The Washington times., 1919-12-06
Making the
Big Dinner
BY Lorstto @. Lynch.


TT Is always a problem 70 rasnsxs
the big dinner. ard II ix neoez-
s&rily more difficult prohaxu
when one has little or no help. Yed
there are time when every hsus<-
keeper feels she wants &c se hes
teas at q fairly large dinner.
The cinner may be On the eoc4~
sion Of holiday or e bsrthday or q
sort Of reunion. when ths bo&<e~<
is In a posisicr 70 provide al sh<
goodies for the feast the sctus,
work. as well ss the expense. il
larger than when each CONTRIBUTES
something in the way CT food snc
labor
The idea OF each confrssstinx
something 20 a little feast may be
quite shocking 70 woman ws<h
very definite ideas Of ~ eutsss sf
host and guest. bat only too s<:sr
DO folks Of the miodle cl&ss eltk<r
refrain from giving th<s< olc- -fseh-
toned gatherings because Of tns a.
pense of giving them or else rur
into debt.
know Of case where the foss
married daughters OF certain fam
fly are going to take dinner At the
old family home this year on the
occasion OF the birthday Of one Of
them The parents ars old fsaks
The dear old mother il going "a
be spared as much Of the wsrk 60
expense az possible
or course the husbands an1 <ae
two dear Rrandchildreu ara GoinG
TO be there. and when thts uer1
dozen seat themselves ~ the fps-
tive board there 10 Fosng 70 ~
some delicious eatsbles 10 tficklt
the palate and delight the eye.
The following ne,ps has besu de-
csded upon: Grapefruit. ceiery
olives, ssited nuts. gihlst coup. ns-
ger rolls. roast peultrr. m&shst
potatoes. cranberry sel,y, besisd
onions In butter, pie. cheese, sa1
cofree et
They decided upon twelve pountz
OF poultry. In this case IL wns
thought desirable TO have two stz-
pound turkeys. This gave sssrs
breast meat and more lees tbsr
Mould one tweive-pounc hird~rrp-
lds.
Two Of the daughters each pro-
Nided a turkey and roasted II more
than half IN their ovn bones toe
day before the dinner. Ou the das
Of the dinner IL wss only necessary
TO cook them o very little whfl~
longer when they arrived az the os4
home. The gravy was broueAs
along IN a Mason 3&r ard suxt re-
Quired rebestinr. TIE other two
daughters provided the rest Of the
things between them.
But where the hostess herself Is
going 90 provide the entire dinner
the task viii be moro ple.surasse
n water is used. Two days before
the dinner plan the menu. Care
fully look over just what Ia sn hsod
and then make out your rnnrkct
list. Try TO shop ieisvreiy, exam
ining, Weighing and measuring each
pGrchsse. Ask TO have them ceiiv-
cred not later thar noon OF the Gag
before your dinner party.
Celery may be scrubbed ard tied
Up in piece OF clean cheesecIcts-
The Eibiet soup may be preparoc.
cooled and stored ,in Mason 3srs -
the refrigerator overnight.
Make your cranberry 5elly, a.
well as the pie. the day before. Tis
coffee may be MADE, strained froci
the grounds and put into jars an1
stored away. The poultry may ss
more than half roasted. ailowi1r
about half an hour 20 the pound
The grapefruit takes time TO pre-
pare. This may be done the svenlng
before II q piece OF waxed paper "a
placed over the cut portion 10 pre-
vent drying.
Set your rolls the night eefors.
Set your table. The latter may o<
covered with a clean red sheet See
that there are sufficient salt and
pepper sprinklers, and thai then
are filed and resdy for use.
Where dozen or more G1oUta
are 60 be sestec. the use OF plaos
cards will help. These usse D.
plain visiting cards with tb< nar,s
written upon them, OF ~ mere
festive little cards ms be used
Motifs cut from p@per eapl<ias ans