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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With Meat, for Reducing—Summer: Week Five

MONDAY

Breakfast

Fresh fruit

Glass of milk

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Corn on the cob

Sliced tomatoes

Dinner

Cold tongue

Spinach

Summer squash

Salad: Lettuce heart and tomatoes (plain)

Melon

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Berries (plain)

Bran with milk (no sugar)

Lunch

Soft boiled eggs (two)

Cauliflower

Bran muffins (one)

Radishes

Dinner

Stewed lamb, unthickened gravy

Stewed tomatoes and onions Mashed turnips or squash

Salad: Cucumber and watercress (plain)

Pineapple whip

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit

Bran muffins

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Egg omelet with chopped parsley

String beans

Salad: Cucumbers (plain)

Buttermilk

Dinner

Broiled chicken (no gravy)

Carrots and peas

Salad: Lettuce, cucumber and tomato salad (no oil)

Honeydew melon or lemon ice

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Lunch

Spinach with poached eggs (one)

Carrots

Radishes

Plums

Buttermilk

Dinner

Broiled veal cutlet

Beet greens

String beans

Salad: Sliced tomatoes and radishes

Raspberries (plain)

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Sliced oranges (no sugar)

Lunch

Scrambled eggs with chives

Peas

Radishes

Fruit salad

Dinner

Crab meat salad on shredded lettuce

String beans

Corn on the cob

Salad: Lettuce heart (plain)

Fruit cup

SATURDAY alio odat

Breakfast

Melon biqat gniqob botovihui

Lunch

Omelet, plain

Watercress

Plums

Buttermilk

Dinner

Roasted short ribs of beef, horseradish sauce

Boiled onions

Carrots

Salad: Celery cabbage, chopped apples and cucumbers, cottage cheese dressing

Fresh fruit

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Melon

Berry bran muffins (two)

Kaffee Hag

Dinner

Roast chicken (no dressing)

Brussels sprouts

String beans

Salad: Combination vegetable, salt and lemon or grapefruit juice dressing

Pineapple gelatin served with shredded pineapple Supper

Watermelon

A reminder: Those who are reducing should take oils and fats sparingly. Those who wish to reduce quickly should omit these foods entirely for a month or two. Sweetening is also contraindicated during rapid reduction.

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