The Saturday Sip: December 14, 2024

Here's your etiquette tip, quote and an Emily Post Cookbook recipe to start your weekend off right!

The Tip

For Everyone: When bringing a dish either for a potluck or to a cookie swap style party, even if you haven’t been asked to, bring an ingredient card for the dish or treat so that guests with restrictions or allergies can best gauge if a dish is okay for them to eat.

For Our Swifties: Yes, it is okay to wish your favorite artist a belated happy birthday today! And, if you’re Taylor Swift and have received millions of birthday wishes on social media over the last 24 hours, it’s perfectly polite and reasonable to respond en masse with a blanket “Thank you for all the wonderful birthday wishes this year!” post. When possible, call out particularly thoughtful, funny, or meaningful messages.

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The Recipe

Lizzie is throwing her holiday cocktail party today, with friends coming over for hot drinks, tasty nibbles, and some holiday treats! For a little holiday party inspiration, we chose Emily’s Cheese Fondue II recipe. Don’t forget to get your party on by entering our Holiday Cocktail Party Challenge at PartyClick.com. Click here for more details and to learn about our great giveaways during the challenge!

Cheese Fondue II (Unbaked)

pg 292-293 of The Emily Post Cookbook, 1951

Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. cheese (cut in small pieces)

• ⅓ cup butter

• ⅓ cup milk

• ½ tsp. salt

• Pinch of cayenne or 10-12 drops Tabasco

• 1 beaten egg

Directions:

Melt cheese and butter, stirring in the top of a double boiler over simmering

water. Add slowly, while stirring, the heated but not boiled milk and the salt and cayenne.

Remove from the heat and beat in the egg with a wire whisk or a small portable electric beater. Serve at once over buttered toast in soup plates. And—if you can get them—put very finely sliced, fresh white truffles over the fondue. This combination is a superlative taste treat, but few indeed are the times one can get fresh white truffles.

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The Quote

“If you must quarrel with your enemy, seek public or neutral ground, since quarrels and hospitality must never be mingled.” - Emily Post

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Holiday Cocktail Party Challenge

Emily Post and PartyClick are proud to present the Holiday Cocktail Party Challenge! We are excited about our new partnership with PartyClick because it is the easiest digital party invitation and RSVP service to use! And we have a special Emily Post Invitation Collection at PartyClick for this holiday season.

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We hope you’ve enjoyed the Saturday Sip today! We want to hear about your holiday party plans in the comments! And don’t forget to sign up at PartyClick.com to get working on your holiday party invitations today! Can’t post here? Head over to the Monday post comment thread, where the comment section is open to everyone.

Enjoy the weekend!

Lizzie and Dan

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Lizzie brought Thumbprints and English Toffee to a holiday cookie swap this year. The host was smart and asked everyone to bring an ingredient card.