TREE-TRIMMING PARTIES
MENU 1
Chili Pot Roast with Green Chili Tomato Sauce
Red Cabbage and Parsley Slaw
French Bread
Country Squire Cookies
Sugarplum Cookies
Ginger and Marmalade Pudding
Coffee
MENU 2
Oyster and Clam Chowder
Celery Curls, Carrot Sticks, Pickles
Easy Bread Sticks
Colonial Gingerbread
Coffee
MENU 3
Beef and Noodle Soup
Warm Broccoli, Black Olive, and Roquefort Salad
French Bread
A Very Special Chocolate Pudding with Hard Sauce or Foamy Sauce
Coffee
CHRISTMAS EVE SUPPER PARTIES
MENU 4
Champagne, Chilled White Wine, or Red Wine
Raw Vegetables with Spicy Dipping Salt
Smithfield Ham and Potato Pie
Spiced Cranberries
Pomegranate and Bibb Lettuce Salad
Chilled Bourbon Custard
The Yule Log
Demitasse
MENU 5
Mulled Red Wine
Champagne, Chilled White Wine, or Red Wine
Country Ham Baked in Cider
Spiced Pear and Cranberry Relish
Baked Brown Rice with Almonds or Pine Nuts
Kentucky Bourbon Pie
Best-Ever Pumpkin Pie
Frozen Lemon Souffle
Demitasse
MENU 6
Champagne or Chilled White Wine
Brie and Red Bell Pepper Pie
Italian Bread
Bibb, Endive, Artichoke, and Prosciutto Salad
Bartlett Pear and Pineapple Sherbet
White Christmas Truffles
Demitasse
CHRISTMAS MORNING BREAKFAST
MENU 7
Fruit Juice
Broiled Bacon or Sausage
Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Waffles with Tangerine Syrup
German Apple Pancakes
Wonderful Cranberry Preserves
Black Bing Cherry Preserves
Very Special French Toast with Cinnamon and Coriander Melange
Coffee, Tea
A HEARTY HOLIDAY BREAKFAST OR SUPPER
MENU 8
Corned Beef Hash with Creamy Hot Mustard or Lorenzo Sauce
Poached Eggs
Cottage Cheese Yeast Biscuits
Especially Delicious Pear Preserves
Fruit in Season
Coffee
CHRISTMAS DAY DINNERS
MENU 9
Champagne
Caviar on Toast Points
Roast Suckling Pig
Roast Turkey Breast Lined with Country Ham
Spiced Moro Oranges
Spiced Walnuts on Watercress
Shredded Brussels Sprouts
Four-Star Cornmeal Butterflake Biscuits
Kentucky Eggnog Ice Cream
Mother’s Ambrosia
Plum Pudding Pie
Chocolate Almond Toffee
Demitasse
MENU 10
Champagne, Chilled White Wine, or Red Wine
Oysters in Scallop Shells
Roast Quail with Tarragon
Madras Chutney with Almonds
Bibb, Endive, and Walnut Salad
Mother’s Dinner Rolls
Mincemeat Pie
Demitasse
MENU 11
Champagne, Chilled White Wine, or Red Wine
Pork Loin Roast with Cider and Mother’s Poached Apples
Carolina Potato Rolls
Buttered Broccoli
Mashed Potatoes
Tangerine Pie
Castlewood Pumpkin or Persimmon Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Kentucky Bourbon Balls
Coffee
AN ELEGANT CHRISTMAS DINNER
MENU 12
Champagne
Olives
Roquefort-Stuffed Celery Curls
Beluga Caviar
Shrimp
Marinated Beef Tenderloin with Old English Walnut Sauce
Wild Rice
Velvet Crumb Rolls
Bibb Lettuce, Endive, and Spiced Walnut Salad
Tangerine Sherbet
Winter Crystal Cookies
Demitasse
A FIRESIDE HOLIDAY PICNIC
MENU 13
Smoked Breast of Chicken with Prunes
Ham in Rosemary Buns
Egg Salad Sandwiches with Capers and Tarragon
Classic English Fruitcake
Kentucky Bourbon Fruitcake Cookies
A Favorite Deep-South Pecan Cookie
Fabulous Chocolate Marionettes
Luscious Apricot-Orange Candy
St. Augustine Mincemeat Cookies
New Orleans Eggnog
Biscuit Tortoni
Coffee
A CHRISTMAS TEA PARTY
MENU 14
Tea Party Sandwiches: Sandwich Rolls, Ribbon Sandwiches, Pinwheel Sandwiches, and Sandwich Loaves
Hazelnut Marionettes, Almond Contessas, Marvelous Gingersnaps, Mincemeat Turnovers, Kathy’s Dried Cherry Scones, and Ginger Roll with Marrons
The Chartwell Cake
Tea
A CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON
MENU 15
Chilled White Wine
My Favorite Shrimp Salad
Rosemary Buns or French Baguettes
Chocolate Pots-de-Créme
Tiny Banana Muffins or Dainty Pecan Muffins
Williamsburg Bourbon Truffles
Coffee
MENUS FOR RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR
MENU 16
Champagne, Chilled White Wine
Creole Shrimp with Rice
Bibb Lettuce Salad with Dijon Vinaigrette Dressing
French Bread
New Orleans Madeleines
Light Opera Soufflé
Coffee
MENU 17
Champagne, Chilled White Wine, or Red Wine
Small Grilled Mushroom Sandwiches
Beggar’s Oysters in Beer Batter
Louisiana Oyster Gumbo
French Bread
Glaceed Nuts
Floating Island
Chocolate Lebkuchen
Coffee
MENU 18
Champagne, Chilled White Wine, or Red Wine
Warm Duck Salad on Mesclun
Good Fortune Tea Cake
Frozen Vanilla Souffle
Kentucky Colonels
Demitasse
MENU 19
Champagne
Caviar
Smoked Salmon Open-Face Sandwiches
French Bread
Celery Curls, Black and Green Olives, Carrot Sticks
White Wine Sherbet
Chocolate and Vanilla Truffles
Coffee
GRANDMOTHER’S PANTRY
Hot Artichoke Pickles with Chili Peppers
South Carolina Artichoke Pickle
Sliced Artichoke Mustard Pickle
Jerusalem Artichoke Relish
St. James Court Cherry Relish
Florida Kumquat Preserves
Kumquat Marmalade
Apple Preserves with Ginger
Black Bing Cherry Preserves
Mango and Green Grape Preserves
St. Augustine Mincemeat
Marvelous Mincemeat
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