Christmas Dinner Bill of Fare

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mid-Atlantic
From: The Lady's Receipt Book by Eliza Leslie, 1847

Christmas Dinner, Plain for Family
—Roast turkey; cranberry sauce; boiled ham; turnips; beets; winter-squash—Mince pies.

Christmas or New Year's Dinner, Very Nice for Family
—Boiled turkey with oyster sauce; two roast geese with apple sauce; roasted ham; chicken pie; stewed beets; cold-slaw; turnips; salsify; winter-squash—Plum pudding; mince pie; lemon custards; cranberry pie.

--Roast turkey with cranberry sauce; boiled fowls with celery sauce; baked ham; goose pie; turnips; winter squash; salsify, cold-slaw; beets—Mince pudding boiled; lemon pudding baked; pumpkin pudding.

--Mock turtle soup; roast turkey with cranberry sauce; boiled turkey with celery sauce; roasted ham; smoked tongue; chicken curry; oyster pie; beets; cold-slaw; winter-squash; salsify; fried celery—Plum pudding; mince pie; calves'-feet jelly; blanc-mange.
Christmas Dinner, with Company
—Mock turtle soup; stewed rockfish; roasted ham; roasted venison with currant-jelly; boiled turkey with oyster sauce; roast geese with apple sauce; French oyster pie; fricasseed chickens; potatoe snow; parsnips; beets; winter-squash; cold-slaw — Plum pudding; mince-pies; orange tarts; cream cocoanut pudding; Spanish blanc-mange; apple-jelly; vanilla ice-cream.

Note: They did mean one to serve all the dishes listed at the same meal. When one had company, it was thought best to serve a variety of dishes in each category so each guest would find something in each category to their liking.
 
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