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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1952)
Salem Authentic Jce4 $ui4e tc fatter XMn$ V LATEST IDEAS FOR YOUR ouraal AIRBCITB Nl Salem, Oregon, Thursday, October 16, 1952 Published Thursday Each Week THE HOUSEWIFE'S HANDY FOOD SECTION! Capital J Edited by Marion Lowry Fischer Children's Parties Can Be Happy Events; Easy s Noted to Give Them Way Easy to Do Party fare lor small fry. One or two of those economy priced half-gallon containers of pre-packaged ice cream and a couple of packages of cake mixes and the party is practically made. By ZOLA VINCENT . - , (Foods Writer) Parties of any kind at any time delight the youngsters. Why wait until a birthday to have a party? As a matter of fact; we think that too few par ents make the effort to give their children birthday parties. A survey made by Parents' magazine indicated that 71 per cent of the families interviewed had given one or more chil dren's parties a year with an average of 2.4 parties per fam ily. On the other hand, 25.7 of all families reporting had no children's parties whatsoever. Nearly 95 per cent of all chil dren's parties serve ice cream and more than 94 per cent serve cake. So let s have more and bigger parties for the younger Generation. There's really so little work. Ice cream and cake make a party any day and it gives the children pleasure ana also con tributes a great deal to promot ing their little social instincts, Any psychologist will tell you 'that children who grow up .'in' families that believe in parties are likely to have the most fun now and later. Cookies Popular . .All you need for these are a couple of packages of cake mix; one Layer Cake Mix and one Chocolate Devil's Food Mix. No special equipment; just a few candies and maybe a pastry tube. Dominoes, Man in the Moon and ice cream cones; all favorites with children. A half gallon or so of pre-packaged ice cream from the thrifty frozen foods section, favors from the ten cent store and you're all set. Dominoes Are Popular ' Preheat oven to moderate 375 degrees. Grease pan 13x9x2 in ches. Line with waxed paper and grease again. Place con tents of pack of Devil's Food mix in bowl; add cup milk and blend smooth. Beat 300 . strokes. Measure ft cup milk; add half to mixture. Blend smooth and beat 150 strokes. Add remainder of milk; blend smooth and beat another 150 strokes. Pour mixture into pre pared pan and bake in moderate over 30 to 35 minutes. While still warm, cut with sharp knife and 1 inch wide. Cool, frost into small bars 3 inches long with chocolate frosting and decorate in domino design with confectioners' silver shot or pipe with cream frosting. Chocolate Frosting Place 1 package (6 ounces) chocolate bits and 2 tablespoons water in top of double boiler. Melt over hot, not boiling, wa ter, stirring frequently. Add 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, a teaspoon at a time and stir until melted. When frosting has cooled, spread over each cooky. Decorate to get domino effect, arrange confectioners silver shot or dot with this cream frosting. Cream Frosting Cream 2 tablespoons butter or margarine with 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar. Add J to 2 tablespoons milk; just enough so the mixture pipes easily. Man in Moon Cookies Preheat oven to moderate, 350 degrees. Grease 2 cooky sheets and flour lightly. Blend con tents of package of Layer Cake mix with 4 tablespoons milk to form a stiff cooky dough. Roll out on lightly floured board, Divide mixture in half. Cut one half into two inch rounds' with cooky cutter and place on pre pared cooky sheet. (Save other half for cone cookies below.) Bake in moderate oven until golden brown, about 8 minutes, Cool and decorate. Frosting Add 2 or 3 drops of yellow vegetable coloring to 'A of the cream frosting recipe. Spread on cookies and decorate with chocolate morsels for eyes, candy corn for nose and red cin namon drops for that big smil ing mouth. Ice Cream Cones Using remainder of cookie dough, place a paper pattern on it. Make the pattern by shap ing stiff clean paper into a cone shape with a rounded top. Cut around pattern with sharp knife. Place cookies on prepared cooky sheet and bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees, about 8 min utes or until golden brown. Cool and decorate with Vz of the cream frosting recipe to which you add 2 or 3 drops of pink coloring. Cover rounded part of cone to simulate ice cream, Yes, cookies really are flat but look rounded. Filbert Dumplings Different A new dessert that strikes a responsive note for chilly days is Filbert Dumplings in Cara mel sauce. Guests and family alike will vote this a delicious treat, worthy of repeat performances. A little advance preparation and a few minutes time after the guests have arrived will yield a dessert with a new twist and an interesting flavor. The caramel sauce may be made in advance of mealtime and the dumpling ingredients can be measured and mixed except for adding the liquid. About 20 minutes before serving time, re heat the caramel syrup to boil ing temperature and add the li quid to the dumplings, stirring them only enough to blend. Drop the Filbert