| Show WHAT THE GRACIOUS HOSTESS SAYS by DELLA y Tx wW INFORMAL DINNER MENU informal dinner menu should THU consist of a soup a meat or meat substitute two vegetables olives pickles or kotlier relish grapefruit Is often bened instead of soup eishe clalla in warm weather the salad should be served separated sepa ratel and it is a pretty custom to make it at the table after everything has been removed ex capt the bread and butter plates and glasses making a salad maybe a very artistic performance and a hostess never appears to better advantage than when her capable hands are amov ing gratefully over a salad bowl or among die ups and silver suppose we are going to have a let tuce and tomato gilad the lettuce haie been prepared previously and allowed to stand for some time in ice water it has been shaken per factly dry and brought to the table in a large as handsome as possible the tomatoes be of uniform size and not too large they have been peeled by pouring boiling witta over them and allowed to hill the centers leave been duac out chev are brought in on a glass plate or one of old blue china A bowl of mayonnaise and a plate of pot cheese balls anre placed before lie hostess gether with the salad alnis with the salad fork and spoon she a few lettuce leaves on a plate places one tomato in the center fixes a ball of the pot cleese in lie excavation and pours mayonnaise over the top if the salad Is one which requires a french dressing such as lettuce or let tuce and cucumber s alad hen n owl ts in which the dassin may be mixed A pretty tray should hold the oil salt pepper paprika vinegar and a dish of cracked ice A spoon for mixing either of wood or silver Is placed beside the tray serving the dessert at the table Is ulso n more pleasing custom for the informal dinner than bringing t in from the kitchen A mold of pudding ice cream or mousse on a pretty plat ter with a pile of dainty plates a herrl knofe and spoon Is au attract live A delicately browned pie baked in n glasa dish and placed be fore the hostess will whet a lagging appetite pie la not a dessert for the formal dinner but Is quite ate for the informal by th |
