Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
Preparing a Thanksgiving
Dinner for Six Dollars
<<@AN afford turkey for
WI Manufacturing dipnarpt'

n@AN l afford turkey for my
Thanksgiving dinner?'
Can | properly serve turkey
dinner for six guests for as little as SO?
These are vital questions TO hundreds OF
Washington housewives today, as the No
vember feast draws near.
How to prepare their customary
Thanksgiving dinner. have all the per-
cuis.tes Of a well balanced menu. and at
the same time keep within tho lin ts OF
IN allowance already strained by eX-
,~nditures inflated by the high price On
food products. i the question OF the day
IL MANY homes. even where the income
+ IS been sufficient il years past TO pro
eide q su.nptuous feast. In days when
turkeys reta;led al about half what they
re bringing today. and when other
ta~ra PRODUCTS were correspondinSly low,
tac preparing OF a holiday dinner was
roe as serious a matter in tie average
lone a. il Is today. Following the adj
AGED prices on meat products, all KINDS
o. foods have been steadily rising IN
pr CO. until the dinner. which once was
an ordinary AFFAIR. has gotten 70 hc a
heavy drain on the family pursa
owing to tile stringent hunting laws in
the territory surrounding the District
game is far higher this year than is Gus
tomary, and the game course consequent
" will be eliminated from many dinners.
Pheasants are now selling al - per pair.
and maliards are worth s.. Small black
head" ducks bring - for two. While
ouails sell at - cents per bird Rabbits
are now selling at from ~ cents 70 ~
cents each. while squirrels which are
not very plentiful, sell at - cents each.
To provide an eight-course dinner rang
ing from oysters Oh the half she'll
through courses containing fish, turkey
with filings and plum pudding. TO coffee
ali for 81, might seem at first to be
task for a miracle worker. but the fol-
lowing suggested menu can be prepared
for $s5s and Is more than sufficient foI
six persons:
Horsersdisb saucr. Sliced Lemon
Conscuinlc Brcsd Sticks.
Olives. Radisnes celery
Blpchsh, Point shirley style.
Potatoes Ly"uuaisr.
Individual chicken Pies.
Roast Turkey. chestnut Stuf'lng.
Rice Croque',es. Rurtered squash
O., Plum ruddns f9smy sauec -,
9fnpc ice sweet Waters. NUS.
Roquefort. Boubons MINIS
Black Coffee. Crackers.
The oysters, which are plentiful on In,
Washington markets this winter, and o.
unusually fine quality. should 81. selects
and served on the half shell Five oyster:
10 the person will be sufficient 10 serv.
when a heavy dinner is 10 follow Oys
tiers in the shell may be had OF almost al
dealers at l cent "a h, ~ cents being III,
necessary outlay for the biyalves Tn,
best 'horserad!sh Is sold for IL cents pei
pint in the Center market and cents
worth would be required for the oysters
A half dozen lemons costing cents
would be sufficient for the entire dinner
A ten-cent carton of salt waters will b.
enough for the two courses where sal
waters are served
The prices given are an average al tn
various markets OF the city, and hay,
been carefully computed. and il is as
sumed that the kitchen is supplied witt
the necessary condiments and seasoninss
A twenty-cent knuckle OF veal and
ffteen-cent slice OF smoked ham will b
SUFFICIENT for the body of the consomme
Rslishes would cost ~ cents. A pint o
bulk olives for - cents, three punches O
Iedishes for a dime, and two larg