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Feeding the Family
By ZOLA VINCENT
hood Urtor
la Naxst Market
Ao a matter of fact, there'
a super abundance of walnuts
and filberts also, but today
we talk about almonds which
are setting an all-time record
for production. Seventy two
thousand tons of almonds, on
the unshelled basis are Dour
ing into various channels
from 102.000 acres of or
chards. Practically all domes
tic almonds are grown in
California. They represent a
$150 million industry.
Everyone remembers that
last year there was scarcely
an almond to be found. This
ear's bountiful h a r v e s
means that there are lots of
almonds at prices far below
last year's, and that we can
'start feasting on them right
now.
How to Bur
Approximately 85 per cent
of the almond crop is shelled,
keeping in tune with consum
er demand for easy-to-use
streamlined food preparation
patterns.
' There are any number of
varieties and shapes of pack
ages of almonds awaiting your
quick and easy selection.
There are one pound cello
packs of soft shell almonds.
Shelled packs of unblanched
whole almonds come in 6 and
12 ounce sizes and there's a
12 ounce pack of shelled
blanched whole almonds.
j In tin, you'll find six ounce
shelled unblanched whole al
monds, five ounces of but
tered diced- and roasted al
monds, five ounces of toasted
blanched and slivered al
monds. Newest almond noted
is smokehouse salted, comes
in six ounce tin.
Many Ways with Almonds
Whenever or wherever they
are used, almonds lend a cer
tain elegance to any social oc
casion, add distinction to
many recipes in ways sug
gested here
-Almonds as party fare of
fered simply in nut cups or in
help-yourself bowls have long
been an established custom
for special occasions. For this,
use almonds roasted and salt
ed, blanched or unblanched.
-Diced roasted .almonds in
cheese or fish cocktail
spreads. .
-Slivered almonds drifting
atop cream soups.
- -Unblanched chopped al
monds in chicken, vegetable
or fruit salads.
-Almonds in main course
dishes suqh as croquettes, veal
or fish amandine, nut crusted
macaroni or noodles, chop
suey, curry.
-Put almonds in hot vege
tables to make them the talk
of the crowd. Especially note
worthy with green beans,
caulflower, celery.
-Almonds in quick breads,
muffins, coffee cakes, waffles.
-Almonds enhance all man
ner of confections and des
serts - pies, cakes, puddings,
cookies, frozen desserts. Per
fect , for candy making and
decorating.
Two Ways with On
Can Fruit Cocktail
Pretty up a festive half ham
or ham slice with honey-glazed
fruit from a can of fruit
cocktail, then use fruit syrup
for ice cream or other dessert
topping.
' Drain can of fruit cocktaiL
Heat fruit in syrup made by
combining o n e-h a 1 f cup of
honey with two tablespoons
of lemon juice. Slowly -turn
fruit in syrup until glazed
Arrange around baked ham,
pouring any leftover syrup
over ham. Return ham to hot
oven for further glazing. If
you are serving cold ham, ar
range fruit around platter.
SEASON FOR PUDDINGS - Now comes the season of aro
matic, sweet-tasting puddings. One of the very best is fash
ioned of fresh California dates, made crunchy with plentiful
California almonds and served with brown sugar hard sauce.
This and other recipes are included in today's food columns.
Date and Almond Pudding '
Is Superlative Treat
Here's a pudding that's
moist and fruity yet not too
rich to serve after a hearty
dinner. It is made with a
small measure of flour and a
generous measure of soft
bread crumbs for lightness,
Crunchy almonds add to its
goodness. Steam it in a large
mold or in individual molds.
. Serve this warm, of course,
with your favorite sauce, with
whipped cream, with ice
cream or with our "Brown
Sugar Hard Sauce" pictured.
Eight servings..
3A cup soft butter
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 teaspoon vanilla
18 teaspoon almond ex
tract 34' teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
3A cup sifted all-purpose
flour
2" teaspoons baking powder
1 quart fine soft day-old
bread crumbs '
3,i cup milk -. .
1 cup chopped, pitted fresh
. . California dates ., ;
Vt cup sliced or chopped al
monds Brown Sugar Hard Sauce
Cream butter, brown sugar,
vanilla, almond extract and
salt together until fluffy; beat
in eggs. Sift flour and baking
powder together. Add to
creamed mixture along with
bread crumbs and milk. Stir
in dates and almonds. Turn
into greased quart mold or
individual molds, filling them
two-thirds to three-fourths
full. Cover tightly. Place on
rack in large kettel of boiling
water and . steam about 2V2
hours for large mold, one
hour for individual molds.
