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Feeding the Family By ZOLA VINCENT Food Editor Skewtr Cookery Cains in Popularity Smoke tendrils and smoky fla vor waft from backyard and picnic grills as the West Coast cooks meat and vegetables on skewers, green sticks or other handy spearing implements. Those who haven't an outdoor eampfire, barbecue, fireplace, portable grill or other place for fire-building are happily grilling indoors in kitchen range broiler or rotisserie and rushing food- tomatoes . . . squares of green pepper . . . tiny par-boiled onions . . . squares of eggplant . . . thick slices of zucchini . . . thick slices of orange . . . thick slices of apple are good with pork . . . whole large grapes are good with lamb . . . dried prunes, apricots or other dried fruit plumped in wine add distinction. 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PRAISE WINNERS Barbeque beauties like these are praise win ners when grilled outdoors or indoors. Call them kebabs, shish kebabs or shashlik; make them in traditional manner with mari nated meat or start with canned luncheon meat cubes for fast relief of hunger. on-a-stick outdoors for summer Informality and fun. Shish kebab or shashlik, tradi tionally famed throughout the Middle East for centuries, was and is made of lamb or mutton usually marinated in seasoned oil and other liquids, then speared on skewers and broiled. Ameri cans have shortened the name to "kebabs" and now spear and broil almost anything edible. A while back- we discovered that beef and veal made mar velous eating when exposed to direct heat. Then venturesome pirita Helen Brown and James Beard (The Complete Book of Outdoor Cookery) tried cubes of white fish and of salmon, scal lops, shrimp, lobster and oysters and found them good. Chicken, duck, ham, calves liver and ba con, pork cubes, turkey and aweetbreads were successfully kewered. All in combination of course with vegetables andor fruit. We borrow from Brown (Pasa dena) and Beard (formerly Port land) whose outdoor cookery prowess has been personally en joyed by us. Boneless Meat Kebabs "A basic Near Eastern shish kebab is made with boneless meat, cut in 1V4 or two inch cubes. With lamb mutton or veal, use the shoulder or leg; with beef, the round, chuck or rump. Allow one-half to three-fourths pound per person. String the cubes on your skewers, having them pushed close together if you want your meat rare and juicy, farther apart if all-around erispness is the system for you. The classic way was to tip each kewer with a cube of bread to keep the meat from falling into the flames. "The meat may be simply brushed with lemon juice and with olive oil, or marinated for from two hours to two days in this mixture: Combine one part of lemon juice with three parts of olive oil and season with one clove of garlic, crushed, salt and pepper to taste and, if you wish, some thyme, oregano, bay, cumin or what you will. The meat may be strung before or after man- mating. The broiling which is done as for steaks and chops, will take 10 to 16 minutes de pending on how well done you want them. "Shish kebab is usually served with pilaff or with kasha or rice. But suit yourself," say Brown and Beard, book makers. Kebab Combinations Vegetables and fruit alternate with meat in kebab cookery in flavorful combinations. Make up your own from these suggestions. For the meat part, use sirloin, round or rump beef cut in two inch squares, lamb shoulder, loin or leg cut in l'.i inch squares or pork shoulder or loin cut in Hi inch squares. Small tomatoes or wedges of larger broiler or rotisserie. Remember that pork and veal should be well done. Grill these meats more slowly than beef or lamb. Turn the meat often as it grills so it will be evenly cooked and browned. For a high glaze on the meat cubes, brush with marinade during grilling. Luncheon Meat Kebabs Canny cooks (that's a pun) fig ured out that cubes of canned luncheon meat plus onion, green pepper and canned button mush rooms should make a good com bination for grilling on sticks, skewers or whatever. And they were quite right. Already well seasoned, the canned luncheon meat is handy, convenient, easily stored and transported. For each 18 cubes for fixing three or four skewers, use a can of luncheon meat. Cut meat in half and then in thirds to make 18 cubes. Cut onions into wedges and green peppers into one-inch squares. Drain four-ounce can button mushrooms. Alternate in gredients as desired on skewers; grill over medium heat or under medium broiler, turning occa sionally until meat is browned and heated through. Some like .barbecue sauce with these. Barbecued Franks A fast luncheon or supper treat is quickly put together when you keep a few cans of frankfurters handy. Cut six ba con slices in half. Wrap one-half slice bacon around franks from a 12 ounce can; secure with toothpicks. Place in cold skillet or on grill and cook over me dium heat, turning occasional ly until bacon is cooked. Pass a hot barbecue sauce. Barbecue Sauce Here is a quick and very good sauce for grilled kebabs or frankfurters that have not been marinated. In a saucepan, com bine two medium onions, chop ped, one green pepper, chopped, two-thirds cup sweet pickle rel ish, two-thirds cup vinegar, two cups chili sauce, one-fourth cup firmly packed brown sugar, one tablespoon prepared mustard, one-half teaspoon tabasco. Bring to boiling point, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes. Goodly supply. Store in refrigerator for using another day. Leftover Limai Cooks need never worry about what to do with versatile left over cooked large dry lima beans. We like to combine them with some green beans and serve as a hot vegetable. Heat the two kinds of beans in a little table cream, seasoning as you like with salt and freshly ground pepper. Attractive as well as flavorful. Spiced Iced Coffee Some folks like their coffee hot and some like it cold. Here's a nifty idea for those who like it cold coffee, spiced and iced! Trick is to make a concentrate using pure instant coffee. It re quires one cup of instant coffee Oregon Caves Marks 47th Anniversary as Monument Today marks the 47th anni versary of Oregon Caves Na tional monument, which was set aside by Presidential proclama tion July 12, 1909. The history of the caves, how ever, dates back about 150 mil lion years when a shallow arm of the sea covered the area of the present Siskiyou mountains. In contemporary