CHAPTER VI.
MENUS FOR DINNER.

Select menus suitable for the season of the year. In the spring-time use more of eggs, lamb, fish, green peas, spring chicken and egg-foods in the form of pancakes, omelets and puddings. During the summer eat very little meat. Use nuts, fish, eggs and milk foods. As the weather gets colder use more protein foods and carbohydrates. During the winter use a larger amount of dried legumes, nuts and meats, and more fatty foods. Add fruits and vegetables which are in season.

1. Apple salad with lettuce and broiled steak, shredded wheat with butter.

2. Cream of pea soup. Beef or roast pork with potato dumplings, stewed prunes.

3. Broiled chops with young peas and creamed potatoes. Oranges.

4. Tomato salad with lettuce. Veal with mushrooms and rice. Toast and coffee.

5. Cream of tomato soup. Veal chops with peas, stewed prunes.

6. Broth with egg. Spinach, hard eggs, tongue. Grapes or oranges.

7. Sweet potatoes with roast beef, tomato puree, celery. Black toast with coffee.

8. Apple salad with watercress, fish with shredded wheat or bread and butter.

9. Tomato jelly salad. Beef croquettes with tomato sauce and rice, celery.

10. Cream of potato soup. Cold beef with stewed prunes, bread and butter.

11. Bean soup. Cabbage or sprouts with mutton, bread and butter.

12. Raw oysters with lemon and apple salad, whole wheat bread and butter, celery.

13. Boiled veal or mutton with caper sauce and stuffed peppers, celery.

14. Barley soup with cracker. Roast duck with apple stuffing. Grapes or oranges.

15. Macaroni with grated cold cheese and lettuce salad.

16. Rice with grated cold cheese and lettuce salad.

17. Baked fish, boiled potatoes with parsley. Black toast with butter and coffee.

18. Meat soup with bread and butter. Fish salad. Apples or oranges.

19. Clam chowder. Omelet with lettuce and fruit sauce.

20. Pea soup with fried bread. Roast goose with apple sauce.

21. Baked potatoes with kidney stew. Black toast with butter.

22. Potato salad with lettuce and fish, black crusts.

23. Apple salad. Roast chicken with cranberry sauce. Steamed pudding with wine sauce.

24. Rice or barley soup with crackers. Corned beef with cabbage and creamed potatoes.

25. Tomato or apple salad with lettuce. Nuts.

26. Rice with tomato sauce. Nuts.

27. Rice with almond butter. Almonds.

28. Banana salad with rye nuts and lettuce. Nuts.

29. Pineapple salad with lettuce. Nuts.

30. Beef or fruit soup. Macaroni with cream.

31. Apple salad with lettuce, smoked eel with black bread.

32. Corned beef, boiled eggs, potatoes and cabbage.

33. Knorr’s pea soup with crackers. Stuffed peppers.

34. Roast pork ribs with apple filling. Oranges, black bread with butter, coffee.

35. Meat croquettes, beets, black bread and butter.

36. Roast chicken with sprouts. Cranberry sauce. Steamed rice pudding.

37. Green peas with dumplings and fried bacon, celery.

38. Tripe with tomato sauce and sprouts, triscuit with butter.

39. Apple salad with blood sausage, bread and butter.

40. Tomato salad with lettuce and fish, bread and butter.

41. Lamb stew with dumplings and green peas.

42. Lettuce salad. Mashed carrots and baked beans with lemon.

43. Pork with sauerkraut and dumplings.

44. Raw carrots and lettuce salad. Pork and lentils.

45. Beefsteak with eggs and potatoes, celery.

46. Pea soup with crackers. Fish with apple salad, celery.

47. Rice with frankfurters. Nuts.

48. Sour roast with potato dumplings and lettuce salad. Stewed prunes.

49. Broth with egg. Apple salad with onions and lettuce, pork chops.

50. Pea soup with toast. Fish with apple rice. Black coffee and crusts.

51. Apple salad with onions and lettuce, liver sausage, black bread.

52. Milk soup. Plum pudding with brandy sauce, celery.

53. Game or pork with sauerkraut and potato dumplings.

54. Tongue with mushroom sauce and baked potatoes. Crusts and coffee.

55. Apple salad with cottage cheese, olives, bread and butter.

56. Boiled beef with string beans, steamed potatoes with white sauce.

57. Baked oatmeal with cranberry sauce and celery.

58. Carrot salad with lettuce. Lima beans with cold pork. Oranges.

59. Fish with potato salad and black crusts. Grapes.

60. Roast mutton with peas and baked potatoes, celery.

