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Boy's Birthday Party

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Why it works: Vinegar and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,805 recipes mention both. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Boy's Birthday Party

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  1. (Prize from N. F. Magazine, Mrs. Woody.)

  2. The table was so much admired at my boy's birthday party, I will send a description.

  3. The cover was made of cotton batting and over this was thickly spread diamond dust. Smilax was pinned in festoons to form a border, circling up around each plate. A flat center- piece of large feathery ferns was held in place by a five-burner silver candelabra with pink candles and shades. At either end tall cut glass vases held many pink carnations. Gliding from one to another and wrapping in and around the center was pink ribbon, and, as though stepping aside to avoid being caught in it, tiny china shepherdesses' in pink held aloft pink candles. Placer plates had decorations of pinks and ferns.

  4. Cakes and ices carried out the color scheme, and when the bright faces of the little folk surrounded the table, it made a glittering and beautiful picture.

  5. WILLIAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

  6. First Course — Grapefruit

  7. Cantaloupe.

  8. Second Course — Oysters or Rus- sian Caviar. Third Course — Soup. Fourth Course — Fish. Fifth Course — Entree. Sixth Course — Roast with two

  9. or three vegetables.

  10. Seventh Course — Game. Sherbet.

  11. Eighth Course — Salad.

  12. Ninth Course — Dessert.

  13. Tenth Course — Ice Cream.

  14. Eleventh Course — Crackers and

  15. Cheese; Bonbons, Twelfth Course — Demi Tasse. Contributed, Williams, Ariz.

  16. SAINT PATRICK'S DAY DINNER

  17. Centerpiece — Shamrock.

  18. Muskmelon Pea Soup

  19. Fish, Potato Croquettes Roast Beef, Atrichokes,

  20. Asparagus . Lettuce Salad

  21. Pie Pistachio Ice Cream

  22. Coffee (Use green whenever possible.)

  23. SAINT VAI/FNTINE DINNER

  24. Centerpiece: Bleeding Hearts

  25. and Ferns.

  26. Place Cards: Cupids and Hearts. Strawberries on Stems Tomato Soup

  27. Sweetbread Patties Roast Beef Potatoes Beets Red Apple Salad Cheese Wafers Raspberry Ice Cream

  28. Fancy Cakes Mint Candies

  29. Demi Tasse

  30. (The heart shapes and cupids wherever possible)

  31. BREAKFAST April First

  32. Oranges sweetened with Salt Shredded Wheat Biscuit,

  33. sprinkled with Salt Sardine Omelet, very sweet Syrup made of vinegar and

  34. bitter chocolate Griddle Cakes, using Quinine Doughnuts filled with cotton Coffee made from peas,

  35. seasoned with pepper (Pin napkins to the table cloth, and tie chairs to table legs.) Contributed, Williams, Ariz.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Vinegar + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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