Camille Glenn's old-fashioned Christmas cookbook

257 Pages·1996·16.483 MB·English

by  Glenn, Camille

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A C G
LSO BY AMILLE LENN
THEHERITAGEOF SOUTHERNCOOKING
A SPECIALCOLLECTIONOF SALADS, SOUPSANDSTEWS
THEFINEARTOF DELECTABLEDESSERTS
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O -F
LD ASHIONED
C
HRISTMAS
C
OOKBOOK
ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL 1996
Published by
ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL
Post Office Box 2225
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-2225
a division of
WORKMAN PUBLISHING
708 Broadway
New York, New York 10003
© 1996 by Camille Glenn and Elissa Glenn.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited.
Cover and interior illustrations by Pat Scheible.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Glenn, Camille.
Camille Glenn’s old-fashioned Christmas cookbook / Camille Glenn.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-56512-120-1
1. Christmas cookery. 2. Cookery, American—Southern style.
3. Menus. I. Title.
TX739.2.C45G54 1996
641.5'68—dc20 96-9194
CIP
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
First Edition
To Suzanne Rafer, Ruth Chaffins,
Barbara Winter, and Ruth Bos,
without whose loyalty and help this book
never could have gone to press.
T
he art of cooking is a universal feature
of civilized and cultural life, and
we must do our best to preserve it.
– Camille Glenn
C
ONTENTS
T -T P C E S P
REE RIMMING ARTIES HRISTMAS VE UPPER ARTIES
MENU 1  1 MENU 4  31
Chili Pot Roast with Champagne, Chilled White Wine,
Green Chili Tomato Sauce or Red Wine
Red Cabbage and Parsley Slaw Raw Vegetableswith Spicy Dipping Salt
French Bread Smithfield Ham and Potato Pie
Country Squire Cookies Spiced Cranberries
Sugarplum Cookies Pomegranate and Bibb Lettuce Salad
Ginger and Marmalade Pudding Chilled Bourbon Custard
Coffee The Yule Log
Demitasse
MENU 2  15
Oyster and Clam Chowder
Celery Curls, Carrot Sticks, Pickles
Easy Bread Sticks
Colonial Gingerbread
MENU 5  40
Coffee Mulled Red Wine
Champagne, Chilled White Wine,
MENU 3  22 or Red Wine
Beef and Noodle Soup
Country Ham Baked in Cider
Warm Broccoli, Black Olive, and
Spiced Pear and Cranberry Relish
Roquefort Salad
Baked Brown Rice with Almonds
French Bread
orPine Nuts
A Very Special Chocolate Pudding with
Kentucky Bourbon Pie
Hard Sauce or Foamy Sauce
Best-Ever Pumpkin Pie
Coffee
Frozen Lemon Soufflé
Demitasse
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CAMILLE GLENN’S OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK
A H H
MENU 6  54 EARTY OLIDAY
Champagne or Chilled White Wine BREAKFAST OR SUPPER
Brie and Red Bell Pepper Pie
MENU 8  75
Italian Bread
Corned Beef Hash with Creamy Hot
Bibb, Endive, Artichoke, and
Mustard or Lorenzo Sauce
Prosciutto Salad
Poached Eggs
Bartlett Pear and Pineapple Sherbet
Cottage Cheese Yeast Biscuits
White Christmas Truffles
Especially Delicious Pear Preserves
Demitasse
Fruit in Season
Coffee
C D D
HRISTMAS AY INNERS
MENU 9  84
Champagne
Caviar on Toast Points
Roast Suckling Pig
C M B
HRISTMAS ORNING REAKFAST Roast Turkey Breast Lined with
Country Ham
MENU 7  62
Spiced Moro Oranges
Fruit Juice
Spiced Walnuts on Watercress
Broiled Bacon or Sausage
Shredded Brussels Sprouts
Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Waffles
with Tangerine Syrup Four-Star Cornmeal
Butterflake Biscuits
German Apple Pancakes
Kentucky Eggnog Ice Cream
Wonderful Cranberry Preserves
Mother’s Ambrosia
Black Bing Cherry Preserves
Plum Pudding Pie
Very Special French Toast with
Cinnamon and Coriander Mélange Chocolate Almond Toffee
Coffee, Tea Demitasse
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CONTENTS
A E C D
MENU 10  101 N LEGANT HRISTMAS INNER
Champagne, Chilled White Wine,
or Red Wine MENU 12  124
Champagne
Oysters in Scallop Shells
Olives
Roast Quail with Tarragon
Roquefort-Stuffed Celery Curls
Madras Chutney with Almonds
Beluga Caviar
Bibb, Endive, and Walnut Salad
Shrimp
Mother’s Dinner Rolls
Marinated Beef Tenderloin with
Mincemeat Pie
Old English Walnut Sauce
Demitasse
Wild Rice
Velvet Crumb Rolls
Bibb Lettuce, Endive, and
Spiced Walnut Salad
Tangerine Sherbet
Winter Crystal Cookies
Demitasse
MENU 11  112
Champagne, Chilled White Wine,
or Red Wine
Pork Loin Roast with Cider and
Mother’s Poached Apples
Carolina Potato Rolls
Buttered Broccoli
Mashed Potatoes
Tangerine Pie
Castlewood Pumpkin or Persimmon
Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Kentucky Bourbon Balls
Coffee
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