Show 24 FF thanksgiving in days of grandmother rand mother UR un grandmothers began preparation for thanksgiving day long before it arrived pickles of all 11 sorts tipple sauce and preserves were prepared ahead of time mince meat was mixed blied that it might ripen and acquire a more delicious flavor favor all the vegetables were ready for the pot on wednesday night the chickens chic kens or turkey were stuffed the puddings and pies were prepared and t there here was nothing to do on thanksgiving day but cook the dinner garnishes Garn lahe and turkey stuffing oysters belong to thanksgiving according to tradition because friendly indians who joined the early celear celebrations a brought gifts of shellfish A garnish of tried fried oysters Is tasty and appropriate prop to surround the turkey or a dish of scalloped oysters may accompany the turkey or an oyster cocktail or oyster soup may be served before the turkey or may be molded in a thin layer of jelly which should be cut out v aith ath a fancy cutter so that the oyster appears in the center of a tomato or aspic jelly and Is laid on tender lettuce leaves with mayonnaise placed beside it A cupful of chopped peanuts blended with two cupfuls of coarse bread crumbs or cracker crumbs and seasoning boning Is a fine stuffing for the turkey to prepare chestnuts tor for a stuffing first gash the shell brush the nuts over with beet beef drippings droppings drip pings and put in the oven for a few minutes when heated shell and skin are easily removed cut the nuts in small pieces then add them to an ordinary bread mi mature iture or they may be put through a potato ricer seasoned and used alone sausage croquettes croquet tes are good for a turkey garnish buy one pound of sausage meat add to it one cupful of soft bread crumbs form into balls the size of english walnuts dip in beaten ess egg roll in bread crumbs and fry in deep hot fat cranberries with turkey leftover left lett over turkey especially the white meath meat may be cut in cubes end and blended with enough warm cranberry jelly not too sweet to hold it in shape when m hen cold the combination of cranberries and raisins ral bins popularly known as mock cherry cli erry Is good for a pie filling or us as it a conserve the proportion Is halt half as is many raisins as cranberries and both should be cut in halves old fashioned cranberry dumplings Dump lings prepare a cranberry sauce from one quart of cranberries one and one hall half cupfuls ot of water and two cupfuls of ol 01 su sugar gar make up a biscuit dough with two cupfuls of flour four teaspoonfuls of baking powder one teaspoonful of salt two tablespoonfuls tablespoon of butter one tablespoonful tablespoon tul of sugar a and nd three fourths of a cupful of milk shape the dough into rounds and steam mearn them tor for twelve minutes serve with the cranberry sauce accompanied by a liard hard sauce made of brown bronn sugar and butter cranberry punch cook one quart of cranberries in three cupfuls of water until soft then press through a sieve add two and one hall half cupfuls of sugar and the juice of two lemons and stand on ice fee for about four hours io to chill serve in glasses with maraschino cherrie cherr lei v or candled candied cranberries menus to choose yellow Is the color just as red belongs to christmas A pumpkin fruit basket Is effective to use as a centerpiece and small pumpkins or gourds geurds may serve as candlesticks or be shaped in basket form to be filled with nuts and raisins at each plate 1 I oysters oyster on the halt half shell cream of 0 celery soup dolled boiled codfish with egg sauce roast turkey with cranberry molds mold mashed white potatoes 1 baked sweet potatoes lettuce and tomato jelly salad toasted wafers spread with cheese pumpkin pie baked indian pudding with cream or scraped maple sugar ic ice cream nuts apples grapes cote coffee and sweet cider n oyster soup with crisped crackers or oysters oyster in ice thin slices of 0 buttered brown or graham dread bread roast turkey with stuffing mashed white while potatoes glazed sweet potatoes mashed turnips Tui nips cranberry jelly celery lettuce salad crackers cheese pumpkin mince or cranberry pie apples gra grapes P es nuts raisins raising coffee or sweet cider III cream ot of celery soup pickles celery roast turkey with peanut or chestnut stuffing mashed potatoes Potato ea buttered turnips turnip pumpkin custard quinces in cider and molasses Mola asea tomato salad brown broad bread sandwiches old fashioned cranberry dumpling Dump lings grandmothers rich pumpkin flo pl nuts nut Rg raisins asins fr fruit u I 1 t coffee coffe |