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Show ?' : v . ' half. Place, cut side down, in melted butter. Sprinkle with lemon juice, then brown sugar and rum. Cook on high-fo30' seconds. Turn dish. Cook another. 30 to 45 seconds. Serve warm over vanilla or butter-peca- n ice cream.. Makes four servings.. Review Correspondent What faster and easier way to cook a springtime fruit dessert than in a microwave? These recipes take so little effort that youll have plenty of time to do your (ugh!) lawn and garden work. Fresh Strawberry Pie 1 C sugar Bain or Shine r , " SHARON NAUTA STEELE Review Columnist back-to-scho- , ol . 1 1 the water over the mixture a tablespoon at a time. Ingredients should form a soft workable ball of dough. Gather dough together. Shape into a ball. Let this stand for 5 minutes before rolling into a shell. Shape ball or dough into a flat circle, being careful to eliminate all cracks at edge of dough. Roll into a circle Vs thick, pie large enough to fit a plate. Flour the rolling pin and roll dough on pin. Unroll dough into pie plate. The edge must be built up above the edge of plate and fluted. Prick dough thoroughly. Bake on medium for 7 to 9 minutes, giving the dish a quarter turn after 3 minutes. Place shelf in upper position. Brown 2'A to 3 minutes. Makes one pie crust. set-asi- de ; - ch ch 4 Microwave Pie Crust lVi - , t ! C cornstarch C water T lemon juice or Grand Marnier liqueur 1 T red gelatin pastry for pie crust Wash berries; set aside cup of the less than perfect berries. Let remaining berries dry on pa- per towel. Blend sugar and com- starch. Puree in blender the cup berries. Add the sug- -' ; of mixture and water ' to the berry puree and blend toglass gether. Pour into a measure. Cook in microwave on high for 4 to 5 minutes or until clear. ' Stir once. Add lemon juice or and gelatin to enhance color. Cool to lukewarm. Brush I the baked pie crust with some of ; the glaze. Add the rest of the re-- ; ;maining berries into the glaze 'and pour into crust. Chill.. Makes one pie. - : . A . A Mothers Love ',)' Is in the Dress (21-oz- . C flour 3A tsp. salt A C shortening 3 to 4 T cold water Mix flour and salt together. Using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until mixture re- sembles coarse meal. Sprinkle . v , back to the fitting rooms to try on what seemed like every dress ' . in the store. When I was a child, my moth! Cherry Cobbler the found we last When at er could sew as fine a seam as .) can. prepared cherry any mom on the block. Every dress, no words could describe how special I felt in the cloudpie filling Christmas, Easter and C flour V .; like affair of taffeta and organza I season for as long as 2 T sugar could remember, she had pains- that billowed out beneath a pale tsp. baking powder takingly transformed lengths of blue satin cumberbund. r 'A ! dotted Swiss, cotton broadcloth, . The sales lady put our purtsp. salt 3 T butter softened or gingham checks into frilly chase in a clear plastic zipper ' '2 T milk j dresses just my size. bag and Mother let me carry it il egg slightly beaten to the car. I held my breath all winOnce she even made my .Pour .pie filling into 8 'A inch ter coat It was a kind of nubby the way. Can we really afford it? I shallow, . round baking dish. blue and tan tweed with a velveCombine flour with sugar, bakask only when the expendared teen hood. For untold hours ing powder and salt. Cut in butMom had stitched through the sive gown was safely hanging on ter until mixture resembles thick layers of fabric and lining a hook above one back window. coarse Crumbs.' Mix milk with with an ancient black Singer that Mom turned her lace. The pale egg. Add to dry mixture, stirring had become a permanent fixture brown flecks in her deep set just to moisten. Spoon topping in our living room. n seemed to grow eyes over fruit in 5 mounds. Cook on Mom often sewed, while we a little j brighter. medium for 6 minutes, turning kids played or Your brought grandmother baking dish several times. Brown jacks on the hardwood floor. for 4 to 5 minutes. Makes 5 But even after the five of us had me to Salt Lake when I graduat-eservings. been tucked snugly in our beds, All the way from where ;you Mother would return to the maBaked Apples asked, chine, bending her head over the lived in Spanish, Fork? 4 medium cooking apples' rhythmically pumping needle wondering why Mom.'had' 4 T brown sugar L while gently guiding pinned and changed the subject. 