"Reducing" was a popular term for dieting in the '40s, and the October 1945 issue of Good Housekeeping carried an article all about reducing: "No fads - no going hungry - this is a pleasant, adequate diet. If it's followed, steady, gradual loss in weight and improved health should result." How does the breakfast menu compare to the ones I've been using in the cookbook?
BREAKFAST
Fruit - Preferably 1/2 Grapefruit or 1 Orange
1 Boiled or Poached Egg on Thin Slice Toast
Or Medium Serving Cereal and
Glass of Skim Milk
400 I.U. Vitamin D
The experts of the day suggested that tea or coffee be taken only without cream or sugar. Dry toast could be made from white, rye, wheat, or whole wheat bread. And just in case this was a burning question, "toast has the same number of calories as untoasted bread."
Another article in a vintage magazine tells us that "wives," "younger children," and teenaged girls should eat a smaller serving of breakfast cereal than did husbands or teenaged boys. They should also be careful to partake in only one slice of dry toast, not two. The standard serving size for cereal was 2/3 cup, so presumably the reducers in the family should only have about 1/2 cup.
I wonder how much cereal I've been eating? Maybe I'll have to break out the measuring cup tomorrow...
3 comments:
ooh thank you for posting this. I love it. I've just recently found your blog and am enjoying it so much. :)
I have to say... I think I use WAY more than 1/2 cup of cereal. Time to get out the measuring cup going forward. ;)
i did that once (measuring my cereal) because I was interested to see what was 1 serve (according to the packet) of cereal... very interesting...
Thanks so much for your kind words, housewifery!
And 1/2 cup is definitely not very much cereal --- unless you're measuring the cereal before you start cooking it. This is definitely a very light breakfast.
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