Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-28
A Halloween Menu.

For Halloween party simple ana
appropriate menu would be:
Fo. Mulled Cider. Waldorf Salad.
Cream Cheese and Pimeuto SANDWICHES CT Rye
Bread
Lettuce Sandwiches az White Bread
Nuts anil Eaisns.
Sailed Nuts ard Olives.
An elaborate Halloween party would
be IN absurdity. AS tie festical is es-
sentially of simple country origin. so
it offers very easy and Inexpensive
way of entertaining.
Ask your guests to come in country
costume; play the old childish games
that have for generations been played
on Halloween: serve Il simple bat am
pie supper. and you will, for very little
trouble and expense, have given a most
successful entertainment
Mulled cider is made by adding to
the amount of cider needed an ample
favoring of spices, cloves, cinnamon.
Il dust of mace and allspice. Then
heat the mixture by dipping into 1t
red-hot r!uiiing iron until the CIDER
is hot \ muliing Iron was PLAIN
bar of iron used for that purpose
alone, but a welI-scrubbed poker would
answer the purpose.
The Waldorf salad is Il mixture OF
nuts, celery and apples chopped fine
mixed together and moistened with 4
mayonnaiSc dressing.
For the games the time honored
st:indbys are the best-bobbing for
apples, blowing out candle with
ones eyes bandaged, trying to take
bite out of u swinging apple sus-
pended by !, cord, peeling apples so
that the peel COMES off unbroken and
throwing the long inc of peel over
the SHOULDER to see what letter Ii
forms, etc.
Another Old game not so often
played, which is really an endurance
test rather than game, is to gather
all outside of the front door
with tablespoonful of salt in their
mouths, start them off at the same
time to run a stated distance. around
the house or the block. and the one
who comes back i'll the shortest time
with his mouth still full of salt is
given a prize. If the distance is long
enough it will be found that few return
with the salt intact.
If You have an open fireplace roast
ing chcstnuts. popping corn. :lud ro:.st-
ing apples will take up the attention
OF the people Who are not engaged in Il
game.
The decorations should he jack o
lanterns: and autumn leaves. mex
pensive Halloween favors at each place
at the supper table make a pretty
touch.
MeatleSs Menus.
BREAKFAST
Coffee. Baked Apples.
kippared Herring.
Stewed Potatoes.
Toast and Marrldadc.
LUNCHEON.
Eggs Beauregi ride.
E>caliop-d Potatoes. Stuffed Tomatoes.
Hot biscuits.
DINNER
iacGroni SoGp.
Fish Pudding.
Fried L.: Plant. Lima Beans.
Beet salad.
Sliced Peaches.
kippered herring comes in tins and
may be had all through the winter
1t Is easily warmed up. and makes a
delicious breakfast dish. In England
and Scotland it is Il very popular
breakfast dish, and is accompanied
with toast and orange marnalade.
To make eggs beauregarde" boil
six eggs for twenty minutes. Make
a pint of cream sauce. Cut the whites
of the eggs in thin strips. mix with the
sauce and fill baking dishes-one for
each person. Rub the yolks of the eggs
through L sieve on top of each dish,
put In the oven for two or three min =
utes and serve.
Halibut or any other large fish may
be used for Il fish pudding. one pound
boiled halibut.. half cupful milk, one
and-a half tablespoonful of butter.
teaspoonfuls salt, one teaspoonful pep