Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-01-13
THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER.

10 pace reQ ASH berries could be
used. however. with any foliage to
be had.
Nowadays the dinner L. far shorter
than it once was. The time when
one must have turkey and ducks
chicken pie and ham. with pies and
buildings and as many vegetables o.
could be crowded On the table has
passed away forever. One heavy
course Of poultry, with three vege-
tables. makes the substantial part Of
the meal. and soup. salad and dessert
round out the whole. This menu will
be found practical and to 1t may be
added anything desired. such as
chicken pie after the turkey course,
or fish after the soup.
Grape Fruit.
Clear Soup.
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower
Baked Onions.
Celery Salad Olives Sailed Nuts
Mtnce Pie Pumpkin Pie,
Cheese
Ice Cream Coffee
A delightful siuffing for roast
turkey Is made in this way: One cup
Of soft bread crumbs, put In a frying
pan with a tablespoonful of butter.
q slice of onion. minced fine, salt and
pepper. cup Of finely chopped Gel
cry and cup Of chopped hickory
nuts. Cook all together till the
celery is entirely done, and stir con-
stantly: add more butter if required.
Stuff the turkey. leaving room for the
crumbs to swell, and roast upside
down in Q wire frame such as may
be bought at q hardware shop, or,
support the bird by putting cups or
small tin moulds in the corners Of
the roasting pan. This makes the
breast deliciously tender, and the
juices used in basting do not run off
as Ley do when poured over the
bird which lies feet uppermost.
Cranberry sauce may be made 4
DAY IN advance Of the dinner. Pick
over the berries and put them to cook
In barley water enough to lift them
off the bottom OF the kettle: let them
simmer TIL they break and become
soft, and then press through the col
ander and measure: put them on the
fire again, and when they boil up
well put IN exactly as much sugar a
you had fruit. boil up we'll for mo-
ment and take them from the fire:
pour into one or more molds and set
away to harden: this will give a
clear. beautiful marmalade which will
not run all over the plate when
served. Or require q small dish at
eSch cover.
Boil the sweet potatoes, peal and
mash them adding a good-sized lump |
OF butter, Rak q cup of rich cream
and salt and pepper; beat very light.
heap In a dish and just brown In the
oven.
The cauiflower Il to be cooked q
day In advance. then picked Oft the
stem, wet with rich white sauce. sea.
soned well and Drowned in a bskinG
dish in tie oven. with crumbs and
butter On top.
The onions are also to be cooked
twenty-four hours before they are
needed. drained and arranged In 4
1eep dish, q half-hour before the din
ner, pour over them q cup Of milk
and dot with salt, pepper and a tea
spoonful Of chopped parsley and bake
wenty minutes in . hot oven under .
plate: remove the plate. add more
utter and brown for Ave minutes.
For the salad. split celery stalks
own into even strips and cut these
lcross till they are two inches long: ,
nix with three hard-boiled eggs cut
nto quarters. sprinkle with salt and /.
ct On Ice till needed; make Franch
Jressing as usual. with three table.
poonfuls Of oil. half Of one Of vine l.
ar salt and = dash Of red pepper.
It the last moment pour this over :
nd toss well. Serve in q deep bowl ;
nth more egg quarters all around
10 edge.
In making the pumpkin pies use Il
ream instead Of milk in the rule you 4
refer. and double the number of egg
olks; this Is perfectly safe. a. no
scfpes are really rich enough to be
atisfactory. Add cinnamon and a
It of ginger or cloves; bake the :,
'ust first, add the mixture. bake
gain and In serving put large spoon.
lis u whipped cream all around the .
lge Of the pie.s 1'his makes q really .
elightful dish. y
The Ice. cream should be merely y
me good. rich. plain cream: serve
glaeses. and. II your choose, put !.
top Of each some small cubea Of y
'eserved ginger. Such a. come in Ht- y
, pots. with spoonful of Juice ON y
Ich.
In adding to this dinner, the chick -
pie suggested is better made in :,
aall dishes than IN one large pie :,
le little brown baking dishes with A.
indies which may be bought any -
here now, even at a ten-cent store.
Q just the thing to use>r Do not
It crust In them, but fill with the vi
oked chicken, a trifle of gravy, and ~
few oysters, put on a very light CO
ast and bake till brown. by