Menus

The Kitchen

Here, Madam, are some observations to help you in drawing up the menus for the various meals: 1 — Draw up lists of the dishes for the different meals for all the days of the week, and call in the opinions of the members of the family. 2 — Take guidance from the list of foodstuffs given below, so as to assure the presence of the food elements in every menu. 3 — It is necessary to introduce two new dishes or more among the dishes you rely upon for the week, and it is worth your while to exchange views with one of your friends. 4 — If the dishes used on one of the days are costly, it is fitting that the dishes of the following day be less expensive, so that you make up by economy for what was spent on the day before:

Supper | Lunch | Breakfast

Monday
Breakfast: milk or laban — eggs or cheese or labneh — fruit — bread — butter — jam — olives
Lunch: grilled or fried meat — fried potatoes — spinach (stew) — salad — oranges
Supper: vegetable soup — shishbarak — rice — lettuce — fruit salad

Tuesday
Breakfast: milk or laban — rice in milk or oatmeal — eggs or labneh — fruit — bread — butter
Lunch: tray kibbeh — fried or boiled potatoes — baba ghanouj — laban — fruit
Supper: lentil soup — fried eggs or an egg omelet with gravy — mashed potatoes — mixed vegetable salad — rice pudding

Wednesday
Breakfast: milk or laban — semolina — fruit — cheese or eggs or labneh — bread — butter — honey
Lunch: roast of veal or mutton — potatoes mashed with milk — carrot soup — cabbage salad with mayonnaise — apples
Supper: stew with rice — hard-boiled eggs — potato salad — radishes; olives; lettuce and carrots — muhallabia with cocoa

Thursday
Breakfast: milk or laban — semolina — fruit — cheese or eggs or labneh — bread — butter
Lunch: grilled or fried fish — hummus with tahini or taratur with tahini — fried potatoes — radishes or pickles — muhallabia with custard
Supper: soup — green bean stew — rice — laban — olives, oranges

Friday
Breakfast: milk or laban; bread — butter — labneh or eggs; dibs (grape or carob molasses) with tahini — fruit; olives
Lunch: meat kofta with tomato sauce — fried potatoes, cabbage stew — lettuce and beet salad — dates
Supper: macaroni stew — chicory fried in oil — bananas

Sunday, or a feast day
Breakfast: milk or laban — semolina — fruit — cheese or eggs or labneh — bread — butter — honey
Lunch: browned chicken with gravy — rice with stew — beans with carrots — cabbage salad with walnuts and mayonnaise — muhallabia or cream; coffee
Supper: chicken soup with macaroni — tray macaroni — spinach or chard — lettuce salad — fruit