This section is from the book "Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick", by Sarah Tyson Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick.
Clear meat and vegetable soups
Meat broths, strained
Meats in jelly
Chicken tea
Chicken in jelly
Broiled, boiled and baked beef, mutton and chicken; occasionally veal
Broiled chipped beef
White-fleshed fish
Eggs, lightly cooked
Tender green vegetables, as cooked cucumbers, squash, string beans
Lettuce, chicory, celery, endive and raw cabbage, with lemon juice and a little oil
Stewed turnips
Spinach
Asparagus
Onions
Cauliflower
Dandelions
Sour dock
Oysters, raw, broiled and boiled
Oyster bouillon
Bellevue bouillon
Artichokes
Olives
Fruit juices, without sugar
Raw fruits, without sugar
Very little stale bread
Cocoanut fingers
Gluten gems
Buttermilk occasionally
Ripe cheese, as parmesan and schmierkase Hazel nuts and cob nuts Soy preparations Coffee, without sugar and cream Clear weak tea One glass of water between meals Oranges Grape fruit Ripe peaches Baked apple, without sugar and cream Currants Raspberries Blackberries
Milk soups
Butter
Cream
Olive oil, except a little on green vegetables Sea foods, except white fish Salt foods
Pork
Veal
All made meat dishes
Rich sauces and soups
Potatoes, sweet and white
Macaroni
Cereals
Rice, except occasionally
Parsnips
Beets
Corn
All sweet dishes and candies
Malt and alcoholic liquors, unless ordered
All sweet wines, including champagne
Pickles
Bacon
Breads in general
Duck
Goose
Liver and kidneys
Dates and figs
Chocolate and cocoa
Water in large quantities
Cream soups
Broiled and boiled beef
Mutton
Turkey
Chicken
Breakfast bacon
Good white bread, well baked
Asparagus
Onions
Cauliflower
Rice
Macaroni
Hominy and hominy grits
Well-cooked cereals, with cream
Salads
Butter and cream
Olive oil
Cocoanut cream
Nuts as pecans, black walnuts, pinons, a few almonds and peanuts
Sweet fruits
Light cream desserts
Plenty of cool, pure water
All bulk foods, as cabbage, turnips, kale
Clear soups
Sea foods, with the exception of white-fleshed fish and oysters
Candies
All salt meats
Pies
Puddings
Cakes
Rich sauces
Liver and kidneys
Tripe
Pork
Veal
Pickles
Fried foods
Tea and coffee with meals
 
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