The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
WOMAN AND THE HOME
MENUS FOR
THANKSGIVING DINNER
Edited By JITLIA CHANDLER MANz,

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What dishes constitute an ideal
Thanksgiving dinner?
Except for the fact that nine-tenths
Of the people insist that roast turkey
shall be incladed in the menu. the au-
thorities are In hopeless conflict as to
the rest of the bill of fare.
Some demand soup. others don't; some
want oysters on the half shell, others
say they wouldn't give a pinch OF snun
on that day for all the oysters In the
universe.
Again, individual tastes prevent any
agreement whatsoever upon the subject
OF vegetables, salads. desserts, and
cheese. In each instance the individual
insists upon his or her favorites.
OF a half dozen people consulted no
two agreed absolutely on any one
menu. Five insisted upon turkey, one
took to goose, three suggested soup,
three omitted It, four like cheese, and
two did not.
Calls This simple Menu.
Here are the specifications laid down
by one OF those who says that she will
be satisfied with a very simple menu:
Clear Soup.
Celery. Salted Almonds.
Cranberry Jelly.
Candied Sweet Potatoes. Drowned Pars-
nips.
Mashed Potatoes. Creamed Caulifiower
Fruit Salad.
Pumpkin Pie. DEVILS Food Cake.
Coffee. Nuts and Raisins
Another expressed a preference for the
following:
Liquored Grapefruit.
Celery Hearts. Cold Slaw.
Roast Turkey. Oyster Stuftipg.
Giblet Gravy.
Cranberry Sauce.
Boiled Hominy. Creamed Caulifower.
CandIed Sweet Potatoes, Sprinkled With
Cinnamon.
Fruit Salad. French Dressing.
Nuts. Raisinse Cider. Roquefort Cheese
Saltines. Coffee.
Still another. with a fondness for things
English, insisted upon the following
served at $50 +. M:
Hors d'oeuvres.
Cream OF Spinach
BroIled Stnelts. Sauce Tartare.
Roast Virginia Turkey, stuftel with
Oysters.
Hominy Cakes. Creamed Satisfy.
Celery, Grape Fruit and Malaga Grapes.
served with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Plum Pudding. Brandy Sauce.
Cheddar Cheese Bentz Biscuits.
Black Coffee.
For the Man of simple Tastes.
Here is what another asserted would
thoroughly satisfy him. mote the sim
plicity):
Roast Turkey. Cranberry Sauce.
Sweet Potatoes, Lima Beans.
Homemade Mince Pie.
Coffee.
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menu card as follows:
Grape Fruit with Rum.
Lynnhaven oysters.
Puree Of Black Beans, with Lemon.
Roast Goose.
Mashed Chestnuts. Creamed Spinach.
Iced Tomatoes. stuffed with Celery and
Sweet Pickle and served with Smith
field Ham in Aspec.
Roquefort Cheese. Biscuits.
Frozen Pudding.
Coffee.
4 man who likes something stronger In
the way Of LIQUID refreshment with his
Thanksgiving dinner than water said the
following would about catch him:
Martini Cocktail
Cherrystone Oysters. Celery Hearts
SaIted Almonds. Mock Turtle Soup
Rhine Wine.
Turkey Wings. Oyster sauce.
STUFFED Potatoes.
Brussels Sprouts, cooked with Chestnuts
and Creamed. span king Nebilo.
Quail on Toast. Hearts OF Lettuce.
Champagne.
English Plum Pudding. Hard sauce
Camembert Cheese. Bentz Biscuits
Black Coffee. Cherry Brandy.
What an Expert Suggests.
A real culinary expert gives the follow
ing as an ideal Thanksgiving menu, With
in the reach of the average person;
Clear Soup. Celery. Olives.
Rcast turkey Bread Filling.
Oyster Sauce and Brown Gravy.
Baked Craroerries.
Glazed Sweet Potatoes.
Brussels Sprouts. Cream Sauce.
Fruit Salad. Cheese Balls served on
Crackers.
Pumpkin Pie. Grapefruit
Coffee. Rolls.
With so much diversity of opinion II
becomes apparent that the ideal Thanks
giving dinner depends very much upon IN
diyIduaI tastes and the state Of the diners
pocketbook.
Dozens of Sorts of Place Cards
Place cards of dozens Of sorts can be
had these days in the shops, and never
was the array greater nor more VaIleu.
But the clever woman can make DAINTY
little cards following her own Ideas ths'
are more charming than the bought kinu;
The fad for stenciled effects can De USED
to good purpose. High-glazed PLAIN "hite