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.

Balanced Caloric Menus

7 pages in this part of The Book of a Thousand Menus.

Balanced Caloric Menus: Introduction

A calorie is a heat unit, or we might say an

Balanced Caloric Menus—Summer

Butter, 1 ball ⅓ oz. 80 A

Balanced Caloric Menus—Winter

Sliced orange, 1. 75 B C

Caloric Menus for Gaining—Summer

Cream 40%, 4 tablespoons. 240 A

Caloric Menus for Gaining—Winter

Buckwheat cakes, 3 large. 300 A

Reducing Caloric Menus—Summer

Whole wheat toast, 2 slices, 4x4x4 70 A B

Reducing Caloric Menus—Winter

Stewed prunes, 6 small (no sugar) 150 B C

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