OCR Text |
Show The Dragerton Tribune, Dragerton, Utah DECEMBER 26, 1950 Page 11 HOUSEHOLD MEMOS Right Kind of Food Is Important for Informal Open House Type Party to Welcome New Year By Ertta Haley There are several effective ways to stiffen crocheted doilies and baskets. All involve dipping in something. One mixture calls for a tablespoonful of flour, ! WHETHER YOU PLAN to await Year orto hold open louse on the first day of the year, an informal type party is best. Either occasion will last for sev-- : eral hours, and youll want to have the kind of food that can be set ou the table nfor eating and when convenient, f Cold succulent slices of turkey, foast beef o ham are ideal for the main platter. Serve with this tossed ftr molded salad, assorted'relishes, bread and rolls. The dessert can take the form of t festive creamy orpunch to be erved in low mugs punch cups With stick cinnamon stirrers, sugar Rookies, candies and assorted, salted puts. Make your preparations in advance since nothing needs cooking Just before serving. Youll appreciate the last minute ease of a party meal thus managed. 1 ' Red Cabbage Salad (Serves 8) 8 caps shredded red cabbage 1 cup diced celery S tablespoons oil 4 tablespoons minced parsley Ya cap minced watercress 3 tablespoons tomato juice 2 tablespoons minced onion Y, teaspoon salt Ya teaspoon pepper Cover cabbage with water for 1 hour. Drain and add celery. Mix oil, parsley, watercress," tomato juice, minced onion, salt, and pepper together thoroughly and pour over cabbage and celery. Mix well, chill and serve. "Frozen Pineapple Salad (Serves 8) 2 caps diced pineapple 24 24 cherries, quartered marshmallows, cut into sixths 8 tablespoons confectioners sugar LYNN CHAMBERS MENU New Years Buffet Sliced Turkey, Ham or Roast Beef "Red Cabbage Salad Frozen Pineapple Salad Raisin-Bra- n Muffins Celery Olives Pickles Creamy Spiced Milk Punch Assorted Candies Assorted Cookies Recipes Given IM teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt cup sugar or molasses 1 egg 2 tablespoons soft shortening Yi cup seedless raisins Combine bran and milk in mixing bowl. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add to soaked bran with sugar or molasses, egg, shortening and raisins. Stir only until combined. Fill greased muffin pans d modfull. Bake in oven hot (400) about 25 erately minutes. "Creamy Spiced Milk Punch (Serves 10 to 12) 1 quart milk 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg teaspoon salt 1 quart vanilla ice cream Yi pint whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 tablespoons grated orange M Ya pre-heate- rind Pour milk into cold punch bowl; mix in seasonings. Add Vi of the ice cream, stirring until partially melted. Whip cream until stiff and fold in vanilla. Place remaining ice cream, and whipped cream on top of spiced milk. Sprinkle with grated orange rind. Serve in. mugs with stick cinnamon stirrers. Cream Pralines (Makes 20 patties, 2 inches in diameter) 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 2 cup granulated sugar cups pecans (M pound) H cup evaporated milk 6 ounces cream cheese Mix all ingredients thoroughly in H cup salad dressing heavy saucepan. Cook over medium H cup cream, whipped heat to soft ball stage (236), stir2 tablespoons vanilla Combine pineapple, cherries, ring constantly. Cool slightly, then beat until mixmarshmallows, and confectioners ture begins to sugar. Blend thicken. Drop well Thin cream candya rapidly cheese with salad tablefrom Mix dressing. waxed spoon pnto with fruit. Folc paper or a butwhipped cream tered sheet to and vanilla into form patties. If mixture. candy becomes Pour into refrigto drop into at last the too stiff erator tray anc a little hot in freeze at coldes smooth patties, stir fruit temperature jus until cream mixture is firm. Unmold and serve with additional salad dressing or whipped cream Garnish with pineapple wedges and cherries. Muffins "Raisin-Bra- n (Makes 9 medium muffins) 1 cup ready-to-e- at bran cup milk 1 cup sifted flour f bef 1 ' Xv water. 