Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-29
S5 TURKEY DINNER
FOR 7,SAYS CHEF
Alexander Gastaud Gives
Menu for a Family of $25
a Week Worker
MORE ELABORATE MEALS
Chestnut Stuffing Popular On
Thanksgiving Bills of Fare
in City Hotels

II is none other than Gastaud himself
Alexander Gastaud, chef at the Ritz-Carl-
ton, who has prepared meals for every
, European ruler--who says that a turkey
dinner for seven persons can be cooked for
S.
He has arranged dinners in Paris. Lon
don. Berlin and New York and efthoueh
he has for the most part catered to millions
aires and members Of the royalty he insists
tNat he knows. too. what the popr man
wants and what he can afford This Is the
menu which he says can be fulfilled at a
maximum cost of SIS:
Tomato soup
dread and buttcr Pumpkin PI'f pIs potatoes
Coffee '''
Perhaps ze family la extraordnaire for
eppetites, he explains. Perhaps gay cat
more Zan re average Zen zees dinner will
do for only six. or perhaps re family eats
less zan re average-perhaps small children
are among zem-zen re dinner will do for
eight But for re avarege gees menu does
for seven"
Good turkey, although probably not as
tender as is served at the best hotels. can be
had for 20 cents, according to Gastaud
seven-pound turkey should not only be
enough for the average family but should
serve for the next day, too
The tomato soup might be bought I'm cans
but within the allotted s5 fresh tomatoes
could be bought. Gastaud maintains that
for this special occasion" a man making
s'I ~ even less week can afford SIS for the
dinner
At the Ritz-Carlton there will be no table
d'hote dinner. But here are some of the
many things that will be served n la carte
nt something more than s5 for a family of
seven:
A REAL MENU
Bolusa Caviar
TsTEsy and bralssa ls5rSsn essry baltimore
Xliigstor pear salad coppe nehemERnnns sERr0n.s
Merinsue glaco -. Heart cream cheese
Gastaud thinks that this would make an
excellent Thanksgiving meal, but he ex-
plains that there are many possibilities Of
variation from the original
on the Thanksgiving menu at the Belle
vue-Stratford there will be exactly 204
items from which the diner can take his
choice. At that institution the startling
fact was revealed that there are real live
normal Americans who don't like turkey.
There are folk who won't eat 1t stuffed
with oysters. chestnuts or bread, or served
with giblet, cranberry or any other sauce.
For the benefit of such citizens dishes like
renison steak. pigs feet, lamb and ham
viii be on the menu.
At Hanscoms restauranta table d'hote
Thanksgiving dinners, ranging between 60
certS and S1.1O. will be served
Besides turkey dinners the st James
Ilctel will provide dancing for its guests.
H. ;Ess connection the management sagely
advises the dancers to indulge in turkey
trots
CHESTNUT STUFFING
At the Continental Hotel the turkey will
be stuffed with chestnuts. Experience OF
years there has convinced the chef that
this is the favorite stuffing, The same
will rule at the Vendig, where snapper New
burg will also be al Important part of the
menu.
Chestnut will enhance the turkey at the
New Hotel Hanover also, A sample S1.25
dinner there is:
Blue points Filet of bass
Civet of rabbit chasseur
Thanksgiving punch
I.arded sirloin of beef
Roast turkey with chestnut stuffing and
berry sauce
Buttered asparagus Salad
English plum pudding with two sauces
Cheese and ss sfasEe9s SEea ana Nas SSH and rasns
At all the hotels, the chefs and head
walters the managers cashiers, proprie
tors and clerks predict record-breaking
business,
philadelphia city of homes?'' the hotel
men ask in derison. More people will eat
away from their homes. they say, than on
any previous Thanksgiving. Meanwhile,
the housewives seem to be buying as much
turkey as ever.