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Bill of Fare

[4 Columned Table]
|[blank]|Breakfast|Dinner|Supper|
|Sunday|Bread, Fish, and Coffe|Vegetables, Meat, and Pudding.|Bread, Meat, and Tea.|
|Monday|Bread, Fish, and Chocolate|Soup, Meat, and Vegetables.|Oat Meal Porridge.|
|Tuesday|Bread, Meat, and Coffee|Fish, Rice, and Chocolate.|Bread, Meat, and Tea.|
|Wednesday|Bread, Fish, and Coffee|Bean, Soup and Meat.|Bread, Meat, and Tea.|
|Thursday|Bread, Fish, and Coffee|Meat and Vegetable.|Oat Meal Porridge.|
|Friday|Bread, Meat, and Chocolate|Fish, Rice, and Coffee.|Bread, Meat, and Tea.|
|Saturday|Bread, Fish, and Coffee|Bean, Soup, and Meat.|Bread, Meat, and Tea.|

[crosswise between Columns Breakfast and Dinner]
Potatoes for Breakfast according
to supply on hand.

[crosswise between Columns Dinner and Supper]
Potatoes for dinner always when
to be had.

75 [crosswise on the right, centre side of page, encircled]

Molases to be used with Coffee and Chocolate, and Sugar to be given with Tea. Butter and Berrie given when to be
had. Ducks, Fresh meat and fresh fish may be used any day to be had. Milk always allowed for Tea, Coffee, Chocolate and Porridge, when to be
had. Meat to be given in the proportion of 1 [lb?] of pork, [to?] 2 [lb?] beef. Bread may be either Hard or soft. Fish may be either Dry or
Pickled. Corn Meal may be used at times in place of Oat Meal. Peas may be used in place of Beans at times.
Bread on the table every meal. When any of the above articles are not on hand a substitute to be given.
Sable Island Nov.1853. M.D.M"Kenna.