The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-17
COLONIAL CAROLYN A
DINNER.

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HarIeston Uniforms US, the great
social feature of the period was
the dinner, and he records the fact
that Sir Nathaniel was present at one
which must have been a stately az.
fair. Bills of fare we're not known in
those days; and it is impossible to
supply an accurate list OF the delec.
table things which were provided on
such high occasions;but there lies be-
fore me an old volume of Msrkhsm's
Country Contsntnents, published in
1857 g, which has been carefully
preserved by the descendants of Mr..
aarleston, and was doubtless great
authority among the housewives of
Carolina about the beginning of the
eighteenth century. Markham
warns the houseWife.that though she
'be never SO skillful in the parts OF
cookery, if she want skill to marshall
the Dishes" failure must attend her.
at ie," he says, tlike to a Fencer
leading q band of men in Eout, who
knows the use of weapon, bat not
bow to put men in order. Shee shall
6rs,," he admonishes, marshall
her Salless, delivering the grand Sal
let FIST, which is evermore compound;
then green Sa lets; then boil'd Sallets;
then some smaller compound Sallets.
Mex. unto Sallets she shall deliver
forth all her FricRses, the simple first
as Oollops, Rashers, and such liks;the
compound Fricases; after them all
her Boyd meats in their degree, as
simple broths stew'1-broth, and
the byling Of sundry foWles. Next
them all sorts1 of roast neats, of
which the greatest first. as chine of
Beefs. or surloyne. the gigger or leg.
ges Cf Mutton, Goose. Swan, Veale,
Pig, Oapon. and such like. Then
bak'd meats, the hot first,a Fallo&e-
deere in Pasty, Chicken, or Calves
foot.pie and dowset. Then cold bak'd
meats, Pheasant. Patridges, Turkey,
Goose, Woodeocke, and such like.
Then lastly, Carbonadoes, both
simple and compound" Now, with
all these dishes we'll prepared and
arranged on the dresser, the critical
moment has only just arrived; for
Markham farther says that the server
must not set the viands down as be
received them; "but setting the Sal.
lets extrRvsRantly about the table,
mike the Fricases about them; then
the boyPd meats amongst the Fricases
roast meats amongst the boyl'd,
bak'd meats amongst the roast, and
carbonadoes amongst the bak'd, 60
that before every trencher may stand
q sallet, fricsse, q boyd meat, q
roast meat, bak'd meat, and q
carbonate, which will both give a
most comely beauty to the table and
very great contentment to the
guesse." This constituted the first
course. The second and only re-
naming one unless the reader be
already surfeited-consisting OF
"Mallard, Tsyle, snipe, Plover, Wood
cooke, Chicken, Pigeon, Partridge.
Raile, Turkey, Bitter Hearne,
6hoveler. Crane, Bastard, Puets, Gulls,
and such like. Tnen hot bak'd
Meats, as MarroWbone-p ye, Quince
pye. Florentine, and Tsrts. Then
cold bak'd meats, as Red Deere, Hare
pye, Cannon or Bacon Pye," etc.
At such a feast did Sir Nathanial
sit with Chief Justice Trott, Colonel
William Rhett, and the elite OF the
province. tossting the bride at inter-
vals in Muskadins, ''grest, pleasant
and strong, with a sweet scent and
amber COLOR" while they held talk Of
the prices OF indigo and turs, Of
French intrigues with the Indians &c
the westward, of the Spsniards tam.
pering With the slaves on the south.
ern border, of the consequence OF Q
servile insurrection, the proportion
of whites to negroes being at that
time one to ten. Then the talk set.
tied on the subject OF silk-makine
and the growth OF rice.
Ramsey tells Us that among the
coionists there was an impression
that rice was net very wholesome
diet-an opinion to which Markham
DO doubt largely contributed; fol
although he says, "If you take 6
quarterof a pound of Rice, and boile
it in a polite of water till it CONES
unto an Indifferent thickness, and
then put into it a good lump OF pot
ted or bsrrelled Butter, and as much
sugar as shall saltwise season it to sr
Indifferent sweetness, it is a dish O.
meat meet for an Emperour at Sea
wholesome, good. and light ;of de
GESTURE, and will be as much as fourt
reasonable men can eat at a meal, =
yet he adds, "I doe not visa any
man Of shipboard to make this q
continuale feeding dish, for it is both
too pleasant and too strong, and
may breed Inconvenience in strops
bodies; but rather TO use it once
week as physical nourisher, or To-
the comfort of sick and diseased men
-Harper'S Magazine.