The Book of a Thousand Menus

A thousand menus for 1927 — sixty-seven weeks of breakfasts, lunches and dinners, reckoned to the calorie and the vitamin.

Holiday Menus

10 pages in this part of The Book of a Thousand Menus.

Holiday Menus: Introduction

Most holiday dinners are too elaborate. Perhaps these menus may err in that direction, but they are far more reasonable than most of the…

Hallowe'en

Boiled fresh cod, egg sauce, garnished with watercress and sliced radishes

Thanksgiving

Roast turkey with chestnut dressing Cranberry sauce Baked sweet potatoes or mashed potatoes Cauliflower

Christmas

Salad: French endive, diced apple and grated carrots, Thousand Island dressing

New Year's

Grapefruit cocktail with maraschino cherries Beef bouillon

St. Valentine's Day

Creamed tomato soup served with popcorn sprinkled on top

Washington's Birthday

Halves of small grapefruit, maraschino cherries in center Broiled chicken, mushroom sauce

St. Patrick's Day

Grapefruit cocktail with green maraschino cherries Celery

Easter Sunday

Salad: Lettuce hearts, celery, sliced cooked carrots, mayonnaise dressing

Fourth of July

Buttered baby beets surrounded with mashed potatoes and served in timbale cases

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