The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
lis CHRISTMAS DINNERS.
Uncle Sam Will Partake of Fifteen
National Feasts-.Day Is Done.
THE RUSSIAN. GERMAN AND SPANISH
Goldfish with the Spanish and Liver
Pudding with the French-Tur-
key "a Gcncrai Favoritc.

he must partalSo OF fifteen National feasts
before the day is done Uncle Sans chill
dren come from Russia. Germany, Hun
gary, Alsace, Denmark. Portugal, Spain
Italy. Switzerland and England and each
lot OF citizens have their own dishes.
which they carefully prepare and plenti-
fully eat ON Christmas Day,
1t is said that the Chinese, Japanese,
Bnddhists and Turks in America also OBJ
serve Christmas, but for them there are
special dishes that they fancy. Their feast
can not be strictly national one, as in
their country the Christ is not our Christ
OF Christmas Day.
Uncle Sans Russians have a dinner
which is a great treat 10 all who are for
tunate enough 10 get 4 taste of IT, Ii is
quite different from the American dluner.
yet il tallies in some respects to our feast.
II begins in the morning aud lasts all day
and on the side table there are always
dishes to be found. one of these is an
enormous punch bowl filled with a SOUP
made OF mixture OF meat boullon, fer
mented juice OF beet root. sour cream and
boiled cabbage. IL STANDS ever ready tor
visitors who come for Christmas cheer.
The Russian Christmas dinner consists
OF a roasted pig, which is raised for that
day as We raise the goose and the turkey
wheat mixed with chopped liver. heart
and giblots, The pig after roasting
weighs only nine pounds, ana Is sweeter
and tenderer than any Christians TURKEY.
with it Uncle sam viii eat paca, which
& mixture of pot cheese. cream. rasns
butter and sugar. which have been mixed
together and allowed to stand twenty-tour
hours. He will also cat koui che, which
is cake plenttully filled with raisins.
And then on side dish viii stand col
orcd eggs, corresponding to our Easter
eggs. which every good Russian eats with
salt that has been purified by roasting
All TINS is washed down with plentiful
libations of koumss and people who wish
to be very lavish serve also sausage and
roasted veal. with black bread for those
who do not care for the raisin cake.
France has so many bountiful dishes
that 1t is difficult to pick out It's typical
Christmas dinner by carefully can
wasting the French quarters OF The
UL'ted States it has been found that the
dish which will be most generally eaten
AT the French tables is a liver pudding.
well trufned and nicely seasoned with
garlic. Every French family has
chicken on Christmas Dav. and the
French people OF the South serve IN the
famous Lansuedoc stew. which IS made
OF lean bacon, a Glove o. garlic beef and
wine. This SINNERS until all is q savorY
sew.
The Hollanders In this country arr
very clanuish. and while the gcntlest
tempered people in tho world they d.
not invite many strangers Into their
Christmas feasts. nor do they make n
I great noise about them. Uncle Sans
Hollanders viii serve up 10 their people
/ the typical Holland Christmas dinner
( This consists OF oysters goose stuffed
| with chestnuts sweet rolls with raisine
| in them and plum pudding Dutch New
| Years cakes are served at the begun
! ming Of the feast with the soup, and
3 are eaten until the last course is clearea
away,
The English Christmas dinner Is the
same in America as In England There are
100000 English citizens In the United
States, and these will, without exception.
cat n slrlon.salabeef and English plum
pudding A few vegetables accompany the
beef. but The nourishment of the feast lies
largely in the plum pudding, which consists
of golden ppplns. eggs, candied orange
peel. bread crumbs, beef kidney Fat, rails
ms swoetmeats. rum and kirsch,
/ The l0i coo Swiss. who assemble around
/ THE Christmas board. will recall their
beautiful country with n Christmas din
ger rs near like it as they can obtain here,
Roasted goose Is the chief dish, next to
the famous Geneva fritter, which is found
only In Switzerland. TNlese FILTERS consist
Of pears cut into quarters aud stewed until
tender. after which they are mashed and
sweetened and spiced. They arc cooked
/ then for ten minutes. with raisins throw
In and favored with kirsch After this,
the mixture Is thickered with -four, COW
cred with marmaade, rolled up and baked.
The Swiss excel In elaborate little cakes.
which they make in every curious form
Uncle Sans Hungarian feast will con-
sist principally OF goulasch, which Is a
meat stow mixed with onions paprika
and spice His vegetables VIII BE- farina
cakes, fried cabbage and poppy seed cakes.
In the center Of he table lies a roasted
rig with his mouth stuffed with roses, II
| is served generally iUst before midnight,
and after eating ii tho worshippers 20 10
mass. When they return the table Is reset
with cold pork, speetmeals and 60 II
brandy
when Uncle Sam dimes In Little Italy ne
must cat at O'Clock In the evening. and
his dinner will consist OF turkey stuffed
| with chestnuts macaroni, sc1llops and
stewed cells The eels are the principal
dish and they VIII be served to him
rolled up IN a laurel leaf II is said that
the cardinals themselves dine upon these
GELS, which they eat with little rolls mixed
with honey and nuts.
II Uncle Sam fingers long among his
German friends, OF whom there are 27s4,-
eco in the United States h will find that
they have catered admirably 10 his taste
in catbage. This main digh Of the feast
viii be a stuffed goose backed by saur-
kraut boiled pork. sausagfs and baked APP
pies Perhaps he will have beef with sour
tauce and potatoes. Then Will come the
black pudding and cheese cake. This feast
he will fad very palatable. and II he has
never <ten IL before h VIII become q
su3 den convert 10 the excellent graYies and
delicate spices of the German Christmas
table. The whole feast will be washed down
with beer, and there will be less dessert
than to which he Is accustomed on the
American table.
A typical Spanish dinner is hard Z
| obtain in the Nnred States. hut there
are those who will have II. and Uncle
Sam will undoubtedly see it in his
Christmas Journey 1t consists OF yerl
large goldfish beautifully frieG. and gar.
nished with garlic and lemon Before the
fsh is served there comes a very nice
almond soup which we would call cream
Il almonds, This Is . Christmas dish o.
Spanish eDicures and Is to be found only
on Christmas day
Those from Aisace endeayor tn oh
tain stewed hare. which is great deli
! cacy with them. They often import II
| ard sarve Il with Yaurkraut and bacon