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THE HOUSEWIFE'S HANDY
FOOD SECTION
LATEST IDEAS FOR YOUR
Capital
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Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January 3, 1952
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Miss back in good condition. Make these plentiful, nutrition
wise fruits part of any meal and also keep them readily avail
able for satisfying snack-time hunger.
By ZOLA VINCENT
(Foods Writer)
The march of time with our
shifting economy and food costs
that continue to rise, make new
demands on the ingenuity and
resourcefulness of the home
maker confronted with all that
meal planning and meal mak
ing. We can only resolve anew
to buy more economically to
stretch the food dollars; to take
better care of the foods we buy
and to cook those foods in ways
to best preserve their nutrients.
These columns have long
been dedicated to accomplish
ment of these very things and
tte Teview here practical sug
gestions that can be applied to
everyday marketing and cooking.
The thrifty shopper goes to
market herself, learns first
hand about the better buys in
all the departments; takes ad
vantage of special offerings in
this newspaper's advertise
ments and in the stores' special
displays.
Read Labels The function of
the label is to furnish guidance
and protection for the user. By
reading labels you can deter
mine the size, quality or stan
dard which best suits your im
mediate needs. Often a smaller
or larger can or package better
serves your purpose. .Often a
less fancy grade with a lower
price proves ideal.
Check Scales Be a label
reader and a scale scanner.
Many "checkers" are mathe
matical genuises; some are not.
We've seldom seen one who did
not graciously make any correc
tions noted. See that you get
what you pay for. Fruits and
vegetables should be bought
only in reasonbale quantities
consistent with storage facilities
and plans for immediate use.
Be sure that the meat man puts
in all the trimmings charged
for.
Refrigerator Care Many a
refrigerator is overworked as
well as overstuffed. There
must always be room for cir
culation of air. A refrigerator
ijb not a filing cabinet. - Defrost
your refrigerator when the
crust of frost on the freezing
unit is Yi of an inch thick. Keep
ft clean. Don't put hot food or
dishes in it. Don't open the re
frigerator door any oftener or
any longer than is actually nec
essary. Avoid quick freezing.
Remember1 to turn the control
down to the lowest operating
point if you leave for a week
end.
Ten Cooking Rules These
rules for retaining vitamins and
minerals are basic and can con
tribute much to the good nutri
tion of the family and also give
first-aid to the budget. Use
very little water in cooking.
Cook vegetables for the shortest
possible time; only until tender
Cover utensils to keep air out.
Do not put in baking soda to
brighten food colors. Once
boiling begins, turn heat down
to main tain simmering point.
Avoid unnecessary stirring of
vegetables during cooking.
Do not throw away vegetable
liquids. Serve with the food
or use In scoups, cream sauces
in vegetable cocktails or add to
tomato juice. Keep foods as
fresh as possible before cook
ing. Serve foods soon after
cooking. Good eatlngl
Fish Kebabs
Frozen ocean perch Is not
enly a very good buy but will
prove a complete change from
the meats and poultry of the
,liday season. Here are some
suggestions for a smoked flavor
that is equally usable on all
tvoes of marinated fish cook
ery: Add teaspoon condensed
smoke to marinating sauce;
omit regular salt and add y
teaspoon smoked salt to mar
inating sauce or burn 2 or 3 bay
leaves, moving each while still
flaming over surface of baking
sheet. Arrange skewers with
fish cubes on smoked area.
Cut 1 box or 1 pound of
frozen ocean perch fillets into
1-inch cubes and thaw Vk
hours. Marinate one hour in
mixture of V4 cup catsup,
teaspoon salt and 1 whole clove.
Arrange cubes of fish on skew
ers. Brush fish with 2 table
spoons melted butter. Place on
baking sheet and broil under
medium heat 5 or 6 minutes or
until fish flakes easily with a
fork. Turn once. Garnish with
lemon wedges; serve at once,
Four servings.
