The Saturday Sip: September 2, 2023
Your etiquette tip, quote and an Emily Post Cookbook recipe to start your weekend off right!
The Tip
Labor Day is approaching and we’re here to say that it is indeed okay to wear white after Labor Day. We see white all year round nowadays from crisp and bright summer whites to creamy soft winter whites. And what dictates when most people try to make the switch is the weather in their region. In places where September doesn’t quite feel like a transition into fall, it’s understandable to still wear summer whites. While there is nothing wrong with choosing to stick by the old adage “You can’t wear white after Labor Day,” it is by no means a rule that everyone needs to or chooses to follow.
The Recipe
Chicken Marengo sounded like a fun dish and Emily’s doesn’t disappoint!
Emily Post’s Cookbook, 1951, pg. 131
Chicken Marengo
Time: 1hr 15min
Serves: 4
Ingredients
3 tbs. butter
2 tbs. olive oil
3 lb. frying chicken, cut up and skin removed
3 medium onions, chopped
2 tbs. flour
3/4 cup white wine
2 tbs. tomato paste
Salt and pepper
fresh tarragon or dried thyme
1/2 lb mushrooms
Directions
Heat oil and butter in large heavy iron skillet with a tight-fitting cover.
Brown chicken pieces in the hot oil and butter.
Add onions. After they are golden in color, sprinkle with the flour and stir.
Stir and add wine and tomato paste, salt and pepper. Add a sprig of fresh tarragon or 1/2 tsp. dried thyme if no fresh tarragon. Cover well and simmer for 35 minutes.
Add mushrooms, sliced but not peeled. Cover again and simmer 15 or 20 minutes more.
The Quote
“And yet no word in our language is so greatly misunderstood, so falsely interpreted as this word etiquette.” - Emily Post
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Thank you for spending a bit of your day with us. What are you cooking up these days? We’d love to hear about it in the comments below. Not a Community Member? The Monday thread is open to all, we’d love to hear your thoughts there.
Up next is Monday’s Awesome Etiquette podcast with the Etiquette Extra and Community Member Bonus Question of the Week!
Until then,
Lizzie and Dan
Is anyone else hearing She’s Got The Look by Roxette playing as they see this pic of Emily from the late 1800s?