Typical Week's Menu
Anamosa Penitentiary
1898


Sunday, May 22
Breakfast -- potato stew, coffee, bread, sorghum, salt, pepper
Dinner and Supper -- beans, roast beef, bread, coffee, pickles, jelly, cookies, sorghum

Monday, May 23
Breakfast -- bean stew, bread, coffee, sorghum, salt, pepper
Dinner -- sweet corn, potatoes, bread, raisins, sorghum, sugar, salt, pepper
Supper -- apricots, farm radishes, bread, sorghum, sugar, salt

Tuesday, May 24
Breakfast -- tomatoes, coffee, bread, sorghum, sugar, salt
Dinner -- beef, rice, potatoes, bread, raisins, sorghum, sugar, salt
Supper --prunes, bread, coffee, farm onions, sorghum, sugar, salt

Wednesday, May 25
Breakfast -- potato stew, bread, coffee, sorghum, salt, pepper
Dinner -- string beans, potatoes, beef roast, bread, sorghum, salt
Supper -- apple pudding, tea, bread, radishes, sorghum, sugar

Thursday, May 26
Breakfast -- oatmeal, fried sausage, coffee, bread, sorghum, sugar
Dinner -- baked beans, pork, bread, potatoes, mustard, sugar
Supper -- farm lettuce, bread, bologna, coffee, sorghum, sugar

Friday, May 27
Breakfast -- bean stew, bread, coffee, sorghum, salt, pepper
Dinner -- cod fish, potatoes, beef, bread, sorghum, salt
Supper -- stewed peaches, bread, coffee, radishes, sorghum, sugar

Saturday, May 28
Breakfast -- potato stew, bread, coffee, sorghum, salt, pepper
Dinner -- sweet corn, potatoes, roast beef, bread, radishes, sorghum
Supper -- lettuce, cheese, bread, coffee, sugar, vinegar, sorghum