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Show SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1951 Pae THE JOURNAL HOUSEHOLD MEMOS STAR DUST Jackie Kelk, 'Homer' to Fans, Getting Quality from your Quantity Cooking Requires Proper Recipes and Right Planning ITS By CHURCH SUrPER MENU Ham Loaf Green Beans Scalloped Apple-Cranberr- y a group of people: Meat Loaf or Ham Loaf Boiled Potatoes or Scalloped Potatoes Green Beans or Harvard Beets Rolls or Bread Butter Salad or Cabbage-CarrSalad Tea Recipes Given firm. Serve with lettuce and mayonnaise, mixed with whipped cream. Shoofly Pie (Serves 25) 3 flour cups sifted 2 brown cups light sugar A teaspoon nutmeg A teaspoon ginger A teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt A cup shortening 4 egg yolks, well beaten 1 A cups light molasses 2 tablespoons baking soda dissolved In 2 cups boiling all-purpo- se Shoofly pie tops off the large quantity supper nicely because of the failure-proo- f recipe. In place of large pie tins, the flinch size may be used, allowing four to serve 25 people. The pie slices easily thus simplifying large quantity serving. 3 VA 6 Meat Loaf (Serves 25) pounds ground beef or veal pounds ground pork cups (VA quarts) bread crumbs eggs, beaten cups milk A cup finely chopped onion teaspoon dry mustard teaspoon sage 2 tablespoons salt A teaspoon pepper 3 4A Mix all ingredients ry ot Cabbage-Carr- 4 Salad ot (Serves 25) pounds finely shredded cabbage 2 1 1 pounds carrots, grated pound celery, diced quart boiled salad dressing Blend all ingredients together and serve with lettuce. Apple-Cranberr- Salad y (Serves 25) cups cranberries cups water cups sugar tablespoons gelatin tablespoons cold water 1 A cups diced apples 114 cups diced celery Pick over and wash cranberries. Cook gently with water until skins burst. Put through sieve and add sugar; let stand 5 minutes. Soften gelatin in cold water, then blend into hot cranberry mixture. Let cool to thicken, fold in apples and celery. Pour into mold or pan. Chill until 5 2 'A 2A 2A 5 crowd because its easy to prepare, pleasing to a large number of people and slices readily for easy serving. Either loaf can tins, thus be baked in home-size- d eliminating the necessity of getting special equipment. Coffee Milk together and in three greased 4"x8w loaf pack in a moderate Vk Bake hours pans. oven (350F.). Shoofly Pie Scalloped Potatoes Coffee (Serves 25) 6 pounds potatoes, peeled, EITHER MEAT OR HAM loaf is thinly sliced economical for a big supper, and 1 tablespoon salt its easy to serve: A teaspoon pepper Ham Loaf A cup flour (Serves 25) cup butter or substitute 1 S smoked ham quart milk pounds ground, fresh VA pounds ground pork Place layer of potatoes in greas2 eggs, beaten ed baking pan and sprinkle with VA quarts dry crumbs salt, pepper and flour mixed toVA quarts milk gether. Dot with butter. Repeat unA cup mustard til all potatoes are used. Pour over heated milk to cover. Bake in a moderate (350F.) oven until potato 2 toes are tender, about 1 hours. If you plan to have boiled potatoes, youll have to use 8 to 10 pounds. Green beans may be canned for easy preparation. A No. 10 can contains 3 quarts and will serve 25. Use 4 tablespoons sat and 1 cup bacon drippings for seasoning. Or, use 6 pounds fresh green beans or 23A pounds frozen for 25 people. Meat or Ham loaf makes an excellent meat course for a large Potatoes Salad Relishes Shoofly Pie understanding of what foods are likely to go over nice- HERES A GOOD community supper menu which is bound to please Butter Rolls as an Apple-Cranber- Is Becoming A New Personality ABOUT that time of year when dubs and groups are getting organized enough to plan a large dinner or luncheon to feed most of the group. To run these affairs smoothly requires advance planning as well ly with a crowd. These recipes are planned to give first aid for the homemaker who suddenly faces the task of feeding 25 to 50 people in her group. The recipes given will serve 25, and they are easily doubled to serve 50. Plan the work far enough in advance to avoid lack of supplies and disappointment when the work actually gets under way. All groceries should be ordered in advance and checked the day before the event in case something is missing and the menu has to be changed. If you have help, assign one or more of the foods to be prepared to individuals. Consider who can best do each type of work, and let this be your guide in assignments. Check equipment and dishes to be used so that you have made ample preparations for the actual work. One woman who is capable can direct the preparation and serving. 7 INEZ GERHARD KELK has so long been with his role on radios The Aldrich Family that mail addressed to Homer, New York reaches him. Now both star and producer of televisions Young Mr. Bobbin, the new character is taking over; cops near the NBC building are hailing him as Bobbin. He is a comedian with no desire to be anything else; he began learning his trade when he was a child stooge for Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen and others. But in real life he sheds the naive teen ager role that has brought success; he is actually an astute business man, with many profitable business investments. JACKIE SHOPPER'S CORNER By ch BARCLAY COTTON TO COTTON cotton to cotton? Do you cotton, like the last rose of summer, is a thing of the happy past? Cheer, lady, cheer, for now you can do yourself a favor, give yourself a break and dress your you DOthink self and your family in cotton all year round. Its right there for you your store Is filling up with fall and winter-weig- ht cottons. And now's the time to buy or for your em, either ready-made home-madown clothes, for yourself, your children, yea even for that man in your life. Military needs at present are ape, water 4 DOROTHY pie shells, unbaked Sift together first seven Ingredi- ents. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles commeal. Combine egg yolks, molasses and soda in water. In pie shells, alternate flour mixture and liquid having the flour mixture as a base and topping. Bake in a hot (450F.) oven for 10 minutes. Ronald and Benita Colman Reduce temperature to moderate Ronald and Benita Colman re(350eF.) and bake 15 minutes until turned from vacationing in Italy pie is set. with plans for The Halls of Ivy; he so enjoyed writing that one script LYNN SAYS: for it last year that he has done Here are Hints some writing for the NBC show. For Quantity Cookery They also mulled over the idea of If youre planning rolls for a appearing in the stage version which crowd, three dozen rolls will serve Don Quinn has been preparing. 25 people, allowing some of them Theyre interested in doing a test seconds. For heavy eaters allow television version as a try-ou- t. four dozen which will give you 48 rolls. While most of the country is s, busy building Brick ice cream is an easy desRenfro is rushing Valley, Ky., sert for large crowds. Unpack from an on construction 45 ice before minutes serving dry country store. A replica of the and then slice with a knife dipped towns original general store, it in warm water. will be heated by a stove, lit If youre serving hamburgers, by kerosene lamps, and will shape the meat into a loaf after house the U. S. Post Office cabinch thick mixing. Then slice into inet, almost 100 years old. High-toppe-d 6 Allow before cooking. boots pieces shoes, copper-toe- d 25 of beef for and bustles will be displayed. people. ground pounds In serving hot breads, cut the Gene Autry is all set to make a crust with a pair of scissors, then cut the rest of the way with a knife. picture In Japan, probably early The scissors are good for cutting next year. The Japanese adore westtea rings and other fancy breads. erns, and Gene's comic books, suits and shirts have a terrific sale there. When serving whipped cream with So prepare for his appearance in a big crowd for supper, do not whip Cowboy in Tokyo. it too much in advance as it becomes watery. When main course Dick Powell, after nearly two deis being finished is a good time to cades as an actor, is switching to start whipping. Paramount has given him directing; Keep hot rolls and bread from his first assignment, a comedy, A drying out in the oven by covering Likely Story, starring William them with a slightly damp towel. who will be seen as a smallHolden, town in For tossed salads, made doctor. quantity, wash and prepare vegetables ahead of time, then cover with a Betty Hutton is all excited about damp cloth or place in a plastic her new voice; that recent throat bag until just before time to serve. operation gave her four higher notes Toss and add dressing. than she had before, as well as four Biscuits and pie crusts may be lower ones. She even says that prepared in advance; if you make Marriage is out for the time beeither mix and refrigerate it. Then ing, and work is everything. only the liquid needs to be mixed Hans Conreid, Prof. Kropotkin in, and the shaping done before of CBS Radios My Friend Irma, baking. be seen in the Gloria Swanson When youre buttering a large pan will Three for Bedroom C., of rolls, cut lengthwise half way movie, new film, and Ill down through the entire pan of rolls. Gregory Pecks in See You My Dreams, starring Spread softened butter with a spat- Doris He has also turned Day. ula or brush. This saves time hanphotographer; spends his free time dling each roll. at home, taking pictures of his When youre making pancakes for daughter. Trilby. Not that a large crowd, use cream in place he has much free time! of milk in the batter. This saves Gene Nelson has a home assignputting in melted shortening, as well as a pan for melting it. ment for his free time, too. The Painting the To flour foods like chicken before dancing star of Clouds with Sunshine wants his browning, use seasoned flour in a Alan son, Cristopher, large paper bag. To 2 cups of flour to be a dancer so too, hes 1 giving tea3 add tablespoons salt and the lad lessons whenever he can. spoon pepper. propriating only about 10 per cent of the cotton supply, nothing to the quota during World War II. With possibly increasing demands for the military, cotton for civilian use, of course, will shrink in quantity so buy now while you can. Not only does cotton save you money just compare the price of a wool dress with a corduroy for a test but think of the cleaning expense you save, and the time, when you can launder your fall and winter clothes as easily as those summer things. Broadcloth, velveteen and corduroy are the leading ladies in this fall and winter cotton drama. Dark-colore- d broadcloth, highlighted by pique collar and dress makes an cuff-treatme- ever-serviceab- le super-market- il) old-fashion- ed -- four-week-o- four-year-o- ld ld tor high school girl, club woman, house wife or career miss. Velveteen, either solid color, or in the new prints, is glamorous and practical in any combination. And corduroy thats what it really means, of the king. Used for years for casual and sports wear, this rich material lends itself ideally to tailored dresses, suits, jackets, and jumpers, wrorn with crisp cotton blouses. (eleaed b j WNU Features.) |