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The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Owgon. Friday February 8. 1952
Eggs Make
The Menu
Eggs are down and might very
well take the top place on menus
right now. You get a lot of nour
ishment from a main dish where
eggs are the chief ingredient, and
you produce a glamorous dish,
very easily by using eggs in the
recipe.
SOUTHERN EGG BREAD
2 cups white corn meal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoon soda
2 eggs
l1 cups buttermilk
Mix dry ingredients, then add
eggs and beat. Add buttermilk to
form a fairly thin batter. Grease
skillet or shallow baking pan well
with melted bacon grease or other
fat. Pour batter, in preheated skil
let or pan and cook in 450 degree
oven for about 20 minutes to 25
minutes. The center of the egg
bread will cook more firmly if
skillet is placed under broiler heat
for 2 or 3 minutes at the end.
Serves 6.
EGGS PENNSYLVANIA
Each serving consists of a piece
of toast browned very lightly,
over which is laid a layer of as
paragus canned, frozen, or fresh
well drained. Over this slice a
whole hard-cooked egg, and cover
the egg with a thick cream sauce.
Sprinkle with grated cheese and
broil until cheese melts. Sprinkle
with paprika before serving.
EGG PANCAKE WITH CRAN
BERRY SAUCE
1 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
2 tablespoons butter
Vz cup all-purpose flour
By MAXINE BUREN
Statesman Womn' Editor
SWEETHEART DAY COOKIES
FILLED COOKIES
Here we are again hurtling into the month of February
month of many holidays. Most mothers like to recognize holidays
with something special in the way of food$ and come a holiday
when the food at hand and the colors required are reconcilable
and she's lucky.
Red is the generally acceptable color for all the February
observances, Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays and St, Valen
tine's Day and fortunately it lends itself to foods quite nicely.
Today's pictures are of special Valentine's food, and feature
desserts. On this page you'll find two cookies made especially for
Valentine's Day. Raisins and bran cereal give flavor to that pic
tured below, the wrappings are special feature of the centerpiece
page 2. Rest of the menu should predominate in red, and a few
favors will help.
cup shortening
1 cups brown sugar
3 eggs, well beaten
Vi cud milk
I hi cups seedless raisins
3 cups sifted flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
VI teaspoon mace
i teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup bran flakes
Blend shortening and sugar; add eggs, milk and raisins. Beat
well .Sift flour with baking powder, salt and spices. Add to short
ening mixture with bran flakes; mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto
greased baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven (375) about 15
minutes. Yield: 54 dozen cookies, 2-inches in diameter.
In the picture today, the cookies are packaged in a heart
shaped box which, as you probably suspect, is a relic of last year's
Valentine candy. The packaging only goes to prove the wisdom
of saving almost everything re-useable even though family senti
ment says "toss it out."
2Vi cups flour '
1 teaspoon baking powder
Vt teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Filling . : ij,:.
cup raisins, ground Vx cup sugar ; f
cup nut meats, chopped cup water I
fine 1 tablespoon flour ll
1 cup sugar
M cup shortening
Vz cup sour milk
1 egg
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Cut cookies heart-shaped and put filling (which bat been
boiled together and cooled) in center and place one cookie on top,
press around edge with fork and bake. ' w
The filled cookies are especially good for cutting into fancy
shapes and you'll find these and other similar cakes popular for
their attractive appearance and extra good taste. Raisins in the
filling can be replaced with dates, or mincement can be Used as
a filler. '.$
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Valentine's Day rs one occasion where you can go all out in appropriate refreshments.
Cookies here- lend themselves to the Saint's day. This time the young lady cook will per
haps preview her Leap Year Day activities by practicing up on especially attractive cook
ies. Here they are made with raisins and bran.
1 teaspoon soda
Vz teaspoon salt
Melt butter and combine with
milk and eggs. Combine dry in
gredients and add to the liquid
liixture. Beat well to make thin
mixture. Spoon " Onto hot griddle
to make "fr-rteft pancakes. Turn
once to brown " llehtly on bothK
sides. Spread lightly with fresh
or canned cranberry sauce, fold,
and dust with powdered sugar.
