foods which ought to be included (see page [311]) and the artistic arrangement of the day’s meals, with roast beef as the keynote.
| Menu No. I. | Menu No. II. |
| Breakfast | Breakfast |
| Oranges | Grapes |
| Flaked wheat | Oatmeal |
| Twice baked rolls and butter | Toast with butter |
| Milk for children | Cereal café au lait for children |
| Coffee for adults | Coffee for adults |
| Luncheon | Luncheon |
| Creamed salmon on toast | Eggs au gratin |
| Peas | Stewed tomatoes |
| Graham bread and butter | Bread and butter |
| Stewed pears | Raspberry tapioca |
| Milk to drink | Cocoa |
| Dinner | Dinner |
| Clear tomato soup | Julienne soup |
| Roast beef | Roast beef |
| Mashed potatoes, string beans | Creamed macaroni, spinach |
| Cabbage salad | Celery and nut salad |
| Lemon jelly, whipped cream | Pineapple ice, lady fingers |
| Milk for children to drink | Milk for children to drink |
By a little calculation from tables giving the 100-Calorie portions of food materials[21] we can find out whether or not we have well-balanced dietaries. Let us take, for example, Menu I, and make a list of the foods required to prepare it for a family of this size.
| Food Material | 100-Calorie Portions | Total Calories | Protein Calories |
| Oranges | 2.5 | 250 | 15 |
| Flaked wheat | 5.0 | 500 | 74 |
| Rolls | 5.0 | 500 | 61 |
| Milk for children | 6.0 | 600 | 114 |
| Thin cream for cereal | 5.0 | 500 | 26 |
| Butter for rolls | 5.0 | 500 | 5 |
| Sugar for coffee | 1.0 | 100 | — |
| Creamed salmon | |||
| Salmon | 3.0 | 300 | 160 |
| Milk | 2.0 | 200 | 38 |
| Flour | 0.3 | 33 | 4 |
| Butter | 2.0 | 200 | 2 |
| Toast | 3.0 | 300 | 43 |
| Peas | 2.5 | 250 | 70 |
| Butter for peas | 1.0 | 100 | 1 |
| Graham bread | 5.0 | 500 | 68 |
| Butter for bread | 5.0 | 500 | 5 |
| Pears | 2.5 | 250 | 8 |
| Sugar for pears | 2.0 | 200 | — |
| Milk to drink | 6.0 | 600 | 114 |
| Tomato soup | |||
| Tomatoes | 0.5 | 50 | 10 |
| Butter | 2.0 | 200 | 2 |
| Flour | 0.3 | 33 | 4 |
| Roast beef | 5.0 | 500 | 138 |
| Mashed Potatoes | 5.0 | 500 | 52 |
| Milk | 1.0 | 100 | 19 |
| Butter | 1.0 | 100 | 1 |
| String beans | 0.5 | 50 | 11 |
| Butter for beans | 1.0 | 100 | 1 |
| Bread | 5.0 | 500 | 72 |
| Butter | 5.0 | 500 | 5 |
| Cabbage salad | |||
| Cabbage | 0.5 | 50 | 10 |
| Lettuce | 0.1 | 10 | — |
| Heavy cream for dressing | 2.0 | 200 | 4 |
| Lemon jelly | |||
| Gelatin | 0.5 | 50 | 50 |
| Lemon juice | 0.1 | 10 | — |
| Sugar | 4.0 | 400 | — |
| Whipped cream | |||
| Heavy cream | 3.0 | 300 | 7 |
| Milk to drink | 6.0 | 600 | 114 |
| ——— | ——— | ||
| Totals | 10,636 | 1308 |
It is evident that we have enough protein, and as a good share of it is from milk, we know that it will satisfy the children’s requirements in the best possible way. The adults will get theirs largely from the salmon and meat. Comparing this list with our first tentative one, we find that we have used in building up our dietary 21 portions of milk, 5 of cereal, 5 of fruit (not including lemon juice), 4.1 of green vegetable, 8 of meat (including salmon), 18 of bread, and 22 of butter, but no eggs. We have a good representation of the different kinds of foodstuffs, with this exception, and as the boys would need the eggs most, we could put them in for their breakfast, thus adding about 140 total Calories and 50 protein Calories. With this addition we are still slightly deficient in total energy, but to add one or two hundred Calories is a very simple matter. A second serving of potatoes, an extra roll for those whose fuel requirement is highest, or a slightly more liberal use of butter, might well solve the problem. This dietary calculation shows how the menu may help in getting a balanced diet, and how knowledge of food values can be applied as a check on the menu. If we had had fewer dishes in each meal, we should have had to plan to serve larger portions of some or all of them, or to use more freely such staples as bread, butter, and milk.
Each family must find out the kind of menu best suited to its resources. Some typical meal plans suitable for everyday use are given below.
Typical Breakfast Plans
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