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 Four

MONDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Lunch

Plain omelet

Lettuce heart (plain)

Peach or plum

Buttermilk

Dinner

Baked lamb croquettes, chopped parsley

Corn on the cob

Boiled onions or peas

Fruit gelatin

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Berries (plain)

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar)

Lunch

Two thin slices whole wheat toast, very scantily buttered

Coddled eggs (one)

Green peas

Radishes

Buttermilk

Dinner

Broiled steak

Asparagus

Beet greens or mustard greens

Salad: Lettuce heart and tomatoes (no oil)

Honeydew melon

WEDNESDAY

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Cantaloupe

Lunch

Two poached eggs on spinach String beans

Lettuce heart (plain)

Buttermilk

Dinner

Roast chicken (no dressing)

Carrots Turnips

Salad: Watercress and sliced tomatoes (no oil) Berries or sliced peaches (plain) THURSDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit (no sugar)

Lunch

Corn on the cob, small amount of butter Fruit salad

Iced Sanka or buttermilk

Dinner

Chicken giblet soup

Omelet with mushrooms and minced chicken Okra and tomatoes

Salad: Endive or tomatoes and cucumbers Berries (plain)

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Peaches (plain)

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar) Lunch

Poached egg (whole wheat bread, one slice) Carrots and peas

Radishes

Buttermilk

Dinner

Broiled white fish

Beet greens or kale

Corn on the cob

Salad: Cucumber and tomatoes (no oil) Pineapple jelly served with pineapple juice SATURDAY

Breakfast

Berries (plain)

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar) Lunch

Spinach with hard boiled eggs (one) Summer squash

Radishes

Buttermilk

Dinner

Pan broiled veal cutlet, chopped parsley Green peas

White turnips

Salad: Cucumber and watercress or endive (plain) Cantaloupe or lemon ice

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Blueberry bran muffins

Kaffee Hag

Dinner

Boiled tongue

Beet greens

String beans

Salad: Sliced tomatoes

Radishes

Cherry ice

Supper

Watermelon

Nuts are mentioned in these menus. Those who are reducing should not eat more than one ounce of nut meats at a time, for the nuts are so nourishing that large portions will prevent the loss of weight.

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