The herald., 1898-12-29
and THEN DINE
GOOD THINGS WITH WHICH TO
BEGIN THE YEAR
For the Man of Moderate Means and
the Man of Wealth the Chef Pre-
scribes the Kind of Cheer

Good resolutions and good cooking will go
a great way towards lessening the miseries
CT this nation OF dyspeptics. New Years
day is a good time to make the good resolu-
tion and eat the good dinner, provided the
financial standing of the diner is equal to
it or his credit is good. For one day in the
year the quick lunch establishment ought to
be left tight closed. If we can't enjoy
good dinner on New Years day, then our
lot is indeed sad one.
These, at least, were the arguments OF
noted chef to whom we applied for list
of good things to enable our housewives to
prepare spread for the family table that
would be feast for the gods at an expense
within the reach of the men of moderate
means, and yet be sufficiently simple for
lady who na0 not put in several seasons at
a cooking school to master without getting
to the verge of nervous mysteries.
The noted chef, who knows his business
thoroughly, and is not given to preparing
menus for kindergarten class in cookery,
was urged to refrain from culinary flights
that would be too high for his feeble imita-
tors to reach, and he promised faithfully
that he would try to keep down to the level
of an ordinary Kitchens facilities. Here is
what he produced as an ideal New Years
dinner for family that delights in dainty
dinners, and has no need to look twice at
dollar or two in counting the cost:
Oysters on half she'll
Cream of tapioca
Fontange patties
Smells, sauted in brown butter
Cucumber salad
Lamb chops in papers
New spinach Potatoes rlssoles
Roast turkey stuffed with chestnuts
Romaine salad
Mince pie brown bread Ice cream
Coffee
As an alternative, supposing the family
did not approve of this menu, he made up
| the following:
Mock turtle soup
Boiled striped bass Hollandaise sauce
Cucumbers
Saddle of venison
Port wine sauce
Currant jelly Braised celery
! Sweetbreads Mushroom sauce
| Roast turkey, stuffed
| Cranberry sauce
Mashed potatoes Boiled onion
Turnips Beets Squash
Plum pudding
Cake Sage cheese Coffee
1t was suggested that these two menus
were somewhat elaborate for the family
that usually dined on Sundays off good, sub
stantial roasts, topped off with wholesome
pudding The knight of the ladle admitted
the truth Of this without argument, and set
to work again, with the following result:
Oyster soup
Boiled Goldfish, egg sauce
Escalloped oysters
Tomato and cucumber pickles
Roast turkey, chestnut stuffing
Cranberry sauce
Escarole salad Pumpkin pie
Ice cream American cheese
l. Cakes Fruit Coffee
There had been no attempt to get the che
| to "spread" himself on the subject, but by
fths time he had warmed to his work, ant
the pride of the professional individual o.
unusual attanments was beginning to show
itself through the great mans white jacket
He insisted that to make the list of menu
complete it would be necessary to prepar
at least one that would be fit for the best il
the land, and as we number vast army o
that class among our readers, we were glat
to let him go ahead. He produced th
following after much thought. 1t is sub
mltted rather more as a curiosity than II
the expectation that one will attempt t.
serve it up for the New Years dinner:
Oysters
Hors d'Oeuvres
Pim-Olas Radishes Celery
Soups
Consomme of game, Jonathan
Cream of tomatoes a la Beaulieu
Fish