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Show TRY THIS MOUTHWATERING CENTERPIECE r -a , s- - & 5 - ' vim, ' ' r ' "V.V' y?,: : v ;; JrH . jtf For children, much of the fun of any holiday is the anticipation. The fun of getting get-ting ready lives in their memory mem-ory far longer than any of the well-chosen presents. It may be more work for mother, but work that is ever so rewarding. reward-ing. Let the children help decorate dec-orate the house, trim the tree, and putter in the kitchen. A real fun project is a decoration that is good to eat. Who cares if in stringing popcorn or making popcorn balls, more popcorn is eaten than not? Lollipop Pond Here's an enchanting idea for the centerpiece at a child's party or just a fun thing to make on a cold winter's day. Turn a large cardboard carton car-ton on its side with the opening open-ing at the front, stage fashion. Cover the outside parts of box, if unattractive, with white paper. Cover inside back and sides with sky-blue paper. Cover the bottom of the scene with cotton batting or white tissue paper, than cover with wax paper or plastic wrap. Place a lollipop pond (recipe given) at one side of the scene. Behind the pond, place an artificial tree or tree shaped from candied popcorn mixture mix-ture (recipe given). In one corner of the scene build up a popcorn ball hill. Fill in a-round a-round the scene with individual individ-ual pieces of popcorn. Break small pieces of lollipop candy into icy bits and scatter it a-round a-round the edges of the pond. String pieces of popcorn and hang from the carton above the scene. Complete the scene with a small doll dressed in winter togs. How To Pop Corn 14 cup corn oil 12 cup popcorn Heat corn oil in a large (4-quart) (4-quart) heavy skillet or kettle over medium heat about three minutes. Add popcorn. Cover, leaving small air space at edge of cover. Snake frequently over medium heat until popping pop-ping stops. Turn popcorn into a large bowl ; pick out any un-popped un-popped kernels. Makes 2 quarts popped corn. Do not double recipe. Candied Popcorn 12 cup Karo light cornsyrup 12 cup sugar 12 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional) Few drops vegetable coloring (optional) 2 quarts popped corn Mix together in a heavy saucepan corn syrup, sugar and salt and bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla and food coloring, if desired. Pour over popcorn in large bowl and stir until corn is evenly coated with mixture. Spread margarine on hands and press popcorn into balls. Lollipop Mixture 2 cups sugar 23 cup Karo light cornsyrup 1 cup water 12 teaspoon vegetable coloring (optional) 1 12 teaspoons extract type flavoring In a straight-sided 2-quart saucepan, stir together sugar, syrup and water. Cook ove. medium heat, stirring, unti' sugar is completely dissolved. Boil, without stirring, until temperature reaches 290 degrees de-grees F. on a candy thermometer, ther-mometer, or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into threads which are hard and brittle (hard crack stage). Remove from heat and cool a few moments. Add flavoring and coloring, if desired, and stir just enough to mix. For Lollipop Pond: Omit vegetable coloring and use essence of peppermint for flavoring. fla-voring. Pour about 12 cup of candy into center of ungreas-ed ungreas-ed foil, letting candy spread into a free form pond shape. Let harden. For pond, leave candy on foil, but cut off foil from around the edges. Remove other piece of candy from foil and break into icy pieces to arrange around edge of pond. For Lollipops: Place wooden wood-en skewers or pop sticks 4 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Pour mixture from tip of spoon over skewers to form 2 12 inch discs. For Hanging Ornaments: Pour enough candy mixture mix-ture into greased small gelatin molds to cover bottoms. Make holes with a food pick before mixture is set. When cool and ard, remove from molds and ;ng with cord or ribbon. |
