San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
Table Talks
Dinner Menu
By Alice Irwin

French rolls
Bartlett pear salad
Chocolate blanc mango
Junior cakes
A request has come in for menu
containing chicken la king. Perhaps
a discussion why each item was chosen
would help in planning others by your
self.
The chicken viii nave rich sauce
containing some starch because OF its
thickening and SO we avoid a con-
centrated vegetable such as rice or
macaroni would be. The green peas
are not only attractive but furnish
valuable minerals and vegetable pro-
tein. The potato chips are dietetically
not very wholesome because of the fact
that they are cooked in fat, so the
children and members of the family
with . delicate digestive apparatus
should eat sparingiy, If ut all. They
help to make an attractive plate and
are certainly pleasant to eat because
of their crispness.
French rolls are harder to chew than
plain bread and since the rest of the
meal involves little work for the teeth
it il advisable to have something in
the meal that will.
The Bartlett pear salad: with its
bed Of lettuce, which should also be
eaten, provides those valuable fruit
ncids and vitamines needed in every
meal. The dessert, if properly made,
e wholesome and not too rich for the
average diner provided he or she has
eaten wisely ut other meals and has
not INDUCED between meals. The over.
weight member of the family should
stop before the dessert. Hard luck,
this extra avoirdupois, isn't it? Bet
ter take more exercise and make 1t
snappy and strenuous and eat just
enough to satisfy at all times anu
then we'll let you have some dessert,
too.
CHICKEN A LA KING.
Pick every morsel of chicken from
the bones. Make n cream sauce, using
any of the gravy left from the roasted
-hicken and as much milk as necessary
your particular needs. Remember
zone cup of white sauce serves four
a satisfactorily. Add the chicken
q to this any or all Of the follow
rs suits your fancy and pocket
X Chopped green pepper, chopped
0, mushrooms, salt and desired
lgs, of course, and just as you
tut to remove it from the fire
a slightly beaten egg yolk.
. bksEN PEAS AU NATURELLE.
l ne pound fresh green peas (servcs
! ~.
} Put on just enough water to cover.
BOX with lid off to preserve the color
I'D only just long enough to tender.
lex out one of the largest peas to
4 1t and as soon as 1t is done remove
I'M the fire. II you have judged cor
fly there will be no water with its
I iuable dissolved ingredients to drain
\. Add one tablespoon butter and
teaspoon finely chopped parsley
a serve.
BARTLETT PEAR SALAD.
4 z Arrange large half of Bartlett
Z GEAR on IN attractive bed of lettuse.
i Fill the cup of the pear with cream
Rcottage cheese. Put on a spoonful OF
Dnayonnaise and garnish with finely
chopped nuts and a dash Of paprika.
CHOCOLATE BLANC NANCE.
Make as you would any cornstarch
pudding, only add one-fourth cup of
powdered chocolate to the sugar and
oornstarch when you mix 1t.
JUNIOR CAKES.
Use your best plain cake recipe.
Bake in tiny gem pans. When cold
cover with n powdered sugar icing
and sprinkle over the tiny candies
called Thousand Millions which you
can get Mt the confectioncr's.
APPLE BUTTER.
Wash apples, cut in quarters and
core. Put on to cook with just enough
water to keep from sticking. Cook