This section is from the book "Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick", by Sarah Tyson Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick.
Milk and milk foods
Milk soups
Buttermilk
Matzoon
Clabber
Junket and junket preparations
Well-cooked cereals
Vegetable gelatins with fruit juices Fresh fruits and fruit juices Nut preparations made from ground nuts Whole wheat bread Occasionally corn bread Now and then, stale white bread Carefully-cooked chicken, beef, lamb and white-fleshed fish Warm custar,ds Occasionally, ice cream
Tender green vegetables, with
French dressing Baked potatoes Potatoes, mashed and browned in the oven Eggs, lightly cooked Occasionally, soft boiled onions Summer squash Cauliflower Stewed celery
Prunes, stewed without sugar Sterilized dates Baked and stewed bananas An occasional mutton chop, broiled Rice and rice preparations Occasionally, carefully-stewed macaroni Simple desserts, as blancmange, rice pudding, fruit gelatins, cup custards, soft custards, dishes made from fruits
All sweet made dishes
Meat soups
Highly-seasoned foods
Gravies
Bread and butter and sugar
Butter highly salted
Undercooked cereals
Fried foods
All hot fats
Fat meats
Sea foods, except white fish
Cakes
Preserves
Pastry
Cream of Wheat Farina
Hominy grits Cornmeal mush Oatmeal Rolled wheat Shredded wheat Puffed rice Corn flakes
Stewed prunes
Chopped dates
Whole wheat bread, well buttered
Milk or cream, according to the cereal
Baked apples
Baked bananas
Puree of peas, beans, lentils and peanuts Baked potatoes Boiled rice
Carefully-stewed macaroni Boiled chestnuts, with cream sauce Occasionally chopped white meat of chicken Soup a la Reine Chicken boudins A little chopped mutton cake Clopps An occasional piece of broiled white fish
Eggs a la Martin Poached eggs Eggs Cardoze Eggs Jefferson Vegetables:
Stewed cucumbers Young peas
Green corn, pressed from the cob Summer squash Carefully-cooked spinach Tender lettuce, with French dressing Cooked cress Cooked kale Stewed celery Stewed grated carrots Stewed turnips with cream sauce Desserts:
Junket and junket preparations Tapioca and sago, with fruit juice Cup custards Soft custards Floating island Vegetable gelatins with fruit juice
Rice pudding and toast Poached eggs on toast Beauregard eggs Cereals Milk toast Golden toast Junkets and toast Milk soups and toast
Whole wheat bread and butter
Toasted crackers and butter
Milk crackers
Toasted pilot bread, with milk
Cornmeal mush and milk
Leban
Buttermilk and brown bread
Strong meat soups
Rich sauces
Stewed fruits with sugar
All coarse vegetables
All fried foods
Pickles
All complicated sweets, like cakes, pies., preserves and puddings Fruits and cream Crustacea
Pink-fleshed fish Oysters Clams Tea
Coffee
Chocolate
All red meats
Raw nuts, unless ground
Candies
Bread and sugar
Cookies
Sweet crackers
Foods between meals, except fruits Lemonade Soda waters All soft drinks
 
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