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Tfcmttay, December tt, 1954 MEDTORD (OREOOm MAIL TRIBUNE 71YZ Feeding the Family By ZOLA VINCENT Food Editor r - n r Holiday Takes on Distinction With Oysten, Shrimp, Crab The gorgeous turk or the roast goose or prime ribs of beef or whatever held the center of the dining room stage at Christmas is going or gone It was wonder ful while it lasted. The family will now welcome a change of scenery, tastes, textures and aroma. What better than some of our fine west coast shellfish. If any cold sliced turkey or ham remains it would be perfect with this Oyster Bisque. , Oyster Bisque Fine Supper Fare A look at the market reveals plenty of plump, savory Pacific oysters. They come thoroughly washed, carefully graded and packed in tin, glass or paper containers which are kept under refrigeration. Some are canned, some are frozen, some are made into prepared foods such as stewi or pan-ready breaded oys ters. The majority however are sold fresh. Quick cooking tap ioca does the thickening job to perfection in this fine supper dish. 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca VA teaspoons salt Dash cayenne Dash of paprika 1 tablespoon milk or light cream 3 cups milk ' 1 cup coarsely chopped oysters .VA cups whole oysters) Va cup butter 1 tablespoon chopped parsley Combine tapioca, salt, cay enne, paprika, onion, top milk and milk in top of double boiler. Place over rapidly boiling water and cook 10 to 15 minutes, stir ring frequently. Add oysters and butter; mix. Keep over hot wa ter 15 to 20 minutes to heat thoroughly and blend flavors, Serve in cups or bowls. Gar nish with chopped parsley. Makes four servings. Shrimp Florentine Pacific shrimp are a very good buy right now for the making of all sorts of good things; in cocktails, in chowders and in main dishes like this one. Recipe makes four servings so you'd best plan to double it 1 pound raw shrimp, fresh or frozen 1 package frozen chopped 0 spinach 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 4 eggs, slightly beaten m Salt and pepper 'Pinch of nutmeg 2 teaspoons chopped parsley 2 teaspoons minced onion V4 cup grated Parmesan cheese . Clean and cook shrimp. Cook spinach according to directions on package; drain. Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add milk and cook until thick, stirring con stantly. Carefully add egg yolks. Cook to boiling point but do not boil. Remove from heat and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in nutmeg, parsley and onion. Place a layer of spin ach in the bottom of each of four buttered individual casse roles. Add a layer of cooked shrimp and pour sauce over shrimp. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top of each casserole. Bake at 400 degrees (hot oven) about 10 minutes or brown in broiler. Crab Newburgh is Holiday Spectacular Fresn Dungeness crab is a taste treat beyond words. The crabs are running about two pounds, are cleaned at the fish counter on request. Almost a shame to Inde its delicate, de licious flavor in a Newburgh sauce but the sauce is pretty wonderful too. Melt two tablespoons butter in saucepan; add one tablespoon flour and stir until smooth, Gradually add two cups cream and bring mixture slowly to boiling point. Simmer gently for one-half minute. Add -two cups fresh crab meat cut in cubes, Bring to boiling point again, Mix three well beaten egg yolks, (one-fourth cup sherry and two tablespoons brandy if desired) together and add to mix ture. Season with cayemie and salt and cook over very low flame two minutes longer. Serve on toast points. Garnish with paprika. Six servings. Frozen Cranberry Loaf Is Seasonal Delight Red layer on bottom, pale green whipped cream topping for a sugar frozen dessert spe cial. cup finely chopped toast crumbs Vz cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon nutmeg Va teaspoon allspice Va teaspoon cloves Va teaspoon ginger 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 pound can jellied cranberry sauce Vi cup whipping cream 1 3-ounce- package cream cheese Green vegetable coloring Mix first seven ingredients to gether. Work in melted butter. Press mixture firmly and evenly against sides and bottom of an ice cube tray. Chill in freezing compartment .-.for at least one hour. Crush jellied cranberry sauce with a fork and spread over crumb crust. Whip cream. Soften "cream cheese and whip with cream. Tint green with green vegetable coloring. Spread whipped cream-cheese mixture over cranberry sauce. Place in freezing compartment and freeze until firm. Slice to serve. Makes eight servings. J Toast Cases For Creamed Food It is so easy and so satisfying to finish up turkey, chicken, ham and other holiday meats by dicing and folding them into a cream sauce,- that we thought we'd remind you of how to make toast cases.. By the way, when you re doing that cream sauce, make it more interesting in both flavor and color by adding chop ped pimiento or chopped stuffed olives. If served at once these toast cases will be soft-centered with crisp crusts. If held too long in the oven, they will get dry. Al low one or two slices of bread to a serving. Trim crusts from slices of fresh bread. Press each slice of bread lightly into a section of a greased muffin pan. This makes a small cup shape.'