The Saturday Sip: February 10, 2024
Your etiquette tip, quote and an Emily Post Cookbook recipe to start your weekend off right!
The Tip
You control your own image, so make sure it is telling the story or creating the impression you intend it to. This can be as simple as taking a quick look in the mirror at your appearance before stepping out the door.
The Recipe
Chicken Bunty sounded like a great weekend meal to try; we hope you enjoy its warm, creamy flavors.
Emily Post’s Cookbook, 1951, pg. 144 *Please note that recipes are copied as exactly as possible, including grammatical errors and inconsistencies.
Chicken Bunty
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
3-lb. frying chicken, cut up and skin removed
2 medium-sized onions, sliced fine
2 tbs. flour
4 or 5 tbs. butter
2 tbs. olive oil
2 medium-sized tomatoes, peeled and quartered
1/2 cup of white wine (or red may be used, either makes a fine dish)
spring tarragon or 1/2 tsp. thyme pepper and salt
1 lb. mushrooms, sliced but not peeled
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Directions
Brown chicken pieces in the butter and olive oil. Add onions and cook until golden in color. Then add flour and stir.
Add tomatoes and wine, herbs, pepper and salt. Stir, cover well, and simmer 25 minutes.
Then add mushrooms and cover again and continue simmering 15-20 minutes more.
Add sour cream, pepper, salt, and Worcestershire sauce. Serve when hot with dry, fluffy rice made from 1 cup raw rice.
The Quote
“The fault of bad taste is usually in overdressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for.” - Emily Post
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Lizzie and Dan
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Pg. 228 of Emily Post’s Etiquette, 1922. “A dinner service without silver — ‘The little dinner is thought by most people to be the very pleasantest social function there is.’”