Victorian Thanksgiving Menus
Although we know that the first Thanksgiving was not full of endless eating and savory meats and sauces as we celebrate today we nevertheless love to look at it in the romantic light of the Victorian era. Here below are a few suggested Thanksgiving menus (depending on how many guests and servants you had) taken from the American Cookery magazine circa 1921
Three Course Dinner for Small Family in Servantless House
- Roast Chicken, stuffed with Chopped Celery and Oysters
- Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Boiled Onions
- Salad(Fine chopped apples and nuts in red apple cups) Cream Dressing
- Mince or Squash Pie a la mode
- Sweet Cider
- Coffee
A Simple Company Dinner of Six Courses
- Celery
- Clam Bouillon, Saltines
- Ripe Olives
- Roast, Chestnut-Stuffed Turkey, Giblet Sauce
- Buttered Asparagus
- Glazed Sweet Potatoes
- Moulded Cranberry Jelly
- Chicken Salad in Salad Rolls
- Thanksgiving Pudding
- Hard Sauce
- Chocolate Ice Cream
- Strawberry Sauce
- Assorted Fruit
- Coffee
A Formal Company Dinner. Eight Courses
- Curled Celery
- Oyster Soup, Bread Sticks
- Radish Rosettes
- Turbans of Flounder
- Hollandaise Sauce
- Potato Straws
- Olives
- Crusty Rolls
- Salted Nuts
- Capon a la Creme
- (Stuffing of Potatoes, Mushrooms, Chestnuts, etc.)
- Mashed Potatoes
- Green Pea Timbales
- Cranberry Sauce
- Sweet Cider Frappe
- Venison Steaks
- Currant Jelly Sauce
- Baked Parsnips
- Apple-and-Grape Salad
- Macaroon Pudding
- Frozen Mince Pie
- Hot Chocolate Sauce
- Glaceed Walnuts
- Fruit
- Black Coffee
Elaborate Formal Dinner. Ten Courses
- Fruit Cocktail
- Oysters on Half-shell
- Brown Bread-and-Butter Sandwiches
- Quartered Lemons
- Clear Bouillon, Oysterettes
- Radishes
- Celery
- Boiled Halibut
- Potato Balls in Parsley Sauce
- Sweet Pickles
- Cauliflower au Gratin
- Braised Turkey or Capon
- Bread Stuffing
- Giblet Gravy
- Duchesse Potatoes
- Spinach
- Crystallized Ginger
- Salted Pecans
- Pineapple Fritters, Lemon Sauce
- Granite of Cider and Apples
- Cutlets of Duck, with Chopped Celery
- Orange Salad
- Pumpkin Pie
- Raisin and Cranberry Tarts
- Chocolate Parfait
- Almond Cakes
- Nuts
- Raisins
- Bonbons
- Candied Orange Peel
- Black Coffee
