Salt Lake Tribune | 1934-12-23 | Page 50

s&tesV iii I'lfA’jWfa lA THE SALT LAKE TUI HUN F SUNDAY MOHNINO DFCFMnFR 23 1834 Christmas DinnerA the Favorite Feast Approved I17 Martha Craj Thi recipes and ari'-lepublished on this ptf are appeared by Martha Grey bead Deo f (A Hama partment ct t hit newspaper Qutitiooi m ay b aent (a Una Cur m ctr °t this newspaper accompanied bf a enetlop a lor t PiaMHlai Fruit with All lh Thin for lit nd Gr Cnbia lh CkmtBii Clor mnd Land to DtlicUv CoMhinotioni f prt CrBbtrri Three Menus for the Day With Suggestions from an Expert Cook on Planning the Festivities SIJ Cr TrJitiitl lkr fliTr repj 4 k £ xri-5- of - fymf:- vftrN"- - 1 4 h Lt ar talks iJ with the mixture tree Red and green are alwas with Christmas and yon can easily carry them out with artistically arranged red and green pomsettias holly and misYou might choose pine tletoe cones and Christmas greens or artificial fruits or firs and white berries with silver candlesticks SUPPER Cranberry Jute Cocktail Assorted Hors d oouvros I Shrimp Newbury (if you didn’t serve them at dinner) Sftion tor lU TabI I C Y r th Minot Amon Many Other Datica Halt Cautad Yoo to Fort at A r th Faeora TKara Ar So Manx Different Kindi Available in tha Sbopa That W But B 5ur to Hava Son Littl Cannot B(in to Show Them All Epecially If Thar Ar Childrva PraaanU Thing at Each Plac The house is buzzing with excitement Mother is putting the last HE aura of sentiment and touches to cookies cakes candies tradition m r roundin and the dinner Paper is rattling Christman Day in addition and scissors are snipping (behind to all tha anticipation of tha closed doors) as the gifts are beweeks before weaken and soften Finally after geting the defenses of even our most ting wrapped the iittlest tots in bed the blase sophisticated moderns 'Tis ornaments can be brought out the intangible spirit of the very and the tree decorated season which seeps into our very Quiet! But in the darkness of souls making even the Scrooges the dawn hushed excited and the of with expand giving eager little figures can be seFn joy For weeks now the youngsters trooping softly down the stairs j have been being “extra good”— to see what Santa has brought ' p their them Soon the floor will becomeC things fucking up errands and eating a railroad yard a highway a doll'' their spinach There’s a motive house or a zoo behind it all they are seeing to More than any other day it that Santa Claus doesn’t forget Christmas is a family day when them children perhaps the grown-u- p Lach member of the family with toddlers of their own come tries getting into the bouse “with home and perhaps some of their If Yon Ar Planning a Large Dinner Party for no questions asked” even with Your Frionds and Relatives at Some Hotel or a g bundles Of course youngsters will be Church Supper or Community Affair Hero Is n sticking out from beneath coats There is almost too thrilled and busy with Suggestion for tho Setting With a Hug Tree in much stealthy tiptoeing into seldtheir toys to have an early breakAnother Tinsel as a Background om-used corners and closets fast so why not postpone it un- Shimmering Arrangement Is to Form a “U” or a Square with much whispering and hurried til nearer noon when they will Four end Put th Tree in the Center conferences have had time to ’think about At last the day before arrives eating? CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST Grapefruit a la Grill Ceraal Cream Puffy Omelet with would Christmas be Bacon Curia berry saure instead of the usual WHAT that provocative jelly? You will find that not Peach Breakfast Roll bit of scarlet tartness the only is it colorful but is utterlv Coffea different from the usual thing? tiny cranberry? You can be sure While you are making up your that whether it be in jelly candies and sweets you might try GRAPEFRUIT A LA or sauce or cocktail it will be this recipe: GRILLE assuming its rightful place in the CANDIED CRANBERRIES menu lending sparkling color as c I Cut firm brilliant red grapefruit in half rewell as flavor move seeds free each section cranberries These pert little berries have 1 c sugar with a sharp knife remove core a way with them all through the 1 c water and aome of the aurplus juice menu from the cocktail to the To each half grapefruit add 1 Wash and dry cranberries and dessert — although of course you wouldn’t be guilty of serving prick each in several places with tbsp sugar dot