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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Reducing Caloric Menus—Summer

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Muskmelon, ½... 100

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

Butter, ½ ball, % oz. 40 A

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

330

Dinner

Roast chicken, ½ lb. 200 A B

Clear gravy 10 B

Corn on the cob, 1 ear. 100 A B

Spinach, buttered, 5 oz. 85 A B

Lettuce heart, no dressing, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Strawberries, scant cup. 50 C

No sugar

455

Supper

Omelet, 2 eggs. 150 A B

Salad:

Lettuce heart, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise with lemon juice for

dressing 100

Muskmelon, ½ 100

1145

360

Total calories for the day.

MONDAY

Breakfast

Casaba melon, 8 oz. 100

Triscuits, 2 70 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.) 40 A

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

330

Lunch

Kippered herring, 1½ OZ 120 A B

Sliced tomato (with salt), 1. 30 A B C

Bread, whole wheat, 1 slice

(4x4x4) 35 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.) 40 A

Tea, iced (plain). 00

225

Dinner

Sirloin steak, ¼ lb 225 A B

Mashed parsnips, 4 oz. 75 A B

String beans, 1 cup. 40 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Apple, ⅓ 25 A B C

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

Cream mayonnaise dressing, 1

tablespoon 100

555

Total calories for the day. 1110

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Peach, fresh, 1 (6 oz.) 75 B C

Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices

(4x4x4) 70 A B

Butter, ½ ball (½ oz.) 40 A

Sanka or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

305

Lunch

String beans, 1 cup. 50 A B C

Whole wheat bread, 1 slice

(4x4x4) 35 A B

Butter, ½ ball (% oz.). 40 A

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Carrots, raw, grated, 1 table-

spoon 20 A B C

Beets, cooked, chopped, 2 table-

spoons 40 A B C

French dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

295

Dinner

Sole, filet, broiled, 6 oz. 100 B

Tomato sauce, 2 tablespoons. 35 A B C

Green corn, 1 ear, small (¼ lb.).. 50 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.).. 40 A

Beets, boiled, 2 medium. 50 A B C

Salad:

Romaine, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Tomato, sliced, 1. 30 A B C

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

Muskmelon, ½ 100

515

Total calories for the day.

1115

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon, 8 oz. 100

Cereal coffee, 1 cup. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

220

Lunch

Coddled egg, 1. 75 A B

Whole wheat bread, 1 slice

(4x4x2) 70 A B

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Apple, ⅓ 25 A B C

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

White grapes, 2 oz. 40 B C

Cream dressing, 1 dessert spoon-

ful 50 A B

350

Dinner

Tongue boiled, 3 oz. 250 A B

Salad:

Cabbage shredded, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Beets, medium, 2 chopped. 50 A B C

French dressing, ½ lemon, ½ oil 100

Raspberries, large cup. 100 C

Milk, 1 oz. 20 A B

Cream 40%, 1 tablespoon. 60 A

No sugar

1160

590

Total calories for the day.

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Blackberries, ½ cup. 100 C

Whole wheat bread, ½ slice

(4x4x4) 35 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.) 40 A

Cereal coffee 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120

295

Lunch

Cold tongue, 1½ oz. (2 slices)..... 150 A B

Salad:

Romaine, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Pear, 1 small. 50 B

Grapes, 12 50 B C

Celery, ½ cup 10 B

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

370

Dinner

Lamb chop, 2 oz. 200 A B

Peas, fresh, 2½ tablespoons. 100 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce heart, plain. 10 A B C

Cantaloupe, ½ 100

1075

410

Total calories for the day.

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon, 8 oz. 100

Rye toast, 2 slices (4x4x4)...... 70 A B

Butter, ½ ball (% oz.). 40 A

Cereal coffee 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

330

Lunch

Spinach, scantily buttered, 5 oz. 85 A B B

Poached egg, 1. 75 A B

Cottage cheese (without cream), 2

tablespoons 30 B

Tomato, 1, with salt. 30 A B C

Lettuce heart, 2 oz., plain. 10 A B C

230

Dinner

Fish, broiled Blue, 4 oz. 100 B

Corn on the cob, 1 ear, small

(¼ lb.) 50 A B

Butter, ½ ball (½ oz.) 40 A

String beans, 1 cup. 40 A B C

Salad:

Celery, ½ cup 10 B

Apple, ⅓ 25 A B C

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

Cream cheese, 1½ oz. 65 A B

Mayonnaise, 1 dessert spoonful. 50

Muskmelon, 12 100

560

Total calories for the day.

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Muskmelon, 12. 100

Triscuits, 2 70 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.) 40 A

Cereal coffee (no sugar) 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

330

Lunch

Boiled cabbage, 1 cup. 20 A B C

Stewed tomatoes, 4 oz. 80 A B C

Rye bread, 1 slice. 35 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.) 40 A

Fresh peach, 1, 6 oz. 75 B C

Iced tea, plain. 00

250

Dinner

Sirloin steak, broiled, ¼ lb. 225 A B

Clear juice, 2 tablespoons. 10 B

Spinach, sparingly buttered, 5 oz. 85 A B

Salad:

Romaine, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

Pear, medium 50 B

Fruit juice, 3 tablespoons. 25 C

Honeydew melon, 8 oz. 100

1165

585

Total calories for the day.

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