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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—Winter

SUNDAY

Breakfast

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

Triscuits, 2 70 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.).. 40 A

Coffee, ½ cup. 00

Milk (hot), ½ cup. 80 A B

340

Dinner

Roast lamb, 2 slices, 5x3x¼ 300 A B

Peas, 2 tablespoons 80 A B C

Carrots, 2 tablespoons. 40 A B C

Salad:

Romaine, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Pear, ½ large (canned), 3 oz. 50 B

Mayonnaise, 1 dessert spoonful. 50

530

Supper

Poached egg, 1. 75 A B

Rye toast, 1 slice ¼ inch thick 35 A B

Butter, ½ ball 40 A

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Malaga grapes, 6. 27 B C

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

Orange, sliced, 1½ (3½ oz.)..... 37 B C

Fruit juice dressing, 3 teaspoons 25 C

329

Total calories for the day. 1199

MONDAY

Breakfast

Baked apple, medium (no sugar),

5 oz. 100 A B C

Whole wheat toast, 1 slice

(4x4x2) 70 A B

Butter, 1½ ball (% oz.) 40 A

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

330

Lunch

Cold lamb, 2 slices (13x3x4) 100 A B

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Grated raw carrots, 1 tablespoon 20 A B C

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

230

Dinner

Omelet, ⅓ of 3 egg size 100 A B

Brussels sprouts, buttered, 2 oz. 50 A B C

Salad:

Cabbage, ¼ cup shredded. 40 A B C

Celery chopped, ½ cup. 10 B

Pineapple, 1 slice. 80 C

French dressing made with

lemon juice, 1 tablespoon. 100

Sliced orange, 1 (7 oz.), no sugar 75 B C

1015

455

Total calories for the day.

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Sliced orange, 1 (7 oz.), no sugar 75 B C

Rye toast, 1 slice ¼ inch thick 35 A B

Butter, ½ ball (½ oz.) 40 A

Kaffee Hag, Postum or Sanka. 00

Cream 20%, 3 tablespoons. 90 A

240

Lunch

Coddled egg, 1. 75 A B

Stewed parsnips, 3 oz. 55 A B

Celery, 2 stalks, about. 20 B

Fresh pear, 1, about. 75

225

Dinner

Lamb chop, broiled (large)...... 300 A B

Peas, 4 tablespoons. 160 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce hearts, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Mayonnaise dressing, 1 table-

spoon 100

Baked apple (no sugar), 5 oz. 75 A B C

Total calories for the day. 1110

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Grape fruit, ½.. 100 B C

Corn bread, 3x2x4 inches. 100 A B

Butter, ½ ball (% oz.). 40 A

240

Lunch

Broiled calves' liver, 1 slice (scant

3 oz.) 100 A B C

Carrots, 2 tablespoons. 40 A B C

Peas, 2 tablespoons. 80 A B C

Celery, 2 stalks, about. 20 B

240

Dinner

Roast beef, 1 slice 5x3x½ inches. 300 A B

Clear juice, 2 tablespoons. 10 B

Boiled beets, medium, 2. 50 A B C

Brussels sprouts, creamed, 2 oz. 50 A B C

Salad:

Pear (canned), 1, 4 oz. 75 B

Romaine, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Celery chopped, ½ cup 10 B

Russian dressing, 1 tablespoon. 100

1085

605

Total calories for the day.

THURSDAY

Breakfast

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

Kaffee Hag or Postum, 1 cup. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

270

Lunch

Eggs, coddled, 2. 150 A B

Spinach, ½ cup 30 A B C

Whole wheat bread, 1 slice. 70 A B

Salad:

Lettuce hearts, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Lemon juice for dressing. 00

260

Dinner

Lamb chop broiled, 1 large. 300 A B

String beans, 1 cup. 40 A B C

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Cooked beets, chopped, 2 small. 50 A B C

Grated raw carrots, 1 tablespoon 20 A B C

Mayonnaise dressing, 1 table-

spoon 100

1050

520

Total calories for the day.

FRIDAY

V

Breakfast

Sliced orange, 1, 7 oz. 75 B C

Whole wheat muffin, 1, 2 oz. scant 125 A B

Butter, ½ ball (½ oz.) 40 A

Kaffee Hag or Postum. 00

Cream 40%, 2 tablespoons. 120 A

360

Lunch

Sardines, 3 oz. in tomato sauce. 150 A B

Lemon juice 00

Stewed tomato, 4 oz. 80 A B C

Rye bread, 1 slice ¼ inch thick 35 A B

Lettuce hearts (no dressing)..... 10 A B C

275

Dinner

Sole, Filet, broiled, 6 oz. 100 B

Tomato sauce, 2 tablespoons. 35 A B C

Vegetable combination salad:

Carrots, 2 tablespoons 45 A B C

Peas, ¼ cup. 57 A B C

Mushrooms, ¼ lb 45

Butter sauce, 1 tablespoon. 100 A

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Pineapple, ½ slice 40 C

Apple, ¼ 25 A B C

White grapes, 2 oz. 40 B C

Cream dressing, 1 dessert spoon-

ful 50 A B

1182

547

Total calories for the day.

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit, ½ (7/½ oz.)..... 100 B C

Corn bread, 1 slice 3x2x4 inches. 100 A B

Butter, ½ ball (% oz.).. 40 A

240

Lunch

Baked potato, 1 (3½ oz.). 100 A B C

Butter, ½ ball (½ oz.) 40 A

Salad:

Lettuce, 2 oz. 10 A B C

Celery, ½ cup chopped. 10 B

Apple, 1 small chopped. 75 A B C

Mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon. 100

335

Dinner

Boiled tongue, 3 slices. 275 A B

Spinach, buttered, 5 oz. 85 A B

Boiled beets, 2 medium. 50 A B C

Salad:

Shredded cabbage, ¼ cup. 40 A B C

Mayonnaise, ½ tablespoon 50

500

Total calories for the day.

1075

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