It will be interesting and useful for girls in school kitchens to compose menus with a view to learning how various attrac- tive meals can be served at very low cost. Examples of the results of such studies by elementary school girls are given in the series of breakfast menus which follow. BREAKFAST MENUS PREPARED AND COOKED BY PUPILS IN THE BOSTON SCHOOLS BREAKFAST MENUS Breakfast No. 1, $.55 Baked apples Rolled oats Omelet Baking-i)owder biscuit Cocoa Digitized by Google 210 SECOND YEAR Materiala and Approximate Cost (six people) Apples $.07 Oats 03 Eggs 20 Butter 10 Flour 03 MUk 10 Cocoa .02 Total $.65 Breakfast No. 2, $.62 Sliced oranges Rolled oats Hamburg steak Baked potatoes Baking-powder biscuits Coffee Materials and Approximate Cost (six people) Oranges $.05 Steak 20 Potatoes 08 Cream 08 Milk 04 Butter 10 Coffee 05 Rolled oats .05 Total $.65 Breakfast for Four People at $.55 or Less (1) (2) Cereal $.10 1 lb. grapes $.05 Pork chops 20 Cereal 10 Baking-powder biscuits and French-fried i)otatoes . .05 butter 10 Tea or cocoa 10 Tea or coffee and sugar✪ Baked Apples . .10 Poached eggs 15 Bread 05 Digitized by Google MENUS 211 (3) (4) Grapes $.05 Oatmeal $.05 Oatmeal 05 8 Eggs 20 Griddlecakes 20 Baeoa Sirup 05 Coffee and sugar Coffee 10 Bread .... Bread 05 .10 .05 .05 (6) Cocoa $.10 Bacon 15 4 eggs 15 Comcake 10 Butter . , 05 (6) Bananas and Cream . . $.10 Bread and butter . . .10 Brown bread 08 Baked beans 20 (7) Oranges $.05 Cereals 05 Lamb chops 20 Fried potatoes 05 RoUs 05 Tea, cocoa, or coffee (8) Bananas Dropped eggs on fishballs (eggs, .10 ; potatoes, $.05 .05, and fish. Bread . . 15) .10 Tea, coffee, or cocoa .30 .05 .10 (9) Cereal $.10 Hamburg 20 Comcake 10 Coffee 10 Butter 05 LUNCHEON MENUS (1) Tomato soup Tapioca cream Baking-powder bread sticks Individual cakes Coffee Digitized by Google 212 SECOND YEAR Materials and Approximate Cost (six people) Tomatoes $.12 Butter 20 Tapioca 03 Eggs .15 Coffee 08 Flour $.08 Sugar 09 Onions 01 Baking powder ; . . .02 Milk 18 Cream 15 Total $1.11 Roast chicken Rolls (2) Sponge cake Duchess potato Snow pudding Materials and Approximate Cost (Jour people) Chicken $.80 Potatoes 05 Bread 05 Gelatin 06 Sugar 12 Pork $ .05 Milk . 18 Eggs 20 Baking powder ... .01 Flour .06 Total $1.58 (3) Cream cheese on toasted crackers Jelly sandwiches Frosted cakes Cocoa (whipped cream) Peaches with cream Materials and Approximate Cost (Jour people) Cheese $.15 Bread Milk 18 Butter Crackers 05 Sugar Cocoa 05 Flour Cream 13 Jelly Peaches 15 Baking powder Total $.05 .15 .05 .03 .05 .01 $1.05 Digitized by Google MENUS 213 (4) Chicken salad Pineapple sherbet Baking-powder biscuit Chocolate cake Cocoa (whipped cream) MateriaU and Approximate Cost {six people) Fowl $1.05 Butter $.20 Celery 20 Eggs .20 Lettuce 08 Cocoa .05 Oil 20 Cream 15 .05 .03 Pineapple 22 Ice Lemons 05 Salt Sugar 20 Milk 12 Q^latin 01 Salt, mustard, pepper . .01 Total $2.82 (5) Tomato bisque Crackers Steak Cream potatoes Peas Biscuits Snow pudding Custard sauce Sponge cake Tea MateriaU and Approximate Coat (six people) Steak $.55 Potatoes 05 Tomatoes 15 Crackers 05 Lemons 13 Peas 18 Milk 18 Butter 28 Eggs .19 Total $1.76 (6) Tomato soup Macaroni Fishballs Peas Cream of tartar biscuits Banana jelly Jumbles Cocoa Digitized by Google 214 SECOND YEAR Materials and Approximate Cost (six people) Tomatoes $.10 Peas 24 Butter 26 Gelatin 07 Potatoes . . . . , 05 Cocoa 03 Lemons 05 Lard 04 MUk 08 Fish 10

