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Show T T "T Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, November 21, 1984 4B Vegetables Must Go Eliminate Pesky Leftovers By Cutting Down on Meal turing Lime Gizzard Medley. My solution to this annual criThe young wife preparing her sis is careful advanced planning. first Thanksgiving meal may be The only way to avoid leftovers overwhelmed by the logistics of is to reduce the amount of the getting all that food ready to be original. I admit I stole this from the served at the same time. However, any seasoned veteran trickle-dow- n theory of supply-sid- e of holiday meals knows that the economics. In order to asreal problem comes after the dinsure that your guests will conner in the form of leftovers. sume most, if not all of the After youve served all your dinner, you must eliminate the greatest culinary masterpieces on unnecessary extras. Rule 1: Never serve hors doThanksgiving Day, and run them through again the next night, on eurves. The whole raison detre of the what is sneeringly referred to at our house as Son of Thanksgivhors doeurves is to whet the aping, what do you do with 7 12 petite, but any fool knows that its empty stomachs that do a pounds of turkey and all its accook proud. companying goodies? One determined friend Besides, left over hors doeurves launched a series of turkey a are there for the duration: not la's and continued until she had even the most ravenous of teenemptied every bowl and platter in agers will touch them. her refrigerator. It was, rumor has Rule 2: Regardless of how it, the Turkey a. la Olives Sumany guests youre having, open preme that caused the divorce. only one 2 can of vegetables. Another friend, a local jello You can gussy this up, if you freak who can turn anything into choose, but do not increase its a set salad, was forever banned volume. Contrary to current hype from the bridge group after her touting vegetables as the only post holiday bridge luncheon fea thing you can eat without getting JACQUE OTTESON Review Correspondent cancer, vegetables are not good for you. ; Nothing that tastes like that could be good for you. Though ' theyll never admit it aloud, your guests will be secretly glad, in their heart of hearts, that theres only one teeny bowl of vegetables. Rule 3: Eliminate entirely all relishes. The dressing contains sufficient celery to supply adequate rough-agAs stated in Rule 2, no one really likes vegetables, and there is never enough room left on any plate by the time the relish tray is passed around, thus creating awkward moments galore. I once ate an entire Thanksgiving dinner with one hand, all the while clutching a carrot curl and two radish rosettes in the other. Among the relishes, celery presents the. greatest problem as a leftover: theres no possible way to revive soggy celery if its stuffed, and unstuffed celery on the Thanksgiving table looks like you werent really giving it your all. Fortunately, my family is very suspicious of celery stuffed e. . d cures, These are the inevitareduce to guaranteed Actually, theyre suspicious of k supply ble complaints and threats that celery, period. I told them it ing you with a follow a solid week of leftovers. causes cancer. of the reject. Another plus you probably Marie Antoinette had this in Rule 4: Bake only one kind of wont she Let them when mind said, gain 13 pounds between pie. the 22nd and the 29th. ut not both. Sure as the world, if you offer a eat cake, or choice, all but one of your guests will select the same variety, leav- with anything. two-wee- , - pie-b- Brighten Up House For Holidays With Simple Decorating Make Edible Tree Of Sweet Breads How do you make an edible Christmas tree? Why, out of sweet breads, of course! The following recipe will produce a tasty tree to get your family in the holiday mood. It was submitted to the Utah State University Extension office in Farmington, by Shirley Pewtress of Kaysville, and demonstrated at a recent extension service holiday open house. To make the basic sweet bread for the tree, use this reci- a star out of cookie cutter or free hand, cut out center. Form trimmings into a ball, and roll into a triangle V inch thick. Using a sharp knife and ruler, trim to make a triangle 15 inches tall and 13 inches wide at base. Cut out base for tree at the same time. Place on lightly greased baking sheet, dough will shrink so form on pan with your fingers to desired shape. Fold top 2 inches of triangle under. Put desired filling on triangle and base, leaving one inch around all edges, before putting on rounds. Arrange six dough rounds, overlapping slightly, across the base of tree. Use five rounds to make a second row. Make a third row of five rounds, a fourth of four rounds, a fifth row of three rounds and a top row of two rounds. Place star on top. Roll and cut leftover dough to cover tree base. Cover and let rise slowly at room temperature until almost double in bulk (about 45 minutes to an hour). Brush on egg white glaze. