SAMPLE MENUS

I. BREAKFAST.

(Winter.)

Pearl barley with hot cream and French prunes. Two soda crackers.

Portion of food containing calories
Pearl barley (measured raw) ¹⁄₃ cup 450
Cream ¹⁄₂ cup 230
French prunes 5¹⁄₂ 100
Soda crackers 4 100
880

DINNER.

Tomato and lettuce salad with mayonnaise dressing. Baked beans with lemon and fat meat. Carrots.

Tomatoes 2 raw 100
Lettuce ¹⁄₄ head 10
Oil 4 tablesps. 400
Egg 1 whole 60
Beans ¹⁄₂ cup (raw) 300
Fat meat ¹⁄₄ lb. 650
Carrots 1 large 50
Lemon Juice of ¹⁄₂ 8
1578

SUPPER.

Tomato cream soup with toast and raw celery.

Butter 1 tablesp. 105
Strained tomato juice 1 cup 100
Cream ¹⁄₂ cup 230
Toast 2 small slices 75
Celery 3 stalks (raw) 25
535

II. BREAKFAST.

(Summer.)

Strawberries, two boiled eggs with shredded wheat or toast, or raw wheat flakes.

Strawberries 1 cup 60
Eggs 2 120
Shredded wheat 2 200
Butter 1 tablesp. 105
485

DINNER.

Apple and celery salad with French or mayonnaise dressing. Boiled codfish with white sauce. Bread and butter. Black unsweetened coffee.

Apple 1 large 100
Celery 2 stalks 16
Oil 4 tablesps. 400
Egg 1 60
Lemon ¹⁄₂ 8
Fish ¹⁄₃ lb. 130
Butter 2 tablesps. 200
Flour 1 tablesp. 30
Black Bread 2 large slices 200
1144

SUPPER.

Muskmelon with lemon. Creamed chipped beef on toast.

Melon ¹⁄₂ 60
Lemon Juice of ¹⁄₄ 4
Chipped beef 3 slices 50
Cream ¹⁄₂ cup 230
Toast 1 large 100
444

III. BREAKFAST.

(Summer.)

Banana, apple and lettuce salad with French or mayonnaise dressing. Stale black bread.

Apple 1 large 100
Lettuce ¹⁄₄ head 10
Banana 1 100
Oil 2 tablesps. 200
Lemon Juice of ¹⁄₄ 4
Black Bread 1 slice 100
514

DINNER.

Cream of wheat porridge with hot cream. Almonds and raisins.

Cream of wheat (raw) ¹⁄₃ cup 250
Cream 3 ounces 273
Almonds 12 large 120
Raisins 12 large 100
743

SUPPER.

Strawberries with a large glass of raw mixed milk and cream and zwieback.

Strawberries 2 cups 120
Zwieback 2 100
Cream 4 ounces 230
Milk 8 ounces 165
615

IV. BREAKFAST.

(Summer or Winter.)

Steel cut oats or wheat with butter or hot cream. Two large carrots or cucumbers.

Oats (measured raw) ¹⁄₃ cup 100
Butter 1 tablesp. 105
Carrots 2 large 100
305

LUNCH OR DINNER.

Sandwiches with butter and sliced American cheese or one-half blood or liver sausage and two apples.

Black or whole wheat bread 2 large slices 200
Butter 3 tablesps. 315
Cheese ¹⁄₄ lb. 450
Apples 2 large 100
1065

SUPPER.

Green pea soup with fried bread and stewed prunes.

Peas (measured before soaking) ¹⁄₂ cup 80
Onion 1 6
Bread 2 small slices 75
Fat for cooking and frying 4 tablesps. 400
Flour for cooking and frying 2 tablesps. 60
Prunes 6 120
741

V. BREAKFAST.

(Summer or Winter.)

Banana salad with lettuce and French dressing, grapenuts or ryenuts.

Banana 2 medium 200
Lettuce ¹⁄₄ head 10
Olive Oil 2 tablesps. 200
Lemon Juice of ¹⁄₂ 8
Grapenuts 1 tablesp. 30
448

DINNER.

Strained barley soup with prunes, beefsteak, sprouts and butter sauce, toast and black coffee.

Barley (before soaking) ¹⁄₃ cup 450
Prunes 5 100
Butter 1 teasp. 105
Beefsteak ¹⁄₄ lb. 160
Sprouts ³⁄₄ cup 30
Butter Sauce ¹⁄₂ cup 135
Toast 1 large slice 100
Butter 1 teasp. 35
1115

SUPPER.

Baked apple with cream, puffed wheat or corn flakes mixed with pieces of butter, two soft boiled eggs, one-half cup of black coffee.

Apple 1 large 100
Cream ¹⁄₄ cup 115
Puffed wheat ³⁄₄ cup 75
Butter 1 tablesp. 105
Eggs 2 120
515