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M 1 i 1 i ft amI l tJ f is f Y r. r N wM M t. t Nw I J h A Make It a Merry Yuletide Feast Holiday Banquets The big feast is almost at hand and the cupboards are undoubtedly even now groaning under the load of ot goodies The kitchen has been the scene of ot many a cooking adventure ad adventure venture during the past few weeks but theres there's still lots to be done before Christmas dinner graces the table Usually we overeat during the holidays so now it would be a good goodplan goodplan plan to decide on ona a sensible menu Yes make it a m 1 feast Least but select tf and P pre prepare re P par are e I d foods that are not f too rich One way to do this is to take it easy on J the to foods we should save save save- eggs sugar flour and fats tats Plan salads that are light vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables that do not take heavy rich sauces and serve smaller portions of ot dessert The family is pretty well filled tilled by the time tune they get to the last course Start off with tangy Juices that are colorful in place of ot rich soups and conserve on the trimmings There are many types of ot Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas dinners that are favorites so today Im I'm giving you several menu suggestions Select that one that will appeal to your family's tastes as well as to the budget A roast of ot beef dinner is in the English tradition and some of you may like that best of ot all To others theres there's nothing like plump tender deep pink ham oozing juices through its crust of ot brown sugar and cloves still others prefer a roast shoulder of ot pork because roast suckling pig In former times tunes was a Yuletide favorite Then of ot course theres there's roast turkey turkey turkey tur tur- key without which some would not feel it is really Christmas Whatever your choice here are suggestions among which youre you're certain to find some real help 1 CHRISTMAS DINNER I I. I Hot Spiced Cider Roast Turkey Mushroom Stuffing Fluffy l Iash Mashed d Potatoes Giblet Gravy Turnips In Thin Cream Red and Green Salad Mincemeat Tarts Hard Sauce Garnish ss How Dow to do Stuff the bird the day before and place immediately in refrigerator refrigerator re reo re- re to chill Cook giblets and r chop and place ina in ina a bowl ready when you make the gravy For Forthe Forthe Forthe the stuffing make a regular bread dressing and to it add from 1 to 2 pounds of fresh tresh mushrooms sliced and sauteed in hi bacon drip drip I pings The tarts may be made the day ahead also simply line individual indi vidual pie tins with good pastry place in prepared mincemeat and bake For the hard sauce saute garnish use one recipe of ot hard sauce and spread flat on an oblong tin Chill until firm and then cut out Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- Christmas mas trees or stars with cookie cut cut- ter Place garnish on tarts Just before be before fore tore serving Spiced cider is made simply by heating the beverage and adding addingto to it a few slices of lemon or lemon rind curls and a small cheesecloth bag in which stick cinnamon and cloves have been placed Serve in cups p I LYNNS LYNN'S CHRISTMAS MENU Hot Vegetable Juice Cheese Sardine Appetizers Rib Roast of ot Beef Beet Glazed Onions Broc Broccoli oli Browned Potatoes Star Cranberry Pineapple Salad Jellied Plum Pudding Beverage Candies Recipe given One simple type of ot red and green salad to use for the above dinner is isto isto isto to make cole tole slaw from red cab bage Set this In a salad bowl lined with whole leaves of ot freshly washed chilled spinach r 3 A 33 CHRISTMAS DINNER H. H Tomato Juice Baked Ham with Cranberry Cran- Cran Orange Orange Crane berry Garnish or Roast Pork Shoulder with Cinnamon Apples Mashed Potato Nests with Tiny Green Lima Beans Red and Green Pear Salad Tiny Corn Muffins Currant Jelly Frozen Eggnog Ice Cream fi I ss How flow to do To make garnish for tor forham forham ham scoop out orange halves and scallop edges with a pair of ot shears Fill with whole cranberry sauce If U you are making cinnamon apples cook 1 cup of ot cinnamon candies can dies with 2 cups of water 1 cup 11 sugar and a few I drops of ot red col col- Loring oring Cook small peeled but not cored apples in syrup until a deep pink Drain Dram and chill I Potato nests may be made by fluting mashed potatoes into nests Place on cookies sheet and run under under un der broiler flame Lift onto platter with pancake turner then fill with tiny cooked and seasoned green lima beans For each serving of ot salad use two small pear halves In one cavity place a scoop of ot green Jelly in the theother theother theother other a scoop of red jelly Serve on bed of crisp green with mayon mayon- naise Eggnog Ice Cream Serves G 6 2 z cups cops rich milk Yolks of 6 eggs cup sugar V teaspoon salt 2 cups heavy cream 2 teaspoons vanilla Heat milk and pour slowly over the beaten egg yolks stirring con con- Add sugar and cook in La top of ot double boiler until thickened add salt Strain cool and beat until smooth Fold in cream which has been whipped and freeze until firm When partially frozen beat again and add vanilla or any desired flav flav- oring Serve in sherbet glasses sprinkled with rolled macaroon crumbs and candied ch cherries Hot Bot Vegetable Juice Heat canned vegetable juice or combine tomato Juice with liquid from cooked vegetables Serve in cups with slices of ot lemon in which you have stuck a few cloves Star Cranberry Pineapple Salad Arrange slices of ot well well chilled chilled pineapple pine pineapple apple on a bed of ot lettuce In the hole of ot the pineapple place a spoonful spoonful spoon spoon- ful of ot mayonnaise Top this with a astar astar astar star made from jellied cranberry sauce Flute cream cheese or mayonnaise may from pastry tube on top of 01 star and then sprinkle with a few tew chopped nuts Serve with additional mayonnaise if desired Released by Feature Features |