The morning times., 1895-11-25
A CHEAP DINNER.
A Thanksgiving Banquet Creditable
to-Any Housewife.

A Thanksgiving Banquet Creditable
to.Any Housewife.
| The Thanksgiving dinner should be
| home made" remarked the obgiDg CHEF
| setting his snowy cap coquettishly over
| one ear and beaming with the traditional
| amiability of well fed cook on his inter
/ viewer.
"Eveu among the fashionable folk, who
usually order their great baDquets from II
professional caterer" he continued, '.there
prevails a universal sentiment In favor
OF serving the Thanksgiving dinner from
the home kitchen and compiling the menu
Of strictly American dishes. Yes, l have
! already outlined bill of fare for my own
employer, a series of dishes tempting
enough, but you see SO simple and mex
pensive the housekeeper OF most modest
means could easily find them appIca be
TO her own needs as follows:
After a rich brown turtle bean soup.
thick like puree. dashed with sherry
and lemon, and served with broken hard
boiled egg and dice of toasted bread. /
propose new course OF oysters. First.
with fork. scrape out the soft ir sides
OF small. hard crusted, pointed Vienna
rolls. Within / lightly butter these shells
and fill them with boiled oysters. drained
almost dry and packed I'm with capers
salt, pepper, Drowned cracker dust and
shreds OF lemon. b. The holes in the ron
lotions Will fastcn by smoothing over
little fresh dough- put them into a rm
corner of the range. distant from the fire,
TIL the crusts absorb the rich oyster juices.
They are then to lie sert hot TO the table,
a roll for each Individual
THE turkey / Will stuff with chcstnuts
and decorate his manly breast with the
nuts, in fancifui imitation of military
I.tat a..
cd are succotash, Boston beans, baked in
small individual brown glazed earthen-
ware dishes, cauliflowGr cooked exactly
as you do maCcaruni with cheese, and
white potatoes. These last / intend to
boil, mash and In fee cream moulds turn
out a dozen little figures of early Puritan
settlers, turkey gobblers. and Indian
heads. Dipped in beaten egg they will
be Drowned over before going TO tie
table.
American cheese must accompany the
salad OF Boston lettuce, and after the
piIm pudding, boiled in a bag. there is a
second desert Uf apples. / literally core
very large ones, fill the holes with Currant
Jelly, sprinkle over them little sugar
pour a trirle Of water IN the pan and get
them in the oven To- bake, until the Jelly has
per;neated and fairly candIed the fruit.
These go tn the table with whipped cream
and orange cake. That is easy tp make. too.
Just follow any cup cake receipt, squeezing
the juice of two or three big Californi.
oranges into the dough. Bake in layer pans
and then make the usual icing. using
orange juice only with the sugar and egg.
Put a thick spreading of icing between
every layer OF cake and you VIII have n de-
licious loaf.
with blackberry cordial and cherry
bounce intend TO replace European wines
at every course, maple cream candy and
pralines / shall make 20 fill the bon bon
plates and plan to taper off on oranges
and coffee, pecan nuts and California raj
SINS
Now there continued the artist with
pride. lis a dinner that can be prepared
in any ones kitchen most inexpen sively and
II the housekeeper cannot quite manage the
turkey. let her substitute CHICKEN Prepared
after the southern fashion.
''Dtsmcmbrr the fowls. broiI them a
trifle, and then pop them into a pan.
their own gravy, Increased by n little
water, thickened with brown flour. en-
riched with butter. and Favored with
pepper and salt In a shallow pan the
chicken should cook over an even fire
and by turning aud frying in the thick
abundant sauce it Will delicatcly fricasse.
OF course. IL must go 10 the table hot.
Spread with its sauce on a broad platter
and served with rice. it forms an ideal
American dish. and splendid substitute
for turkey.