Over 75 years ago...

Remember that old Cookbook I bought a couple weeks ago at an estate sale? Well, last night I was looking through it and found SO many neat recipes! I also came across a section on nutrition and meal planning as suggested in 1935. They had a weekly sample menu for each SEASON. That means they didn't suggest having a strawberry dessert in December. 


For Winter, here is the suggested meals for today (Monday):


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Breakfast-
Prunes, Cereal, 
Ham & Eggs, Toast, 
Coffee or Milk


Lunch- 
Potato Soup, Corn Fritters, 
Cole Slaw,
Milk or Tea


Dinner-
Chicken-fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, 
Spinach, Celery, 
Brown Betty (that's a dessert), 
Coffee or Milk


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Sounds pretty good no? Well, here are the suggested meals for a Saturday in Mid-Summer that got me wishing it was summer again:


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Breakfast-
Orange and Raspberry Juice, Oatmeal, 
Hashed Kippered Herring, 
Coffee Cake,
Coffee or Milk


Lunch-
Meat Pie with mashed Potato Crust,
Green Lettuce Salad,
Apple Sauce,
Oatmeal Cookies,
Tea or Iced Chocolate


Dinner-
Baked Beans, Fried Carrots, Creamed Kohlrabi,
Sliced Tomato and Lettuce Salad,
Apple Pie,
Coffee or Milk


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Lastly, here is a recipe I found in the cookbook for Egg Nog that sounded delicious (tis the season!) and I thought I'd pass it along.


Egg-Nog (1 glass):


1 egg
1/8 tsp. salt
1 T. powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 c. milk


Variation, Egg-Nog with Fruit Juice: Add 2 T. of any desired fruit juice or combination of juices to the plain egg-nog.