Spring Menu. Wear Digestion - Nervousness Slight Eczema
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This section is from the book "Encyclopedia Of Diet. A Treatise on the Food Question", by Eugene Christian. Also available from Amazon: Encyclopedia of Diet.
Spring Menu. Wear Digestion - Nervousness Slight Eczema
The following menus for spring, summer and fall are laid out on the two-meal-a-day plan. In addition to the purposes named in the heading, they are designed to promote vitality and endurance, thus enabling one to meet the requirements of hot weather.
In order to aid the body in appropriating all the nourishment these menus contain, one should take, each day, at least one hour's vigorous exercise and deep breathing.
MENU I | MENU II | |
One or two very ripe bananas baked in a casserole dish; eat with Tunis dates and thin cream One whole egg, whipped Half a glass of milk | Peaches or cherries One whole egg Steamed wheat - well cooked; serve with thin cream A very ripe banana with Tunis dates, cream, and nuts | |
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Dinner
Two vegetables - choice of peas, beans, asparagus, onions, or beets A baked potato A very small portion of either fish or white meat of chicken
A salad
Peas in the pod (see recipe, page 679)
A white potato, baked
A small portion of icecream (optional)
One or two glasses of water should be drunk at each of the dinner meals.
If constipated, two or three table-spoonfuls of wheat bran should be taken about twice a week with both the morning and the evening meal. This could be cooked five minutes, and may be made very palatable if eaten with a spoonful of cream.
Summer Menu. Weak Digestion - Nervousness Slight Eczema
MENU I | MENU II |
Breakfast | |
(About 9:30) | |
Very ripe peaches - no sugar A cup of hot water Whole wheat, cooked very thoroughly A medium-sized baked potato, with butter | A cup of hot water One whipped egg A portion of gelatin, with cream |
Dinner | |
(About 5:30) | |
Fresh peas, and either beans or asparagus Baked potatoes or tender corn One whole egg or an omelet - Spanish style One glass of water | Two of the following vegetables - peas, beans, asparagus, boiled onions, spinach, or carrots A baked potato Half a glass of buttermilk, with one egg white whipped into it One glass of water |
Just before retiring, drink a cup of hot water, and take two tablespoonfuls of bran.
Fall Menu. Weak Digestion - Nervousness Slight Eczema
MENU I | MENU II |
Breakfast | |
A very ripe banana with soaked prunes One dessert-spoonful of nuts - choice One or two spoonfuls of steamed whole wheat Two eggs - prepared choice A glass of water | Fruit - choice Two tablespoonfuls of nuts - choice Two very ripe baked bananas, with cream and nut butter One egg One or two glasses of milk Wheat bran |
Dinner | |
Two or three fresh vegetables Tender corn A baked sweet or a white potato Junket or gelatin | Choice of two fresh vegetables A baked sweet or a white potato A salad - lettuce or celery A small portion of ice-cream |
All sweets may be omitted if they do not appeal especially to the taste, and other foods proportionately increased.
If there is a tendency toward sour stomach or intestinal gas, all fruit except bananas should be omitted.
Winter Menu. Weak Digestion - Nervousness Slight Eczema
Breakfast
(Very light)
California grapes, or the strained juice of a sweet orange
A baked sweet potato, with butter
A cup of hot water into which put a spoonful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of cream
Luncheon
Choice of the following: a Three whipped eggs. Add a tablespoonful each of sugar and lemon juice b A bowl of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of sugar A cup of hot water, with sugar and cream
Dinner
Boiled onions, and either cabbage or carrots
One egg, or an omelet
A baked potato
A cup of hot water or cocoa
If small portions of the above foods are eaten, two egg whites and one yolk may be taken at the close of the evening meal. (See recipe, Vol. Ill, p. 678). This makes an excellent dessert, delegating to the body much warmth, and aiding in the general digestion of other foods.
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