61. Bean soup with raw carrots, bread and butter.

62. Barley soup with soda crackers. Swiss cheese and apple salad.

63. Lettuce salad with omelet and stewed prunes or cranberries.

64. Tomato and lettuce salad with pork tenderloin. Oranges, bread and butter.

65. Mashed carrots or beets with lemon, and fat or lean pork. Green grapes.

66. Pea soup with fried bread. Calves’ liver with apple salad.

67. Lentil soup with fried bread. Codfish balls with apple sauce.

68. Rice and tomato soup. Boiled beef with horse-radish sauce and cabbage.

69. Milk soup. Bologna, toast and butter.

70. Salad of tomatoes or apple with mayonnaise dressing. Roasted chestnuts.

71. Calves’ tongue with mushroom sauce and rice. Crackers with butter.

72. Lettuce salad. Fried eggplant with lemon and beefsteak, string beans.

73. Blue or white cabbage with cold or warm roast pork and baked potatoes or apples.

74. Cabbage rolls with potatoes and white sauce. Bread pudding.

75. Raw sweet corn and tomato salad with French dressing. Bread and butter.

76. Chicken soup with rice. Roast chicken with stuffed apples and cranberry compote, celery.

77. Green pea soup with fried bread. Breaded sour goose with potatoes and apple sauce.

78. Bean soup with cream. Apple dumplings with lemon sauce.

79. Celery and apple salad with mayonnaise dressing. Baked squash with lemon and beefsteak. Grapes.

80. Boiled cabbage with egg dressing. Bread pudding with stewed prunes or fruit sauce.

81. Apple and pineapple salad with whipped cream. Almonds and raisins.

82. Apples and lettuce salad. Buckwheat pancakes with syrup dressing. Nuts.

83. Corn bread, 3 to 6 ounces of canned strained tomato juice. Nuts.

84. Cream of corn soup with black crusts. Nuts.

85. Potato salad with cottage cheese and lettuce.

86. Boiled or steamed bread pudding with tomato sauce or fruit sauce.

87. Lentils with onions. Apple bread pudding, black coffee.

88. Tomato soup with crackers. Warm pop corn or roasted chestnuts.

89. Fresh codfish with horse-radish sauce and boiled potatoes. Black bread with butter.

90. Peanut roast with tomato sauce and celery.

91. Polenta with apricot or cranberry sauce and cheese.

92. Boiled whole wheat with butter or hot cream and cucumbers. Nuts.

93. Baked rolled oats with cranberry sauce, celery.

94. Smoked goose breast with apple salad and black bread.

95. String bean soup. Lima beans or cow beans with bacon. Oranges.

96. Asparagus salad. Spring lamb with caper sauce, bread and butter.

97. Cherry soup. German pancakes with lettuce and syrup dressing.

98. Blackberry soup. Cereal or bread omelet with lettuce and syrup dressing.

99. Milk soup with sago. German pancakes with gooseberry compote.

100. Wine soup with wafers. Fish-pudding with apple sauce.

101. Milk soup with buckwheat groats. Boiled fish with potatoes and currant sauce.

102. Plum soup with zwieback. Steamed or plain bread pudding.

103. Bread soup with apples. Liver pudding with tomato puree.

104. Celery-root salad with crusts. Plum pudding with wine sauce.

105. Bran or bread soup. Apple salad with grated cheese.

106. Milk or huckleberry soup. Unleavened apple pancakes.

107. Clabber milk with cream and grapenuts or stale bread. Nuts if desired.

108. Corn bread with apple salad and lettuce. Nuts.

109. Plain milk rice with currants. Nuts.

110. Oatmeal soup. Ham with kale and fried potatoes.

111. Bread dumplings with stewed prunes or pears, celery.

112. Fried herring with potato salad. Apple-bread pudding.

113. Buttermilk soup with dried fruit. Nuts if desired.

114. Meat cakes with mashed carrots or beets and lettuce salad.

115. Peas with codfish, butter and bread.

116. Vegetable pudding with tomato puree and yellow dock.

117. Bread fritters with lettuce and syrup dressing or stewed prunes.

118. Baked oats or barley with bologna. Nuts if desired.

119. Whole wheat or rice with bologna. Nuts if desired.

120. Plum salad with raw rolled rye or wheat. Walnuts.

121. String bean salad. Fish pudding with tomato puree or apple sauce, celery.

122. Salisbury steak with fried parsnip and lettuce salad.

123. Steamed mashed pumpkin with pickled tongue or corned beef. Black bread with butter.

124. Watercress salad. Pork tenderloin with tomato puree and roasted yellow turnips.

