Foods and home making

Remember this — becoming a good planner and a good manager does not come with the first, trial. It takes practice ; it takes earnest effort. To know that not only you yourself, but your mother and perhaps the entire family are benefited by your work makes the effort well worth while. How is the luncheon or supper table set ? The linen for the luncheon or supper table may be of the same style as that used for breakfast. Doilies, runners, or lunch cloths are suitable for this meal. A tablecloth also may be used. Soup, salad, and dessert are foods often used for luncheon or supper. If these foods are served, silver for eating them must, of course, be placed on the table. The soup spoon is placed on the right side of the cover with the teaspoons. Since soup is often the first course served, the soup spoon is placed farthest to the right. (See Figure 100.) The fork for salad, whether it be a plain fork or a salad fork, is placed beside the fork used for the main course. Since the salad is served after the main course, the salad fork is placed nearer the 33^ Luncheon or Supper center of the cover than the plain fork. In case a salad is served as a part of the main course, a separate fork for the salad is unnecessary. When salad is served with the main course as a side dish it may be placed at the right of the luncheon plate unless a beverage is served with this course. Then, it should be placed on the left. Figure 100. A Luncheon Cover Notice that the soup spoon is placed farthest to the right because it will be used before the teaspoon. The fork to be used with the knife is placed farthest to the left because it will be used before the salad fork, which is next to the plate. Notice that the napkin is folded rectangular and placed in the center of the plate. If salad is served as the main dish of the main course, it should be placed in the center of the cover. The silver for the dessert may or may not be placed on the table when the table is set. Teaspoons or forks used for serving desserts may be brought to the table at the time the dessert is Luncheon or Supper Menus — Calories 339 served. If this plan is followed, the spoon or fork is usually placed on the dessert plate at the side of the dessert. We learned that a napkin could be placed on the extreme left side of the cover or on the plate in the center of the cover. Unless the first course is placed on the table before the guests are seated, the napkin may be placed on the plate in the center of the cover. What style of service shall we use for a family luncheon or supper? In studying the serving of breakfast, we found that the family style of serving was the best to follow when there was no special person to wait on table. This style of serving can be used equally well for luncheon or supper and in fact for dinner.