Dumplings into the hot syrup, cover the utensil with a tight fitting cover and make a note of the time. It will require about 15 to 18 min utes to cook the dumplings. Do not lift the cover during the cooking time. Serve the Filbert Dumplings hot with their own Caramel Sauce over them. Garnish with whipped cream or serve with fresh cream. Filbert Dumplings in , Caramel Sauce Sauce: Vz cups sugar 2 tablespoons butter or mar garine V4 teaspoon salt 2 cups hot water Dumplings: 1 cups sifted enriched flour 2Vz teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar . V teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter or short ening Vt cup chopped filberts cup milk To make sauce, lightly brown M cup sugar on high 4n large skillet. Add butter, salt and 1 cup sugar. Gradually pour in hot water, stirring constantly, Cover and turn down heat. Sim mer 10 minutes. To make dumplings: Sift to gether flour, salt, baking pow der and sugar. Cut in butter or shortening as for biscuits. Add filberts. Stir in milk just enough to moisten flour. Drop mixture by tablespoons into gently simmering syrup. Cover. Simmer 15 minutes. Serves 8 Barbecued Breast Of Lamb Always Hit With the Crowd Barbecuers and guests will agree that this is extraordinarily delicious. Barbecued Breast of Lamb 3 pounds breast of lamb 2 teaspoons salt 1 medium onion, sliced cup chili sauce Vi teaspoon red pepper Here's a Good Meat Loaf Idea This recipe will serve 6 gen erously; can be served hot or cold, earned in the pan on a picnic or to a pot-luck dinner. Fiesta Meat Loaf 1 pound ground beef Vi pund ground pork s 1 egg cup corn meal 2 teaspoons salt teaspoon pepper teaspoon sage Vi cup chopped onion V cup chopped green pepper Vz cup cream-style corn lVt cups canned tomatoes Combine all ingredients, mix ing well. Pack into 5x9 inch loaf pan. Bake in moderate 350 de gree oven IVi hours. A good standby, certain to please all members of family. i J AT YOUR GROCERS Individual Spice Coffee Cakes in Own Jackets 1 tablespoon vinegar '2 cup water Cut lamb into four pieces. Sea son. Brown in heavy frying pan. Pour off drippings. Add sliced onion, chili sauce, pepper, vin egar and water. Cover. Simmerj or bake in moderate oven or a reasonable facsimile at 350 de grees for lVi hours. Uncover and cook about 20 minutes or until barbecue sauce is almost absorbed. Little spiced coffee cakes, each in its own little paper jacket, are made as easily as muffins. These tender little sweet breads are deliciously spice-and-nut fla vored. A toasty brown sugar mixture with margarine or but ter makes the crisp crumb top ping. A dab of confectioners su gar icing topped with a bit of candied fruit makes the garnsh. Or instead of the icing and can died fruit, use a spoonful of mar malade or your favorite jam. These individual coffee cakes are good for brunch or for late Sunday breakfast. Bake them on Saturday and reheat them in a paper bag or wrapped in foil to serve with cider or coffee, or cold milk for Sunday supper. Much of the good flavor of these little breads comes from the margarine or butter used as shortening in the batter. Spiced Individual Coffee Cakes (Makes about 18 216-inch cakes) Topping: hi cup sifted flour Vt teaspoon cinnamon cup brown sugar Vi cup margarine or butter . Confectioners' Sugar Icing Sliced jelly drops or nut halves for garnish Mix flour, cinnamon and sugar in bowl. With fork or pastry blender, cut in margarine or but ter lightly until mixture is crum bly. Make icing by mixing 1 cup confectioners sugar with 2 ta blespoons cream or top milk. Set aside while mixing batter. Batter: 2 cups sifted flour 3 teaspoons baking powder Vi teaspoon salt Vt cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon ground cloves V4 cup coarsely chopped nuts, if desired 1 egg 1 cup milk Vi cup melted margarine or butter Sift together into mixing bowl flour, baking powder, salt, su gar, cinnamon and cloves. Mix in nuts. Beat egg and add milk and melted margarine or butter. Add to flour mixture. Stir only until smooth and ingredients are well blended. Fill greased 2'A- inch muffin cups half full. (If preferred, set paper liners Into muffin cups.) With teaspoon make a small dent in top of each muffin. Sprinkle topping gener ously over batter. Bake in mod erate oven (375 degrees F.) 25 Casserole Uses Tag End of Pork . Those tag ends of nork from a loin roast or shoulder cut fit perfectly into a dish such as this; Pork and Vegetable Caserole 2 cups diced or ground left over pork 2 tablespoons fat cup sliced celery Vi cup chopped onion 1 Vi cups mixed cooked vege- taDies (frozen or canned) White sauce or gravy Salt, pepper 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce cup buttered bread or crack er crumbs Melt fat and in it cook celery and onion until soft. Add meat and vegetables and enough white sauce or gravy to moisten well, salt and pepper to suit taste. Pour into a greased 1V4 quart casser ole, top with buttered crumbs and bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes. 4 servings. to 30 minutes. Wh'ile still warm sugar icing into dent on top of eacn muuin ana garnisn witn sliced jelly candies or nut halves. 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