The Washington times., 1908-11-19
. Is Most Important of
lear in HouSekeepers'
Calendar.
N MAKE DINERS
FORGET FOOTBALL
Aage Feast Leaves Little De-
sire in Partakers for Any
EXeTtiOn.

Thanksgiving dinner is a very
fIrtant one IN the calendar Of the
bskeeper It is not her fault that
tiay has come to be considered one
Z given over largely TO football and
sg, but. since it has, there is no
1Jn why she should not so well at
to her part Of the ceremonies as
hake them memorable in the year 5
is.
a matter of fact, the ordinary
nksgtving dinner is a heavy meal
ch makes its partakers feel uncom-
able, and unwilling TO leave their
? dresides even 10 see their favorite
i football team 'Iick'' their next
orite team.
ne piece de resistance is the turkey,
course. How any American could
thanks without this brown and
lutiful bird those fortunate enough 20
We one do not understand.
u many households he is fanked by
IA, SmithdeId in the home Of the rich
d great. and just plain ham in those
so fortunate. Also Jnere are served
up and entree, vegetables, dessert, and
trious other things, until the diner
rswears thoughts of indigestion,
rows prudence TO the winds. and-in-
egant term-stunLs
Hard to Eat Way Through.
have lately looked over the menus
uggested by some two or three dozen
lousekeepers for the Thanksgiving din
Ter, and almost all Of these are so elab-
Jrate that anyone eating his way
through all the courses must inevitably
come to grief IN the end.
Here is a menu for the home dinner
which may aid some perplexed house
keeper in making out her own. and one
that is comparatively simple:
Caviar CrisDs.
Tomato BisQue.
DeViled Fish in Ramekins.
Roast Young Turkey.
Olives. Cranberry Jelly.
Glaze Sweet POts-Oes.
Caulihower au Gratin- Mashed Potatoes.
Grape Fruit Salad.
Hot Mince Pie. Vanilla Ice Cream.
NeufChatel Cheese
Toasted Biscuits. Coffee.
The caviar cTisps may have substi-
tUted Eor them oysters on the half shell
or oyster cocktails, If desired; a clear
soup may take the place of the tomato
bisque If the hOusekeeper thinks a
cream" SOUP too heavy for dinner,
sausTkraut may he 1-ic.Tded among the
vegetables. and the salad may be aspar-
Rgus. Waldorf, or sWeetbread. TWO
vegetables should be sufficient for a
dinner of SO many courses, and ice
cream is not a necessity for a dessert,
but is given here because 1t now, as
often accompanies hot miuce pie, as
green peas or mint sauce accompany
lamb. The fact that dentists declare a
mixture of hot and cold TO be lnjur-
ious TO the teeth has no weight at the
dinner, likewise the physi-
clans protests are not resarded-eyen
by the physician.
Making Caviar Crisps.
Caviar Crisps-Remove the crusts from
slices Of white bread and cut into strips
ar inch wide and three inches long.
Toast 70 a light brown and set aside to
cool. open a small can of caviar and
rub into the contents a tablespoonful of
olive oil and a JeaspOOnful OF lemon
juice If the paste is not soft enough
ada more oil. Spread the crisp toast
with this paste, gaTnlsh with sprIgs
OF parsley and serve cold.
Deyiled Fish-Pick cold, cooked fish
into bits with a silver fork. Make
TOrCemeat OF bread crumbs the yOlhS OF
two eggs run through COlauder or Vege-
AasflE -Ho1B a AaAf4l1L llfl4l-L IA "a AAatGA
butter one Of minced parsley q tea
spoonful Of onion juice, paDrika and
salt Mix with the fish, wet with milk
and I'LL small ramekins with the mix
tuTe. Cover with fine crumbs, pepper
and salt them, put a dot of butter on
each and bake quickly TO a light brown.
Grape Fruit Salad.-Take the pulp of
the grape fruit from the SKINS remOv-
ing all the white and bitter fiber that is
attached. Let the pulp become very
cold before serving on lettuce leaves
with a French or mayOunaise dressing,
preferably the former.
Recipe for Mincemeat.
hIincemeat-Bon two pounds OF lean
beef, and when cold chop fine Mince a
pound of beef suet to a powder. Peel
and chop five pounds of apples. Seed
and haIve two pounds Of raisins. Wash
and pick over carefully two pounds Of
cleaned cuTrauts and one pound Of sui
tana raisIns- Cut into tiny bits three
quarters Of a pound Of citron.
Mix these ingredients. adding as you do
so two tablespOOnfuls each Of cinnamon
and mace, a tablespoonful each Of
cloves and allsplCe, q teaspOOnful OF
ground nutmeg, a tablespoonful OF salt
and two and a half pounds Of brown
sugar When all is well mixed stir In
q quart Of sherry and pint of the
best brandy. Mix thoroughly and pack
In stone crock In making mince pies
use the best pun paste and bake in
good even oven. MiuCemear is often
used without liquor by persons who do
not approve of alcoholic beverages.
Recipes for roasting turkey. for max
ing cranberry jelly and preparing glazed
sweet potatoes and caulifiOwer au gratin
have recently appeared in this column.
Turkey should be allowed to cook twelve
minutes To the pound.
Washington Pie in Canada.