The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-13
Foods Demand Consideration as Gifts
BY MARY MARGARET M'BRIDE

n thing, how about a nice little
case of kangaroos' tails. birds
nest and sharks fin soups for
Christmas, all done up in a nice
holiday package?
Or maybe you'd rather give a
delectable selection of poetic
sounding honey from all over the
Worldwide thyme, wild rose and
wild acacia from Syria, spring
flower from Dalmatia, hymettus
from South Greece, peach blossom
from Spain, heather from Eng
land?
There are no humming birds
tongues anywhere about as far as
We have been able to find, but
cockcombs, believe it or not, come
in jars And there is rattlesnake
meat N tins, as we'll as boars'
heads, and reindeer meat-balls.
Not quite as exotic on the
tongue is Russian caviar. Tea,
the fragrant Chinese kind, may
come to anything you have
in mind to pay and it arrives IN
its own pot with water pot accom-
panying, or is packed in chests of
handpainted and lacquered wood
which are useful for storing trim
kets or gloves when the last pre-
Cious bit Of tea has been stepped.
THE fancy food stores are max
Il ing great TODD this year
about gift boxes and baskets of
actual victuals, as we'll as pretty
luXUries For instance, one shows
a gorgeous Christmas token con-
tanning husky three-pound hunk
Of Wiltshire bacon (the bacon
from there is supposed to be
something extra speciaD and a
substantial English ham.
Coffee and tea go along with
this practical present. Or you
may stick to home products and
buy an Old Virginia ham, wrapped
in Cellophane
Two further attempts to be more
useful than ornamental include
an assortment of chutneys in
earthenWare jars and grand
hamper of makings for a holiday
supper: Succotash, pumpkin,
brandy sauce, corned beef hash,
cranberry sauce and mince meat.
Still another collection is for a
New Years eve party with cheese
in wine. coffee, tea, great punches
of dollhouse grapes, candies, hors
d'oeuvres and huge pudding.
NHEESE, increasingly popular
" in this country, is an excel
lent gift this year and comes in
variety of DISCUSSES such as crooks,
boxes, jars and baskets. You can
get it in any language, too-round
red Holland, Danish Tilsit, SWed-
ish Hoor. Norwegian primula.
Italian promesi sposi Hungarian
Liptauer, cheddar of Wisconsin.
English Stilton from a recipe that
the women of Leicestershire have
handed down from generation TO
generation.
One Of the most exciting cheese
packages Is white wire rack with
three containers. each filled with
different cheese.
My own favorite gift food sug-
gestion is hors d'oeuvres. Com
binations such as anchovies, olives
stuffed with caviar, raisin-filled
onions, thin strips Of dried her
ring and cheddar cheese come
packed in round, square or TRAN
gular glass containers that will
serve as permanent hors d'oeuvres
holders.
NTHER happy helps to the tea
" or cocktail party-giver in
clude the new cheese Favored
popcorn done up in bags that keep
it fresh. Chinese toasted crackers
that look like nuts and are made
of rice flour, nuts and soy bean
sauce (they taste better than they
Sound), small peeled shrimp in
jars, gift boxes or assorted pastry
shapes. cheese sticks and new
cocktail crackers favored various
ly with ginger, curry. celery, to-
mato, almond and mint.
Among the ct ceteras - and
what would Christmas be without
food ct ceter9s?-are large round
fruit cakes decorated with red and
green cryStallized fruit; walnut
stuffed figs in small white straw
boxes; aSortments Of jams. and
of fruits preserved in brandy,
grenadine. or even champagne.
On the international side is the
selection of packaged cakes this
year.
Short bread, for instance, in a
gay box with the Scotch lakes on
the lid, tree cake from Vienna
covered with chocolate. plum pud-
dings from England adorned with
Dickens characters. and ginger
bread from Vienna in hearts and