For Young Hopalongs
The new year and the perid
of getting back into preholiday
eating habits makes this a fine
time for new resolutions in this
department. As soon as they
are old enough, children should
be encouraged to share the re
sponsibility for forming good
food and health habits. These
are important. Three meals
daily at uniform hours; only
fruit, milk and bread between
meals.
An inbetween meal should
be at least two hours before the
next meal. Avoid coffee, tea,
rich foods, rich pies and cakes
and highly .spiced foods for the
very young. A visit to the den
tist every six months, more
often if necessary. A physical
examination at least once a year
is another excellent rule. Moth
ers will wisely keep a monthly
weight chart. A healthy child
is a growing child and should
gain from month to month.
Fears, Apples, Favorites
Plentiful pears and apples
are fine fare for growing boys
and girls, any time of the day
or evening. Active youngsters
use a lot of energy and both
pears and apples are rich in en
ergy makings.
To be at their flavorful best,
pears should be well-ripened
before they are served. Their
buttery texture comes when
pears are ripened off the tree.
During the ripening process, the
sugar content developes, giving
a natural sweetness. Ask your
frui'. ' man for ripe pears for
immediate eating; choose under-ripe
ones for a few days
storing. They are ripe when
they yield to gentle pressure.
Apples, unlike pears, are
fully ripe when picked and are
stored at proper temperatures
to preserve their crisp goodness.
Keep them refrigerated for best
eating.
Good Breakfast, Good Morning
A nutritionally adequate
breakfast is built around a
basic pattern of fruit, cereal,
milk, bread and butter or mar
garine. Occasional additions of
breakfast meats and eggs are
excellent, of course. Here are
a few breakfast suggesitons:
Serve chocolate milk in a
pitcher to go on ready-to-serve
cereal for a change. Apple or
pear slices with a sprinkling of
cinnamon sugar will be eaten
with relish. Mix different kinds
of ready-to-serve cereals. Com
bine fruits. Brown sugar is a
change. Try honey and milk
on that hot cereal . Hot choco
late is good occasionally. It is
good economy to get better
acquainted with those frozen
concentrated fruit juices. Let
the children fix them, being
sure to shake them well.
Beets that are mature usually
need at least an hour's cooking
time. If you use a pressure
saucepan, the cooking time will
be greatly reduced. Orange
juice, orange rind, melted but
ter or margarine, a little brown
sugar, and a dash of salt will
combine to make a pleasant
tasting sauce for the beets after
they are cooked, peeled, and
sliced.
Walnuts in Nut
Bread Give Extra
Flavor and Goodness
Put buttery - rich walnuts
through a food chopper and
then mix them into the batter
of "Raisin Nut Bread" to get
their full, nutty flavor. The
bread is good as it comes right
out from the oven, or makes
wonderful finger sandwiches
next day.
Raisin Nut Bread
1 cup walnuts
1 cup seedless raisins
3 cups sifted all-purpose
flour
i cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
Vt teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg
IV4 cups milk
, 1 tablespoons melted short
ening Grind walnuts in food chop
per using medium knife. Rinse
and drain raisins. Sift together
flour, sugar, baking powder,
salt and cinnamon. Add wal
nuts and raisins. Beat egg
lightly and combine with milk
and shortening. Stir into dry
mixture, blending only until
all of flour is moistened. Turn
into greased loaf pan (about
8 '.2X4 ',2X2 M: inches). Bake in
moderate oven (350 degrees F.)
1 to Hi hours.
Makes 1 loaf.
Crumble bits of leftover fruit
cake and serve topped with a
custard sauce and maraschino
cherries in your best sherbert
glasses.
SMART SHOPPERS
BUY BEET SUGAR
Oregon's
Own and Only
Sugar
BEET SUGAR
KITCHEN
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GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE-TORTE
So easy even Pop can turn out
this delicious dessert. Makes a
moist, lacy square that keeps well.
Grand cupcakes, too.
