Tri
Kappa recreates 90-year-old menu for anniversary celebration
BY
JEFF ROUTH
Times-Mail
jeff@tmnews.com
2/18/2012
MITCHELL
— Gamma Epsilon chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa in Mitchell celebrated its 90th
anniversary on Jan. 8 with a formal dinner recreating the original induction
meeting menu of Jan. 7, 1922.
Charter
members of the chapter, Ruth Whitted Alexander, Mary Crawford, Virginia
Crawford, Pauline Braman Dalton, Vere Braman Diefendorf, Frances Hostetter,
Josephine Marley Hamer, Marjorie Clements Laker, Kathryn Coleman Mathews, Lela
Holmes Lindley, Ada Sims Loy, Helen Murphy, Helen Weitknecht and Emma Rhodes,
were feted to dinner at the Crawford House in Mitchell.
Debbie
Unger, president of the chapter for 2012, is also the owner of the Morgan Keane
House on Mitchell’s southwest side. Although not in business any longer as a
public venue, Unger still hosts a few events during the year for friends and
family — and, in this case, sorority sisters.
“I
found the recipes the old-fashioned way. I Googled them,” she said with a
laugh. “Finding these old recipes really wasn’t that hard. The only real problem
I had was with the grapefruit cocktail. Today it is a drink. Back then it was
an appetizer/salad and was served in a pretty piece of stemware. That was the
hardest recipe to find.
“I
don’t know why they would have had two creamed items on the menu. All that
butter and milk. And if you look at pictures of them, they all had these teeny-tiny
waists.”
Unger
said chapter members realized this important anniversary was coming up a couple
of years ago and wanted to do something special for the occasion. Once the
original menu was found in historical records, she thought it would be fitting
to recreate that first meal.
The
meal — consisting of grapefruit cocktail, creamed chicken on patty shells,
creamed peas in potato nests, celery, hot rolls and tomato jelly — was served
on Tri Kappa plates, as was the dessert course of ice cream, cake, nuts and
coffee. The Mitchell chapter is one of only two chapters in the state to have
its own chapter house, therefore, having its own plates and cutlery. Everything
was in a black-and-white decor, which are the colors of Tri Kappa.
During
the program, chapter members shared historic events, news stories and the
history of the Mitchell chapter.
Tri
Kappa exists only in the state of Indiana. The organization was founded in
Indianapolis in 1901 by seven women at the Girls’ Classical School.
Those
original seven members were to go to their respective hometowns and found a
chapter. Today there are 146 active chapters and 114 associate chapters
throughout the state, which include about 9,000 members.
Recipes
Creamed
Chicken in Patty Shells
1
stick butter
One-half
cup flour
4
cups whole milk
4
cups cooked chicken, cubed
2
pinches thyme
salt
and pepper to taste
In a
large pot over medium heat, melt butter, whisk in flour until smooth. Slowly
whisk in milk. Add thyme, cook until thickened. Add chicken, salt and pepper.
Serve over pastry shells. 6-8 portions.
Creamed
Peas in Potato Nests
2
tablespoons butter
2
tablespoons flour
1
cup whole milk
1
teaspoon sugar
One-half
teaspoon salt
dash
of pepper
2
cups frozen peas
In
quart saucepan, melt butter, whisk in flour until smooth. Slowly whisk in milk.
Then stir in sugar, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
Add peas. Simmer five minutes until peas are heated. Serve over nests of mashed
potatoes. Serves 4 to 5.
Tomato
jelly
1
1/4 cups boiling water
1
3-ounce package lemon gelatin
1
8-ounce can tomato sauce
1
1/2 tablespoons vinegar
One-half
teaspoon salt
One-eighth
teaspoon hot sauce
Dissolve
lemon
No comments:
Post a Comment