Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Cheese | 1 oz (28g) cheddar | 113 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Wheat Bread | 1 slice (30g) white | 79 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Pimento | not in our table | 0 |
| Nut | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3 slices whole wheat bread
- 1 square gingerbread 0180 cost $0
- 1 apple 0100 $0
- 30 ginger creams
- 3 cake of pimento cheese $0
- 1 egg
- 10 large squares
- 1 orange 0250 $0
- three sandwiches
- 31 cakes
- 10 cents per dozen
- 2 nut bread sandwiches $0
- 1 apple 0100 total $0
- 2 sandwiches
- 4 slices
- two custards $0
- 4 thin slices war bread $0
- 1 oregon apple 0100 cost $0
- salt
- ginger
- cinnamon
Directions
MENUS BY MRS. SPENCER.
School Lunch No. 1.
Cost. 3 slices whole wheat bread. .. .$0.0250
% lb. peanut butter 0400
2 ginger creams 0100
1 apple 0100
$0.0850 Ginger Creams. Cost.
1 c molasses $0.0424
% c Crisco 0694
V2 c hot water 0000
1 t ginger 0083
% t salt 0001
1 c whole wheat flour 0148
1 c graham flour 0148
2 t soda 0014
Gas oven, 20 min 0157
Cost for 30 ginger creams. . .$0.1669
Or about 6% c per dozen.
Put the Crisco in a warm place; cream it with molasses; add the gin- ger and salt; next the soda, dissolved in the hot water; stir all together well; drop by tablespoonfuls on greased tins; bake in a moderate oven. This makes 30 ginger creams. — Mrs. G. Spencer.
School Lunch No. 2. Cost.
1-3 cake of Pimento cheese $0.0350
*4 c walnut meats 0312
2 slices whole wheat bread 0200
1 square gingerbread 0180
Cost $0.1042
Chop the nuts; mix together with cheese and spread on the bread.
Excellent Gingerbread. Cost.
1 egg (cooking) $0.0400
2 T brown sugar 0052
3 T Crisco 0261
1 c molasses 0424
1 t ginger .0083
1 t cinnamon 0083
1 t soda 0007
1 c boiling water 0000
1 y2 c whole wheat flour 0220
1 c white flour 0141
Gas, 30 minutes, moderate 0128
$0.1799 Beat up the egg, cream the sugar and Crisco; add to the egg, next the molasses, then water with soda dis- solved; sift the flour with the spices and stir in last; put in a large greased pan. This makes 10 large squares.
School Lunch No. 3. Cost.
3 slices whole wheat bread. .. .$0.0300 Yz glass raspberry or other jam
(home-made) 0350
2 oatmeal drop cakes 0162
1 orange 0250
$0.1062 Spread the jam on the slices of bread and cut in two; placing one on top of the other, making three sandwiches. I think jam makes good lunches for children; it is so nourish- ing, and nearly all children like it, and it saves the butter.
To Make Oatmeal Cakes. Cost.
1 c brown sugar $0.0417
2-3 c Crisco 0925
\Vz c rolled oats 0246
1 egg (cooking) 0400
% t salt 0001
% c raisins (small) 0250
1 t cinnamon 0083
Vz t soda 0003
% c boiling water. 0r00
1 c flour .0141
Gas, 20 minutes 0038
Cakes cost $0.250 1
This makes 31 cakes, or less than 10 cents per dozen.
Melt the Crisco in boiling water; mix the oats, sugar, salt and cinna- mon together; beat the egg and add it next; then the melted Crisco and water; sift the flour with t>-e soda, adcl raisins and mix all together, it will be quite stiff; drop a spoonful at a time on greased pans, leaving plen- ty of space between. — Mrs. G. Spencer, 1260 East Davis street.
MENU BY MRS. OATFIELD.
School Lunch. Cost
2 nut bread sandwiches $0.0612
1 c custard 0430
1 apple 0100
Total $0.1142
Nut Bread. Cost.
3 c graham $0.0444
2 c sour milk 0126
1 t soda (dissolved in milk)... .0007
1 t salt 0003
1/2 c Karo 0312
1 c walnut meats 1256
1 egg (beat well) 0400
Fuel, 1 hr. medium (wood) . . . .0204
Per loaf $0.2746
2 sandwiches (4 slices) $0.0456
1 T butter 0156
Total $0.0612
Cup Custard. Cost.
1 c milk $0.0268
1 egg 0400
2 t Karo 0026
V2 t nutmeg 0065
Fuel V2 hr. oven (wood) 0102
Two custards $0.0861
Or $0.0430 each. Bake in pan of
hot water. — Mrs. J. Oatfield, Milwau-
MENU BY MRS. McCREARY.
School Lunch. Cost
4 thin slices war bread $0.0180
2 t cottage cheese, 15c lb 0010
2 t peanut butter, 15c lb 0010
Lay on lettuce leaf and put be- tween bread.
14 lb. dates 0400
1 Oregon apple 0100
Cost $0.0850
— Mrs. J. B. McCreary, 786 East Buf- falo street.