1 Honey Fudge (Makes 1 pounds) square unsweetened chocolate (1 ounce) cups granulated sugar teaspoon salt cup evaporated m&k cup honey teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cupnuts 1 2 H 1 Ya for Therell be plenty of good nibbling about if you have an assortment of easily made candles Including honey fudge, cream pralines and coffee creams on your buffet table. lBuer table-spoonf- ul oLcomstarch, of a cup of salt and a cup of water. Put it on the stove and stir it until it comes to a boil. When its cool enough to handle, dip the basket Easier solutions for the dipare epsom salt (saturated), ping melted paraffin, laundry starch, or a thick sugar syrup. Whichever you use, dip the basket in; then shape it over a' bowl of the appropriate size and let it dry (and two-thir- m-i- An exciting way to greet the New Year consists of serving this creamy, nourishing punch made with milk, ice cream and subtle seasonings of cinnamon, nutmeg and orange rind. Cinnamon sticks make attractive stirrers for the rich punch. ds YELLOW t. stiffen) right on the bowl. Regardless of how young or small your baby is, you can weigh him or her quite accurately on an ordinary bathroom floor scale. Mix coffee, sugar and milk in Climb on the scale with the mite heavy saucepan. Cook slowly, stir- in your arms and make a note of ring constantly, until sugar is dis- the weight that shows up. Then solved. Then cook over medium heat step on the scale empty-handeu soft ball stage (236s), stirring all The net difference between the d. the while. Cool. Add butter and beat until crystalline. Turn --onto a buttered board or marble slab and knead until smooth. Press into a mttered pan and cut into squares., Note: Strong coffee can be made' quickly by - dissolving 1 teaspoon, soluble coffee in cup boiling water. two weighings is, of course, the weight of your bambino. LYNN SAYS: Youngsters who spill food (and can you name one who doesnt?) should have place mats that can be thrown away when theyre soiled. And they can have them if you save empty cardboard cake boxes and cut the mats out of Seasonings are Essential To Glamorizing Foods Rolls for the holidays can be made prettier if you frost them while still warm with confectioners sugar icing and dot with candied fruits. Toasted cheese sandwiches are a favorite that will be more so if you make them with cheese plus a deviled ham spread. Have you tried dusting peeled sliced apples and putting them between thin pork chops as a stuffing? Very good flavor I For your grapefruit salads, make certain the dressing is spicy and tangy. Add some shrimp and rings of green pepper for extra special flavor. Its cold so its nice to light the oven for a batch of fragrant gingerbread. Try some crushed coriander in the batter if you want a really enticing flavor and aroma. If you like hot, spiced juices to serve as a first course during blus tery days, add grapefruit and pineapple to the list Cinnamon sticks, whole nutmeg and whole allspice may be used fcr spicing.. Quick supper can be made from chicken livers sauteed with chop ped onion and green pepper. Add soured cream and heat ever so slowly so the cream wont curdle. Plain geatin plus fruit is a good base for a salad, but its even more flavorful if you use ginger ale in place of water for the gelatin mixture. Try wrapping oysters in bacon and heating them in tomato soup which has been seasoned with green pepper and a dash of tabasco sauce. Serve on a bed of fluffy rice. Canned corned beef seasoned with a speck of horseradish, then shaped and cooked as patties takes to a sauce of chili sauce seasoned with grated onion and a dash of worcestshire sauce. Cottage cheese for dessert? Yes, if you sugar it, thin with a bit of cream and sprinkle with cinnamon. strawberServe with quick-frozeor