The Elbert County tribune., 1915-12-17

Y yaletde. the famous 'boars head"
" was omitted. and the christmas pie
became kRcwn mince pie However. many old
oDservances were kept. including the mistletoe
and holly and Christmas was a day for family
satherHgs with feast prepared by the women
Of the house
Il Is quite possible that we would not like
their gavorings today They used a variety OF
cst dishes; but as everything prepared In
the home either under the supervision of the
mistress or by her hands, the mixtures were
wholesome.
Everything turned to account in the sea.
son with a view to future USE so in this way
preparations for the holiday we're going on long
before the day.
= IN cherry time, supply was carefully packed
In hay and kept for Christmas
The Christmas cookies with coriander seed
In them were baked six months before and kent
On an earthenware jar in the cellar.
Mnce Meat Recipe
fhe rich plum pudding and cakes were made
early In tho fall and put away to mellow and
rfpeu.
The mincemeat was then made the recipe for
which was recently found in an old PhiladeIph,a
cookbook We copy all but the spelling. -Four
pounds veal. four pounds suet two pounds rails
ins. one pound currants six apples some rose
water and sack half II pound, no more of sugar,
tbroe-fourths pound cloves. mace nutmeg and
cinnamon. some candied orange peel lemon peel
cifron and binnched almonds.
They made a pun paste for their pies differ
ent from ours. One recipe called for -four. one
pound butter. ten eggs and some milk or water
Some housewives made the- winter supply Il
mincc pies before Thanksgiving and reheated
them before using
For the lemon tarts. the lemons had to be first
soaked in salt water for two days Then every
day for fourteen days they were put into fresh
cold wntor When they made apples. or
Anges and sugar were added,
A few days before Christmas the mistress went
TO market the maid carrying the basket. She
would get her turkey. cranberres celery. OYSTERS
and little pig for roasting whole
The day before Christmas the real excitement
began. The stuting made. and such stuhing!
Bread crumbs beef suet liver. lemon pees. nut.
meg. savory. pepper. salt. cream and eggs The
little pig. only four Ave weeks old. filled
to his utmost capacity with mashed potatoes or
apples
Not the least TO be considered the green
decorations Ground pine for festoons and
wreaths, m,stletoe to hang. and holly everywhere
were the necessities
When Christmas morning came the excitement
was at the highest pitch The housewife. her
daughters and her maids we're up early Tho
brick oven was heated and the mince pies put in.
The turkey dredged with flour and put on
the spit with small unwilling child to watch
and turn II as 1t Drowned
Another child set to cracking nuts and
polishing apples
Roasting the Little Pig.
Tho little pig was put before the fire to roast
In the dripping pan. in which three bottlos
of red wine for basting
While the things cooking long table.
the length of the room. wa5 spread with the
white linen CLOTH napkin. china and silver or
pewter
In the middle OF the table the famed
C21risimas bowl Here the quaint directions
s'for mating IT,
..Break nine sponge cakes and half pound of
In, dapn ioh
raisip wine half pint sherry. Leave them TO
soak Sweeten with two ounces of powdered
sugar candy and pour pint and a half
Of custard Stick with two ounces sliced almonds.
place on a stand and ornament with Christmas
eyergreens.
The tankard with the Christmas brew was put
on The table and all the sillabubs jellies. pickles.
demon tarts red apples nuts. the cookies and the
cherries fresh from the hay
The areplaces we're blazing. and the red
berries and green leaves of the holly were shin
ing in the light
The uistlefoe was waiting for the unwary. and
the good smell OF the brown turkey. savory stuff
nnx and apptesauce everywhere
Don Their Best Frocks.
After the housewife and her daughters had
seeu 10 everything they hurried to put their
hest lowered silks with white whms around
chair neciss and the most secret beautters on
aheir faces.
Then the dinner being nearly cooked they took
ebe utfte Drowned pig raised him gently and put
fwo small loa yes of bread under him and added
more wine an anchovy bundle OF sweet herbs
and n half lemon put into the sauce. which
xvaa oo,,red over him hot. They had him sitting
nm hia launches looking lifelike. Then they put