Vintage Thanksgiving Menu - Splurgin' in 1952

Welcome back for the last menu in the series of menus for all price points as found in a 1952 Woman's Day magazine.  If you missed the first two, see the "cutting costs" Thanksgiving menu and the "moderate" Thanksgiving menu for more Thanksgiving menu ideas.  This final menu in the trio is for the lady who wants to splurge this holiday season!

The "Splurge" menu includes:

-oysters on half shell with cocktail sauce

-oyster crackers

-cheese sticks

-clear mushroom soup with whipped cream

-celery hearts

-stuffed olives

-black olives

-whole cranberry sauce

-cranberry jelly

-roast turkey

-giblet gravy

-wild rice stuffing

-sherried yams

-brussels sprouts

-orange filled avocado halves on escarole with french dressing

-double corn sticks

-butter balls

-frozen nesselrode pudding

-almond macaroons

-salted pecans

-mints

-coffee  

In 1952 this cost about $2.45 per person, which would be $21.65 in today's money according to an inflation calculator.

I hope you have enjoyed these three as much as I have!  It's always so interesting to see how people ate and menu planned back in the day.  Now onto planning my contributions to the Thanksgiving feasts I am heading to this year.  Only one week to go!

Vintage Thanksgiving Menu - Cost Cutting in 1952

Last week, I shared the "moderate" priced Thanksgiving menu.  Next up is the "cost cutting" menu as seen in a 1952 Woman's Day magazine.

All the menus are built around a traditional turkey roast and gravy.

This menu includes:

-grapefruit and orange cocktail

-cream of asparagus, croutons

-celery sticks

-carrot curls

-whole cranberry sauce

-roast turkey

-giblet gravy

-sage stuffing

-candied sweet potatoes

-turnip cubes in mashed potato nests

-spinach with egg

-lettuce wedges with chili sauce mayonnaise

-hot biscuits, margarine

-lattice topped mince pie

-tea

-candy corn

In 1952 this cost about $0.95, which would be about $8.39 in today's money according to an inflation calculator.

Stay tunned for the "splurge" menu next week!

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Vintage Thanksgiving Menu - A Moderate Price Feast

I found this series of three Thanksgiving menus in a 1952 Woman's Day magazine and I thought it would be fun to share one a week until Thanksgiving.

All of the menus are based around a turkey and gravy, but the sides accommodate your holiday meal budget, from low to high.

This "moderate" menu includes:

-french fruit cup

-mushroom bisque

-celery

-paprika wafers

-green olives

-whole cranberry sauce

-roast turkey

-giblet gravy

-savory stuffing

-holiday sweet potatoes

-creamed onions

-green beans

-lettuce hearts with blue-cheese dressing

-clover-leaf rolls

-butter

-pumpkin chiffon pie

-coffee

In 1952 this cost about $1.35 per person, which would be $11.93 in today's money according to an inflation calculator.

Stay tunned for the "cost cutting" menu next week!