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Show Peas In A Pod IT'S all wrong this propaganda about peas in a pod being alike. It must be tiresome, if one is a twin, to hear continually, "they're alike as two peas in a pod." Actually Ac-tually twins are probably more alike than any two peas in the pod. For the tact o the matter is that peas in a pod aren't alike. They differ in size and sometimes . in shape. Even the taste may vary, it you are a real connoisseur of taste. Peas As You Like Them But in a can that's different. It would be far more correct to say "alike as two peas in a can." For usually peas are sieved to size before canning, so that you can have tiny peas for your vegetable vege-table souffles, larger peas for your vegetable salads, and whatever kind o peas you prefer in your pea soup. And as for the taste, that too is always the same, providing pro-viding you buy the same grade of peas. Recipes for peas needn't be alike either. There are plenty of delicious ones that are different. For example: Pea Puff with Pineapple: Drain peas from a No. 2 can and press through a sieve. Make a thick white sauce of four tablespoons butter, four tablespoons flour, one cup of milk and the pea pulp. Seasi.n to taste with salt and pepper. pep-per. Add three well-beaten egg yolks and fold in the stiffly-beaten whites of the three eggs. Pour into a buttered baking dish and set in a pan of hot water. Bake in a moderate oven 350 to 375 degrees until it is set and a delicate deli-cate brown color (about twenty-five twenty-five to thirty minutes). While this is baking, cook two tablespoons table-spoons butter and one cup of canned crushed pineapple together until thick and rich. Spread this over the baked puff and serve at once. This serves eight persons. o |