Stir to dissolve, then bring to a boil and cook for fifteen minutes.  Pour over the mincemeat and mix thoroughly.  Fill into crocks or jars and store as for ye olde-tyme mincemeat.

When storing mincemeat either in crocks or in jars, cover with salad oil, about one-quarter inch deep, to exclude air.  Use a good grade of salad oil.  This makes it unnecessary to use liquor for keeping the mincemeat.

The bride housewife who is planning a Thanksgiving dinner for “just us two” frequently finds herself in a dilemma.  Turkey is much too large for her and chicken hardly appeals to her for this day.  However, below are some suggestive menus for a Thanksgiving dinner for two.

No. 1.

Celery Radishes
Oysters on the Half Shell
Planked Squab Spiced Grape Jam
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Creamed Onions
Endive Salad Russian Dressing
Individual Mince Tarts
Coffee
Cheese and Crackers Nuts and Raisins

No. 2.

Grilled Oysters
Celery
Fillets of Flounder, Piedmont
Guinea Hen, Marie Cranberry Jelly
Candied Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower
Coleslaw
Pumpkin Tarts Coffee
Cheese Nuts and Raisins

No. 3.

Shrimp Cocktail
Celery Olives
Roast Squab Duckling, Currant Jelly
Creamed Mashed Potatoes Peas
Lettuce Pimento Dressing
Mince Turnover Coffee
Cheese and Crackers
Nuts and Raisins

HOW TO PREPARE THE MENU

Place the oysters in the ice box, near the ice, until ready to serve.  Scrape and clean the celery, cutting the root into a point, then splitting it in half from root end to tip.

Place in cold water and trim, then cleanse the radishes.  Split the radishes into four parts, from tip to near the stem end; use a sharp knife for this purpose—­this makes eight cuts in the radishes.  Place in cold water.

Wash the oyster shells and set aside until needed for serving the oysters.

PLANKED SQUAB

Split the squab down the back, then draw.  Wash well in cold water and remove the breast bone.  Place in a baking pan, rub with shortening and dust very lightly with the flour.  Place in a hot oven to bake for thirty-five minutes.  Baste frequently with hot water.  Now lift to a hot plank and cover with strips of bacon.  Split the sweet potatoes and place on each corner.  Brush lightly with butter, dust with cinnamon and brown sugar.  Place in a hot oven for twelve minutes.

GUINEA HEN MARIE

Have the butcher split the hen down the back and remove the breast bone.  Wash and wipe dry, then rub well with shortening and dust with flour.  Lay in a baking pan and place in a hot oven.  Baste every ten minutes with boiling water.  Cook for forty minutes in a moderate oven and just ten minutes before removing from the oven cover the hen with strips of bacon and