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Feeding the Family By ZOLA Food Plenty of Beef Promises Family Fayorites at Low Coit There's plenty of top quality beef in our markets today; beef for economical every day eat ing and beef for special occa sions. Beef is America's favorite meat. We eat more than 80 pounds of beef per person per year. Much of the beef in our markets today is from cattle "on feed" which means beef of high quality. So let's make the most of It. If you've a home freezer, we suggest that you buy several of these economical cuts at once; four or five luscious pot roasts, some steaks, a couple of rib roasts, several packages of fresh ly ground beef. Beef "cuts" put in freezer today can be used any time within the next six to" eight months; ground beef should be used within three or four months. Have meat man wrap "for freezing" or follow freezer directions for wrapping. Freeze immediately and keep it stored at zero or lower. For broiling now or later, there are reasonably priced sir loin, porterhouse, T-bone, club steaks . . . minute steaks and ground beef of various kinds. For roasting, there are stand ing rib and rolled roasts and high quality rump roast. For plenty of other good eat ing, there are pot roasts, stew meat, ground beef for loafs, meat balls, flank steaks, short ribs, corned beef, boiling beef, soup bones; and there's beef, liver, brains heart, sweetbreads, kidneys and tongue at very rea sonable cost. Spaniih Short Ribs Figure two pounds of short ribs to feed four hungry people generously. Sliced stuffed green olives and canned tomatoes add flavor interest and "color." Serve with cooked noodles or rice. Cut ribs Into serving pieces. Dip in flour and brown slowly in two tablespoons shortening. Add one small onion sliced, one cup canned tomatoes, one eight ounce can tomato sauce, one tea spoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon pepper. Cover and simmer slow ly about lVs hours or until ribs are tender. Dip off any excess fat that cooks out. Serve ribs and sauct on noodles or rice. Bf Stroganoff Gats Fait or Slow Treatment Beef Stroganoff is a specialty favored in many important res taurants; is so easy ' to fix at home. Sour cream and mush rooms give it distinction. You can use sirloin steak in on-half Inch strips for - fast cooking (about 20 minutes) or equally good chuck cut in one - inch cubes for long, slow cooking (about two hours). You can use one-half pound of fresh mush rooms cut In pieces or a four- ounce can of sliced mushrooms. Serve on hot parslied rice, no odles or toast points. Sirloin Stroganoff. This Is the "fast" recipe. Starting with 1V4 pounds of sirloin steak, cut in one-half inch strips, roll strips in one-fourth cup seasoned flour. In three tablespoons fat, pan frv two onions chonoed fine. one-half pound mushrooms cut In pieces (or four-ounce can mushroom slices) and one clove garlic chopped fine, for five minutes. Add steak strips and brown evenly, cooking to desir ed doneness. Remove meat, on ions and mushrooms from pan. Combine two tablespoons flour with pan drippings; add one cup beef bouillon (canned or made from bouillon cube) and one tablespoon Worcestershire. Cook slowly until thickened. Add one cud sour cream and heat slowly until gravy simmers. Add beef and vegetables and heat for a few minutes. 1 cll 4 pPPp sH ENRICHED! VINCENT Editor Chuck Stroganoff. This is the "slow" version. Much less ex pensive, too. Use lVi pounds beef chuck cut in one-inch cubes. Coat meat with seasoned flour. Brown slowlv in three table spoons fat in heavy pot or pan, turning meat to brown on all sides. Add one cup sliced or diced onion, one clove gariic, minced, one cup beef bouillon (and mushroom broth if canned mushrooms are used) cover and cook over low heat until meat ! is tender, approximately two hours. Stir in one-half pound sauteed fresh mushrooms (or four ounces sliced canned); add one-half cup buttermilk or one cup sour cream and continue cooking until mixture is heated through. Quick Sauerbraten Is Family Favorite Old world cooks knew the Im portance of long, slow cooking, the secret of careful seasoning. No wonder some of their dishes like this sauerbraten have come down through the centuries as world-wide favorites. Here we make enough for 10 generous servings for a family party or for two fine family meals; hot one day, cold another. 