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It will be interesting and useful for girls in school kitchens to compose menus with a view to learning how various attrac- tive meals can be served at very low cost. Examples of the results of such studies by elementary school girls are given in the series of breakfast menus which follow. BREAKFAST MENUS PREPARED AND COOKED BY PUPILS IN THE BOSTON SCHOOLS BREAKFAST MENUS Breakfast No. 1, $.55 Baked apples Rolled oats Omelet Baking-i)owder biscuit Cocoa Digitized by Google 210 SECOND YEAR Materiala and Approximate Cost (six people) Apples $.07 Oats 03 Eggs 20 Butter 10 Flour 03 MUk 10 Cocoa .02 Total $.65 Breakfast No. 2, $.62 Sliced oranges Rolled oats Hamburg steak Baked potatoes Baking-powder biscuits Coffee Materials and Approximate Cost (six people) Oranges $.05 Steak 20 Potatoes 08 Cream 08 Milk 04 Butter 10 Coffee 05 Rolled oats .05 Total $.65 Breakfast for Four People at $.55 or Less (1) (2) Cereal $.10 1 lb. grapes $.05 Pork chops 20 Cereal 10 Baking-powder biscuits and French-fried i)otatoes . .05 butter 10 Tea or cocoa 10 Tea or coffee and sugar . .10 Poached eggs 15 Bread 05 Digitized by Google MENUS 211 (3) (4) Grapes $.05 Oatmeal $.05 Oatmeal 05 8 Eggs 20 Griddlecakes 20 Baeoa Sirup 05 Coffee and sugar Coffee 10 Bread .... Bread 05 .10 .05 .05 (6) Cocoa $.10 Bacon 15 4 eggs 15 Comcake 10 Butter . , 05 (6) Bananas and Cream . . $.10 Bread and butter . . .10 Brown bread 08 Baked beans 20 (7) Oranges $.05 Cereals 05 Lamb chops 20 Fried potatoes 05 RoUs 05 Tea, cocoa, or coffee (8) Bananas Dropped eggs on fishballs (eggs, .10 ; potatoes, $.05 .05, and fish. Bread . . 15) .10 Tea, coffee, or cocoa .30 .05 .10 (9) Cereal $.10 Hamburg 20 Comcake 10 Coffee 10 Butter 05 LUNCHEON MENUS (1) Tomato soup Tapioca cream Baking-powder bread sticks Individual cakes Coffee Digitized by Google 212 SECOND YEAR Materials and Approximate Cost (six people) Tomatoes $.12 Butter 20 Tapioca 03 Eggs .15 Coffee 08 Flour $.08 Sugar 09 Onions 01 Baking powder ; . . .02 Milk 18 Cream 15 Total $1.11 Roast chicken Rolls (2) Sponge cake Duchess potato Snow pudding Materials and Approximate Cost (Jour people) Chicken $.80 Potatoes 05 Bread 05 Gelatin 06 Sugar 12 Pork $ .05 Milk . 18 Eggs 20 Baking powder ... .01 Flour .06 Total $1.58 (3) Cream cheese on toasted crackers Jelly sandwiches Frosted cakes Cocoa (whipped cream) Peaches with cream Materials and Approximate Cost (Jour people) Cheese $.15 Bread Milk 18 Butter Crackers 05 Sugar Cocoa 05 Flour Cream 13 Jelly Peaches 15 Baking powder Total $.05 .15 .05 .03 .05 .01 $1.05 Digitized by Google MENUS 213 (4) Chicken salad Pineapple sherbet Baking-powder biscuit Chocolate cake Cocoa (whipped cream) MateriaU and Approximate Cost {six people) Fowl $1.05 Butter $.20 Celery 20 Eggs .20 Lettuce 08 Cocoa .05 Oil 20 Cream 15 .05 .03 Pineapple 22 Ice Lemons 05 Salt Sugar 20 Milk 12 Q^latin 01 Salt, mustard, pepper . .01 Total $2.82 (5) Tomato bisque Crackers Steak Cream potatoes Peas Biscuits Snow pudding Custard sauce Sponge cake Tea MateriaU and Approximate Coat (six people) Steak $.55 Potatoes 05 Tomatoes 15 Crackers 05 Lemons 13 Peas 18 Milk 18 Butter 28 Eggs .19 Total $1.76 (6) Tomato soup Macaroni Fishballs Peas Cream of tartar biscuits Banana jelly Jumbles Cocoa Digitized by Google 214 SECOND YEAR Materials and Approximate Cost (six people) Tomatoes $.10 Peas 24 Butter 26 Gelatin 07 Potatoes . . . . , 05 Cocoa 03 Lemons 05 Lard 04 MUk 08 Fish 10

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