Scientific Feeding

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