I do not wish to “show off” the collection of china, etc., I inherited, but I do want to have a dinner in honor of my late grandmother.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My grandmother lived her life to its fullest: making calls on Tuesdays, remaining “at home to guests” on Wednesdays, and serving tea promptly at 4 every day.
Throughout her life, she would tell me of grand dinner parties that would last all evening with numerous courses and the table “turning” twice during these amazing fetes. When I asked her what the menu was, she replied, “It was 14 courses and then some. Write to Miss Manners; she’ll know.” She recently passed, and I had the honor of inheriting her entire retinue of china, linens, flatware, glassware, serving platters, bowls, tureens, urns, cups, saucers, etc. I do not wish to “show off” this collection of flatware and glasses, but I do want to have one of these dinners in honor of my grandmother.
Could you please tell me what the courses are, and what order they should be served? And what are the rules of “turning the table”? GENTLE READER: The first ingredient would be guests in robust health with hearty appetites. Your grandmother must have been such a one, because these menus did not survive World War I. Evidently she did -- and then some, as she would say.2. Soup, with both a cream soup and a thin soup offered5. Entree: This is not the main course, as today’s restaurants believe, but rather the “entry” to the main meal. An entree was typically asparagus, artichokes or corn.9.
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