Rice and tomato soup
Roast chicken
Creamed carrots
Baked potatoes
Brown gravy
Tomato aspic salad
Pineapple ice
Prune cake
Coffee
"For economy's sake it is always well to have a soup precede a poultry dinner, then less of the chicken or duck, whichever it is, will be eaten, leaving sufficient for a serving on the second day." This is generally not a problem for a family of two. So we turned to the family of two's chicken of choice: Cornish hen. Even with a 22 ounce hen to split and no soup, there were still enough sides to yield some leftover chicken meat.
The salad is another gelatine dish, this time, one of the famous aspics. Every time I think of aspic I remember Billie Burke in "Dinner at Eight," saying in her Glenda-the-good-witch-of-the-North voice, "but we MUST have an aspic, we must!" I never heard a gelatine described as elegant before, but Billie Burke was convinced that her party would not be a success without it. I'm convinced that my dinner would not be a success with it. The economy may be regressing to that of 1933, but fortunately, our taste buds are not.
Having said that, I think everyone understands why I won't even comment on prune cake.
Seventh Sunday: The Modern Menu
Pepper dip with pretzels
Roast Cornish hen
Steamed carrots
Baked potatoes
Tomatoes vinaigrette
Pineapple rings
Coffee and Gold
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