3 pounds round steak cut 1 inch thick cup flour 1 tablespoon salt 2 tablespoons shortening 1 cup cider vinegar 2 cups water 1 tablespoon sugar 6 peppercorns 3 bay leaves G whole cloves 1V4 cups sliced onion 8 to 12 gingersnaps, crumbled German Potato Pancake Cut inch-thick steak in strips one inch bv three inches. Coat meat with flour combined with salt and brown slowly in short ening or lard in heavy pot roast kettle, turning meat to brown well tn all sides. Combine vin egar, water and sugar and add with smces (soices tied in a piece of clean white cloth) to meat. Add onion, cover and sim mer gently for about 1V4 hours, until meat is tender. Remove spices. Add crumbled ginger snaps (we like to use 12) and continue rookin?. stirrine oc casionally, for 10 to 15 minutes. until gravy is thickened and flavors are well-blended. Potato Pancakes. We give this reciDe also because Sauerbraten and Potato Pancakes are prac tically inseparable. Break two eees' into large bowl and beat slightly. Grate six medium-size potatoes and one medium-size onion into bowl; add two table spoons flour, one tablespoon milk, one teaspoon salt, dash of pepper and one tablespoon bacon drippings, mixing to form batter. Drop batter into skillet containing hot bacon drippings and pan-fry until golden brown, turning once. Secrets of Good Meat Ball Revealed With freshly ground beef a harcrain bevond conroare. we in terviewed .expert meat ball makers and find that meat ball secrets are few, but important. Points from and for the expert: Have the meat twice-ground; some like : to include a little fresh pork for" extra juiciness. Use a binder in the mixture to give the balls tenderness and lightness. This can be oats, cracker crumbs, bread crumbs (either dry or soft), dry cereal or rice. Season- mixture interestingly. Use any of the following season ings: sage, onion salt, celery salt, garlic salt, nutmeg, horseradish, prepared mustard, allspice, pap rika, Worcestershire sauce or mace. Variety in meat ball cookery is achieved bv varying the liq- und used to moisten the meat FOR A VARIETY OF DELICIOUS MEALS Fril-lets Medium Egg Noodles Homestyle Egg Noodles Kurle-Q Chinese Egg Noodles Fine Egg Noodles BEEF GOOD BUY Beef is a bargain for fixing in innumerable thrifty ways like these Spanish short ribs which are given zest with canned -tomatoes and stuffed green olives. Beef cuts for broiling and roasting are also good buys. mixture or the liquid used for simmering the balls. Moistening agent for the balls might be lemon juice, tomato sauce, can ned soup, catsup, milk or chili sauce. The cooking liquid might be consomme, bouillon, sour cream, barbecue sauce, mush room sauce, tomato sauce or can ned soup. Let's Go Fishing This is "Let's Go Fishing" Week. A good time to brush up on trout cookery. Whether your favorite man catches them in his favorite spot or you catch them at the fish store, . trout makes superb eating. Pan Fried Trout. Favorite way with trout, whether over campfire, at charcoal grill or in the kitchen is pan-fried giving it rich crispy skin for superb eating. Whipe cleaned trout with dampened paper towel. Roll fish in flour or corn meal and cook quickly in butter or bacon fat until brown on both sides. Eat with deep sigh of satisfaction. Nutmeg Angel food Cake. Ummm! Just make a regulation anglefood recipe using a cake mix or your own recipe using VA cups of egg whites and mix one teaspoon of ground nutmeg in with the flour before folding it into the egg whites. This is especially delicious when served with crushed strawberry sauce now; raspberry sauce later. Milwaukee (U.P.) Dave Sherman received a dollar bill in the mail. With it was an un signed note saying: "This is the money for the things I took from your store." You get a (illMflr with CLOROX... j No other home laundering Clorox disinfects as it bleaches, brightens, deodorizes and removes stains. So your Clorox wash not only looks cleaner and smells cleaner, if s hygienically cleaner. . . safer for family health! That's why it's so important to Clorox your color-fast cottons and linens as well as your whites. ..and use Clorox every time you launder white 100 nylon, rayon, Dacron, Orion and Dynel, too. The more of vour wash that von Clnrn Aha . Safer it IS for health! Ever time Boise Little Theater Fire Fatal To Two Boise, Ida. (U.R) Two per sons were burned to death Wed nesday night when fire burst out in the Boise Little Theater dur ing a first night performance. Coroner Russell Relyea iden tified the dead as George Mc Kean, 40, and Justice O. Cray croft, 29, both of Boise. Witnesses among the audi ence of 325 theatergoers said the fire broke out at the top of the stage curtain. They said what looked like a puff of dust blew off the curtain. One of the actors jerked the curtain down as flames leapt toward the ceiling. The crowd started to panic. An unidentified young man jumped from his seat and urged it to "settle down." His action stopped the rush toward the exists and the crowd left the theater in an orderly fashion. The theater, at the Gowen Field Air National Guard train ing base, was gutted. The roof was burned away. S. D. TREES Brookings, S.D. (U.R) En ough trees were planted in South Dakota in 1955 to make a 13-row shelterbelt that would reach across the state from east to west. However, extension for ester Jim Ferrell at South Da kota State college said the state only ranked 20th in the nation in the number of trees planted. Use Tribune Want Ads in germ-killing efficiency! Clorox-cleanlineM in yoor bom it a health safeguard, too! Is routine kitchen and bathroom cleaning, Clorox removes stains and odors ... and provides a type of disinfection recommended ' and provides a type of disinfection recommended by hundreds of public health authoritiea, w HfS - . ... you use CLOROX you protect family