Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-13
GOOD HOUSEKEEPI NC
BY Laura A. Kirkman.
HAVE SHOULDER OF PORK WITH
TURKEY STUFFING CHRISTMAS

Now, two weeks before Christmas Day,
many woman is asking herself, What
shall have for Christmas Dinner" In
homes where there can be no turkey, or
even chicken, this year, these fowls Will
not be missed if the housekeeper will buy
a shoulder of pork and stuff it Tin the
pocket made by the removal OF the
shoulder bone) with regular turkey stuf-
fng. With this meat she will serve all the
"fxins" of an old-fashoined Christmas
Dinner-c cranberry jelly baked potato
cake, sweet potatoes baked IN the meat
pan, brown gravy, mmce pie and plum
pudding. ''Who cares for turkey VIII
be tho sentiment expressed after such
delicious feast as this.
In some localities shoulder of pork IS
now 35 cents, while loin OF pork is ID
cents, per pound. To be sure, prices may
change overnight, but ut any rate, pork
is sure to be more reasonable than turkey
or chicken. The loin of pork is more
tender cut than the shoulder, but the loln
cannot be stuffed and therefore be made
quite as good substitute for turkey as
the shoulder
When the cheaper cuts of meat are used
they should be cooked long and slowly
Order your shoulder of pork for your
Christmas Dinner now. family OF Tour
will need at least a 6-pound shoulder.
family of six will need an s-pound shoul-
der. Cold pork is delicious served the
next day with the leftover cranberry
jelly and the warmed-up vegetables OF the
Christmas Dinner, so it pays TO get cut
of meat little larger than the famlly
needs for the Christmas Dinner ltseli
The following menu will show the
housekeeper how TO dress up her dinner
Celery Olives
Tomato Bisque with crackers
Roast Shoulder of Pork
Turkey stuffing
Brown Gravy Cranberry Jelly Mould
Baked White Potato
Roasted Sweet Potato
Baked Corn Dish
Pumpkin Pie Mmce ne
Coffee Nuts
The housekeeper should prepare for
such big dinner as this the day previous
to serving It The mnce pies should,
of course, be made in advance, and
slipped into the oven on Christmas Day
20 heat up just before serving-tlme The
Baked White Potato is also 20 be prepared
on December oath, moulded in It's linking
dish. and gotten All ready - slip into the
oven lliFL BtiOt ttitlf itf Vii ArthAttAf aFAtt
ner. The cranberry jelly IS of course also
made the dav before The other dishes on
the menu will have To be prepared on
Christmas morning
Recipes for these dishes will appear
in this column tomorrow The recipe for
Tomato Bwque may seem 70 call for ~
Insufficient amount for six persons fall the
recipes will be for serving family ot
six but the small quantity Of soup called
for its enough lnasmuch M only very
small portion should be served 70 each
person. For soup. preceding big
dinner. is intended more as an appetizer
than as food to satisfy the appetite.
The things to follow are too delicious
70 be missed by taking the edge of the
appetite with an over-amount Of mere
| soup!
A pretty centerpiece for the home
| Christmas dinner sis made by LAYING a
| holly wreath fiat on the cloth and heapng
grapes. nuts and candy canes m the center
| Of Il Some of the walnuts might be
| followed out, a small slip Of paper hearing
some bit OF fortune-telling put III each
one. and the two halves tied together
again with red ribbon These might be
| opened AZ the end Of the meal.
Tomorrow Recipes for the Christmas
Dinner.
Au;n-,,;r;cS a aJJre~xaAJ N Miss EirLgrner