with 1 tbsp them in more than one place in a needle Boil sugar and water butter kpnnkle lightly witfi nutCHftlSTMAS DINNER a meal — they are so delightfully until a little lifted on a spoon meg Place in boiling oven until obliging spins a thread or cook to 230 fruit isis thoroughly heated and Roque Takes Furthermore they are not in degrees F Add cranberries and top gplden brown Hora d’Oeurra cook gently until the syrup wall about 10 minutes Serve warm the least temperamental They Shrimp or Oyater Cocktail do what you vant them to very jell when dropped from the top Christmas is reminiscing time Wafer of a spoon Remove berries and so the entertainment of even willingly which is a joy when Aaiorted Pickles and RelUhea you are becoming a little panicky place on wax paper to cool and dear friends had better be postRoast Turkey ' over some of the other things dry Boil in granulated sugar poned until later in the day when Chestnut Stuffing which require considerable pamand use in place of candied all tho “visiting” is done You Crenberry Sauce cherries The cooking must be may choose to have them in for pering and coddling Baked Sweet Potatoel done slowly to avoid breaking the dinner if vou serve m the eveDuring the holidavs whv not Brussels Sprouts serve a jelly roll filled with cran cranberries Tomato and Watercress Salad ning or for supper should you Cookies or Lima Ice Mince or Pumpkin Pi or Plum Pudding Coffee By MARTHA CRAY T Cover over with with caviar round and sprinkle with paprika But of eourse you need not — and there are serve some turkey folks who frankly do not duck like it Boast goose chicken or meats — Beef ham or pork — can grace the festive board just as proudly If you are going to have outsiders in for a late Supper (around seven or eight) let’s see if we can have something else besides cold sliced turkey or whatever you did hate for the dinner Remember that they too will be finishing up the remains How about serving it in- - rear-relatio- queer-lookin- 1 Cranberries on the Menu -- ‘ fort-Cavi- An Ideal Time for Children’s Parties better be even lighter than upial for obvious reasons ment3 had CHILDREN’S PARTY MENU Cream of Tomato Soup Whipped Cream Tbm Wafers Shaped Sandwiches Milk or Cocoa Tiny Sponge Cakes Ice Cream youngsters are just born actors No won-- der they adore parties given on any pretense whatsoever for they give the children a wonderful opportunity to playact to their hearts’ content So while everyone is still under the spell of the Christmas season and the tree still up and the decorations still intact let them indulge in fun Fuddles respond instantaneously to beauty and color Therefore jour table settings are going to be important However that doesn’t necessarily mean that you need spend painstaking hours Just simple making things Christmas or mistletoe or holly or pomsettas and ribbons artfully arranged will do the trick But if you are one of those extremely ingenious persons you wall delight in makmg center-piec- e “scenes” from candies fruits and the like Best of all can be eaten afterwards they With the aid of a few toothpicks marshmallows oranges prunes peanuts and the like you too cam create all sorts of e elephants clowns and penguins Something to take home always makes the party a real success and tiny favors are easy to do GUMDROP BELLS Bend some fairly heavy bnt not clumsy wire to form standards coiling it around the bottom make-belie-ve to make a base Gild them Make bells of red and green gumdrop with clappera cut from the ends of candy jelly beans Push a very fine wire through the gumdrops and into the bean to hold them together and make a tiny loop of this wire at the top to hang the belli on to the standards Wire a sprig of holly or greenery to the base Puzzles are always a lot of fun for the boys and girls Santa Clauses stars and whatnot may be cut up in queer shapes handed to the little quests and a prize awarded to him who puts his together the fastest Hunting games are another favorite but this time the object of the search will be in keeping with the spirit of the season The children might be presented with one of those tarleton bags of any shape you choose and told to see who can fill his with what he finds m queer places in the time Of course the kiddie allotted who wins is he whoe bag is fullest With candy cookies nuts fruit and all the roast turkey ’n’ everything to cat refresh- - make-believ- After so much 6weet