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—Winter: Week Four

MONDAY

Breakfast

Fruit (raw)

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Strips crisp bacon (three)

Triscuits (two)

Lettuce heart

Apple sauce

Dinner

Chicken giblet soup

Mushroom omelet

Carrots and peas

Cole slaw

Cereal coffee jelly

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Baked apples (no sugar)

Lunch

Green peas

Cottage cheese

Bran bread (one slice)

Watercress

Postum or Sanka

Dinner

Small portion broiled beef tenderloin

Stewed onions

Spinach (plain)

Celery

Fruit gelatin

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Stewed apples

Lunch

Poached eggs (two)

Triscuit (one)

Celery

Oranges

Buttermilk

Dinner

Beef broth

Boiled lean beef

Steamed or boiled rutabaga

Salad: Endive, green pepper and cream cheese

Cherry jello

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Orange or green gage plums (canned)

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Soft boiled eggs (one) Bran bread (one slice)

Salad: Beets (cooked) and lettuce

Apples (raw)

Buttermilk

Dinner

Broiled lamb chops (one)

Mint jelly

Carrots and peas

Salad: Lettuce and tomatoes (plain)

Pear

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Apple sauce (unsweetened)

Lunch

Tomato bouillon

Spinach

Stewed apricots (unsweetened)

Dinner

Boiled fresh fish, egg sauce

Cauliflower Mashed turnip

Salad: Lettuce and celery

Lemon jello

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit

Lunch

Baked potatoes (one medium), small portion of butter

Spinach

Celery

Dinner

Beef broth

Lamb stew, plain and unthickened

Baked Spanish onions Cauliflower

Salad: Lettuce, cooked celery root and chopped pimento, cheese dressing

Baked apple (no sugar)

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Orange juice or sliced orange

Dinner

Roast turkey (no dressing)

Baked winter squash

Cranberry sauce

Celery

Pumpkin custard

Kaffee Hag or Sanka

Supper

Turkey giblet soup

Bran biscuits (one)

Stewed corn

Celery

Butter, oil and sugar are so fattening that if they are freely used it is difficult to lose weight. While reducing use these rich dressings very sparingly or omit them entirely. a

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