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Show i. . ... . Summer Weddings Will Be Incentive For Many Parties I LYNN CHAMBERS' MEM'S Sliced Cold Roast Chicken Potato Salad Vegetable Salad Whole Wheat Muffins Beverage Berry Pie a la Mode Recipe given. garnish, and additional slivered strawberries, if desired. a ANOTHER EASY but satisfying answer to the refreshment problerr is a salad served with homemadi hot-from-the-oven muffins that tak just a few minutes to b;ike. Bui first, consider the salad, made with easy-to-use canned shrimp: Shrimp and Avocado Salad Ring. (Serves 6) 2 tablespoons plain gelatin Vi cups cold water 14 cups boiling water 4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 4 eup lemon juice 2 ripe avocados 4 cup chopped celery 1 No. 1 can shrimp Mayonnaise For a simple bridal shower refreshment, re-freshment, a punch bowl with floating orange lltofM and slivered strawberries makes a pretty picture. pic-ture. Serve this with cake or cookies. Bridal days are once more with Soften gelatin in 4 cup cold watei for 5 minutes. Add boiling water us, and there's hardly any circle of friends where at least one wedding wed-ding does not take place. A good friend of the bride usually gives the honored girl a shower, and it is with such pleasant doings that we are concerned. Whether it's a lingerie, kitchen or personal shower, the theme of the with sugar and salt and mix until un-til dissolved. Add remaining cold water and lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Ar- party refreshments refresh-ments should be daintiness. If you can carry out the theme with a centerpiece cen-terpiece of bride and bridegroom, well and good, but it isn't neces- range about Mt of the shrimp in the bottom of a 1 quart ring mold which has been rinsed in cold water. (Reserve (Re-serve remaining shrimp for filling.) Cover shrimp with Vi cup of the clear gelatin mixture and chill until un-til firm. Chill remaining gelatin until un-til thickened. Peel and mash 1 avocado avo-cado and fold into slightly thickened gelatin mixture. Peel and dice other avocado and add to mixture with celery. Pour over jellied shrurip and chill until Arm. Unmold or crisp greens and place Shrimp Fill- ! ing in center. Serve with mayonnaise. mayon-naise. Shrimp Filling. Remaining can of shrimp 1 cup diced cucumber 4 cup diced celery Salt and pepper Combine Ingredients and seasor, to taste. Place in center of shrimp-avocado shrimp-avocado ring. sary. Use your daintiest linen and fresh, fragile flowers, and your table Is bound to be pretty. Pastel color combinations In table settings and refreshments are highly high-ly favored as they carry out the theme of the occasion. Food, however, how-ever, need not be elaborate, because the girls probably will be too excited excit-ed to eat much. Do, however, make everything delectable, and you will be well rewarded for your efTortf. a A SIMPLE afternoon or evening party might consist of a light delectable de-lectable cake and punch as follows: Whipped Cream Angel Food. 1 cup whipping cream 3 egg whites hi cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour l'i cups sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder M teaspoon salt Whip cream until stiff; beat whites until stiff and combine care- 1 fully. Add water, vanilla and dry ingredients, which have been sifted together at least three times. Bake in layers at 350 degrees about 30 minutes or until done. Use the following fol-lowing filling: Lemon Filling De Luxe. cup shortening 1 cup sugar 3 eggs, beaten slightly Grated rind of 1 lemon 6 tablespoons lemon juice teaspoon salt Place shortening in pan over hot Combine shrimp and avocado for a pretty salad. Make your salad in the morning and save last minute flutter when the guests appear. ap-pear. Bread and butter sandwiches sand-wiches made finger style, or whole wheat muffins are a good accompaniment. accom-paniment. a a a YOU'LL FIND these whole wheat muffins nourishing as well as a delightful de-lightful change from other types be cause they're less well known. Whole Wheat Muffins 94 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup unsifted whole wheat flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 egg, well beaten 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons melted shortening or salad oil H cup raisins Mix together dry ingredients. Combine remaining ingredients. Add water to soften. Add remaining ingredients. Cook over simmering water, stirring constantly, until well thickened and of good piling pil-ing quantity. Cool before using. all at once to the flour mixture, stirring, not beat ing, quickly and vigorously, until just mixed and ol a lumpy appear anee', but no long er. Over-stirring Strawberry Punch. (Makes 4 quarts) 1 quart water 4 cup granulated sugar 4 cup corn syrup 2 quarts strawberries 3 cups chilled orange juice 1 cup chilled lemon juice 4 oups ginger ale 2 thinly sliced oranges or limes Combine first three ingredients. Bring to a boil and add the washed, hulled strawberries, and boil, covered, cov-ered, for 3 minutes. Remove and strain through a sieve, without pressing, and chill. Just before serving, combine with remaining ingredients, in-gredients, using orange slices for Will make your 1 muffins coarse. Fill greased or oiled muffin pans full and bake in a moderately hot (375-degree) oven for 35 minutes. Rele-aaed bv Weatern Newspaper Union. LYNN SAYS: Make Baking Easy Give your biscuits a rich, brown crust by brushing them with milk or cream before baking. This will prevent your bakir.g them to the drying point by making them brown more readily. To prevent boiled frostings from becoming sugary, add 1 teaspoon of vinegar or Vi teaspoon of cream of tartar to the syrup while cooking. Custard pies should be cooled on a wire rack to prevent them from steaming and becoming soggy. To save sugar used in icings, spr.n-kle spr.n-kle a small amount of sugar on the cake before baking. This, jn turn may be sprinkled with finely shred' ded nuts or coconut shreds Fruit pies as well as berry pies will have better flavor if the ltn of half a lemon is sphnkled over the filling before baking Bread and rolJs will be mucn more quickly made if the ..., in them is doubled. Four teaspor, of vinegar also will help speed the process and keep bread better dur , ing the summer months. |