Water should come about half
way up sides of mold. Replace
water if needed during steam
ing period. Serve warm with
this sauce or other favorite.
'Brown Sugar Hard Sauce.
Cream one-fourth cup soft
butter, qneJialf teaspoon grat
ed orange rind, one teaspoon
pure vanilla and lVz cups
brown sugar (packed) until
blended. Beat in two table
spoons . cream until soft and
fluffy. Makes about 113
cups or enough fo eight serv
ings. Good for any pudding,
really . . .
Picture Pretty.: In our pic
ture, we Surrounded individ
ual puddings with almond
stuffed dates.
-Roasting Is Easy. Roasting
gives almonds a rich crunchi
ness and depth of flavor that
is rewarding. A p o u n d of
shelled almonds with two tea
spoons butter roasted in a
300 degree oven for 20 min
utes does it. Frequent stirring
is good idea.
Store Like This. Storing
shelled almonds is best done
under refrigeration in a tight
ly covered container.1 Cared
for in this manner, they keep
their freshness exceptionally
well. So put in holiday sup
plies any time that's convenient
To Blanch Almonds
Or Not to Blanch '
Homemakers are sometimes
in a quandry regarding
blanching' almonds. Actually,
many food experts omit this
step because . they feel that
the paper-thin skin gives extra
flavor.. Many candy, pastry
and ice cream manufacturers
prefer unblanched nuts. So
never hesitate, using un
blanched almonds. .'
Blanching . Is Easy. If you
do prefer to blanch, it's no
great chore. Simply cover the
kernels with cold water, heat
to boiling, drain and slip off
thumb and fingers.
Slivering Is Easy. Split the
warm, damp almonds in half
with tip of knife. Lay flat side
down and cut into thin slivers.
Green Bean Salad
There's something about
sour cream that enhances just
about everything with which
it is used. Here we add to the
already fine flavor of blue
lake green beans in a salad
that is quickly put togethen
for four to six servings de
pendent on appetites.
Vi pint dairy sour cream
IVi teaspoons instant minc
ed onion or 2 tablespoons
finely chopped onion
V teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon fresh lemon
juice
1 No. 303 can blue lake
. green beans
1 medium size - cucumber,
sliced
Finely chopped fresh pars
ley
Mix sour cream with onion,
salt and lemon juice. Drain
green beans and combine with
sliced cucumber. Pour sour
cream mixture over and mix
lightly. Chill, just before serv
ing, sprinkle with finely
chopped fresh parsley.
8
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfortf, Or.
A Friday, Nov. 13, 1959
Former Portland
Church Editor Dies
Portland (DPD Word was
received here Wednesday of
the death in Palo Alto, Calif.,
of The Rev. Drt Edward Laird
Mills, Methodist editor and
author and a Portland resi
dent from 1920 to -1932.
While in Portland, he was
editor of the Pacific Christian
Advocate. After leaving here
in 1932 for San Francisco
he joined the National Chris
tian Advocate staff.
He was author of several
books including "Plains,
Peaks and Pioneers," "The
Advancing Church," add
''The Church Looks Ahead."
Among his honorary de
grees were two from Willam
ette University and College
of Puget Sound.
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AUTO ON AIR A thin line' of light af
ground level shows that this strange looking. '
vehicle isn't touching the road as it amazes .:
onlookers during a demonstration in New .'
York City. The vehicle is the Curtiss-Wright,
"Air-Car" which scoots along a few inches
above the ground ori'aTushion of low pres
sure, low velocity air. It can travel equally
well over land, water, swamp or mud at a
maximum speed of feO-miles an hour.
' . -(UPI Telephoto)
Lucille Ball
Denies Rill Rumor
Hollywood (DPD Lucille
Ball firmly denied Wednes
day night reports of a marital
rift between her and Desi
Arnaz.
She also denied reports
that Desilu Productions, the
$20 million television and
motion picture production
lfirm, was up for sale. She
and Arnaz own 49 per cent
of the stock in the firm.
"I'm not too well informed
about the business end of
Desilu, but I do know that
if the studio were going to
be sold I would have been
told about it.
"And I have been told no
such thing," she said.
"As for these rumors that
my marriage is breaking up
they are cruel and absolutely
false."
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