American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-05-09
DINNER PARTY MENUS.

So many letters have asked for
menus suitable throughout for cook
ing in parer bags that here follow
several, each suitable for a party din.
ner. Direction for cooking more thai
half their component parts have al
ready been printed.
IL o feel that you must begin your
party feast with raw oysters. take
them straight-from the half-shell. II
the half-shell way cumbers you. serve
the oysters in cocktails.
II your oysters must be hot, put
them In a paper bag after draining
them well, add a generous lump of
butter for each dozen of the oysters.
a busting of pepper and a little salt.
Seal the bag, which must be thickly
buttered, and cock for six minutes in
side a very hot oven.
Here is my ideal paper bag cooked
dinner for six.
Grapefruit au Rhum
Olives Warmed in Sherry
Sailed Pecans
Sp1ced Plums Celery Apple or
Cranberry Sauce
Roast Turkey Raisin Stufing
Gravy from the Bag
Endive Salad Sharp French Dressing
Sweet Potatoes in Syrup
Caulifiower au' Gratin
Mince Pie Sweet Potato Custard
Fruit and Nuts in Variety
Black Coffee Waters, Cheesed or
Plain with Pimento Cheese
Here is a Christmas dinner for
hearty appetites:
Oysters. Bag, Stewed and Served in
Separate Bags
Celery Toasted Crackers
CHARTERED Lemons
Sailed Peanuts Radishes Sharp Pickle
Roast Goose, Apple and Onion Stuffing
Baked Spanish Onions
Baked Irish Potatoes White Turnips
Apple Sauce Cucumber Catsup
Hot Corn Bread
Cold Slaw Boiled Dressing
Pfmento Sandwiches Water Waters
Pumpkin Pie Banana Pie
Pound Cake Caramel Cake
Nuts and Raisins
Coffee In large cups Sweet Cider
Water Waters Dried Beef Crisped in a
Pan
Beef thus crisped till it crackles in
the teeth is wonderfully relished at
the end of a heavy dinner. 1t gives
the saving tang of salt that is so re-
freshing. A very little-a mere mouth
full, sufices. Put it thinly in a clean
pan, with a tiny dot of butter, set the
pan in the owe after the fire is out,
but while there is still heat, shut the
and leave till wanted. The beef
can be crisped over a low fame, of
course, If the over is wanted for other
use. Make the waters also hot and
crisp.
To make pimento sandwiches, mince
half a a of pimentos, rub them well
a cake of the best cream
adding enough French dress
Ing to make the mixture spread
smooth on the buttered bread. Few
better Accomplishments for any sort OF
salad a be found.
Peel and slice your turnips and put
in a well creased bag with a
light seasoning of salt, a lump OF
barely busted with flour. and
thin stock to half cover them.
Seal and cook in a gentle heat fifty
minutes to an hour and a quarter, de-
pending on the size of the bag. Empty
nto hot dish and If not rich enough
more butter, dust with black pep
Der. and, If approved, add a little v.~e-
,ar. MASKING is optional.
Oyster Broth
Hot Oyster Sandwiches
Brown Bread Celery
Sailed Peanuts Radishes
Fresh Ham. Stuffed n Roasted
sweet Potatoes cooked in the Ham-bag
Cabbage Pudding
Baked Onions Baked Apples
Baked Potatoes
Prune Whip (entreel
Salad, Sour Cream Dressing
Hot Biscuit
Pudding, Lemon Sauce, Fruit
and Nuts
,offee in large cups Ale Cider
Drain the liquor from the oysters,
train it, add to it it's own bulk Of rich
nix, and if the quantity is insufficient
.alf its own bulk of good stock. Add
lump of butter rolled in -four, season
Nth salt and pepper. and make very
OF, but do not let 1t quite boil. Stir so
he broth shall not curdle. Pour into a
OF tureen, already furnished with tiny
Quares of hot toasted stale bread or