VERIBEST CANNED MEATS—save work and worry
Informal Porch Suppers
If you are fortunate enough to possess a wide porch or a stretch of lawn do not forget your less fortunate friends, and give an occasional informal party there while the weather is still fine. Food always tastes so much better in the fresh air and when friends are present it makes the affair nothing more than a kind of glorified picnic. There are few more pleasant ways of entertaining than by giving a porch party. It is very little trouble to arrange an affair of this kind—less than the average picnic indeed—and grown people usually enjoy it more as it is much more comfortable to sit in a chair before a real table than to perch on a log or rock while eating. A porch party is an ideal way of entertaining for the woman who has to do her own work. Most of the dishes can be prepared the day before, making the serving easier.
If not convenient to have a large table a number of small card tables placed close together will answer the purpose. Charming table sets of white crepe paper can be bought for very little and save very materially in the doing up of the linen.
Prepare as much as possible early in the day. If you have sandwiches wrap them in a damp napkin; if cold drinks are wanted have them well chilled, your glasses and straws handy, have your silver and china ready at hand so that when your guests arrive you may devote your time and attention to them. The following menus are not hard to prepare and the dishes will be found most palatable and suited to every purse: Veribest Canned Meats, the standby of the housewife who combines economy of time with excellence of quality, are used in many of them. There is a wide range of these meats delicious and many ways of using them. Every pantry should have at least one shelf devoted to them so that the housewife need never be at a loss for the basis of a good meal.
| FRUIT COCKTAIL |
| HAM MOUSSÉ, POTATO CHIPS |
| or |
| CREAMED CHICKEN, served in roll, |
| or |
| TONGUE TOAST, CREAM SAUCE |
| or |
| CHICKEN IN ASPIC IN INDIVIDUAL MOULDS |
| POTATOES AU GRATIN |
| TOMATO WAFFLES |
| SALAD ROLLS |
| CHILLED CUCUMBERS |
| MARSHMALLOW PUDDING |
| or |
| FIG CUSTARD |
| COFFEE FRAPPÉ ICED COCOA |
| GRAPE JUICE. |