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 One

MONDAY

Breakfast

Strawberries (no sugar)

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar)

Lunch

Soft boiled eggs (two)

Carrots

Bran biscuit (one)

Lettuce heart (plain)

Dinner

Broiled white fish

Asparagus

Salad: Cucumber and tomato

Berries (plain)

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Blueberries (plain)

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar)

Lunch

Summer squash

Sliced cucumbers

Bran biscuit (one)

Plums

Dinner

Stewed chicken (no floured gravy)

Mashed turnips String beans

Salad: Romaine and tomato

Honeydew melon

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar) Lunch

Tomato bouillon

Cottage cheese with chives and parsley Plums (fresh)

Dinner

Broiled lamb chops (one)

Carrots and peas

Salad: Shredded celery cabbage with cucumber and pimento

Berries (plain)

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Berries (plain)

Bran gems (one( )3( الم والاسئلة Glass of milk

Lunch

Stewed carrots

Salad: Lettuce and cottage cheese Fresh fruit

Dinner

Broiled lake trout

Peas Summer squash Salad: Romaine and tomato (plain) Melon or cantaloupe

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Bran flakes with milk (no sugar)

Lunch

Salad: Watercress and egg

Bran muffins (one)

Blackberries (plain)

Dinner

Veal stew (unthickened), vegetables (no potatoes) cooked separately

Salad: Lettuce, cucumber and tomato (plain)

Sliced peaches

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Blackberries (no sugar)

Bran bread toasted (one slice)

Glass of milk

Jogib of

Lunch

Coddled eggs (two)

String beans

Sliced tomatoes (one)

Dinner

Lamb chops (one)

Carrots and peas

Salad: Romaine and cucumber (plain)

Honeydew melon

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Muskmelon

Bran bread toasted (one slice)

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Dinner

Roast beef, natural gravy

Stewed tomatoes (fresh) and corn cut from the cob Green peas

Salad: Lettuce heart (plain)

Radishes

Sliced peaches (no sugar)

Supper

Green pea soup

Triscuit (one)

Radishes

Fresh fruit salad

Natural gravy is the unthickened liquor that results from roasting meat. It is often very fat and then it should be skimmed. If flour or starch is added the gravy is fattening, and often difficult to digest.

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