Supper
Christmas Eve
To begin
Oyster stew, brown butter, benneP
Chicory, pink grapefruit and toasted pecanV · N
The table
Standing rib of beef, horseradish cream
Whole flounder baked on the bone, brown butter and capersP
Creamed hominy, and the green beans with the almonds on themV · N
After
Coconut cake, the tall oneV · N
Benne wafers and satsumasV · N
To drink
Champagne, from six-thirty, in the piazza whatever the weather
Milk punch — Nonie's, which is too strong
Cider for the children, hot, with a cinnamon stick in it
V vegetarian · P pescatarian · DF dairy free · N contains nuts