perhaps even an everyday soup would prove a sharp and welcome contrast and be good for them toog Or you might serve only the sandwiches with milk or hot chocolate or simply cookies and hot chocolate choose to have your feast in the middle of the day Above is a suggested turkey dinner with all the “trimmings” ROQUEFORT-CAVIA- R HORS d’OEUVRE Cream together 2 tbsp Roqueand 4 tbsp cream cheese or use a prepared spread fort cheese Fill lengths of celery Solving Your Problems QUESTION— Wilt you please tell me the amount to substitute when using cocoa instead of chocolate ? How does cocoa differ from chocolate ? Also can you always depend on good results when substituting one for the other? ANSWER — Three tablespoons cocoa plus 44 tablespoon of fat is equivalent to one ounce square of chocolate The difference between them is that cocoa contains less fat than the chocolate but more starch Ordinarily one wall have good results substituting one for the other without the addition of the fat or allowance made for the starch edntent in the cocoa especially m such candies things as beverages cakes frostings etc QUESTION — Will you explain wbat is meant by sauteing 7 I find this term in my cook book but cannot quite understand it ANSWER— By “sauteing” is meant to fry in a small amount of fat Correctly the term “frying” means cooking in a quantity of fat —m other words “deep fat frying ” However we sometimes use the term “frying” and “sauteing” sjnonymously — QUESTION Preparing mashed potatoes that are creamy light and fluffy ta my one difficulty Can you give me any pointers that will help me so my family will enjoy mashed potatoes? ANSWER— In the first place the potatoes should be boiled to just the right degree of tenderness Then use a good masher — one that will mash well and have no large lumps left next add hot rich milk salt if necessary and beat to the degree of A lightness that you desire lump of butter may be added or placed on top of th mashed potatoes to melt when put into a ecmrg dish Chicken Mouse Buttorod Poes Potato Chipe Tosst Olives Pickles Radishes Cucumbers " Mincemest Can Leman Chiffon Pm Tea Coffeo warm sift flour and measure Sift again with other dry ingredients then add alternately with milk Stir in nuts Bake m 2 greased layer pans in moderate oven 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 min on in a pan 8x8 by 2 for 50 minutes Should you find need of suggestions for I Christmas dinner YJ shall be glad to send — jou my leaflet on the subject I also have separate sheets of cocktails— fruit and fish — and also a three-pag- e leaflet on Canapes and appetizers Separate envelopes will bring them to you A parting word about setting the stage for all this array of good things to eat Of course the silverware will be polished the best china glassware and linens will be brought out But there is still the final decorative note which decides tha beauty of the table J f MTH thfeir vivid imaginations and their love of ind make a narrow trench lengthwise Fill down the center of each ches J - S- InThese decoration clude miniature all a glitter with iilver and of eourse tinsel same figures of Santa CHR1STMA3 5 1 T - s " Vrf ' f?: i "v v t your J n OUf nr f lfl iFiCU i RIUftt'3 Griddle Cakes INGREDIENTS cornmeal 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp salt 2 c boiling water Vt c milk 2 c flour 4 tap baking powder 2 eggs sugar and salt PUT the meal bowl and pour in a mixing over them the boding water Let stand until the meal swells then When the add the cold mdk mixture is quite cool stir in th flour and baking powder mixing well and lastly add the eggs well The cakes should b beaten small well browned and thoroughly cooked they need longer cooking than wheat griddle cakes 1 c To Make Creamed Walnuts T Christmas time particuChristmas Gifts from Your Own larly nuts are simply inKitchen Are These dispensable Besides being" Tempting Package of Individual Plum Pudding or used in prodigious amounts m Custard Cup of Mincemaat candies cookies and cakes of all Attractively Tied with a Bit kinds for gifts as well as for the of Ribbon and Holly family they are to be found in formally in buffet style then strategic points throughout the everyone can sit where he chooses house — in the shell out of the and with whom he chooses ? shell toasted and salted or MINCEMEAT CAKE placed with the nut crackers and Yt c shortening 1 3 picks in evidence ' c sugar 2 eggs well