Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-28

sFslsGyT The Old enthusiasm for the truly
n American festival for Thanksgiving
never abates and the oldtime Amer.
aacan menu Is still adhered to in the
average home. II the house mother
ssqf two or three generations ago
W could have caught glimpse of the
twentieth century Thanksgiving din
Sner she would have found II In
i many ways indentical with her own.
And this Is as 1t should be. Delight
4 full IA are the dishes prepared by the
{ French cooks, they are not appro.
pirate for Thanksgiving Day. This
festival lis not only n religious. but
4 a patriotic one, and should be an
Amerlcan Fourth of July. Some
ho,iNekeepers think that, since the
festival was originally II New Eng.
land one, the dinner should consist
Il entirely OF New England dishes, but
this Idea is too narrow and provin.
cial Thanksgiving is no longer
kept as memorial OF the old
Puritan feast It is now II festival
ssot gratitude for the prosperity of the
whole natlon. and the remotest cor
ner OF the land has as much u part
in 1t as the Bay State.
a Suggestive Bill Of Fare
or course the whole dinner would
! be robbed of Its national character
IF the turkey did not hold the place
IS of honor, which has belonged to it
~ elnce the very first Thanksgiving
{ Day, back dn 1921, when Governor
Il BRADFORD after issuing his procla.
4 nation. sent out four men to hunt
for game, and they came bnck Ia.
Z den with turkeys. Rice and Indian
corn. such important factors In tho
early growth OF the country, must
not be left out. Tho rice may appear
n In cream OF rice soup or In the
l form of croquettes with the chicken
pie 1t Ia rather too starchy to bo
FUSED as Vegetable, ir the usual
squash and sweet potatoes are to
be served The Indian corn should
d be served In the form OF an Indian
pudding. The old colonists used
* to celebrate their feast with turkey.
4 Indian pudding and pumpkin pie.
This pudding in It's true character
S IS seldom seen nowadays, when fancy.
dndigestabAe deserts are the fad OF
the hour, put if good recipe Is fol.
lowed, It Il one OF the most delicious
OF pudding$.
8sSe The following menu 10 thoroughly
ApSrlcan and old fashioned In char.
letter, although some OF the, dishes
re dressed up in modern style. Even
Iia -cnffee. III splte of the fact that
sAlt does not grow In this country
may he considered American for
this country leads tho nations of
3tle world In the consumption OF 1t.
Oysters.
Cream of celery soup.
Boiled cod with egg sauce,
SS Ronst turkey. Cranborries.
sSs nv Sweet DotatOe croouettes,
s8t Sqursh
] Chicken pie. Rice coquertes
Southern mango pickles.
Tomato Jelly salad
4 Baked Indian pudding with cream.
R Pumpkin pie.
Virginia preserves. Cheese.
Knickerbocker seer cakes.
i Maple sugar California fruit.
Coffee.
The soups should be only the light
estsof cream soups, which will serve
merely to stimulate the appetite
The Virginia preserves are the old
Stime sun cooked strawberries that
are now as rare rs they are delicious
Il a few OF them served with slice
OF Philadelphia cream cheese make u
! simple but ideal desert, very similar
I to the popular Barbecue. Other sweet
llicalS, nOWefcT, luly tuhG tlelT place
A branded peach served with n large
spoonful Of ice cream, or a ginger
pear with the Vermont maple suga,
v may, with advantage, take the place
8s of the usual French bonbons at the
u end OF the menu, and will probably
BlSsbe more wholesome, The sweet
81 stuffed mangoes of old Virginia are
delicious spicy Pickle. The quaint
81 seed cakes that graced the board OF
the Dutch settlers are thoroughly
Representative dish, and are suitable
at the end OF such n dinner because
z of their simplicity. Nothing could be
nlcer3if they are baked until they
shaye a crisp brown crust If the
menu is cut down until there is only
e one desert, such as Indian pudding
or pumpkin pie then serve in TIL,
s plaSe of the simple seed cakes the
n more elaborate Dutch oleykoeks
with a raisin in the center OF each
and made after some old recipe
handed down by a New Amsterdam
or Albany housewife.
There are many ways In which the
menu Just given can be improved.