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.
The following menus are arranged to show combinations of food, and how great a variety can be selected from a restricted diet.
After an acute attack, give the patient only milk and milk preparations.
Breakfast seven o'clock. Two broiled chops. Peeled sliced tomato, plain.
Ten o'clock. A half pint of either buttermilk or sweet milk, koumys or matzoon, taken slowly.
Twelve-thirty o'clock. Rare roasted beef, spinach, lettuce salad with French dressing, almond wafer.
Supper six p. m. Three good-sized pieces of zweiback with a half pint of hot milk, over which grate the yolks of two eggs that have been cooked thirty minutes.
Plain apollinaris or vichy water may be taken between meals.
Breakfast seven o'clock Broiled white fish. A slice of toasted gluten bread.
Dinner twelve-thirty. A bowl of clear soup. Boiled mutton, mint sauce without sugar, made simply by pounding the mint in a little vinegar. Plain boiled cauliflower. Sliced tomato with a little French dressing. Almond wafer.
Supper six p. m. Half of a broiled chicken with two whole wheat crackers which must be thoroughly masticated.
Baked apple. Two soft-boiled eggs. Two whole wheat crackers.
Clam broth. Roasted chicken. Two table-spoonfuls of boiled rice. Two tablespoonfuls of carefully-cooked spinach. An almond wafer, and an after-dinner cup of black coffee.
Toasted whole wheat crackers spread lightly with two teaspoonfuls of peanut butter, masticated thoroughly.
Just before retiring, sip slowly a half pint of hot milk.
Chopped meat, quickly broiled over a clear fire. Four tablespoonfuls of thoroughly cooked gluten, with a little milk poured over; it may be eaten with the beef.
A bowl of clear soup. A juicy broiled steak, with a baked tomato. A little finely chopped celery, with French dressing. Two almond wafers or toasted pilot bread.
A pint of carefully-baked custard without sugar. A Roman meal cracker may be masticated and eaten with the custard.
Broiled sweetbreads. A cup of clear coffee.
Clear chicken soup. The breast of a carefully-boiled chicken. Young tender peas pressed through a sieve. A little lettuce salad with French dressing. Two almond wafers. A mellow peach, or a baked apple, or a dish of stewed prunes may form the dessert.
A pint of carefully-made rice pudding.
Broiled mushrooms served on a slice of very hard-toasted bread, masticated thoroughly.
Clear soup. Roasted mutton, carefully-cooked cauliflower or Brussels sprouts, two baked onions and a small cup custard without sugar.
Either a pint of buttermilk sipped slowly, or a pint of junket eaten with two almond wafers.
 
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