrup

Grapefruit Postum or cereal coffee

Lunch

Split pea soup

Rye bread

Salad: Combination vegetable, Thousand Island dressing

Stewed figs

Dinner

Dinner

Baked potatoes Mashed parsnips

Stewed tomatoes

Salad: Lettuce hearts, mayonnaise dressing

Celery

Olives

Pineapple delight

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Sliced orange and raisins

Rye toast

Poached eggs

Postum or cereal coffee

Lunch

Tomato bisque

Graham bread

Cole slaw, mayonnaise

Stewed corn

Grapefruit cocktail with chopped dates Dinner

Boiled fresh cod, egg sauce

Boiled potatoes Brussels sprouts String beans

Salad: Romaine and green pepper, Thousand Island dressing

Cereal coffee jelly with whipped cream SATURDAY

Breakfast

Prunes

Whole wheat toast

Glass of milk or Kaffee Hag

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Celery

Natural brown rice boiled with puffed raisins, served with cream or milk

Dinner

Omelet with minced cooked ham and mushrooms Boiled potatoes

Carrots and peas

Salad: Lettuce hearts, mayonnaise dressing Fruit cup of diced oranges, pineapple and dates, whipped cream dressing, garnished with chopped nuts and Maraschino cherries

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Sliced bananas and oranges

Corn muffins

Boiled eggs

Sanka or cereal coffee

Dinner

Baked chicken

Mashed potatoes

Brussels sprouts

String beans

Salad: Lettuce and green pepper, dressing to suit Snow pudding, served with custard sauce Supper

Tomato bisque

Sandwich of rye bread, lettuce, cream cheese and chopped olives

Buttered carrots

Prunes

It is customary to serve plenty of the canned fruits in winter. Fresh fruits or good dried ones are preferable. If care is not exercised the canned fruits easily ferment.

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