The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-05
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Redwing. November 2S.-That an
elaborate eight course banquet can
be prepared and served at reason.
able cost, and that care in the pur-
chase and use of materials will result
in a marked decrease in the cost
Of living were clearly demonstrated
at a banquet served to five members
of the board of education and their
wives and Superintendent John l..
SIvernale and Mrs Silvernale in the
domestic science room of the indus
trial building last evening. The BAN
Quet was prepared under the direc-
in domestic science in the public
schools.
Why Event Was Planned.
The event was planned for the pur-
pose of determining how elaborate
4 spread could be gotten up for so
cents plate. Miss Kaiser selected
the menu, purchased the materials
used and determined the cost per
plate of each course. Everything
used in preparing the courses even
down to the seasoning was recorded
The prices paid were the same as
those any housewife would be COM
PEELED 10 pay at the various stores.
From the menu published above, a
meal of three courses could easily be
selected at a most reasonable figure
The menu consisted of grape fruit,
cOnSOmme, celery waters, creamed
oysters in Unable cases, olives, veal
LOAF, tomatoes, stuffed potatoes, but
tered peas, Parkerhouse rolls, jelly,
orange ice, cabbage, brown bread,
fruit surprise. coffee. cheese and
waters.
Cost Less Than Fifty Cents.
The excellence of the repast and
the variety of foods served, demon
strated what results can be obtained
by the judicial and careful selection
and use of materials. The cost per
plate was a little over 40 cents.
The guests we're given a generous
supply Of everything on the menu.
Eleven Sophomore girls, members
of Miss Kaiser's classes, prepared
and served the banquet They were
Misses Alice Bartron, Stella Berg
cron, Olive Boltz, Myrtle Erickson.
Loretta Harrison, Lillian Johnson,
Marie Linden, Mary McKeown. Mon
lea Moran, Elenore Olson and Marion
SClander.
Neat Menu Cards.
4 Neat menu cards, the work of the
girls in the art class OF the eighth
grade, were placed at each plate
while the dining room itself was
prettily decorated with evergreen
sprigs and bitter sweet.
Those present were, Hon. and Mrs.
". II. Putnam, MIR. and Mrs. c. f.
Sheldon, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank III.
Erickson, DR.. and Mrs A. w. Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs +. c. Erb and Professor
and Mrs. John L. Silvernale.
At The "Agsy" College.
That a Thanksgiving dinner need
not add to the high cost of living
was demonstrated Wednesday at the
school of agriculture, when six post
graduates, under the direction of
Miss Junita Sheppard, served four
course dinner to ten guests for 81 10.
regular Thanksgiving menu was
prepared, the dinner including con.
somme and waters, roast duck with
apple and raisin dressing, baked po-
tatoes, mashed rutabagas, giblet gravy
whipped cream and gelatin fruit
dessert
The girls figured each item into
fractions, and found that the dinner
cost just seventeen cents for each
guest. The dinner, besides being a
demonstration Of the reduction of
cost of an appetizing and wholesome
Thanksgiving menu, was intended to
exploit Miss Shephard's theory that
dinner with a heavy meat course
should be concluded with light des-
sert