Old-Fashioned Dinner Menus

by Edith Wells

Overview

What might the economical dinner menu consist of in 1905? What was on a vegetarian menu in 1910? If you visited the White House in 1913, what might be served? In this recipe and menu collection, you'll find a variety of old-fashioned dinner menus from the late eighteen hundreds through the early nineteen hundreds. There are simple menus perfect for an old-fashioned dinner night and six to twelve course formal dinners great for an old-fashioned dinner party. You'll also find suggestions and advice from antique cook books on how to serve dinner without a maid, old-fashioned table etiquette, and setting and decorating a table the old-fashioned way.

(1914) Menu
A "Calendar of Dinners" with 615 Recipes
Marion Harris Neil
Chicken Stewed with Olives
Chartreuse of Spinach
Baked Squash
Rhubarb Tarts
Coffee

"The palate that craves cakes , candies, and pastry may not be tickled by plainer diet, and the girl whose ideal of an agreeable lunch is realized in coffee and 'sinkers,' may turn with scorn from a meal that makes less strain upon digestion." - The National Cook Book (1896)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164796198
Publisher:	Edith Wells
Publication date:	01/21/2021
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	22,589
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Edith Wells collects and cooks antique recipes. Visit the website for more old-fashioned recipes. The vlog features old-fashioned dessert recipes made paleo, spiced up antique vegetarian recipes, and old-time bean pot recipes. On the blog, you'll find old-fashioned menus for an old-fashioned dinner night, crazy old-time recipes, and antique recipes recreated. Books include: Old-Fashioned Salads, Old-Fashioned Fruit Salads, Old-Fashioned Dinner Menus, and Old-Fashioned Afternoon Tea.