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Show Fete Father With Meal Climaxed With Pie Father is King, come June 20. So treat Rim with all respect re-spect and an extra good meal that features his favorite toods says Reba Staggs, home economist. - , , First of all. Dick a menu that's sure to pleasebuildU carefully around Dad's choice of meat. Then climax the meal with a dessert he can't resist his favorite pie! Chances are that will be apple or cherry pie. Be sure to make it so fat and juicy, so golden-brown golden-brown and popping with fruit, that Dad will think it's a pie to end all pies. If -it's another kind of pie he prefers, make it .- absolutely ab-solutely perfect, too, to show him what you .really think of him. If Dad doesn't have a definite favorite, a good trick is to match the pie to the meat in the meal: if you're serving a pork roast, have apple pie; a cherry pie mates' well with a thick broiled ham slice; a light, fluffy chiffon pie might end a meal which features a luciously browned brown-ed steak. Whatever kind of - pie you choose, remember that the effect ef-fect of the whole is enhanced by flaky, tender pastry. So use all the artistry at your command, plus the highest quality ingredients, ingre-dients, to. make your Father's Day pie truly outstanding. A jar of homemade pastry mix in your refrigerator cuts your pie-making pie-making time in half, because the flour, lard and seasoning are already mixed. The only remaining remain-ing task is to add water and roll out. , ' ; Homemade Pastry ,. Mix- 7 cups sifted enriched flour 4 teaspoons salt 1 cups lard for soft wheat flour or 2 cups lard for hard wheat , flour ... Add salt to flour. Cut lard into flour and salt with a fork or pastry blender until crumbs . are the size of small peas. Cover closely and store in refrigerator until ready to use. This mixture will keep at least a month ' in the refrigerator. It yields 8 " single pie crusts. For single pie crust, add 2 to 4 tablespoons table-spoons cold water to 1 cups Homemade Pastry Mix, and for double crust, 4 to 6 table spoons cold water to 2 cups Homemade Pastry- Mix. |