This section is from the book "Food Facts For The Home-Maker", by Lucile Stimson Harvey. Also available from Amazon: Food facts for the home-maker.
7 A.M. 4 tablespoons orange juice, or juice and pulp 4 prunes 4 tablespoons oatmeal 2 slices bread 1 teaspoon butter 10 ounces milk 10 A.M. 8 ounces milk
1 cracker 1 p.m. 1 egg or small portion boiled cod or haddock
1 medium baked potato 1 1/2 tablespoons spinach
1 slice bread
1/2 teaspoonful butter
2 tablespoons junket 5.30 P.M. 4 tablespoons boiled rice
2 slices bread
1 teaspoon butter
2 tablespoons apple sauce
Milk: This is the principal article of diet.
Baked apples Apple sauce Stewed prunes Stewed peaches
Oranges Stewed pears Baked pears
Oatmeal Pettijohn Cream of wheat Wheatena . Quaker Oats
Wheat germ
Samp
Germea
Malt Breakfast Food
Farina
Ralston Cracked wheat
Hominy
White vegetables: Potato, baked Rice
Macaroni Spaghetti
Green vegetables: String beans Asparagus Lettuce Celery, stewed Carrots
Spinach Beet greens Green peas Beets Swiss chard
Bread:
Stale bread (white, whole wheat, graham, oatmeal, rye, or corn) with butter Crackers
Desserts:
Junket Cooked fruit Simple jelly
Custard Sago Cornstarch pudding
Tapioca cream Rice pudding Bread pudding Apple tapioca without raisins
Prune whip Ice cream
Protein Foods:
Eggs, soft-boiled or coddled Fresh fish (boiled) Roast chicken Boiled chicken
Mutton
Steak
Lamb (roast or chopped)
Roast beef
Soups: Beef
Creamed vegetable Mutton
Vegetable Chicken
Fats:
Butter Oleomargarine
Olive oil
 
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