beaten Just a hint to mother Set the 1 c Mince Meat to work cracking and youngsters 1 c flour shelling the nuts for yon To be 1 Yt cocoa tbsp sure they will eat some and at 2 tsp baking powder ‘ first the nuts won’t come out Yi tsp salt Yt c milk quite whole but they will soon 3 c walnuts learn and you will see that they Cream shortening add sugar really enjoy helping Perhaps Add the bigger ones boys too will gradually and mix well Heat be able to chop them for you eggs thoroughly beaten mincemeat until suet is melted Salting nuts is really very and it contains no lumps of fat simple consisting of just two add to creamed mixture while processes— blanching and brown in in oil either in the oven or The first on top of the stove takes off the skin of all nuts except those such as pecans or English walnuts which have tender skins After being thoroughly dried they are quickly browned and then sprinkled with salt For something a little different which even the children can make you might try these: CREAMED WALNUTS White of 1 egg Ya tbsp cold water Ys tsp vanilla 1 lb confectioner's sugar English walnuts Put egg water and vanilla In a bowl and beat until well blended Add sugar gradually until stiff enough to knead Shape into balls flatten and place halves of walnut opposite each Sometimes other in each piece all the sugar will not be required Sweets Make Excellent Xmas Gifts a PHILOSOFYINGhow bit rapidly sim- when tried in cold water ple and inexpensive are more appreciated by the receiver when they show that the giver has put something into them Per- haps that is why folks are so glad to receive homemade candies — all dressed up in Christmas finery Candy-makin- g for some rea- never assumes the proportions of a task — it is always a joy and a lot of fijn And at something of a lark Christmas time you can really let your imagination go where it will — in kinds in decorations and shapes and in the wrappings Even the youngsters can indulge in the simplest recipes Fondant is the basis for ever so many candies and will keep for several days ready to be nsed as needed You may be one of those who can make it beautifully but there are others to whom it truly is a Waterloo FONDANT 2 c sugar Yt c boiling water tsp cream of tartar Yt tP- - glycerine Tut ingredients into a smooth saucepan Ytir place on rkhge and bring to boiling point Boil son or other without stirring until a jelly-lik- ball may be formed Pour into a bowl to cool and stir and beat until white and creamy Turn on a greased platter and knead until smooth Return to bowl cover with paraffin or oiled paper and let stand 24 hours Flavor and color as desired Here is how useful the fondant really is It can be used to stuff dates and prunes For the kiddies’ stockings you will find circus animals quite a unique addi-'tio- n CIRCUS ANIMALS Dip animal crackers in melted chocolate or colored fondant cream using just a thin coating Or you can knead in nuts or roll the fondant in nuts or cocoa-nOr cover with chocolate Glaced fruits and nuts are others to add to your repertoire of confections for gifts and for the family You will of course be making fudge— white chocolate divinity —with all the variations possible with the addition of nuts cocoa-nfruit and the like - But here is something even the little tots can make all by themselves— of course 'w ith mother’s help th firrt time UNCOOKED CHOCOLATE FUDGE 4 sq unsweetened chocolat ut ut tbsp butter egg white 1 lb confectioner's sugar 3 tbsp evaporated milk 1 tbsp vanilla Melt chocolate and butter in v double boiler Beat egg white until stiff and add sifted confectioner's sugar gradually Add milk Blend thoroughly Gradually add melted chocolate and beat until Add vanilla evenly colored blending thoroughly Smooth out on a buttered pan and mark in Chill for 30 minutes squares before serving GLACED DATES lYa e sugar v 1 c water I lb dates Y lb blanched almonds Pinch of cream of tartar Pit the dates and place an almond meat m place of pit Make level measure of sugar Add water and cream of tartar Mix sauce thoroughly in deep-side- d pan put thermometer m mixture and place over high flame to thermometer registers 810 F remove from flame and dip dates or any kind of dried fruits into the sjrup with esndy dip- -' Lift them out of th ping fork syrup and place on top of porcelain table working as rapidly as as the glac cools fiossible two pounds of finished candy 1 e 1 boil-Whe- n v - ) -- — i a Sr