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Oranges.
Bisque of Oyster Soup.
Halibut Timbales with Shrimp Sauce.
Chicken and Pim-olas in Cases.
Sliced Breast of Duck. Currant Jelly.
Potato Roses.
Apricot Sherbet.
Sardine Salad. Mayonnaise.
Violet Ice Cream. Cakes.
Coffee. Bonbons.
The oranges are to be prepared as was the grape fruit; that is, the pulp is loosened from the sides after a thick slice has been cut from the top, the core is taken out, and powdered sugar and sherry, if you use it, put in. The creamed chicken has chopped pim-olas added to it to give a delicious flavour. The salad is an aspic with one sardine embedded in each small mould. The potato roses are made by pressing mashed potato through a tube in spirals, and browning in the oven.
Sometimes one is moved to give a luncheon "Just for fun," on some gala day which suggests that informality will be in keeping with its atmosphere. Of course one invites to such a meal only such of one's friends as will appreciate the spirit in which the luncheon is given; nothing is more discouraging than to have one's little jokes fall flat, as they are sure to, unless all are in sympathy.
A ST. PATRICK'S DAY LUNCHEON
requires kindred spirits to really enjoy it.
FOR A ST. PATRICK'S DAY LUNCHEON.
POTATO BONBON.
Of course the meal should be carried out in green, Ireland's colour, and potato salad should be one of the distinctive Irish dishes. Have a white and green centrepiece, and if you have any green and white china have it conspicuously used, and for decoration get from the florist a wire harp, typical of that which "Once thro' Tara's halls," and cover its frame and strings with delicate green vines, letting their ends trail on the table. Stand small green flags among your candies and olives, and have pistache nuts among the salted almonds. If you use candles, have them green with their shades decorated in shamrock, which is like a small clover. For cards use the same thing, painted in little bunches tied with ribbon, or have a sketch of a typical Irish peasant, or of a tiny white-washed cottage with vines as one sees so many in Ireland. Under the name of the guest put a quotation from Moore, the poet of the country, the more familiar the better. Have your bonbons in the form of small potatoes, or else give each person one of the bonbon boxes which look exactly like large Irish potatoes, and fill it with green candies.