. Brush with melted butter. Shortly be fore serving, bake m a moder ately hot oven, 375 degrees for about 10 minutes. Turkey Tetraszini Fine Way With Turkey Leftovers Comes the week after Christ mas and there's turkey left over. Lucky the family who "used up' some of it like this. Six serv ings. 6 ounces long spaghetti Va cup turkey fat Va cup enriched flour 1 teaspoon salt Va teaspoon celery salt 2 cups milk 1 bouillon cube 1 cup diced cooked turkey Vi cup sliced mushroomc (1 4 -ounce can) Vz cup grated Parmesan cheese Cook spaghetti in boiling salt ed water until tender; about 12 minutes. Drain and rinse. While spaghetti is cooking, add bouil lon cube to turkey fat and melt in saucepan. Stir in flour, salt and celery salt Add milk, and bouillon cube and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Add spaghetti, turkey and mush rooms. Mix well. Pour into greased VA quart casserole, Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, Bake in moderate oven, 350 de grees, about 20 minutes. Serve hot. Makes six servings. Curried Turkey Casserole Certain to Please All Curry, powder and diced ap ples, a rich white sauce and elbow spaghetti makes this tur key casserole from leftover tur key something to look forward to. Four servings. Melt two tablespoons butter in heavy, skillet or saucepan, Add one cup diced apples and cook until tender, (about five minutes). Cook four ounces el bow spaghetti in boiling salted water until tender (about five minutes). Drain and rinse. While spaghetti is cooking, stir two tablespoons flour, three-fourths teaspoon salt, dash of pepper and one teaspoon curry powder into butter. Gradually add lVa cups milk or turkey broth, stirring constantly until thickened. Add one-half cup musrooms and one cup cooked turkey meat and fold in spaghetti. Pour into greased VA quart casserole and bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees, 20 to -25 minutes. Serve hot witn chutney. Plan to Get Several Fine Meals From One Festive Prime Rib Roast Many will enjoy prime ribs of beef this New Year's week end. Beef, even this fancy preferred cut is reasonable in price as we ereet the new year. There'll be leftovers if you allow at least one pound per person wnen Duy- ing the roast. For instance, six nounds for six persons. Prime ribs of beef the iirst dav. Pioneer Beef Barbecue an other day and wind up with Beef Skillet with soy sauce on Chi nese noodles. Standing Rib Roast Very superior eating!, A fine wav tn start the new year. A controlled slow oven, ae grees. A six pound rib roast will be medium rare in aDout sv2 hours and; well done in avz hours. Allow a rest period ot 30 minutes out of the oven to set' the juice and make expert carving easier. Blue Ribbon Barbecue Small thin slices of beef from that rib roast are perfect for this. Put them into a hamburger bun sandwich with barbecue sauce or spread about four cups of cooked rice in a baking pan and pour half the sauce over the rice. Arrange slices of beef over the rice and top with more sauce. Bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees, 20 to 30 minutes to heat and blend flavors.. Barbecue sauce with a kick. Westerners like a zesty sauce. Nothing namby . pamby about this. Good too with steaks done indoors or outdoors. Smash four cloves of garlic with a table spoon of salt. Add one cup of olive oil or salad oil, one-half cup vinegar, a small onion (minced), a small green pepper also minced, a tablespoon (may be less) of chili powder, one cup of tomato juice and one teaspoon or oregano. Simmer this for 10 minutes and strain before using. Beef Skillet Last Call If there's some of that beef still around, make up this beef skillet for serving with fried Chinese noodles. For each two servings, figure one cup cut-up cooked beef. Proceed like this; Pan-fry two tablespoons chop ped onion and one-cup sliced one-inch pieces of celery in two tablespoons butter until trans parent. Add beef and one table spoon soy sauce. Stir and heat OYSTERS, CRAB. SHRIMP oysters and of plentiful shrimp like this Oyster Bisque and in burgh. These and other recipes in today's food columns. two minutes. Add one cup peas and carrots, salt, one-half cup beef gravy. Simmer five : min utes.. Serve hot with fried Chi nese noodles. Fresh Fruit Plate Good Holiday Planning Nutritionists say that we should eat plenty of fruit to counteract all the heavy food eaten during the holiday season. A fresh plate crammed full of vitamins, minerals and benefi cial acids ... and attractive to look at ... is an appetizing as well as healthful supper dish. Secret of arranging a good fruit plate or salad is to use an odd shaped plate and arrange fruit to compliment that partic ular dish. Arrange all salads differently; there's no law that says all salads at the table should look alike so why work hard at it? Fruit stands offer a wealth of good things, all grown right here on our west coast and all available at very reasonable cost; Crisp, crunchy red and yellow apples, the luscious win ter pears (choose from Cornice, D'Anjou, the Bosc and the Win ter Nelis), grapes of various colors and flavors, the gold of orange and grapefruit and the green-gold of avocados. Persim mons, fresh pineapple and figs if you feel like splurging. If it's' a salad you plan, offer both mayonnaise and a tart French dressing. Fruit Cake Pudding ' Uses Those Left-Overs So often at this season we find fruit cake pieces and crumbs left over. Here is a pud ding utilizing these in a delic ious, nutritious and attractive pudding.. 