125. Lettuce salad with mayonnaise dressing. Apple or tomato rice with fish or boiled beef.

126. Lettuce or celery salad with mayonnaise dressing. Currant or cherry rice with fried eggs.

127. Asparagus with cream sauce and cold boiled ham and bread.

128. Empire salad. Bread pudding with wine sauce.

129. Kidney soup with rice and egg. Cooked celery-roots and kidney hash on toast.

130. Huckleberry soup with white of egg. Roman meal cakes with lettuce and syrup dressing.

131. Dried cherry soup with zwieback. Steamed or baked rice pudding with lettuce and syrup dressing.

132. Barley soup with prunes. Cold sliced beef with mustard sauce and string beans.

133. Asparagus salad. Broiled chicken with tomato puree, triscuit with butter.

134. Blackberries with one glass of rich milk and bananas. Nuts if desired.

135. Banana and apple salad with lettuce, French or mayonnaise dressing. Nuts.

136. Tomato and cucumber salad with lettuce, French or mayonnaise dressing. Fish with bread and butter.

137. Watercress salad with French dressing. Veal stew with mushrooms and rice.

138. Cabbage salad with mayonnaise dressing. Hard boiled eggs with whole wheat bread and butter.

139. Kidney soup with rice. Brown kidney stew on toast with asparagus.

140. Noodle soup. Boiled brisket with horse-radish sauce, bread and butter.

141. Bread soup with cream. Cold sliced boiled meat with string beans, triscuit with butter.

142. Cherry soup. Corn meal pudding with lemon sauce.

143. String bean soup. Fried left-over pudding with fruit sauce.

144. Blue fish with steamed potatoes, parsley and butter. Apple-bread pudding.

145. Spinach with egg. Fried fish with crust-potatoes and apple sauce. Oranges, toast with butter, black unsweetened coffee.

146. Green pea soup with fried bread. Pickled tongue with fried parsnips and lettuce salad. Green grapes.

147. Fish croquettes with apple salad. Steamed rice pudding with wine sauce. Black unsweetened coffee.

148. Apple snow on leaves of lettuce. Boiled white fish with drawn butter sauce and steamed potatoes, Roman meal cakes with apple sauce. Black unsweetened coffee.

149. Stuffed tomatoes with lettuce. Plum pudding with butter sauce, celery. Black coffee.

150. Lettuce and apple salad with grated Swiss cheese. Pumpkin pie with black coffee.

151. Artichokes with mayonnaise dressing. Broiled steak with baked potatoes and sprouts. Blue or red grapes.

152. Rice and tomato soup. Fillet of beef with mashed potatoes and stewed dried mushrooms. Apple tart with black unsweetened coffee.

153. Creamed onions. Fried chicken with cranberry compote and endive salad. Triscuit with butter, black unsweetened coffee.

154. Tomato and celery salad with mayonnaise dressing. Baked beans with lemon. Boston brown bread, coffee.

155. Apple sago with whites of egg and cream. Baked white fish with lemon and creamed potatoes. Apple pudding, black coffee.

156. Cantaloupe with lemon. Sliced bananas with whipped cream. Pecan or almond nuts.

157. Green pea broth with crackers and butter. Fried oysters with sauerkraut, bread and butter. Apple fritters with black unsweetened coffee.

158. Tomato and lettuce salad. Navy or butter beans with carrot puree and fried beachnut bacon. Toast with butter and black unsweetened coffee.

159. Broth with egg and crackers with butter. Macaroni and cheese with sprouts. Tomato gelatine.

160. Eggs with spinach and buttered toast. Cherry pie with black unsweetened coffee. Oranges.

161. Tomato puree and cabbage rolls with fried parsnips. Fruit gelatine.

162. Banana and date salad with lettuce. Pecans.

163. Barley soup. Baked fish and potato puree. Fried black toast with butter and unsweetened coffee.

164. Veal broth with sago. Veal with bread dressing, stewed prunes or rhubarb. Black coffee.

165. Watermelon. Meat croquettes with mashed or pickled beets, celery.

166. Cherries, apricot and lettuce salad. Nuts.

167. Cream of tomato soup. Corn bread with spinach and boiled eggs. Baked apples in gelatine.

168. Cream of celery soup. Cold boiled beef with olives and endive salad. Bread pudding with wine or fruit sauce.

169. Cream of potato soup. Smoked eel with apple and lettuce salad. Oranges, black toast and black unsweetened coffee.