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LATEST IDEAS FOR YOUEt
THE HOUSEWIFE'S HANDY
FOOD SECTION'
Edited by Morign Lowry Fitchtr
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Published Thursday Each Week
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, February 4, 1954
Cap
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Many Colorful, Salads and Desserts for St. Valentine s Day
February Offers Good Buys
West coasters are especially for
tunate in variety of foods available
in February compared with other
parts of the country. Meal plan
ning is made easy when one mere
ly scans the list of February plen
tiful available in local markets, at
reasonable cost.
Broilers-Fryers make good eat
ing at least once a week at lowest
prices in a long time.
Eggs continue to increase In sup
ply with seasonally lower prices
encouraging two eggs at breakfast
and the making ot more custards,
cakes and other good egg-rich
things.
Beat Situation. A little less beef
than in recent months but low
prices continue on hamburger and
al cuts requiring long, slow cook
ing methods. Watch for good buys
in pork and in western lamb.
Breast of lamb, a genuine bargain,
is delicious when simply seasoned
and roasted a couple ol hours.
j turning occasionally, in a 275-dc-
gree oven. A barbecue sauce
spooned over- during - cooking
gives you another inexpensive
lamb dinner. ,
Dairy Products .
American Cheddar cheese in
macaroni and cheese, rarebit, souf
fle or fondue makes a fine low-priced
main dish. Enjoy cottage
cheese more often. Nonfat dry
milk solids are extremely plenti
ful: cost less than half the price of
rcfiluar milk.
Fruits and Vegetables. Winter
pears continue to lead the list of
plentiful fruits with grapefruit and
small oranges bargain-priced. Best
vegetable buys continue to be pota
toes, onions, cabbage, celery, car
rots, winter squash, root vege-,
tables and most bunched vegeta
bles with a half dozen other season
al vegetables at reasonable cost.
Other Plentiful!
Pick up bargains In the legumes;
that means dried peas and beans.
High in protein, good in flavor, satis-lying
large dry lima beans and
pinto beans for soup, main dish,
vegetable dish.
Peanuts and peanut butter are in
over-suDiilv ana that means bar-
cum Drices. combine pienuiui
peanut butter with plentiful honey
more often in sandwiches.
Raisins and nuts are good buys.
Combine them with some of that
plentiful cottage cheese with a lit
tlo mayonnaise for a salad certain
ot please the family.
After all the years of high-cost
For Valentine Meal
Chilled glasses of cocktail veg
etable juices set supper off in a
pleasant mood. And the bright
red beverage looks just right for
Valentine meals. If it's a Valen
tine supper, spread crackers with
pimicnto cream cheese to go with
the juice. You can buy this garden-flavored
beverage in a large
46-ounce can (5i cups). Or get
the 12-ounce can (H4 cupsj ot
the 6-ounce ( cup). The small
can makes a rood serving for one.
Keep some small cans chilled in
the refrigerator for self-service
breakfast or snacks.
CHOCOLATE WAFFLES
Chocolate waffles are an easy
quick dessert to make. In fact
make your butter ahead of time
and then bake the waffles at the
table. A delicious topping is
whinoed cream sprinkled with
chopped salted nuts.
j Peach Tortoni t
'Special Dessert
The very name Tortoni calls to
mind gala occasions with special
dessert. So for Valentine supper
make a special "Stuffed Peach
Tortoni." It's a double joy in that
it's as easy to make as it's delicious
to eat. Crumbs of coconut maca
roons and chopped maraschino
cherries are folded into stiffly
whipped cream. Drained peach half ;
beauties are then heaped with the
crunchy cream filling.
Stuffed Peach Torlonl
Vi cup whipping cream . .
Vi cup coconut macaroon crumbs
4 maraschino cherries , '.
6 canned peach halves
Whip cream until stiff... Fold in
crumbs and chopped' cherries.
Drain peach halves thoroughly and
heap with cream mixture.
" Serves 3 to 6. '
cooking and salad fats and oils, it
is a pleasure to continue to com
ment on their ready availability at
reasonable prices,
FOR VALENTINE. SALAD '
With a couple of lengthwise
slices of avocado you can make a
perfect heart shape. Top indi
vidua! bowls of tossed green sal
ad witn an avocaao neari ior your
Valentine's Day menu.
Festive Valentine. Cake.
Valentine's Day is a wonderful
reason for baking the most compliment-catching,
delectable des
sert imaginable. So, or sheer ef
- fectiveness plus mouth-melting
chocolate flavor, we recommend
a Cupid's Chocolate Cake. This
heart-shaped creation is topped
with the fluffiest of pink pepper
mint frostings and is outlined
with dark chocolate shavings.
Vour admirers will never guess
this impressive beauty was baked.
cup shortening
VA cups sugar
2 eggs, unbeaten
Milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
Fluffy Peppermint Frosting '
1 square unsweetened choco
late, shaved
With vpppljihlp shortening.
it cn 1 nun nine 9 tnhlpcnnnne. milk. ollltC.
With butter or margarine, use To serve, cut
1 cup milk.
Melt 3 squares chocolate over
on a large tray, cardboard, or
wooden board. Cut round cake in
half Pinna half rirplps with rut
edges against' two upper sides of
square cane, to lorm a neari.
Trim, if necessary.
PVnct uilh Klnffv Ppnnprmint
Frosting. Decorate cake with out
line of heart, using shaved cnoc
mis impressive ucamy uci jiieu o aquaies tiiuiuiaic uvci
in regular rake nans and not in I hot water. Sift flour once, meas-
special heart-shaped one! One ure, add soda and salt, and sift
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aimple slice of the knife divides
round cake, which, judiciously
placed beside a square layer,
lorm a perfect heart Easy as
can be!
