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The Beer Family
thick glasses. The Udded stein is preferable, for after a
draught of beer, the closing of the hd helps retain the cold
ness of the beer and preserve its "head."
Formality requires the use of glasses—but I've never yet
found the man who wouldn't prefer to forget formality for
comfort.
However, we must bow to traditions and niceties, though
we mere men may sigh over them sometimes when we might
like to be "just boys" and eat our goldarned peas off our
knives, if we wished!
Colored glasses or gaily-striped crystal glasses may be
used, by the way, for decorative effect or to follow out a
color scheme ati^ormal httle luncheons or for the aperitif or
appetizer before more formal dinners, at supper, for after-
the-theatre snack or at any time,for that matter,and still be
quite correct. Colored glasses add gay notes to a little
picnic spread outdoors or at the bridge table. Beer does not
require the fine crystal glassware demanded for wine service.
And,speakiog of bridge, when light refections usually are
served,mayI suggest the use of side taborets for convenience
and thus save the bridge table top from possible spills? A
taboret at each elbow will accommodate the beer bottle, the
glass and asmall plate with canapes,sandwiches,crackersand
cheese, or whatever you are serving.
Beer,unlike wine,"goes" with anyfood and does not have
either its own taste spoiled or spoil the taste of the food. But
wine with certain foods is abominable, spoiling the taste of
both. For instance, wine with hors d'oeuvres should be almost
imthinkable unless one uses a white wine like Rhine or
Moselle, but even these ought not be served. Beer would be
far preferable. Imagine Port Wine,too, with pickles! Ugh-h!
Beerand ale go,also,with the chafing dish and the various
rarebits(or rabbits, as you wish),the lobster dish or creamed
chicken or other creamed delicacy. Ale, too, fits with the
beers in almost every similar case, as also with cold cuts,
smoked or pickled fish, anchovies—I might go down the
whole list of edibles for luncheon, supper, dinner, and all fit
in nicely with beer.