2V cups finely rolled graham
cracker crumbs
2Vi tsps. baking powder
Va Hp, each salt, allspice,
cloves
1 cup coarsely chopped
walnuts
Va cup butter or margarine
1 cup Beet Sugar
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Mix cracker crumbs, baking pow
der, salt, spices and nutmeats.
Cream butter or margarine and
sugar in separate bowl. Beat in
egg until smobth. Combine milk
and flavoring; add alternately
with cracker mixture, stirring just
until moistened. Spread in well
greased and floured 8-inch-square
pan. Bake in moderate oven
(350" F.) for 45 minutes. Cool in
pan. Serves 8.
and smooth, about 10 minutes.
stirring frequently. Remove from
heat. Stir in butter or margarine
and flavoring. Spread on top of
cake or cupcakes. Makes 1 cup
frosting. t Bj t
Vary the dessert with any of these
fine finishing touches.
Frosting. Orange or mocha.
Topping. Crushed peanut
brittle folded into
whipped cream.
A la mode. Coffee, maplenut or
vanilla ice cream.
For Cupcakes. Fill medium-sized,
well greased and floured muffin
tins, or paper cups, half full.
' Bake in moderate oven (350 F.)
20 minutes. Makes IVi dozen.
ONE-PAN CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1 (1-ox.) cake unsweetened
chocolate
Vi cup Beet Sugar
3 tbsps. all-purpose flour .
cup milk
1 tbsp. butter or margarine
Vi Isp. vanilla extract
Melt chocolate in saucepan over
low heat. Quickly stir in combined
sugar and flour (it's granular).
Slowly add milk. Cook until thick
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CONSUMER SERVICE
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OPEN EVERY EVENING
TOP QIH.L.1 V, TEI.DER
Armour's Brand Sugar Cured
SLICED BACON , 3Sc
Armour's Star Skinless
FRANKS
Cello Pack
lb.
59c
U. S. Insp. and Graded Choice or Good
BEEF ROAST !rt73t
Morrell's Pride Tenderized
DlfNIfC Small Sizes
rlUlllJ Short Shank
lb.
43c
Wisconsin Mammoth
CHEDDAR CHEESE S 69c
Armours Broken
SLICED BACON Seasoning ,23c
Ocean Fresh
OYSTERS
Rose City Brand PI.
65c
Yes, after all the Christmas expens
es, mnct nf ut will have to cut cor-
tin mm kurlrtot Mova'c it rAnl
way to do it . . . SHOP THE VISTA
MARKET EVERY DAY.
rnCCCC 800 Blend grind itr 70
lUlTLL Know il fresh lb. vl
CORNED BEEF i?Ln 45c
TUNAVaa,ra,ei 25 c
Aluminum Food Foil Pkg 29c
Tomato Juice Hunt s no. i can 3 for 25c
Krispy Crackers Lb ;.29c
Cream Corn nctsweet 303 can 17c
Elsinore Garden Peas 303 cans
2 for 29c
Green Beans Tasty pak 303 cans 2 for 29c
Toilet Tissue Scot 3 rolls 29c
FIG BARS ABC 2-lb. pkg. 49c
Ginger Snaps ABC 28 oz. 49c
SYRUP Lumberjack 5-lb. can 75c
Oleomargarine Dur 31c
PLANTERS
Peanut Butter 22-oz. jar
49c
S KING
PA
Lge 29C
Giant 63C
Scotch Cleanser
2 25 c
PANCHO SAYS:
Thees morning she is snowing again. I no see
moch snow in my home country. I theenk thees
snow look like feathers flying In thee air. Senor
Chock tell me if it snow too moch many people
stay in thee house and do not come out. I don't
ondcrstand thees. If thee snow look like feathers
it must be nice and soft. If It Is soft I theenk
people want to go outside to play in it. Maybe
I don't know. Maybe sometheeng else about
thees snow I not see ... I theenk.
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PRODUCE
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POTATOES
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Fancy Navel, Lge. 200 Size
ORANGES
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Arizona Red Blush, Lge. 80 Size
GRAPEFRUIT
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Rome Beautys, Best Baking
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