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Yet another menu installment.

My brother’s kids are visiting.  Everyone’s out in the pasture, sleeping in tents.  They asked if they can cook some of their food over a campfire, thus Tuesday’s menu:

	Morning	Noon	Evening
Monday	Omelet with ham Blueberries Tea	Sandwich bar Water	Orange Chicken Rice Green Salad
Tuesday	Campfire Hotcakes Orange juice	Sandwiches	Beef -n- Beans Carrot Sticks & corn chips
Wednesday	Oatmeal Orange juice	Sandwich bar Water	Goulash w/ noodles Green Salad
Thursday	Oat bran Apple juice	Sandwich bar Water	Chicken Casserole Pick-a-veggie
Friday	cold cereal & juice	lunch meat w/ fruit	Restaurant
Saturday	cold cereal & juice	potluck meal	?
Sunday	cold cereal & juice	lunch meat w/ fruit	Restaurant

We’re headed out for vacation.  Family reunion on Saturday, a week of travel, and another family reunion the following weekend.

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We butchered a steer Monday, so there’s heart, tongue, and fresh liver this week.  I gave the tail away, so another family will be having ox-tail stew.

	Morning	Noon	Evening
Monday	Granola Apple juice	Sandwich bar Water	Fresh liver Vegetable 1
Tuesday	Cornmeal Mush Orange juice	Sandwich bar Water	Leftover roast (from Sunday) Vegetable 2
Wednesday	Strawberry hotcakes Orange juice	Sandwich bar Water	Beef heart Vegetable 3
Thursday	Oat bran Apple juice	Sandwich bar Water	Steak Vegetable 4
Friday	Scrambled Eggs & Country Sausage Orange juice	Sandwich bar Water	Baked Salmon with Rice Vegetable 5
Saturday	Omeletes Grape juice	Sandwich bar Water	Tongue
Sunday	Ham w/ applesauce Cinnamon Rolls Apple juice	Sirloin Roast w/ carrots Salad Rhubarb Crunch	Leftovers

Snacks that are always available:

• fruit
• granola bars
• hard-boiled duck eggs

Dinner veggies:  I wasn’t feeling very imaginative this week, so every child was assigned the task of choosing our dinner vegetable one day.  When it’s time to prepare the meal, I send the appropriate child to select a veggie.  #4 has to be reminded that catsup is not a vegetable; everyone else does a pretty good job.

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Sometimes I feel too awful to think about food.  The other day I ate a handful of cashews and a few slices of dried mango for breakfast, and in the evening I ate a bowl of granola and a banana.  Nothing mid-day.  Not exactly the most nutritious.  I don’t think I would have eaten at all, except that all these pills will eat a hole in my stomach if I don’t take them with food.  Obviously, it’s time to write some more menus.  Planning ahead eliminates the “Oh, no! What am I going to make for dinner? There’s nothing thawed!”

Here’s what I’ve come up with for next week:

	Morning	Noon	Evening
Monday	Garlic Eggs Apple juice	Sandwich bar Water	Marinated Chicken Green salad
Tuesday	Oat Bran Orange juice	Sandwich bar Water	Stew Green salad
Wednesday	Omelet Grape juice	Sandwich bar Water	Pickle’s Graveyard Coleslaw
Thursday	Oatmeal w/ dates Apple juice	Sandwich bar Water	Steak Carrot sticks
Friday	Scrambled Eggs & Bacon Orange juice	Sandwich bar Water	Baked Salmon with Rice Salad
Saturday	French toast Cranberry juice	Sandwich bar Water	Grilled hamburgers Baked beans
Sunday	Strawberry waffles Sausage Orange juice	Roast Potatoes & carrots Pie	Leftovers

fruit is always available for snacks