In Splendid Specimens, Randy Roach examines “The History of Nutrition in Bodybuilding” — and includes this Daily Menu for the Three Saxon Brothers, from more than a century ago, as an appendix:
Breakfast
24 eggs
3 pounds smoked bacon
Porridge with cream and honey
Tea with plenty of sugarDinner
10 pounds of meat
Vegetables
Sweet fruit (raw or cooked)
Sweet cakes
Salad
Tea
Sweet puddings
Cocoa and whipped creamSupper
Cold meat
Smoked fish
Lots of butter and cheese
Beer