1 cup fruit cake crumbs 4 slices bread,' cut. in cubes 3 cups scalded milk 2 eggs 13 cup sugar Vk teaspoon salt Grated rind Vz-lemon 7 teaspoon lemon juice ' Combine . cake crumbs and cubes of bread; cover with scald ed milk and allow to stand a few minutes. Beat eggs and com bine with remaining ingredients. Add cake and bread mixture, blending well. Transfer to a but tered baking dish; place in pan of hot water. Bake m moderate oven, 375 degrees, until pud ding is set; about an hour. Serve warm with melted jelly poured over pudding as a sauce. Mincemeat .Muffins Some mincemeat 'left over? Leftover or fresh from holiday package or jar, here's a genuine treat for the family and any lucky guests. Mix and sift two cups sifted flour, three teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon salt and one tablespoon sugar. Com bine one egg, three-fourths .cup milk, three tablespoons melted shortening and one-half mince meat and add to the flour mix ture, stirring only until mixed, not smooth. Fill greased muffin tins two-thirds full. Bake in hot oven," 425 degrees for 25 min utes. Sixteen or so small muf fins. - '"i; ' A Collection of . Party Lunches - Whether youre planning a party or just planning on hav ing a good refreshing beverage handy to offer callers who drop in, perhaps one of these will strike your fancy. Offer in a punch -bowl if you have one; otherwise a' pitcher is fine and the contents taste just as good. Washington Punch This uses apple juice from those good Washington apples. Chill VA quarts apple juice and one quart ale and combine just before serving. Pour into punch bowl or pitcher over ice cubes. Garnish with lemon and lime slices and maybe quarters of green and red cherries for holi day atmosphere. Makes 10 or so ; of the usual half -cup serv ings. ' California Punch This recipe makes about one gallon or enough to make 24 servings. Slice six lemons thin; place in bowl and cover with one cup sugar. Let stand for two hours. Then add one cup any flavored fruit syrup (raspberry, strawberry or whatever), one half cup brewed tea, one cup or ange juice and one cup pine apple juice. Place in punch bowl or pitcher with large chunk of ice and add three large bottles of sparkling water just before serving. ; Spice Fruit Punch Combine 2V cups orange juice, one cup pineapple juice, two cups water, one-half cup sugar. Add grated rind of one Vi. Enjoy the delight of west coast and Dungeness crab in good things Shrimp Florentine and Crab New for fine holiday fare are included 1 lemon, one tablespoon strained honey, six whole cloves, one- half teaspoonful grated nutmeg and one-half teaspoon cinnamon, Mix and let stand three hours. Strain through cheesecloth and add three pints ginger ale. Stir briskly and serve in glasses con taining ice cubes. Happy New Year! As We Live By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. REFUSES Tp SUPPORT WIFE HE CAST ASIDE When a man marries, he can not tell his wife that he is tired of her and that she must get out and shift for herself. He is legally responsible for her support. (Q) "I am .a woman in my late sixties, with no family, no children,- and very much alone in the world. In 1942, I lost my husband and took a job as housekeeper for a widower. Later we were married. I thought we were very happy, but after sev eral years my husband began to get indifferent toward me. On Labor Day in 1950 he de livered his ultimatum. He said he was through with me, would not support me. and that if I asked for any sup port, he would leave the state. On the advice of a lawyer, I obtained a divorce. Now I support myself doing practical nursing. I am very lonely and feel like a ship without a rudder. What would you advise me to do?" (A) I suggest that you go back to the lawyer who advised you to divorce your husband and see if something can be done now to have a property set- tlement for you or ar range ments for alimony Your husband should not have been- per mitted to cast Dr. Hurlock you: off with- out any means of support. I do not see why your lawyer did not protect your interests better. You should also discuss this matter , with your pastor and see if' he can help you make some arrangements for support. So long as your health is good, you can support yourself by your nursing. 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