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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Meatless, to Gain Weight—Summer: Week Three

MONDAY

Breakfast

Jastires

Puffed rice and berries with cream Whole wheat raisin bread toast, buttered Milk or cocoa

Lunch

Poached eggs on spinach Rye bread and butter Salad: Cucumbers and tomato, oil dressing Charlotte Russe

Dinner remia

Baked potato Boiled new cabbage Butter beans Salad: Lettuce and celery root, mayonnaise dressing Peach cup

Milk or cocoa

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Dates

Whole wheat muffins

Milk, buttermilk or cocoa

Lunch

Creamed asparagus soup

Graham bread

Corn on the cob

Cole slaw, Thousand Island dressing Cup custard

Dinner

Macaroni and cheese

Spinach

String beans

Salad: Endive or lettuce and cucumber, mayonnaise dressing

Prune whip

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Berries with cream

Graham muffins

Milk or cocoa

Lunch

Creamed tomato soup

Butter beans

Graham bread

Lettuce with cottage cheese

Honeydew melon

Dinner

Boiled potatoes with butter and chopped parsley

Boiled onions, creamed

Corn on the cob

Watercress

Radishes

Red raspberries with ice cream

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Dates or raisins

Whole wheat toast with butter

Milk, cocoa or buttermilk

Lunch

Baked green peppers stuffed with cooked spaghetti, chopped onions and cheese, white sauce

Boiled new cabbage (plain) Radishes

Olives

Chocolate cornstarch with cream

Dinner

Eggs baked in rice nests

Tomato sauce

Beet greens

Kohlrabi

Salad: Lettuce, tomato and cucumber, French dressing

Cereal coffee jelly with cream

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Berries with cream

Corn muffins with butter

Milk

Lunch

Creamed potato soup, drop dumplings

Boiled new cabbage

Lima beans

Radishes

Prune whip

Dinner

Beet greens garnished with hard boiled eggs

Stuffed baked potatoes Creamed carrots and peas

Salad: Lettuce and Avocado, French dressing

Apple delight

Milk or cocoa

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Melon with dates or figs

Rye or graham toast, buttered

Milk or buttermilk

Lunch

Baked potato

Fresh lima beans Cauliflower

Radishes

Fresh fruit

Dinner

Eggs a la King with mushrooms

Asparagus

Buttered beets

Salad: Cucumber and tomato, mayonnaise dressing

Banana fluff

Iced cocoa

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Raspberries with cream

Rice waffles with butter, honey or maple syrup Milk or cocoa

Dinner

Macaroni and cheese

Potato fluff with mushrooms

String beans

Cauliflower

Salad: Lettuce hearts, mayonnaise dressing Banana cream sherbet

Supper

Creamed asparagus soup

Plain omelet

Peas

Rye or graham bread

Fruit cocktail

Milk helps to increase the weight but there are many who do not relish fresh milk nor do they care for the naturally clabbered milk. They can make a very nice milk product by taking fresh milk and adding enough lemon juice to thicken the milk, which occurs through curdling.

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