Serve piping hot. Makes 6 to 8
servings.
SOFT CUSTARD
3 cups milk
cup sugar
y teaspoon salt
3 eggs beaten slightly
1 teaspoon vanilla
Scald milk with sugar and salt
added in top of double boiler.
Beat eggs slightly and slowly stir
into the hot milk. Strain, if de
sired; and return to double boiler.
Cook over one inch of simmering
water, stirring constantly, until
mixture just coats a metal spoon.
Custard will thicken somewhat on
cooling, so do not cook it until
thick, for this may cause it to
curdle. Remove immediately from
heat and set pan of custard in
cold water to cool. Add vanilla.
Chill in refrigerator before serv
ing. Serve in sherbert glasses or
sauce dishes. 5 servings. This cus
tard is also delicious cold sauce
for cake or pudding, or it may be
served hot over cake or pudding
immediately after cooking.
EARTHY MENU
' George Catlin (1796-1872), fam
ous painter of American Indians,
found that many ate a pound of
dirt daily, apparently to satisfy
their need for minerals.
Pears au Gratin
New Taste Treat
Ripe pears take on new flavor
interest when rolled in cornflake
crumbs, dotted with butter and
baked until tender. The lemon
sauce has flavor to complement
the pears for a dessert that's
crunchy and good.
PEARS AU GRATIN
3 fresh pears
1 cup corn flakes
1 tablespoon butter or
margarine
Pare, halve and core pears; roll
in corn flakes which have been
crushed into fine crumbs. Place in
buttered baking dish, cut side up
Dot with butter. Bake in moder
ately hot oven (400 F.) about 25
minutes. Serve with lemon spice
auce.
LEMON SPICE SAUCE
Vi Cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup water or fruit juice
2 tablespoons butter
IVi tablespoons lemon juice
Vi teaspoon nutmeg
Va teaspoon salt
Mix sugar and cornstarch to
gether. Add water or fruit juice
gradually and cook, stirring con
stantly until sauce is clear and
slightly thickened. Add butter,
lemon juice, nutmeg and salt.
Serve over hot baked pears. Yield:
6 servings.
Turkey Salad
Impressive Dish
Impress your bridge club set
with this elegant rich and won
derful fruited turkey almond sal
ad and some hot rolls. Make it
with diced cooked turkey (or
chicken) and combine with celery,
pineapple and a mayonnaise dres
sing. Stir in the crisp roasted
blanched almonds just before serv
ing. FRUITED TURKEY ALMOND
SALAD
2 cups diced cooked turkey
2 cups sliced celery
1 cup diced pineapple
23 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Salt
Pepper
cup roasted blanched al
mond halves
Lettuce
Combine turkey, celery and
Onions, Glazed
For Wintertime
Onions, though a summertime
special when the green varieties
are growing in the back yard gar
den, are just as good in winter in
their dried state. As seasonings,
onions are indespensible. and as a
vegetable all by themselves they
are handy.
Here's one of the many recipes
for onions that are popular with
many households:
GLAZED ONIONS
NEW ORLEANS
l1 pounds onions
Salted water
1 cup seedless raisins
x,i cup molasses
Vi cup butter or margarine
Peel and wash onions. Bring
salted water to boil and add on
ions. Cook, covered 20 to 40 min
utes or until barely tender. Drain.
Mix onions with raisins and place
in baking dish. Add molasses and
dot with butter. Bake at 425' (hot
oven) 30 minutes, basting occa
sionally, until glazed. Makes 4 to 6
servings.
SPICEY TOUCH
If you want to give your home
make spiced peaches a real jarty
touch, make them this way. Com
bine the syrup from a No. 2J2 can
of peach halves with 1 cup each
water and sugar, Vz cup each red
cinnamon candies and vinegar and
a couple drops red food coloring.
Boil 5 minutes. Add peaches stud
ded with whole cloves, and simmer
j minutes, iet stand in
overnight.
syrup
Bed Placement
Makes Window
A Focal Point
Placement of bedroom windows
often presents a problem in furni
ture arrangement. Where to place
the bed so that part of it will not
overlap a window is usually the
sixty-four dollar question.
