Thursday. January SI. 1957
MEDFORD (ORXSOK) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVErT
Feeding the Family
By ZOLA VINCENT
rood Editor
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Look at Lettuco Crop: So
What Kseps Ems Busy
Lettuce and honey. Now
there a a combination, you'll
agree. But we read in another
good newspaper on Sunday that
auerkraut made "conversation
piece" ice cream. We haven't
tried that yet, but one thing we
do know is that lettuce and
honey are both mightly Import
ant cropi on the Pacific Coast,
both worthy of a lot of conver
lation .We also know that honey
goes into many a good fruit
salad dressing and what's under
the fruit? Lettuce.
Lettuce growers of the Im
prial Valley, California, recently
celebrated the harvesting of a
S23 million crop with a three
day festival, and the American
Beekeeping Federation chose
Southern California for Its an
nual convention last week end;
both rejoicing in nature's bounty.
Now don't get the notion that
bees polinale lettuce: almost
everything but not lettuce.
Honey bees are almost entirely
reponsible for the continuance
of 50 or more crops important
In the economy of the Pacific
Coast. Honey bees of Southern
California are partial to orange
trees and sage while northern
honey bees pay a great deal of
attention to cotton and alfalfa,
along with all the other flower
bearers. In fact, if it has a
flower, there are likely to be
bees about. More on this subject
elsewhere In our columns.
California Lettuce
The Salinas-Watsonville-Hol-
lister area of Central California
Is the most important lettuce
producing and shipping district
in the United States. Each year
this district ships approximately
50 per cent of the commercial
lettuce. From May through Oc
tober, Salinas accounts for more
than 80 per cent of the total
United States carlot shipments.
Imperial Valley is the most im
portent district in the country
shipping about 70 per cent of
all lettuce during January and
. February. The Blythe area is
tepping up production right
along.
Western Iceberg lettuce Is dis
tinguished by firmness of head
and crisp texture, is far and
away the leader In popularity.
Next popular favorite is Cos or
rcmaine which is distingushed
by Its elongated head, stiff
leaves and upright habit of
growth. Iceberg and romaine
often are combined in the mak
ing of the west's famed Caesar
and all other tossed salads.
Tom Lightly with
Ztlty French DrMiing
Use a light hand in tossing
a salad. Never stir or mix with
a heavy hand. Have salad greens
fresh, clean, chilled and crisp:
no moisture clinging to the
leaves. Pat dry before using.
We belong to the tear-lettuce-wlth-hands
into bite-siza pieces
rather than the cut-up or shred-ding-with-a-knife.
We make sal
ad dressing well in advance so
that seasonings can blend well;
an exception being the Caesar
salad where dressing is done
at the table.
1 cup salad oil
H cup vinegar
1'4 teaspoons salt
Pepper and parika
Dash of celery salt
1 teaspoon sugar
t tablespoons catsup
1 tablespoon lemon 5ulce
V-i teaspoons Worcestershire
2 cloves garlic, split
Measure all Ingredients Into
a bottle or Jar. Cover tightly
and shake well. Chill several
houri remove garlis. Shake
well before serving. Makes
1 l'l cups.
Roquefort Dressing, Add one
third cup crumbled cheese to
lesty French dressing.
Curried Dressing. Add one
half teaspoon curry powder to
zesty French dressing.
OUre Dressing. Add one
fourth cup sliced stuffed green
or chopped ripe olives to zesty
French dressing.
Herb Dressing. Add one tea
spoon chopped parsley, Hi tea
spoons chopped chives and one
teaspoon chopped fresh or one
half teaspoon crushed dried
marjoram to zesty French dress
ing. Honey-Fruit Cake Topping j
Whether you follow a favorite
recipe or use one of the tre
mendously popular and quite
satisfying chocolate cake or
devil's food mixes, you'll find
this honey and fruit topping, as
pictured, a special treat It re-
quires no cooking; goes on the
fresh, cooled cake. Topping must
be used day It is prepared.
1 egg white
l teaspoon salt
' cup honey
3 tablespoons thick apricot
puree or applesauce
li teaspoon lemon rind
Spices, if desired
If you've applesauce or cook
ed apricots around, use them:
otherwise a can of baby food
apricot puree or applesauce is
ideal. Beat egg white and salti
until it stands in a peak. Con
tinue beating and slowly add
honey. When mixture stands in
stiff peaks, fold in fruit puree
and lemon rind. Makes enough
to cover top and sides of two
nine-inch layers of cake. A dash
of nutmeg, allspice, cloves or
cinnamon is favored by many.
