rettily carved on the edges.
HALLOWE'EN SUPPER MENUS.
A suggestive menu is the following:
_Goblins' Broth, Elves' Fingers_
_Fairy Rings_
_Chicken and Celery Salad in Mayonnaise Triangles_
_Almond Butter Hearts_
_Strawberry Jelly Crescents with Whipped Cream_
_Witches' Wands, The Cake of Doom_
_Fruit, Nuts, Bonbons_
_Coffee_
The goblins' broth is merely a delicious beef or chicken bouillon, the
elves' fingers, strips of brown bread and butter, and the fairy rings
mushroom patties baked in ring moulds. To make the salad use any
favorite recipe for chicken salad, and mix it with a bright golden
mayonnaise to which enough aspic jelly has been added to make it quite
firm when cold. Pour into a square mould to set, cut into dainty
triangles just before it is to be served, and lift carefully with a
broad thin-bladed spatula. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves on gilt-edged
plates. Spread white bread with almond butter and cut into heart shapes.
Mould the strawberry jelly in half moons and serve with a spoonful of
whipped cream (made golden with the yolk of egg) between the "horns."
The witches' wands are most delicious. Roll puff paste thin, sprinkle
lightly with finely chopped blanched almonds, press the rolling pin
lightly over again, and cut in strips not over two inches wide. Wind
from the small end of the pointed tin tubes called lady lock sticks, and
have each layer slightly overlay the preceding one. Set the tubes across
a baking pan and bake in a good oven to a deep yellow. When done remove
from the oven and push the paste from the tube. Just before serving fill
with pineapple meringue. Have bonbons in all kinds of suggestive shapes;
brownies, witches, brooms, rings, crescents, triangles, et cetera.
A PIE PARTY FOR THANKSGIVING SEASON.
Thanksgiving is the pie season _par excellence_. The very name calls up
visions of old fashioned, buttery shelves loaded down with rows upon
rows of the flaky wheels and delicious fillings.
A new idea in entertaining for Thanksgiving, "the pie party," makes use
of this American product. The scheme is an excellent one for the day
itself or for any time during Thanksgiving season.
To prepare for a pie party, get together as many pie plates as you can
beg, borrow or buy. A couple of dozen will be needed at least.
Arrange tables along the wall of the room in which the guests are to be
received, and place the pie plates upon these tables. Cover the table
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