Evening star., 1942-12-22

always the chance OF miracle!
AS regards the cooked turkey
complete with stuf1ng and gravy
cooked for you on order and deliv-
cred in time for the feast will be
few and far between this year. It's
certain you'll have to do the deliv-
ering of them for yourself. Prices
will, OF course, he higher than in
other years, and many of the restau-
rants and shops who formerly Of
fered this service have had to aban-
don it, due to scarcity of turkeys and
wartime conditions. The few places
that still cook your turkey for you
must be notified we'll in advance.
What to substitute for turkey?
That's another headache. Chicken
is scarce, too, though reasonably OBJ
tainable In most markets, and is the
most natural solution to the prob
lem. Duck is high in the majority
OF cases; geese are to be had in the
speciality stores, and in the very
fancy markets you MAY be able to
obtain sucking pig. We say MAY
advisedly. Here, too, orders should
be placed Immediately. Squads are
scarce; there are some guinea hens
around, but they are fairly costly,
and you don't get much meat from
them. Hams are reasonable.
Some markets will be able to sell
you roast of beef, but you'll have
to shop over wide field to get one.
Leg Of lamb and pork roast are the
alternatives, and you should be very
glad to fall back upon them, things
being what they are. AS for us, we
think we'll have a soft-boiled egg
and call 1t day!
While fruits and vegetables are
high In general, there are plenty of
them and by shopping carefully you
can supply the trimmings" for the
Christmas dinner without too much
expenditure. Good fresh broccoli
and string beans are recommended,
as are cabbage and several varieties
of greens. Nice tangerines and
Florida naval oranges for the
youngsters stockings, with cum
quats, persimmons, figs and nuts to
round out the fruit bowl are not too
expensive.
Some canned pumpkin is still to
be found, but In general stores
have been cleaned out Of items such
as plum puddings, mince meat,
fruit cakes and so on. (Though we
did find one place that still has a
good supply.) Cheeses, too, have
been selling at a great rate, both for
gifts and for home use. Barley
sugar figures and candy canes are
practically non-existent, and stocks
of candies are much lower than
usual the week before Christmas.
If you are counting on individual
ice cream Santa Clauses, delivered
to your door at dinner time Friday,
just get right over any such idea
Fancy molds are mostly out for
the duration and few If any OF the
ice cream concerns and caterers
will deliver. If you want your ice
cream go and get 1t and be glad you
can do so. Or you can make your
own at home, using the recipe for
evaporated milk ice cream that you
will and in this section today.
This wartime Christmas Is still
far from being any sacrificed We've
got so much more than we really
have the right to expect that we
should be humbly grateful and pass
off the slight inconveniences and
shortage of non-essentials with a
smile.
Here are four menus which may
help you in planning your Christ
mas dinner. They start out with the
costliest and work down to a setup
that should be within the scope of
the average budget. At the time
of writing the items included in
all of these menus should be avail
able in various Washington markets
and stores-but with the rush Of
buying that is going on one can
never safely predict what stocks
will be on hand in the future!
CHRISTMAS DINNERS.
I.
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MeIba Toast Oliues Celery
Roast Turkey, Sausage Stu1fng
Cranberry-Orange Relish
Mashed Sweet Potatoes With
Marshn1dHo1Ds
Green Peas
Mince Pie or Plum Pudding
Ice Cream
Nuts Coffee Fruits
land a good dash Of soda bicarbonste.
pleaseD
II.
"a Bit More Cautious)
Cream, OF Tomato Soup
Toasted Crackers Celery
Roast Turkey, Cornbread Stu1ing
Cranberry Sherbet
String Beans Scalloped Potatoes
Pumpkin Pie, Cheese
Nuts Coffee Fruit
III.
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Consomn,e With Lemon
Whole Wheat Crackers Radishes
Roast Chicken, Sage Stuting
ButfSTeG beeJS steamed rice
Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce
Nuts or Plum Pudding Fruit
Coffee
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down to Earth.)
Potato and Onion Soup
Crackers Pickles
Roast Loin OF Pork
Sduerkraut Mashed Potatoes
Hot Rolls
Mincemedt Tdrts
Cheese Coffee
Canned Pineapj
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