Honey-ed Salad Dressings
Remember that honey loves
to be warm; will flow with ease
Into an oiled measuring cup
without sticking to you or the
container. Here are two honey
salad dressings considered ideal
for any combination of fresh
or canned fruit salad arrange
ments. Mix one teaspoon paprika,
one-half teaspoon powdered dry
mustard, one-half teaspoon salt,
one-half teaspoon celery salt.
Add one-half cup liquid honey,
three tablespoons lemon juice.
one-quarter cup vinegar. Slowly
add one cup salad oil, beating
until well blended. Makes about
two cups.
For a tart honey salad dress
ing, combine one-half cup liquid
honey, one-half teaspoon salt,
one-third cup chili sauce, one
third cup wine vinegar, one
tablespoon onion and one table
spoon Worcestershire sauce.
Slowly add one cup salad oil,
beating until well blended.
Orange Waffles. Start your
day off right with a tasty hearty
breakfast of fruit, orange waf
fles, bacon and lots of ice cold
milk andor steaming coffee.
For orange waffles simply add
one tablespoon grated orange
peel to your favorite waffle
batter. Bake as usual and serve
topped with orange slices and
plenty of honey, orange flavor
ed, of course.
Crabmeat Cakee
Truly a Treat
Pacific Coast Dungeness crab
and Alaska King crab are in
creasingly available the year
round. Dungeness can be bought
fresh, fresh frozen or canned
while Alaskan King crab is ship
ped frozen from far northern
waters. A favorite western meth
od of serving is to crack the
cooked crab claws and pile on
platter with the body meat.
Serve with lots of mayonnaise,
a green salad and French bread
covered with butter and par
mesa n cheese, then toasted under
the broiler.
These crabmeat cakes are
equally delicious, though quite
different.
13 cup butter
1 clove garlic
Vi cup flour
1 cup milk
i teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
i cup dry fine breadcrumbs
1 2 3 cups flaked crabmeat
1 egg beaten, diluted with
1 tablespoon water
1 hardcooked egg, chopped
Melt half the butter with
sliced clove of garlic in sauce
pan; remove garlic when butter
is melted. Blend in flour, add
milk, stirring constantly. When
sauce boils and thickens remove
from heat: add salt, pepper and
Worcestershire sauce. Add one
fourth cup of the bread crumbs
to half the sauce, then add crab
meat. Mix thoroughly, cover
tightly and chill in refrigerator.
This mixture will shape into
about 10 small patties. Dip the
patties into the remaining bread
crumbs, beaten egg and again
in the crumbs. Pan fry in re
maining butter in moderately
hot skillet about five minutes.
Thin the remaining white sauce
with remaining one-quarter cup
milk and reheat with the chop
ped hard cooked egg. Pour over
hot crab cakes and serve. Makes
five servings.
Dried Beef Rarebit. A fine
luncheon specialty for family or
unexpected guests. Many keep a
jar of dried beef on the emerg
ency shelf for just such a use.
Simmer three cups cooked fresh
or canned tomatoes with one
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HONEY PLENTIFUL Honey, nature's oldest sweet, is In plenti
ful supply and it will pay us to keep honey bees busy by using
their product often. Here, a heavenly honey fruit frosting tops a
devil's food cake. Recipe along with the prize collection of
honeyed salad dressings are included in today's food columns.
Holmes Addresses I Forrester Named
Council of Churches
Portland U.R) Gov. Robert
D. Holmes told the Portland
Council of Churches Tuesday
night that he believes "a poli
tician who talks publicly about
moral issues" runs into danger.
The governor said he believes
this type of politician frequently
is classified as "a pious fraud on
a permanent basis, or a pious
pirate on a temporary basis."
Holmes told church leaders he
would not "give lip service to
an idea which I reject morally."
cup shredded dried beef and
one cup grated Cheddar cheese
together for five minutes, stir
ring until cheese is melted; add
two tablespoons butter and dash
of pepper. Stir in two slightly
beaten eggs and cook gently
over low heat a minute or two.
Pour over buttered toast points.
Makes six servings.
To Education Board
Salem (U.R) J. W. (Bud)
Forrester Jr., 43-year-old editor
and publisher of the Pendleton
East Oregonian, has been named
by Gov. Robert D. Holmes
to succeed the late Bernard
Mainwaring on the State Board
of Higher Education.
Forrester becomes the Oregon
State College representative on
the 10-man board, which con
trols all of the state institutions
of higher learning. Both he and
Mainwaring, Salem editor and
publisher who died two weeks
ago, received their higher edu
cation at OSC.
Forrester was named to Main
waring's unexpired term which
ends March 2, but Gov. Holmes
said he intends to reappoint him
to a full six-year term at that
time. The appointment must
meet the approval of the Ore
gon Senate.
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