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Show 'Jr , V V- Dtlighlful mrtngu . . . prttty and gay A crisp meringue shell with a rich, smooth filling is truly a dessert for a gourmet. The shells are made by beating egg whites and sugar until very stiff and glossy . . . then baking at a low tem- perature. I Nancy Haven of Western Beet Sucar Producers. Inc., offers a recipe for "hard" meringue me-ringue with suggestions on ways to shape and bake and fillings to use. Readers may obtain a free recipe folder, containing many other hints for a perfect me- Li .- NANCT HAVEN ringue. Just write to Nancy Haven, Western Beet Sugar Producers, Pro-ducers, Inc., 515 Phillips Petroleum Petro-leum Building. Salt Lake City, Utah. ELEGANT MERINGUE 4 egg whites V teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup granulated beet sugar Add cream of tartar to egg whites, beat just until frothy. Continue to beat while sprinkling beet sugar, a tablespoon at a time, over egg whites. Continue vigorous beating until meringue is vtry stiff and glossy. To mak heavenly pie shell-spread shell-spread beaten meringue over bottom bot-tom and up sides Just to rim of I very wcll-groased 9-inch pan. Make bottom V'4-inch thick and sides 1 inch. Sprinkle rim of meringue me-ringue with coconut or nuts, if desired. Bake in very slow (250 F.) oven 1V4 hours. Cool. Fill with a creamy chocolate filling. " Chill several hours. To mak meringue layers cut four 8-inch circles out of brown wrapping paper; grease well; place on cookie sheet. Spoon beaten meringue onto paper; spread evenly to within M inch of edge. Bake in very slow (250F.) oven ?3 minutes, or until done. Lift off urown paper, cool . on racks. Put meringue layers together with a lemon filling. Refrigerate Re-frigerate overnight. To serve cut into wedges, top with whipped : cream, if desired. To mak dain meringues : drop "petals" ol meringue by j teaspoonfuls onto well-greased : brown paper on cookie sheet. Start with center, then place 7 petals around it. (Or shape into , hearts or shamrocks, according to season.) Keep 2 inches apart. Bake in very slow (250)F. oven about one .hour. Remove at once from brown paper to cooling racks. Makes 12 daisy shells. To serve fill with ice crm and top with sauce or fruit. Pinochle was the game of in-j terest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Orton as their entertained enter-tained their couples club on Frl- day evening. Prizes were won by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morris and Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Halterman. Light refreshments were enjoy. I ed as they visited during the latter part of the evening. Sewing was the highlight of the evening on Tuesday at thej home of Mrs. Eugene Palmer as she entertained club members. Following the evening of visiting visit-ing and working on individual projects, the group enjoyed light refreshments served by the hostess. host-ess. Is was an especially nice 16th birthday for Miss Errolyn Orton as a group of her friends honored hon-ored her at a surprise party on Thursday evening. The young ladies enjoyed a tasty chili supper sup-per after which records were played and the balance of the evening was spent in a social manner. Planning the outstand ing evening, which was staged at the Ivan Orton home, were Bren-da Bren-da Berrett and Carol Burke. |