Show i META GIVEN MENUS Carrot Casserole Is Good Dining recently at a ii restaurant restaurant restaurant rant famous over the years for its cuisine we were served a golden mashed vegetable unIdentifiable unidentifiable unidentifiable un un- identifiable in form or flavor What a shock it was to find this nondescript mound was once whole yellow carrots To be sure vegetables ar are often o 0 f t ten e n dressed up in many different ways ays to enhance their natural flavors But its it's defeating the purpose of good cooking cooking- to serve them in a form so changed that they cant can't be recognized To cook carrots soft enough to mash means to overcook them with a resultant loss of flavor and vitamins C Carrots are most appealing in flavor and color when cooked until barely tender Cut in strips or crosswise slices to show the gradation of shades of yellow and perhaps a touch of green carrots arc always recognizable and when cooked quickly are arc firm enough to be chewable The thinner carrots arc are sliced the more quickly they'll cook Add just a small amount of water to keep from pouring off any water at the end of cook cook- ing and to prevent wasting ari an and of or the water soluble vitamins vitamin but watch the pot carefully fo to the carrots scorch easily due ti t t their high sugar content SI Simply Sin Sim n ply served with melted butter butte and perhaps garnished wit wi chopped parsley the natural appealing flavor of carrots v I still Intact 1 |