history, Ore gon caves have been known since 1874 when Elizah Davidson, then living in Williams alley, went hunting. Wounds Bear The story goes that after hav ing wounded a bear, he followed it to an opening in the rocks. Davidson gathered a few splint ers of pitch for a torch, and with an old muzzle-loading rifle fol lowed the bear. It was then he discovered the caves. Soon after this, the caves be came an attraction for the adven turous and portions of them were explored and opened. Frank M. Nickerson of Kerby reported finding four different levels in 1877 and opened a number of galleries which had been block ed by formations. In 1884 two brothers, attempt ed to acquire title to the caves by "squatting" at the lower en- (one two-ounce jar) and takes a minute to make concentrate for about 20 servings. Fix. Store. Use whenever you feel like it. Empty cup of instant coffee into suitable container or jar. Add one-fourth teaspoon cloves and one teaspoon ground cinnamon. Slowly add one quart warm wa ter. Stir or shake to dissolve cof fee and spices. Cover and store in refrigerator. For each serving, pour three tablespoons concentrate over ice cubes into an eight-ounce glass. Add cold water. Pass sugar along with coffee cream or whipped cream. Enjoy exotic flavor. Green Pepper Ways Available the year around, the big Bell or sweet pepper is very popular, may be bought either green or red according to stage of maturity desired. Best quality peppers are well shaped, thick walled and firm with uniform glossy color. Good source of vita mins C and A . Serve thin strips or rings on relish plate. You'll be surprised how many the children will eat. Dice and add to mixed salads. For cooking, allow one whole pepper per serving unless they are unusually large. Wash, re move stem and seeds, cut in thin slices or rings and fry in small amount of butter or margarine until crispy tender and lightly browned. Season and serve. Very good with beef. Halved, seeded green peppers are attractive containers for well seasoned cottage cheese salads, for died tomato aspic topped with sour cream. Good also for holding dunking sauce for appe tizers and for sauces offered with fish and shellfish. Curried Olives Put a bowl of curried ripe olives on your next appetizer tray and answer inquiries about them like this: Drain the ripe olives thoroughly and then mari nate an hour or longer in a cur ried French dressing adding as little or as much (we like much) curry powder to the dressing as suits your personal taste. JfQ a new Hi CRESCENT TS? ice cream i TOPPING! trance. They expended funds and labor in enlarging passages and expected eventually to gain title and reap a harvest. The region, however, was then too remote, the nearest railroad some 200 miles away, and the "squatter's claim" was abandoned. Another Attempt Later another attempt was made to open up and develop the caves by a party of Calif ornia promoters who dropped the plan after learning that the caves were in Oregon and not in California. In April, 1903, a large region in that part of Oregon and Cali fornia was withdrawn from en try and named the Siskiyou Na tional forest. In 1907, the caves were visit ed by a party which included Joaquin Miller "the poet of the Sierra." Miller did much to at tract public attention to the area by refences to the caves as "The Marble Halls of Oregon." Proclaims Caves On July 12, 1909, President Taft proclaimed Oregon caves, including a tract of 480 acres, as a national monument. Since there was no national park service at the time, the monument was administered by the forest service. The admin istration continued until 1934, when it was turned over to the national park service and admin istration delegated to the super intendent of Crater Lake Nation al park. In 1923, the forest service granted a concession to Oregon caves resort, which built the old chalet and took over the guide REAL EYE OPENER Hollywood (U.R) Most of the film colony seems to agree with actress Mona Freeman about rock 'n roll and its best known interpreter, Elvis Pres ley. Miss Freeman said, "The first time I saw him on TV, I thought something was wrong with my set." But a minority disagrees. For example, Cathy Crosby says, "I like rock 'n roll for getting up in the morning." service that same year. In 1934 the Chateau was opened to the public. Following 1934, the park ser vice made several physical im provements to facilities in and around the caves. Thursday, July 1J, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Surplus Grain in Auto Gas Tanks Urged Washington (U.R! Two farm state congressmen have proposed that motorists be required to burn up surplus grain in their gas tanks. Sen. Karl Mundt (R-S.D.) and Rep. Ben F. Jensen (R-Iowa) said in introducing their bill it would eliminate the government's 1.7 billion bushel surplus of corn and wheat within 14 months and add no more than three cents a gallon to the cost of gasoline. They said in a joint statement that motorists would benefit be cause low grade gasolines would be converted into "smoother act ing, powerful, high grade extra mileage motor fuels." The Jensen-Mundt bill would prohibit sale of gasoline or mo tor fuel unless it contained at least 5 per cent by volume of alcohol manufactured from grain. To enforce compliance, it would levy an additional tax of five cents a gallon on production or importation of present types of fuel. Damascus, Syria (U.R) Civil Defense Chief Soliman Nagi an nounced Wednesday night that the Syrian government will be gin air drills next Monday, in cluding defense against "high explosive atomic bacteriological warfare." Mandalay (U.R) Ma Mya May, a 41-year old housewife, has given birth to her 22nd child, it was reported here today. Mya May was one of a family of 15 children. Her husband a sailor had 15 brothers and sis worth aoout wwnafl m m a j .. m GOES FARTHER, TOO! Smoking and Cancer Link Said Unfounded London (U.R) A group of British scientists said yesterday they have been unable to find any connection between smoking and lung cancer. But they warned that air pol lution and smog over industrial areas may be a possible source of lung cancer. Independent sources warned, however, that the British doc tors' report was not conclusive. They pointed out that the doc tors had conducted all their tests on animals, and not on humans. m ape i m Ordinary cor foods vory in toste ond odor. 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