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GOOD ADVICE West Haven. Conn. PJ.PJ Desk Sgt. Leslie Howard re ceived call from a woman who couldn't get her son out of bed to go to school. She wanted a policeman "to come over and scare him." The cruisers were busy, so Howard told her, "Try the old-fashioned method of paddling, and I think you'll get the same results." Q9itt and Easy to Preport! Chowders 1 TRy THEM BOTH! now ui:wii azs Feeding the Family By ZOLA VINCENT Feed Editor Asparagus, Potatoes. Peas Strawberries Have Meal Appeal Fresh, tender, succulent California-grown asparagus .is a joy beynod compare. Quality is gen erally excellent though there is enough variation in sire and quality for price variation also. Prices are not likely to be ap preciably lower because com mercial freezers are buying much of it. Choose fresh, tender firm spears with close compact tips. Tender stalks will be brit tle when broken within an inch or so of the base. Ways to fix it elsewhere in columns. 1 New potatoes are increasing in supply and so are fresh green peas. Neither are budget itema but they'll never taste better than right now. Highly perish able, plan to use them very soon after buying. Avocados are having a big growing year; continue high in quality, reasonable in price. Strawberries are increasingly plentiful ' putting a touch of Spring into menus, morning, noon and night. Fragrant, color ful and flavorful, they're won derful cooked or uncooked, fresh, frozen or canned in jams and jellies, in ice" cream, sauces and syrups. They make superb short cakes, tarts and pie; are good in custards, creams and com potes. When buying strawber ries, choose large ones for des sert show-off; smaller, more eco nomical ones for other purposes. Size is no indication of flavor. Look for berries with fresh, clean, bright . appearance, free of moisture and dirt. Cap must be attached to insure freshness. Asparagus-Salmon ' Skillet Tempting California asparagus and poached new season salmon steaks with fresh or frozen mush rooms and lemon butter make a meal to delight the epicure. Westerners increasingly; bring the smartly styled new skillets right to the table .where they are placed on trivet or tile and food is served piping hot at its flavorful best. For each four servings: 2 cups water M teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vinegar 1 bay leaf 4 small salmon steaks 1 4-ounec can or 6 ounces fresh mushrooms sliced VA pounds fresh asparagus,': cooked and drained x Salt and pepper Va cup butter or margarine melted W cup lemon juice Combine water, one-half tea spoon salt, vinegar and bay leaf; heat to boiling point over me dium heat. . Add salmon ' steaks; cover and cook ovef low heat 15 minutes. Add mushrooms and cooked asparagus. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine butter ; and lemon juice; pour over skil let contents. Cover and continue cooking over low heat 10 min utes. Garnish with lemon wedges. Asparagus Italienne Another Skillet Specialty Another recipe that provides an opportunity for bringing, the skillet right to the table and offering tempting California asparagus in an exciting new way. Four servings. Vircup butter or margarine ' 1 pound fresh green asparagus cooked and drained Salt and pepper 4 eggs, well beaten cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 canned pimientos, cut in strips 1 small onion, thinly sliced Melt butter in large skillet; add asparagus and sprinkle with salt and pepperf Combine eggs and cheese; beat well. Pour over asparagus and cook over low heat until set. Top with pimiento and onion. Broil three or four inches from source of heat for three minutes or so until golden brown. Serve immediately. Pickle Purveyors A recent super market survey revealed that these stores carried TEMPTING COMBINATION Here we have a tempting combi nation of fresh California asparagus,' poached salmon steaks, mush rooms and lemon butter-to delight the family. It' worthy of a special occasion, too. The recipe Is included in today's food fea ture. Thursday, May 12. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE r an average of 17 different" va rieties of pickles in stock; some carried as many as 35 kinds. New Potato Delights New potatoes should have a one-third inch strip pared around the center and be served in their jackets. When potatoes are ten der, drain water, lay , a folded towel oyer, let stand in a warm place five minutes; shake hard. Take off towel. If they are to be peeled, peel as quickly as pos sible, drop in hot serving dish. A little more salt may be sprink led on. If only part of the pota toes cooked are to be eaten hot, leave the rest unpeeled until ready to use. Dress the hot po tatoes with parsley butter or one of the other fancy butters.. Each potato may be rolled( while hot, in melted butter, then in finely chopped parsley . . . or in butter and then in finely grated cheese that has been salted and pep pered. These are better if set in a hot oven, 450 degrees, juntil brown (about. 