THANKSGIVING MENUS

[from Good Housekeeping's Book of Menus, Recipes, and Household Discoveries (1922) p. 47]

THANKSGIVING DAY

              BREAKFAST
              Grapefruit
Poached Eggs     Oatmeal Muffins
                Coffee

                 DINNER
            Oyster Cocktail
           Celery     Olives
              Roast Capon
    Giblet Stuffing      Brown Gravy
        Jellied Cranberry Sauce
         Glacéd Sweet Potatoes
    Button Onions     Peas Au Jus
  Lettuce Salad     French Dressing
    Cheese Nut Balls     Bar-le-duc
 Cracker Pudding     Whipped Cream
      Nuts     Coffee     Bon-bons

                   SUPPER
    Creamed Oysters and Pimiento
            Toasted Crackers
           Stuffed Beet Salad
       Hermits     Filled Cookies
             Apples     Cider
                     Tea


[from Cooking for Profit: Catering and Food Service Management, by Alice Bradley (1925) p. 204]

                  Thanksgiving Supper

     CREAM OF CORN SOUP WITH POPPED CORN
SAUTÉD OYSTERS ON TOAST WITH CELERY SAUCE
               TURKEY SALAD                  ROLLS
                            FROZEN PUDDING
                               FRUIT CAKE
                        NUTS               RAISINS
                            BLACK COFFEE


[from Every Woman's Cook Book, by Mrs. Chas. F. Moritz (1926) p. 689]

             THANKSGIVING DINNER

                     Grapefruit halves
                     Celery      Olives
           Cream of tomato soup      Bread sticks
             Roast turkey with oyster dressing
           Cranberry jelly molded      Green peas
Hargrave sweet potatoes      Asparagus with drawn butter sauce
                Pumpkin pie      Fruit jack
                        Date squares
                           Coffee


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