While most homemakers faced
with this situation treat it so, it
actually can be an asset. There is
no reason why the bed should not
be placed squarely in front of the
window and the window be treat
ed in such a way as to make the
setting the decorative focal point
of the room.
A simple studio bed mattress
and bedspring-on-legs works out
best in this kind of arrangement,
either with or without a head
board. A headboard is not neces
sary, however, as the window
treatment will form the backing.
Extend a wide, boxed valance
out from the top of the window to
form a partial canopy. Cover it in
a fabric which will match or com
pliment the bedspread. Ruffled
curtains can then be attached to
this valance on the sides and they
can be either tied back or hung
loosely as desired. The same kind
of curtains should cover the win
dow. Result: an attractive focal
point.
EASY SHEET
Stuffed prunes make a popular
confection. Put prunes in strainer
over boiling water, cover closely
and steam 15 minutes. Slit each
prune down one side and remove
pit. Fill with walnut half or roast
ed almond. Roll in granulated
sugar.
HIGH VALUE
ADDles. eaten as fresh fruit, help
the system to absorb the calcium in
other foods. Apples are aiso a
good sourse of vitamin A which
helps to ward off colds and other
infections, according to findings
reported by the apple growers.
to taste. Pour over turkey mixture
and blend lightly. Just before
pineapple. Blend mayonnaise and I serving mix in almonds. Serve on
lemon juice and salt and pepper 1 crisp lettuce. Serves 4 to 6.
A Sunday
Smkfast treat
INDIANS FIRST
American Indians were the first
to freeze cranberries by gathering
them in early fall and placing
them in sacks which hung outside
their teepees during the winter
months.
OLD SHOES
If you have some shoes around
that haven't been worn in a long
time, throw them out or give them
away.
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min' in syrup ... a Sunday treat any
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MINCEMEAT TREAT
Serve a hot mincemeat sundae
for one of your family desserts.
Combine a half cup of sugar with
a few grains of salt and 2 tea
spoons cornstarch. Blend in 34 cup
water and cook until clear. Add a
cup of moist mincemeat. Serve
warm over hard ice cream.
Curry Gives This
Soup Good Flavor
A can of chicken soup takes a
dash of curry powder to make it
"unusual."
CURRIED CHICKEN SOUP
1 can condensed cream of
chicken soup
1 can water
1 teaspoon curry powder
Blend cream of chicken soup,
water and curry powder in sauce
pan. Heat to boiling point. Pour
into 4 individual soup dishes.
Garnish each with sprig of pars
ley. Accompany with crackers.
Serves 4.
SCOOPED OUT
For a colorful addition to your
buffet or hors d'oeuvers tray,
hollow out tiny, pickled beets. (Use
the or Vt teaspoon of your set
of measuring spoons for this.) Fill
with tuna salad.
Chopped Nuts in
Cracker Rolls
There's not a bit of cooking and
hardly any work at all to putting
this partyish date walnut roll to
gether. DATE WALNUT ROLL
1 cup walnuts
l'i cups finely rolled graham
cracker crumbs
20 finely cut marshmallows
1 cup sliced dates
6 quartered maraschino i
cherries ?
cup orange juice
Chop walnuts. Combine with
remaining ingredients, mixing,
well. Shape into roll and wrap In
waxed paper. Chill overnight. Cut
into slices to serve, and garnish
with whipped cream, if desired.
Serves 8. t -a
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To 1 cup toasted filberts and 1
tablespoon butter or cooking ieil,
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We hope there's enough of
this "February Favorite
to go 'round this year! Seems like ev
erybody likes our Whitehouse Cherry
Ice Cream. Maybe it's the bright red
cherries smothered in the rich, nour
ishing ice cream. Or maybe it's
because Medo-Land Ice Cream is
smoother, creamier than any other.
Anyway . . . Whitehouse Cherry is a
party dessert ice cream that is easy to
serve and always calls for a "second
helping." Hurry and try it I
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