The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ...

Every housekeeper, after making out her bill of fare, will endeavor, as far as is in her power, to serve it acceptably to those who sit at her table, and in a well arranged, dainty and pretty way. If one has the means, there are innumerable articles to be had for the money which beautify the table. Yet, for those whose means are limited, there are also many ways in which the table may be made altogether a delight to those who sit about it. The first requisites are clean white linen table covers and napkins, which may be adorned with a pretty center-piece, embroidered by some member of the family, on which may rest a bowl or .vase of fresh garden or wild flowers, or in winter a fernery. A fernery may be made by gathering small ferns with the roots, and planting them in earth, in a metal basin, which can be placed in an outside basket of silver, celluloid, or basket-work. Something we already have on hand may answer the purpose, as a lady I know used the bottom of an old-fashioned silver castor, which made a very handsome receptacle for the basin of ferns. Doylies, platter or tray cloths, and candlesticks with colored shades also add to the completeness and adornment of the modern table. Tasteful, though inexpensive tableware, if china is not within reach, and all the eatables served in a dainty way, and in their proper course — not everything on the table at once — all tend to make a meal acceptable and enjoyable. If one does not have the opportunity of seeing the novelties brought out, or of attending a fashionable dinner or 312 The Queen Cook Book lunch party, there is so much information given in papers, periodicals and books, that one can keep Well informed on the modes of the day. " A table full of welcome Makes scarce one dainty dish. Shakespeare. Every one must make out her bill of fare according to circumstances and the season of the year. A few are given which may prove helpful and suggestive. Breakfast Menus. No. i. Fruit. Cracked Wheat Cream and Sugar Broiled Chicken Potatoes, Hashed and Browned Rolls Coffee Breakfast No. 2. Peaches and Grapes Pork Chops Creamed Potatoes Graham Muflins Coffee Griddle Cakes Maple Syrup Breakfast No. 3. Steamed Hominy Sugar and Cream Lamb Chops Baked Potatoes Scrambled Eggs Coffee Breakfast No. 4. Fruit. Oat Meal Sugar and Cream Beef Steak French Fried Potatoes Boiled Eggs Coffee Diy Toast The Queen Cook Book 313 Breakfast No. 5. Melons Cod Fish Balls Poached Eggs Corn Meal Muffins Coffee Breakfast Menu No. 6. Canteloupe Creamed Fish Potatoes a la Royal Tomatoes Rolls Dry Toast Coffee Dinner Menu No. i. Oysters on Half Shell Cream of Chicken with Noodles Boiled White Fish Hollandaise Sauce Small Round Potatoes Ribs of Beef Mashed Potatoes Two vegetables in season Spiced Pickles Currant Jelly Lettuce Salad with French Dressing Wafers or Thin Bread and Butter Pineapple Sherbet Small Cakes Coffee Fruit Nuts Dinner No. 2. Cream of Celery Crackers Oyster Patties Small Rolls Roast Turkey or Duck Potatoes, Mashed Two other Vegetables Spiced Peaches Olives Celery Lettuce Salad with Dressing Plum Pudding with Foaming Sauce Ice Cream Cakes Coffee 314 The Queen Cook Book Dinner No. 3. Mock Turtle Soup Crackers Steamed White Fish with Mayonnaise Dressing or Sauce Tartare Roast Saddle of Venison Sauce Grape Jam Roast Duck Macaroni, Celery, Pickles and Vegetables Bread and Butter Squash or Lemon Pie Peach Meringue Cheese Fruits Nuts Coffee Menu for New Year's Dinner. Tomato Soup Crackers Roast Goose or Duck Mashed Potatoes Baked Sweet Potatoes Creamed Corn • Fried Oysters Apple Sauce Jelly Celery Pickles Brown Bread White Bread Baked Indian Pudding Ice Cream Coffee Mixed Nuts Oranges. Thanksgiving Dinner. First Course, Blue Points on the Half Shell Wafers Second Course,