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With Meat, to Gain Weight—Summer: Week Two

MONDAY

Breakfast

Sliced bananas with strawberries

Cream

Graham toast

Coddled eggs

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Creamed onion soup

Graham bread

Baked potatoes

String beans

Radishes

Fruit cup

Dinner

Cold cuts

Boiled new potatoes

Corn on the cob

Salad: Cucumber, tomato and watercress, French dressing

Raspberry mousse

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Blueberries with cream

Graham muffins

Milk, cocoa or cereal coffee

Lunch

Mutton broth

Whole wheat bread, butter

Fresh lima beans and corn (succotash)

Radishes

Fresh apricots

Iced cocoa or milk

Dinner

Plain omelet served with thin strips of crisp bacon

Butter beans Creamed Brussels sprouts

Salad: Shredded cabbage, sliced green pepper and cucumbers, mayonnaise dressing

Frozen banana custard with whipped cream

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Grapes

Whole wheat raisin bread, toasted

Milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Corn on the cob

Creamed Brussels sprouts

Salad: Sliced tomatoes, French dressing

Raspberries with cream

Dinner

Roast chicken

Boiled new potatoes

Buttered onions

Salad: Watercress and tomato, Thousand Island dressing

Bavarian cream

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Cream of wheat with cream

Whole wheat toast, butter

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Chicken giblet soup with noodles

Watermelon

Dinner

Baked chicken croquettes in nests of mashed potatoes, garnished with watercress

Corn on the cob

Creamed Brussels sprouts

Salad:

Lettuce, tomato and cucumber, mayonnaise dressing

Vanilla blanc-mange with sliced peaches

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Strawberries, puffed rice and cream Graham muffins Milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Fruit soup, hot or cold

Wheatsworth crackers

Corn on the cob

Stewed tomatoes

Salad: Sliced cucumbers, oil and lemon juice dressing Fresh fruit

Angel food cake

Dinner

Broiled bluefish

Boiled new potatoes

Buttered onions New cabbage, buttered

Salad: Tomatoes and watercress, Chiffonade salad dressing Chocolate bread pudding

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Farina mold (cold) with berries and cream English graham muffins

Kaffee Hag or cereal coffee

Lunch

Lettuce and cucumber salad, French dressing Red raspberry shortcake with cream Dinner

Broiled steak, dressed with butter and parsley Boiled new potatoes Cauliflower Salad: Lettuce, tomatoes and green pepper, creamed horseradish salad dressing

Cup custard

Iced cocoa or Sanka

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Cantaloupe

Dates

Whole wheat muffins

Boiled eggs

Milk or cereal coffee

Dinner

Roast lamb, mint jelly

Small new potatoes and green peas cooked together Corn on the cob

Salad: Watercress and kidney beans, Indian or French salad dressing

Banana cream sherbet

Kaffee Hag

Supper

Jellied beef bouillon (cold)

Sandwiches of rye bread, butter, lettuce, pimento cream cheese and shredded green peppers

Green peas

Berries and cream

Many who are trying to add poundage make the mistake of exercising more than necessary.

In many instances it is the excessive exercise that keeps them thin. Reasonable exercise is good, but in gaining weight do not go to extremes.

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