15 minutes). -.N,ew potatoes often are served, with a rich cheese sauce, ,' poured over. :- sannall EXTRA -RICH mm i mwm itmmmw off BimA VOTAMMS PacEiedMfl Once you let YOUR children taste this luscious CHOCOLATE MILK . . . one of Hopalong. Cassidy's favorite drinks ... you'll have to keep LOTS of it on hand. "When you get ome this week, get PLENTY you'll need a big supply. There's no better way for them to get LOTS of HEALTH-BUILDING VITAMINS! on 't Forget. . . Boys and Girls Your HOPPY BADGE Is Here Ask About It! See HOPPY n KBES-TV WED., 7 to 7:30 p.m. t At Your "Favorite Grocer or Fountain! .Young peas fresh - from the pod will cook in 15 minutes. Add a few of the young pods. Many like to add a sprig of mint for ; fine flavor. - A- delicious French method is -to cook two or - three . leaves of - lettuce, cut coarse, to each pound, or so of peas. Or add three or four green Spring onions;,; finely chopped, to each batch of garden peas. Season with butter, salt, pepper. Creamed new potatoes and peas are practically traditional ' in many families. Just fold cooked new potatoes into medium thick, well seasoned white sauce; and then carefully: fold in cooked new peas: After you've had these a few times, enliven dish with some chopped pimento. . Avocado Salad Treats arer Many Favorite combination of fresh fruits at this season is halved strawberries, diced avocado and chunks of pineapple. Combine and chill - ahead of time to en hance flavor combination. : Quick colorful luncheon salad is achieved by filling avocado half shell with drained canned fruit cocktail, topping with sour cream and offering with selec tion of crisp crackers, toast. Luncheon 'salad deluxe offers peeled avocado halves f illed with seafood" or chicken salad with tomato slices, , dill - pickles and green pepper rings alongside; hard rolls and butter. Strawberry Cream ' It Dream Dessert ( This strawberry cream sponge i a dream of a dessert; should be . served very cold. Uses one pint of strawberries; makes five adequate servings. 1 tablespoon plain gelatin , . , '. (1 envelope) 1A cup milk 1 .pint strawberries 2 teaspoons lemon, juice 1 4 .teaspoon salt : - . Vi 'cup sugar . 2 egg -whites H cup whipping cream " Soften gelatin in. milk for five minutes.- Dissolve, over hot wa ter. ; Pick over, , wash and - hull berries. Stir into .the berries, the dissolved gelatine, lemon juice, the salt and one-third cup of the sugar. Chill until syrupy. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.. Add remaining sugar gradually and beat until mixture stands ; in peaks. Add chilled berry mixture . and . beat .well. Whip cream and fold into the strawberry mixture lightly but thoroughly. Pour into a four-cup mold, cover, set in refrigerator to become firm. Unmold to serve v very cold. ' ' Mustard Cheese Puff . t A quick luncheon or supper delight. Butter a twouart cas serole; fill with alternate layers of.;; tout cubes and strips of American cheese. Prepare mix ture ". of three : eggs, " two ' cups milk',, one ; teaspoon ,. salt,' one fourth teaspoon ground pepper, one-half teaspoon powdered dry mustard and one teaspoon Wor cestershire sauce. - Pour over toast and cheese;- bake for 35 minutes .at- 350 degrees. Serve right "out-of-the;6ven.v . . Cottage Cheese Spreads - Plentiful,- nourishing cottage cheese might well be kept on hand at all times.- Fix, like this: -' Cottage Cheesse-Cocpnut Es pecially good on thinly sliced brown bread. Mix one cup shred ded coconut with one cup cottage cheese; season to .taste -with a little salt.-", v.:-.; Cottage Cheese-Date. Mix one cup finely ; chopped dates with one cup cottage cheese. Let stand to blend flavors.-. Cottage Cheese-R e lis h. Mix one-half ... cup ;d r'a in e d sweet pickle relish with one cup cot tage cheese. .-- - Cops Bay Plants Resume Operations Coot Bay -U.R) Two plants of the Coos Bay Lumber Com pany here reopened yesterday but a third plant at Coquille remained idle. Picketing started a week ga over a protest by the AFL Lum ber and! Sawmill workers local on hiring of a drier operator at the Coquille plant. Max Swerk ing, business agent for the local, said pickets were being with drawn f !rom the Bunker Hill and Millingtton plant here which have CIO employees. 'V Some. 500 woods employees who had been laid off also were to retuim to work. Ike Favors Split Of Statehood Bills Washington (U.f9 Presi dent Eisenhower said over the corpse of the Hawaii - Alaska statehood , bill yesterday that Congress should deal with the issue pne territory at a time. The House last night defeated a measure which would have ad mitted Alaska and Hawaii to the Union simultaneously. Mr. Eisenhower commented at his news conference Wednesday that he opposed the combination approach, believing it better to split the legislation into separate measures. In any event, it appeared that flag manufacturers won't . have to worry for another year or two about cutting new patterns for the Stars and Stripes. 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