The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-12-16

being substituted for the pagan
y yuletide the famous "boars head"
~ omitted. and the Christmas pie
became known as mince pie. However. many old
observances were kept. including the mstletoe
and holly. and Christmas was a day for family
gatherings. with feast prepared by the women
OF the house.
1t Is quite possible that would not like
their havorings today. They used a variety OF
spices. wines and seasonngs in even their plain
est dishes: but as everything was prepared In
the nome either under the supervision OF the
mistress or by her own hands, the mixtures we're
wholesome.
Everything was turned to account in the sea-
son with view to future use so In this way
preparations for the holiday were 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 kept
In an earthenware jar In the cellar.
Mince Meat Recipe
The rich plum pudding and cakes were made
early in the fall and put away to mellow and
rpen
The mincemeat was then made, the recipe for
which was recently found in an old Philadelphia
cookbook We copy all but the spelling: -Four
pounds veal. four pounds suet. two pounds rails
ms. one pound currants. six apples. some rose
water and sack half a pound no moro OF sugar
threefourths pound cloves. mace. nutmeg and
cinnamon. some canded orange peel lemon peel
citron and banched almonds"
They made q pun paste for their pies differ.
Ont from ours One recipe called for -FOUR one
pound butter. ten eggs and some milk or water
Some housewives made their winter supply cf
mince pies before Thanksgiving and reheated
them before using
For the lemon tarts. the lemonp had to be first
soaked In salt water for two days. Then every
day for fourteen days they were put into fresh
,oIA FIa,,s
anges and sugar added.
A few days before Christmas tho mistress went
to market. the maid carrying the basket. She
would get her turkey. cranberries. celery oysters
and little pig for roasting whole.
The day before Christmas tho real excitement
began The stuiing made and such stunlng!
Bread crumbs. beef suet. liver. lemon pees. nut
meg. savory. pepper. salt, cream and eggs The
little pig. only four or five weeks old, was filled
to his utmost capacity with mashed potatoes or
apples.
Not the least to be considered were the green
decorations Ground pine for festoons and
wreaths mstlctoe 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 were up early. The
brick oven was heated and the mncc pies put in
The turkey was dredgcd with -four and put on
the spit with n small unwilling child to watch
and turn It as II Drowned
Another child set to cracking nuts and
polishing apples
Roasting the Little Pig.
The little pig put before the fire to roast
IN the dripping pan, In which were three bottles
OF red wine for basting,
While the things were cooking n long table.
tho length OF the room. spread with the
white linen cloth, napkin. china and silver or
pewter.
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Christmas bowl Here the quaint directions
for making It:
Break nine sponge cakes and half u pound OF
macaroons In a deep dish pour over one pint
rasin wine. half pint sherry Leave them to
soak Swcoton with two ounces OF powdered
sugar candy and pour over one pint and half
OF custnrd stick with two ounces sliced almonds
Place on n stand and ornament with Christmas
ovcrgrCcns
The tanRnrd with the Christmas brew was put
on the table and all the siabubs, lollics. pickles
lemon ,arts. rcd apples nuts, the cookies and tho
cherries fresh from the hay.
The nrcpacos were now blazing, and the rcd
berries and green leaves OF the holly were shin.
Ing In the light.
The mistlctoo was waiting for the Unwary, and
the rood smell Of the brown turkey. sayory stuff
fng and npplcsauco was everywhere
Don Their ees, Froeks,
Amor the housewife and her daughters had
seen TO everything they hurried to put on their
hog, nowcrcd silks with white whms around
their nccks and tho most secret bcnu,ihors on
their faces,
Tb,n the dinner being nearly cooked they took
rho Ii,,lo drowned pig raised him gently and put
two small loaycs OF bread urlcr him. and added
moro wine: an nnchoyy bundle OF sweet herbs
md n half n lemon was put into the sauce which
was poured over him hot they had him sitting
on his launches looking lifclika Then they put