Perfect for tea refreshments
on the day of the kindly saint,
this luscious charmer might also
be served at engagement parties
or showers later in the Spring.
It may be cut into 40 small cakes,
all with that true chocolate flav
or that's a heart warmer any
time.
Cupid's Chocolate Cake
3 squares unsweetened choco
late 2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon soda
4 teaspoon salt
heart down the
center and in lengthwise strips.
Then cut each half of heart in
diagonal strips, parallel to upper
edge of square cake, to form
diamond-shaped petits lours.
Makes about 40 small cakes.
Fluffy Peppermint Frosting
Combine 2 egg whites, IVi
cups sugar, dash of salt, Mi cup
water, and 2 teaspoons light corn
svrun in top 01 QOUDie power
Inonthor fhrpp times
thnrtpninff. arid suiar eradualllv
and cream together until light
and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well alter eacn.
Blend in melted chocolate. Then
add flour, alternately wun miiK, "-" " . nP ,lntii
a small amount at a time, beat- Beat about l m.nut or unUl
STvdeAbaitIram,b1etweennd-one beat constantly with egg beater
9x9x2-inch square pan and one (or a high spec d of f
retcme
Bake in moderate oven (350 F.) rubber scraper, spatula, or
25 to 30 minutes, or until done. . rnm bomg
L0"- . ., j:ii For a very smooth and satiny
'mmmmmmZMMmiit large howl. Add 1 teaspoon va-
nilla, "t teaspoon peppermint ex
I tr-ct,' and enouqh red coloring to
give a delicate shell-pink color.
hnn! 1 tlliniltp. Or Until
mmimmmmmsmr:mmmm .hick enough to spread.
Any day now, homemakers will i choose warm tints which are prc-
Brightening Up Kitchen
uominHiiwy it:" - ui tinKi. wl w" , ,
dows facing west choose cool tints Raisin Pie Top
whirh nrp nrprlnminantlv blue. hm.i r
For windows facing south with a
strong light, choose cool, restful
4,n a Innlt around the kitchen
and resolve to brighten it up "for
Spring." When that day comes in
your life, you'll figure first on re-
n1l 4t, nanlrv chplvpg
and putting m iresn sneu minis mue m uiui--ki :.-. ...
and edging papers that harmonize facing north which means a poor
with the rest of the room. light, use pale color or tint to
TodaVs home decorator utilizes make up for lack of light; warm
the.se same colors and designs for colors such as coral, pink, maize
further kitchen decoration. or cream.
! Kitchen Decoration
Color Choosing Thcrc', a wjde range of colors
Easv rule for choosing kitchen and designs in shelf edgings. To
l UHnia ic tn "fnllOW thC - c A trnllic
name a lew. itu nwi", wtn.-j
rnlnr srhemCS is to "follow the
sun." For windows facing east,
Round Steak
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flnwnra nf vat-innc kind, nnlka
dots, country folks, potted plants
and even empress lace designs.
After the shelf edging job is
done, kitchen artists can use these
j Rater With Family
Raisin pie is a popular variation
for the run of desserts.
Raisin Pie
2 cups boiling water
2 cups seedless raisins
1 egg, beaten
cups sugar
4 tablespoons flour
l2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon margarine
butter
teaspoon grated lemon
rind Pic crust
Pour water over raisins and let
Uline, rtliuilvll olli.-l.- mil uc inui ...v. . - -
same papers colors and designs to stand until raisins arc plump and
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window curtains, for nasting on 1 flour, salt, raisins with the water.
Tn nlease a hungry family wnai . , . wnstnhaskcts. deco- lemon iuice and margarine or
could be better than tender round ratin(, mirr0ri fixing up a shelf butter. Cook over hot water, stir
ring constantly, 15 to zo minutes,
nrunntil mivturp is thirkpned. Add
rind. Cool and pour into pastry-
linen pie pan. cover wun pasiry
and bake in a hot oven (450 F.)
in minntpt RpHupp hpat to mode
rate (390 F.) and bake 35 to 40
minutes longer. Yield: one 9-inch
pie.
steak? For a subtle lavor, in inn. ,he wal)
recipe the beef steak is cut inuv Evcn (n(, (,nwer potJ mav bc
rectangular pieces, then 'PP covered with a square nf shelf
around carrot sticks and slowly .jn. brought up in points
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onions, in mushroom soup.
Skillet Steak Dinner
1'4 pounds beef round steak, cut
incn tnicK
'4 cup flour
teaspoon salt
. teaspoon pepper
, cup lard or drippings
4 or 5 small carrots, cut in strips
4 peeled potatoes
4 small onions
1 nm muchrnnm SOUO
Cut steak into pieces about 3x5
Inches. Combine Hour, salt ana
pepper. Dredge meat with seasoned
flour. Dace 3 or 4 carrot sticks on
each piece of steak. Wrap steak
around carrots and fasten with a
wooden pick. Brown rolls slowly
nn all sides in lard or drippings.
Add potatoes and onions to steak
and pour mushroom soup over all.
..i,,,!,. anH simmer in a slow
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oven '300 degrees F.) or on top of
' range l'l to 2 hours, or unui wem
is tend-.-r and vecetables arc done.
4 servings. '
Party Dessert
February is party month, ana a
p.ettv dessert that would bc per
fect for anv festive occasion would
be hard balls of vanilla ice cream
tupped with cherry almond sauce.
Slit blanched roasted almonds into
thr sweet red cherry sauce just be
fore spooning over the ice cream.
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