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. When baked, frost with sugar glaze. Decorate doughnut centers with colored cherries, alternating red and green cherries on each dough round. Pecan Cream Filling Cream together Vi stick margarine pr butter, 1 C powdered sugar, and one T. flour. pe: 1 Vi - 8 5 1 - 1 . 2 3 7 Vi pkg. dry yeast C lukewarm water T. sugar T. shortening tsp. salt tsp. mace C scalded milk eggs C flour tsp. lemon juice tsp. vanilla Mix yeast in 1 Vi C lukewarm water. Add sugar, shortening, salt and mace in bowl. Mix well. Pour in hot milk. When lukewarm, add well-beate- n eggs and yeast, add 4 C flour and beat well. Add lemon juice and vanilla and 3 C flour and ; ; knead. Keep dough soft but not sticky. Place dough in greased bowl and let rise until double in bulk. ' To make the Christmas tree, follow these directions. Roll the dough to make a square. Using a dough- nut cutter, cut 25 rounds. Cut 15-in- ch time-teste- Cut out gingerbread boys from APRIL ADAMS Review Staff To brighten up a household and help prepare for holiday festivities, here are some decorating tips from the Utah State Universitys extension office in Farmington. The bold colors of fresh citrus fruits can be used to make colorful holiday centerpieces. Fill any attractive basket with an assortment of navel oranges, lemons, tangerines and grapefruit. Tuck in some Christmas greenery and add a few green, ballon a colTie ornaments. shaped orful ribbon. The same idea can be used with other fruits as the main focal point. One holiday theme can be used to decorate throughout a house. For a gingerbread man theme, string metal gingerbread cookie cutters on a long red ribbon. Secure them across living room curtain, rods for a decorative touch. wire-stemme- d, EDIBLE brown fabric, and add red ribbon for details for eyes, nose and mouth. The ribbon can also be used for pants and sleeve cuffs, if r. desired. Hang them on the Christmas trees can also be decorated this way. Make a gingerbread bulletin board, by securing fabric over a bulletin board, and adding more homemade fabric gingerbread men to the comers. This theme can be used to add a festive air to one room or many rooms in a house. cinam-mo- n g Purchase six an from arts and. sticks crafts store. Glue the ends of three sticks together to form a triangle. Make another triangle. Form a star with the two triangles by tying them together when the two meet. The star can be hung from a doorframe, wall or ceiling. regri-gerato- foot-lon- Christmas tree is made of sweet breads. Beat in one egg yolk. Add finely chopped pecans. Apple Raisin Filling V C. one C raisins, ground, one C brown sugar, tsp. cinnamon, Vi tsp. salt. Sugar Glaze Vi - until smooth. Brush over surface of nilla Boil together for one minute: two C apples, finely chopped, tsp. melted butter or margarine, 4 C powdered ar, 3 tsp. milk, few drops va- lVi- extract, beat hot baked breads. Egg White Glaze: Mis one egg white and two T. water. Stir with fork. Brush over top of all rolls just after shaping. ; Blffllll DOESNT MY...YD1I DO! Christmas Fabric Wreath Simple Project Even people who claim to be all thumbs should try making this fabric Christmas wreath. It is reasonably simple and materials are easy to find. : Fabric Christmas Wreath -yard, 45 wide cotton ribbon of green of 2Vi wide white lace Red ribbon for bow Flat backed, 12 diameter, styrofoam ring 'Cut cotton material into 2 strips, 1'2 wide and 45 long. Stitch ends together to make one strip 12 wide and 90 long. Plac- ing wrong sides together, fold strip in half so it is 6 wide. Place lace on raw edge of lace bn mate- -' rial and stitch down both sides of ribbon. Measure the width of the styrofoam ring to determine width of fabric casing. Measure in one inch from fold. Draw line across fabric with chalk. Stitch on line across length of fabric. Mea-- . suring down from first line, draw another line that equals the width of the wreath. Stitch across second line to form casing. (See drawing based on 7 wide styrofoam ring) Slash styrofoam all the way through on open end. Slip . 90 90 -- casing over wreath. Attach slashed ends of styrofoam together with tape. Push fabric over taped end. Make red bow and pin or glue to wreath. Instead of bow, can use holly berries, flowers, wheat, etc. STYROFOAM BASE These people and 3 million others have something to celebrate. They beat cancer. a' We are winning. . : Please support the FABRIC STRIP AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY t t |