Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-21
A WEDDING BuEtISFAsT.
Particulars of II swell One served In
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Fond mothers OF daughters approaching the
bridal period are often perplexed about the
wedding feast Novelty is the thing most
sought-some striking substitute for time
honored dishes. A wedding breakfast de-
scribed by the Philadelphia Times as it was
served in the Quaker city recently supplies
a host of ideas for porpeXed mammas.
Tho first course, relates the Times, was
an iced vessel containing black and white
grapes that had previously been deprived of
their seeds and then for twenty-four hours
stepped in maraschino. When the cooling ef
feet of this delightful beginning had not
disappeared there was presented delicate
little cups of chicken ccnsonme. Then came
the eggs-of course all breakfasts must have
eggs-but these were remarkable OF their
kind. They presented shellcss condition
with the initials of the bride and groom in
trufles on either side, but when opened were
found to contain not only the yolk OF the
egg but also caviare, Virginia ham and
minced chicken.
Mind you, all the dishes at a breakfast
should be delicate and, therefore, it was
quito appropriate that there should next be
presented square piece of thick toast into
cavity in which before baking there had
been turned some dear delicate little oyster
crabs covered with cream sauce. VI course,
there should be something substantial-even
for brides and grooms, not forgetting the
guests-therefore, this appropriate course
next appeared upon the scane; hlet mlgnon
"A darling little beefsteak-but this one had
sliced trufies surrounding it, and on the
dish alongside was a coach and two IN some
sort of silver arrangement-an old-lasnloheu
chariot-holding the tiniest little potatoes
that bride or anyone else ever gazed upoii'
Now the greatest OF all!
Who ever heard of boned reed birds? You
and even got down to the lesser form OF
boned quail. But who ever heard OF Doned
| .eed birds? Well, 1t was done, and done LOT
the first time in the history OF gastronomy.
On each plate we're three little smilitudes
of the peekers of the Philadelphia marshes
and yet when tooth was put into them not a
bone was found. How was 1t done? Well'
YOU can be let this far into the secret.
There were seven reed birds in each @ that
appeared as one, and it required little
Japanese boy down in the kitchen OF the
Bellevue with a deft little knife. to do that
which the patience of an American could
| never have accomplished. This is record
1t may be done again. 1t was never done
before.
| Then frozen tomatoes a la Sweet Temple-
more But not the frozen tomatoes you
know. You always put ice around them 70
| harden them. These were arranged far dll-
| ferently They were deprived OF their cuticle
and then placed in the center OF an ice cream
| freezer with it's proper surrounding OF rock
| salt and ice, and twrled about until tney
| were as hard as stone. The result was that
| the natural moisture that came from them
was frozen into red ice. in which encasing,
with proper Mayonnaise, they were served.
These made another reco:d. They were
| served with cheese sticks. Then came, oi
course, the usual condition of ices and coffee
and through it all delicious wines, but only
two Of the latter in advance of the cordial
Chateau Yquem and G. II. Mumms vintage
of 1874
And we came near forgetting the souvenirs
These were numerous. The main one was
the plate card itself containing the name o.
| each of the seventeen persons present II
was q frame OF white kid, containing a re
| movable card. on which was the monog an
of the bride and groom in silver and tn,
| rame OF each person surrounded with hanC
painted orange blossoms. The bonbon boXet
at each plate were of Austrian silver make
in the form of a trunk and bearing the name
of the groom. The wedding cake was
gigantic affair and the distributing portions
CT it were placed in round boxes marked II
silver with the monogram of the bride an'
groom and tied with pink ribbons.
There were other things, but isn't tina
enough to tell Of the story of one wedding
| breakfast?