From American Cookery magazine, June-July 1920. Note that this was pre-A/C.
Breakfast. Boiled
rice, thin cream. Shirred eggs,
popovers. Raspberries. Coffee.
Dinner. Cream of
lettuce soup, croutons. Roast veal,
bread dressing, new potatoes. Sliced
tomatoes, stringless beans. Strawberry
shortcake. Coffee.
Supper. Monte Cristo
salad, toasted muffins, sliced pineapple.
Cocoa.
Breakfast. Bananas,
toasted corn lakes, thin cream.
Scrambled eggs, dry toast.
Doughnuts, coffee.
Luncheon. Mock
scallop of crabs, baking powder biscuit.
Pineapple sponge, boiled custard.
Tea.
Dinner. Veal
croquettes, minted peas with lettuce.
Baked new potatoes, macaroni
Italien. Cherry pie, cheese. Tea or coffee.
Breakfast.
Blackberries, cream of wheat, top milk.
Broiled fresh mackerel, potatoes hashed in milk. Yeast rolls.
Coffee.
Luncheon. Chicken
loaf, entire wheat muffins. Coronado
Beach salad, toasted crackers. Cocoa.
Dinner. Roast beef,
Franconia potatoes. Spinach, buttered
beets, horseradish sauce. Almond
jumbles, banana sponge. Tea or coffee.
Breakfast. Stewed
dried peaches. Gluten grits, toast. Veal hash with green peppers, coffee
rolls. Coffee.
Luncheon. Chicken and
spinach soup, rye muffins. Baked
custard, pistachio layer cake.
Dinner. Clear tomato
soup, croutons. Cold roast beef,
potatoes maître d’hotel, new onions buttered.
Romaine salad. Fruit cup,
cookies. Iced tea.
Breakfast.
Raspberries, Quaker Oats, cream.
Omelet Creole, hashed brown potatoes.
White mountain muffins. Coffee.
Luncheon. Tripe birds
with tomato sauce. Blueberry pie, cream
cheese. Tea.
Dinner. Cream of
string bean soup. Broiled lamb chops,
green peas. New turnips in cream,
Delmonico potatoes. California lettuce,
French dressing. Gooseberry tarts. Tea or coffee.
Breakfast. Sliced
pineapple. Broiled halibut, toasted
brown bread, baked potatoes. Currant
buns. Coffee.
Luncheon.
Lettuce-and-egg salad, pulled bread.
Red raspberry shortcake. Cocoa.
Dinner. Clam broth,
whipped cream. Boiled lobster (cold),
salad rolls, Philadelphia relish. Peach
pie. Iced coffee.
Breakfast.
Blueberries, milk, yeast rolls. Fish cakes, broiled bacon. Popovers.
Coffee.
Luncheon. Lobster
Newburg, blueberry muffins. Griddle
cakes and syrup. Tea.
Dinner. Beef balls
and brown sauce with vegetables in cubes (onions, carrots, turnips). Tomatoes, French dressing. Bread-and-butter pudding, hard sauce. Tea or coffee.
All made from scratch, too, using a stove with a tiny oven.
ReplyDeleteActually, it looks far healthier than the recipes in the ship's cookbook my grandfather had from when he worked on a sailing ship pre WWI. Recipes went something like: gently fry a dozen eggs in a pound of butter. I've never seen recipes with so much fat, salt and sugar.