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BLENDING INFLUENCES Tacos and Paradise Mexicali is
a blending of soutn-ot-tne-Boraer ana iNorin-oi-uie-ooruei
, influences in an exciting idea for informal suppers and
luncheons. Many good Mexican food notions are included in
today's food columns.
Feeding the Family
By ZOLA VINCENT
Food Editor
Tacos and Mexicali Salad
Answer to Our Hamburger
From down Mexico way
comes an exciting idea for in
formal luncheon and supper
parties popular with people
of all ages. Tacos and Mexi
can Salad! It's an idea likely
to be sweeping the country,
vieing with Italy's pizza and
chllenging America's ham
burger. If you like to be first
with such things, better read
on and serve it soon.
In keeping with its Mexican
companion, the salad is a
combination of unique flav
ors; the spiciness of canned
Bartlett pears contrasts wnn
buttery avocado, in
tangy orange or grapefruit
segments and tantilizing salti
ness of olives. All a perfect
Mmntmcnt to hot and chewy
"Tarns the sandwiches of
Mexico.
TitM Tftmoters
Tacos are tortillas stuffed
with various fillings. Today's
Mexican cooks, like . Ameri
cans, usually buy the tortillas
ready for frying, grilling or
baking. They come frozen and
canned: also fresh In some
areas. They are filled, then
folded like our picture today
or rolled; eaten like sana
wiches.
1 tablespoon cooking oil
pounds ground beef
1. medium onion, finely
chopped
i teaspoon salt
Few drops Tabasco
1V4 teaspoons Worcester
shire sauce
12 tortillas
head lettuce
2 medium tomatoes
A cup grated cheddar
cheese
Fry meat and onion in oil
until browned lightly; add
seasonings and set aside to
keep hot. Shred lettuce and
chop tomatoes. Brown tor
tillas in moderately hot un
greased skillet until golden
brown In spots, turning once
and being careful not to break
air bubbles. Fold each tortilla
through center; fill with layer
lettuce, chopped " tomato and
grated cheese. Some add oil,
vinegar and salt to the lettuce
and tomatoes; others add dash
of hot sauce. Twelve tacos;
six average servings.
Pearadisa Mexicali
6 canned Bartlett pear
halves
1 avocado
Orange or grapefruit seg
ments
Assorted olives
Salad greens
Line large salad platter
with crisp lettuce leaves or
other salad greens. Place can
ned pear halves in circle on
. lettuce. Between pears, place
slices of avocado with section
of orange or grapefruit. Fill
center of platter with assorted
olives. Some like to sprinkle
this will oil and vinegar. Six
servings.
Chile Con Queso
- Elena, Queen of Mexican
cookery, says of Chile Con
Queso, "My friends are mad
for it and to tell the truth, so
am I. It's delightful for break-
. fast or lunch with refried
beans and tortillas, but it's
also wonderful for a cocktail
dip with tostaditas." Tostadi-
tas are tortillas cut in wedges
and fried crisp.
1 small onion, minced
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup solid-pack tomatoes
1 can peeled green chiles,
chopped
)' V pound Monterey cream
cheese, cubed (Monterey
Jack)
1 cup cream
Salt and pepper
Wilt onion in butter; add
tomatoes, chiles, salt and
pepper; simmer for 15 min
utes, then add cubed cheese,.
When cheese begins to melt!
add cream. Four servings.
Elena Talks Lovingly
Of Mexican Foods
Elena says "Mexican dishes
may be served harmoniously
with American ones. Mexican
cuisine isn't always searing
hot, exotically and overly
spiced and heavy. Tamales
and enchiladas, good as they
are, arc not the only dishes
Mexican cooks know how to
prepare."
Elena is Elena Zelayeta,
"America's best - selling au
thority on Mexican food."
And I took that straight from
the cover of her newest book
"Elena's Secrets of Mexican
Cooking" recently released by
Prentice-Hall, Inc. I hasten to
say that I concur heartily;
Yet Elena has been sightless
for more than 20 years; has
raised a family; dedicates her
newest book to Elenita, a be
loved . granddaughter.
Hearing my voice in greet
ing on Thursday, Elena said,
"The last time I saw you, we
were on the station platform
at Portland, and we talked of
so many things."
Safarancho Is Easy
Pork and Rice Dish
This recipe brings back (to
her) memories of Elena's
childhood days. Of it she
says, "whenever we would
bring home unexpected com
pany, mother was never up
set. She would just say 'Don't
worry, Just run to the butcher
to get me some pork chops
and 111 make Safarancho'."
For each four servings:
1 tablespoon oil
4 loin pork chops
1 medium-sized onion,
chopped
1 medium-sized green pep
per, coarsely chopped
1 cup uncooked rice
13 cup catsup
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
Salt and pepper
2Vi cups boiling water or
broth
Pour oil in skillet and ar
range meat on it; add onion
and green pepper. Sprinkle
on the rice; add catsup, Wor
cestershire sauce, salt and
pepper. Pour boiling water or
broth over all, cover and sim
mer for 45 minutes. Allow to
stand 15 minutes before serv
ing.
Cocada Is Mexican
Coconut Pudding
From "Elena's Secret
Mexican Cooking," we also
garnered this coconut pudding
of which she says, "The Mexi
cans go for this, and so will
you."
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 large cinnamon sticks
1 3Vi ounce package
shredded coconut
1 quart milk
3 egg yolks, well beaten
V cup cold milk
Boil sugar, water and stick
cinnamon together for 10
minutes. Remove cinnamon,
add coconut and cook until
coconut absorbs all of the
syrup and is dry. Bring the
quart of milk to a boil over
low heat in deep saucepan;
add coconut and cook mixture
until of custard consistency,
stirring frequently to prevent
sticking. Mix eggs with cold
milk, add to pudding and con
tinue cooking slowly, stirring
constantly until thick. Pour
onto a buttered platter and
allow to cool before refriger
ating. This may be decorated
with toasted almonds. Serves
six to eight. "
Mexican Chocolate
Season hot chocolate with
cinnamon and you have an
idea of the deliciousness of
real Mexican chocolate, the
national drink.
of
Tobacco Tax Due
GOP House Backing
Salem (DPD House minor
ity Leader Robert Elfstrom,
Salem, said today that GOP
House members will throw
their support behind a to
bacco tax in order to provide
a means of increasing basic
school support $10 per census
child.;
Elfstrom said the decision
was made at a Republican
caucus Wednesday.
House bill 5 7 6, which
would impose a three cent
tax on cigarettes and a 15
per cent tax on tobacco pro
ducts, is expectecTto come to
the floor of the House at the
end of the week.
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