canned Bing ries, thawed, Melt chocolate over hot . water in the saucepan in which candy is to be cooked. Add sugar, salt and milk, and cook over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add honey. Continue cooking over medi cherries. nm heat to soft ball stage (236), Turkey for the holidays? Use the stirring all the while. Cool. Adc leftovers creamed and placed- - in vanilla; Beat until candy begins to scooped-ou- t hard rolls. Heat in oven nuts and beat until stiffen:-Ad- d and serve as a snack. crystalline. Turn into buttered pan. Mark in squares. Defective Chimneys Defective chimneys rank high as Coffee Creams a cause of farm fires during the (Makes 1 pound) heaing season. H cup strong coffee Ride Over Circumstance 2 cups granulated sugar Some men make difficulties; diffiYt cup evaporated milk culties make some men. 2 tablespoons butter MANY. (1EUE0 - SUSPECT CAUSE OF BACKACHES cork coasters get old, water soaks through them, defeating the purpose of the coaster. Put a stop to the whole thing by coating the botton side of each coaster with colorless nail polish. When tn et older, etreee end (train, At v exertion, excessive moklo( or txpoour U cold sometimes dowt down kidney fan tion. Tbit may lead many fotka to complain of nagging backache, I oca of pep and energy, headacbea and dlaalneaa. Getting op night or frequent passage may reeull from minor bladder Irritation dua to cold, dampneea or dietary Indiscretions. arc duo to thee If your discomfort cause, dont wait, try Doan' Pill, I mild diuretic. Ued aucceufully by million for ever 60 year. While the aymptoma may fun otherwise occur. It' amaxtng bow many time Doana giro happy rail!-- " help tb 16 mile of kidney tube and Clara them. flush To soften n new rope clothes line and to make it last longer, boil it in soap and water for five minutes before using it for the first time. eut wasteGvi I 'flu todayl -- Pills Bonn's For Stuffiness; Coughs of Colds like millions of others how You know wonderfully effective Vicks' V&poRub ts when you rub it oa Now... heres amazing, special relief when there's much coughing or stuffiness, that choked-up- " feeling. Its VapoRub In Steam . . and it brings relief almost Instantly Put I or 2 spoonfuls of VapoRub in a vaporizer or bowl of boiling water Then breathe in the soothing, medicated vapors. Every breath eases coughing spasms, makes breathing easier And to prolong relief rub VapoRub on throat, chest and back. Use it in steam.., Rub it on, tool MICKS. vWapoRub IF YOU SUFFER OVER INSOMNIA LOSS OF APPETITE LACK OF ENERGY HEADACHES UPSET STOMACH BACKACHE INDULGENCE MUCOUS COLITI3 BILLOUSNESS CHRONIC CONSTIPATION URETHRITIS RUN DOWN CONDITION NERVOUSNESS IF AND WHEN EXCESS GASTRIC ACIDITY INTESTINAL STASIS AND CONSTIPATION ARE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS OF SUCH DISORDERS. YOU CAR GET RELIEF YES PLEASANT. EPHEMERAL RELIEF from these aliments can be yours when you take CRAZY WATER CRYSTALS one of nature combination of mineral, principally sodium aulphate and sodium cnio-ridThese wonderful crystal are not manufactured." They are obtained by processing natural Crazy mineral water, just as it comes profrom the Crazy Water Wells, through an open kettle evaporation cess Crazy Water has been in constant use during the past 71 years. n r Eat Dickinson P0PC01H1 1 3ft JfeaWipdW Ahrays Peps e. EVERY PRECIOUS GRAII! Of these wonderful crystal is sold to you under a customer satisfaction, a package money back guarantee. Get one of the from your druggist today in three convenient forms regular crysor concentrated liquid.. tals powder NOW BONE DRY A new method of proces- the natural CRAZY WATER produces that are bone dry yet they dissolve crystals no need to keep under refrigeration quickly at your Drug Store NOW half pound 85c; full pound $1.25, or tend 25c in coins or stamps for a trial size. sing -- I he WATER COMPANY, INC. MtaersI Wells, CKAZV Tex. |