cereals cooked with milk eggs poached in milk vegetables anointed with butter cheese souffles potatoes, scalloped, mashed, or creamed custards and custard sauces oyster stew—half and half cakes, cookies, tarts—with ice cream strawberries, peaches and cream cantaloupe _à la mode_, pie _à la mode_— Indeed, anything _à la mode_ is the right mode for Miss Gaunt! Whee! Merely setting down such a list makes us feel as though we’d put on ten pounds. Pardon us while we unhook our stays! [Illustration: uncaptioned] And may you, Miss Gaunt, soon be doing the same! BUT—don’t overdo it! Mrs. Plenteous knows it is hard to _melt_. Set your goals to look and feel your best. TABLE OF CALORIES Take your calories in good, reliable, tasty, and health-building foods first. Expand cautiously. DAIRY PRODUCTS Average Serving Calories Whole Milk 1 glass (8 oz.) 170 Skimmed Milk 1 glass 85 Buttermilk 1 glass 85 Cheese (American) 1 ounce 110 Cottage Cheese, creamed ½ cup 120 Cream Cheese 2 tablespoons 110 Cream (coffee) 2 tablespoons 60 Cream (heavy) 2 tablespoons 100 Cream (whipped) 2 tablespoons 50 Half-and-half ¼ cup 80 Butter 1 tablespoon 100 Ice Cream ⅙ quart 205 VEGETABLES (raw) Lettuce ¼ head 10 Cabbage 1 cup 25 Celery 2 stalks 5 Carrots 1 medium 20 GREEN VEGETABLES (cooked) Cabbage ½ cup 20 Greens ½ cup 25 Asparagus ½ cup 20 Green Beans ½ cup 15 Broccoli ½ cup 20 ROOT VEGETABLES (cooked) Carrots ½ cup 20 Beets ½ cup 35 Potato (plain) 1 medium 100 Potatoes (scalloped) ½ cup 120 Potatoes (mashed) ½ cup 120 Sweet Potato 1 medium 180