Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Vintage School Lunch Menus

I enjoy reading old menus and have occasionally been inspired by the meal combinations and old-fashioned food items. When browsing through Amy Barickman's Vintage Notions, I came across the following School Lunch menus - perfect for this time of year . . .

Milk
Date-Bread Sandwich
Chopped-Cabbage Sandwich
Deviled Egg
Orange
Cooky

Cocoa
Cottage Cheese and Nuts on Whole Wheat Bread
Celery-and-Hard-Cooked-Egg Sandwich
Dates
Apple

Cream-of-Pea Soup
Chopped-Meat Sandwich
Nut-Bread-and-Butter Sandwich
Stewed Prunes
Cooky

Milk
Raisin-Bread-and-Butter Sandwich
Egg-and-Bacon Sandwich
Ginger Bread
Orange

Malted Milk
Salmon-and-Horseradish Sandwich
Tomato
Sponge Cake
Cup Custard

Cream-of-Celery Soup
Ground-Nut-and-Raisin Sandwich
Sandwich of Shredded Cabbage and Carrots with Salad Dressing
Chocolate Bar
Apple

1 comment:

Vicki said...

Interesting sandwich ideas. I'm afraid my boys wouldn't eat any of them!