The Book of a Thousand Menus

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Meatless, for Reducing—Summer: Week Four

MONDAY

Breakfast

Dish of berries

Glass of milk

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Ry-Krisp

Salad: Romaine and cucumber salad

Buttermilk

Dinner

Beet greens

Asparagus

Salad: Lettuce heart and sliced tomato

Raspberries

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Two Triscuits

Glass of milk or buttermilk

Lunch

String beans

Summer squash

Orange ice

Dinner

Corn on the cob

Beet greens

Salad: Lettuce and cucumber

Cottage cheese with chives

Berries

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Blackberries

Bran with milk (no sugar)

Kaffee Hag or cereal coffee

Lunch

Watermelon or cantaloupe

Dinner

Greens (spinach or dandelion) with two coddled eggs

Asparagus

Salad: Combination vegetable

Fresh fruit gelatin

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Blueberries

Two bran muffins

Milk or Sanka

Lunch

Muskmelon

Carrots and peas

Buttermilk

Dinner

Beet greens

Asparagus

Radishes

Salad: Romaine and tomato

Fresh fruit cup

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Bran with milk (no sugar)

Kaffee Hag or cereal coffee

Lunch

Green peas

Two Triscuits

Blueberries

Buttermilk

Dinner

Corn on the cob

Boiled new cabbage and onions

Salad: Lettuce hearts and cucumbers

Radishes

Cup custard

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Muskmelon

Bran biscuits (two)

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Triscuit (one)

Sliced cucumbers

Dish of berries

Dinner

Pecan nut meats, small portion

New cabbage cooked with apples Beet greens or spinach

Salad: Cucumbers

Fresh fruit

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Carrot and bran biscuits (two)

Glass of milk or Kaffee Hag

Dinner

Eggs a la King

Asparagus

Carrots and peas

Salad: Lettuce and fruit, fruit juice dressing (no sugar)

Orange ice

Supper

Tomato bisque

Bran biscuits (two)

Radishes

Fruit gelatin

Another reducing plan is to take melons once a day; juicy fruit once a day; and succulent vegetables once a day.

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