The international cook book

You will find that the most jaded appetite will respond to a breakfast that is carefully planned, well cooked, and attractively served. The Sunday Morning Breakfast is a meal of decided individ- uality. It is one of the meals that we try to make just a little bit different. Menus follow: Menu 1 Fresh strawberries with sugar and cream Broiled chicken Popovers Butter Grape jelly Coffee Milk Menu 2 Orange juice Broiled ham slices Waffles Maple syrup Coffee Milk Menu 3 HaK grapefruit Broiled bacon French toast Maple syrup or confectioners' sugar Coffee Milk Menu 4 Diced fresh pineapple Dropi>ed eggs on toast Broiled bacon Doughnuts Coffee Milk MENUS AND TABLE SERVICE 23 Menu 5 Iced cantaloupe Broiled lamb chop with water-cress garnish Whole wheat muffins Butter Apricot conserve Coffee Milk A special container for syrup is advisable. This may be of silver, glass, or china. A silver container that harmonizes with the flat silver and coffee serv' ice is the very best. A sugar shaker for the confectioners' sugar used on waffles, pancakes, or French toast may be of glass or china, but one of silver that harmonizes with the salts and peppers is the most desirable. Salt and pepper shakers, when placed on the breakfast table, are placed in pairs on either side of the table within easy reach of the guests. The sugar shaker is kept near the hostess, so that she can put the sugar on the waffles or the French toast as she serves them. French toast is ser\-ed from the kitchen in a covered silver dish or on a silver platter covered with a napkin. Garnishes enhance the beauty of any food. With the Sunday morning hot meats use either parsley or water cress, with radish roses or slices of tomato as a garnish. The popularity of the Sunday ^loming Breakfast may be increased if, during the warm weather, this meal is served either on the porch or in the garden; and on a rainy day nothing can be more delightful than the Sunday Morning Breakfast served by an open fire in the living room. The open-fire breakfast is also recommended during the cold winter months, when the cheer of the fire extends itself to the meal. The hour for Sunday Morning Breakfast is usuafly later than the regular breakfast of the week, and for this reason it may be more hearty. Frequently the Sunday Morning Breakfast is the most substantial meal of the day, being followed later by a light supper or an afternoon tea. A little thought and careful planning, a little special service, different china and linen from that which is used during the week, •ssill make the Sunday Morning Breakfast delightful and an occasion that is looked forward to by all. A centerpiece of fruit or flowers appropriate to the season of the year adds charm to the appearance of the table. 24 THE INTERNATIONAL COOK BOOK What can be more cordial than the Breakfast Party? There is a hospitaUty about food that is generally underrated. It is a dehghtful custom to begin the day with a gathering around the breakfast table of friends and family, and one which is fast gaining favor. The table is laid ■vs'ith the same care and thought that is given the regular breakfast table, with perhaps an added touch by using more elaborate linen and china, a little different from that usually used.