2 T butter feed seams basted over the dogs. On the train.1. She smiled Jand Dash cinnamon or nutmeg I never minded the homemade Your grandma Core apples. Cut a strip of clothes. Mama always looked for patted for an awsaved money her,egg peel from the top of each. Place lace remnants and novelty buttime.' Vi.:., L fully long found cake tons to make them special for apples in . '. ; dish. Press 1 tablespoon brown me. I thought about that. Back sugar into each hole. Add A teaBut the week before I graduathome in lhe family picture aled from, junior high school, irty bum was' a portrait of Mama as spoon butter and a dash of cinnamon or nutmeg to' each. Cook mother unplugged the sewing .'a teenager-- so beautiful in a casapples on low for 5 minutes, machine, put away her spools cade of costly pink lace. turn dish. Cook on medium for and scissors and drove me to Mom started the car. I lay my 5 minutes. Place apples in servSalt Lake. head back against the seat and ing dish. For an entire day we searched listened to the steady thrumming through the teen departments of of the tires. From the corner of stores with names like The Paris, I could see Mother-st- ill my eye Auerbachs and ZCMI, for the pretty in the same turquoise suit perfect graduation dress. she always wore to church. from packaged mixes, try substiAt noon we paused for lunch fresh for lemon the in Your mother must have the basement of ZCMI. Egg tuting juice salad sandwiches and buttermilk loved you very very much, I fivinegar. never tasted better. Then it was nally whispered to my mom. 1 3A : 6A Page Sowf7 Edition APRIL ADAMS pints fresh strawberries I Lakeside Review Wednesday, May 9, .1984 Use Microwave for Fruit Desserts 5 t t ' .V , Living , ch i Peach Melba 1 xh package frozen raspberries C currant jelly 2 T cornstarch 2 T water 6 canned or fresh peach halves vanilla ice cream Place the raspberries in a Vi quart glass bowl. Thaw on medi- um for 3 minutes. Mash berries with a spoon. Sieve to separate the seeds. Add the jelly and bring just to a boil. Add the cornstarch mixed with water and cook on high until clear and mixture thickens, stirring often with wire whisk. Chill. Place a peach half, cut side up, in an individual dessert dish. Top each with a scoop of ice cream and pour the cooled sauce over the 1 top. Makes 6 servings. gray-gree- - t pick-up-stic- ks d. , - f Bananas Foster 2 T butter or margarine 2 firm bananas my-hand- tsp. lemon juice C brown sugar, firmly packed 'A tsp. rum flavoring or T rum In round baking dish, melt butter or margarine on high for 30 seconds. Cut bananas lengthwise, then crosswise in 1 - ' 'A 1 ch ch , 1 Lemons Can Spark Up Vegetable Flavor ARLENE HAMBLIN , Review . ' ' Correspondent A lemon may be a small, sour, pale yellow citrus fruit but todays health conscious, calorie counting, cost conscious cooks, it is much more. The lemon does more for and with vegetables than anything in the kitchen, with the possible exception of salt. With the latest advice being watch your salt intake" the following ideas seem pertinent. For years good cooks have used lemon juice to prevent certain fruits from turning brown when serving fresh. Lemon juice used in the cooking water of vegetables will do the same. Potatoes, cauliflower, turnips etc. will not take on that grayish look. Fresh lemon adds a fabulous aroma to any cooked vegetable dish and wedges of lemon make a spectacular garnish. Youve missed out on one of the worlds greatest taste treats if, youve never poured lemon butter over vegetables. Melt 'A cup of butter or- margarine, add the juice and grated peel .from 'A a lemon for a real pleaser. The lemon butter is especially good on asparagus with a little bit of chopped chives or parsley. Or to show its versitility, season the lemon butter with a bit of nutmeg for spinach. A little marjoram in the lemon butter and you have a tasty topping for - broccoli. Another simple to make and even simpler to use topping is the lemon butter pat. Cream a 'A pound of butter, add 1 teaspoon of grated lemon peel and 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice. Shape into a cube and refrigerate to harden. Slice and use as needed. Great on carrots, peas, and dozens of other dishes. Youll soon find your own favorite uses. When making salad dressings La Leche to; Meet May 10 The La Leche League will meet Thursday, May 10, at the home of Margie Moss, 1872 S. 800 W., Woods Cross, at 7 p.m. Meetings are held monthly on the second Thursday of each month. Topic will be AdvanAll tages of Breastfeeding. women who are interested in nursing their babies are invited. For information about the meeting or for questions about breast feeding call Araina Thors-ne1 or Kay Gerber ss 292-345- 292-645- 2. because we care, the people at And Lakeview extend a personal invitation to you and your family to celebrate National Hospital Week at our Annual Open House on May 12th from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. a v 4 Educational and informational displays will be featured in the hospitals main lobby. Come join us, see our exhibits, have your blood pressure taken and get free balloons for the children! Lakeview Hospital 630 East Medical Drive, Bountiful, Utah Telephone 292-623- An alMiate ) o' MCA 1 Howiai Co'poial'on ol Ament j I |