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Day's Meals

Breakfast

Fruit, fresh, dried, canned or fresh stewed.

Milk, or cocoa made with milk, for the children. Milk, cocoa, tea or coffee for adults. Milk on cereal for all the family. Cereal, frequently hot for all the family.

Bread, toast or muffins.

Butter, on bread, toast or muffins.

If a heartier meal is needed, it may be desirable to add eggs, bacon or other fat meat and potatoes, adapting the method of cooking to the children.

Doughnuts, cookies, jam, jelly, marmalade, and pancakes and sirup should be considered desserts, even at breakfast time, to be eaten only after more wholesome foods have been taken. Lunch or Supper

An egg, cheese or milk dish.

Succulent vegetable or salad.

Bread and butter.

Milk for children.

Sweets in moderation. Only light desserts such as fruit, simple pudding, and cookies should be served at supper.

The meal may be made more elaborate, if desired, but should always partake of simplicity.

Dinner

Meat or other flesh or an egg or cheese dish. Dried beans may be used if milk or eggs are provided in the meal.

Potatoes, unless dried beans, macaroni or rice are used. Another vegetable. Two vegetables (not potatoes) should be used with dried beans, macaroni or rice.

Bread and butter.

Salad may be served in addition to the meal or in the place of dessert.

Sweets in moderation. Light desserts such as plain fruit, puddings, gelatins, soufflés and whips, or heavy desserts such as pie, rich cake, cobbler, shortcake, plum pudding.

If all the milk that a person requires has not been used, the remaining amount may be served as a beverage.

If a more elaborate dinner is desired, the meal may begin with soup or an appetizer, such as a fruit cocktail or grapefruit, oysters in some form, or a canapé.

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