health ! Redding, Eureka Hear Stevenson Redding, Calif. (U.R) Demo cratic presidential candidate Ad lai Stevenson scheduled another fast trip through California to day in his political battle with Sen. Estes Kefauver for the state's 68 delegates to the na tional convention. The former Illinois governor was scheduled to leave this Northern California city by plane this morning, stop for a three-hour visit at Modesto, and then fly to Los Angeles to make connection for Florida. Stevenson made two public appearances here last night and earlier attended a picnic being held by the Humboldt State col lege faculty and students at Eureka. He told some 500 students and teachers that the federal govern ment was not doing enough for education. He particularly as sailed the Eisenhower adminis tration for doing "almost noth ing about the critical shortage of teachers in the United States." War Ration Board Cuf Off Phone List Waukesha, Wis. (U.R) Wau kesha county has decided to save some money this year and ev ery year from now on. For the past decade, the .coun ty has been spending $6 a year to keep War Price and Ration ing Board No. 6867 listed in the telephone directory. The board went out of exist ence at the end of World War II, but the government never gave an official notice to county offi cials. So the county, as a cour tesy, paid 50 cents each month for the agency to connect with the courthouse trunk line. Now the county feels it can save its monthly 50 cents, and the board is. not listed in this year's directory. Unfortunately for the county, it cannot recover its lost $60. EIGHT DIE IN FLOOD Bogota, Colombia (U.R) A flash flood on La Balsa creek in nearby San Juan De Rioseco swept eight persons to their deaths Tuesday night. Three others were injured. Crops dam aged heavily. Salem (U.R) Salem is one of the safest West Coast cities, from the fire hazard standpoint according to the Oregon Fire Underwriters association. product equals Thursday Mar 17. 19S8 Fluoridation on 11 Oregon Ballots Portland (U.R) The most popular non-partisan subject that voters will get a chance to exer cise their perogative on tomor row will be the question of flu oridation of public water sup plies. The controversial question will be up before tho electorate in 11 Oregon cities on the pri mary ballot. The question of fluoridating city water supplies as a mean.! of combating tooth decay has been a subject for debate for . number of years. In Oregon thu rush to secure voter action on the subject followed a State Su preme Court ruling upholding the legality of fluoridating the municipal water supply in Bend. The issue is not dead in Bend yet, however, and that city will vote tomorrow whether it wants fluoride added to the municipal water supply. Also taking another vote on the question will be Salem. The proposal was defeated there in 1952. At Albany the electorate will decide since the city council adopted the proposal once, then reversed itself later. Cities in the state taking their first vote on the subject are Sea side, Ashland, Lebanon, Rose burg, Oswego, Hood River, Stay- ton and La Grande. CENTENARIAN DIES Portland (U.R) Katherine Florence Fanno, who observed her 100th birthday January 4, died Tuesday at her home. . tppr BEWARE OF IMITATIONS LOOK FOR THE HAPPY ume OOO TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW 111 PRICE CLOROX "V I Portland City Hall Office Has Fire Portland (U.R) Fire last night caused heavy damage to the bureau of property control office atthe city hall. But the flames were controlled before important city documents were destroyed. The fire was discovered about 7 p.m. It apparently started from an electric heater which had been stored behind a desk. Vera Rayley, battalion fire chief, said the heater was plugged in and apparently had been turned on accidentally. Damage to the room and con tents was estimated at $2000. IT! IPtOAD UP Mfcf If li II 1 LAST WEEK'S WINNING NUMBER ON THI BIG BOY BAR-B-Q H 057482 I-- LARGE CAN CAMPBELL'S PORK & BEAMS 2 f"OM A 4 cans BETTY CROCKER Cake Mi ixes YUBAN Coffee LARGE HEADS LETTUCE 2J 9 Top Quality Strawberries SPANISH DRY rvn J VI liJ STRAUSS CHOICE MEATS All Our Meats Are State and U. S. Inspected and Carry a Money Back Guarantee Red Snapper Ground Beef FRESH AND LEAN 00 Don't Miss This Buyl 1 PAULSEN'S f HRIFT MARKET CENTRAL POINT'S MOST COMPLETE SHOPPING CENTER W Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities PRICES GOOD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY! Lots of Free Parking Space MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE GOOD OLD DAYS Blanford, Mass. (U.R) Things weren't so cheap in the old days, either. Frank Cook of Blanford has a Revolutionary war diary kept by Capt. William Sizer in which there is this 1780 nota tion: "Today I paid Major Starr, a tailor, for facing a coat, 100 Continental dollars. This Is my pay for two months." Recent ScientificTests Prove- ONLY IO A ROLL. win ttest WONDERFUL II II II II If (IIIIITTIlal for 39' lb. Short Ribs NICE AND LEAN Round Steak TRY A SWISS STEAK 7 V row rwf nMwy VS BisquicE; ) ea. 2)C 13
