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Show 4 r C WT X nm .n mM: ljMiHMMU,....,y-T- n q i J mi UiinHuaSJm ' !, I m " V y , - v Chicken and Rice Fine Favorite for Easter (See Recipes Below) Easter Essentials ' How differently you will plan your Easter dinner this year! You may have to forget many of the traditional tradi-tional foods and use only what your ration points will allow you or what you can obtain at the grocer's. Many of you in former times had baked ham or leg of lamb, but per- haps this year it a may be chicken, A Jyy or whatever ra-JLJ1 ra-JLJ1 -' tin points will TeVrP aUow- So- Set out "SwZ vour ration points 1 mklIv and put on your iuh. thinking caps, ladies, la-dies, and see what we can have to make this dinner a success. Markets throughout the country rill have different meats available for your selection. A lot will depend upon how well you have saved your points to splurge on this occasion. If you plan chicken, stretch it with rice as we do in this recipe: 'Fricassee of Chicken. (Serves 6 to 8) 4-pound chicken Y cup flour 3 tablespoons chicken fat 2 teaspoons salt Paprika ZYi cups boiling water Freshly boiled rice Clean chicken and cut into serving portions. Dredge with flour and brown in fat. Add seasonings and boiling water to half cover. Simmer, Sim-mer, closely covered, until tender, about Vi to 3 hours. If desired, place in oven to brown slightly after tender, and serve with boiled rice. Some of you will perhaps be "' " ' fortunate enough to obtain lamb. If lV-i l.A.f you cannot obtain fiJ-l a leg of lamb, a yWff shoulder cut will gjsSfe"SyV be nice to serve ii5" with this barbe-' ' cue sauce: Lamb Shoulder, Barbecued. 4 pounds shoulder of lamb 1 medium onion Vi cup chili sauce 1 teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper Dash of cayenne 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup water Mix onion, chili sauce, seasonings with vinegar and water. Pour over lamb which has been wiped with a damp cloth and place in pan with tightly fitting cover. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 3M hours. Orange and Greens Salad. (Serves 8) 4 cups coarsely shredded greens (lettuce, endive, watercress) cup sliced, stuffed green olives cup diced orange sections Yi cup chopped green pepper Vt cup salad oil 4 tablespoons lemon juice Vt teaspoon salt Vi teaspoon celery seed XA teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Combine salad greens with oranges, or-anges, olives, green pepper. Mix salad oil, lemon juice and seasonings. season-ings. Just before serving toss lightly light-ly together, mixing well together. Lynn Says: How to Save Ration Points: 11 your old recipes call for tomato juice, tomato soup and other canned tomatoes, substitute brown gravy. In most cases, it will work quite well. Substitute fresh fruits for canned and dried fruits in desserts des-serts and buy heavily of citrus fruits. Serve them sectioned or sliced. Use seasonal fruits generously, gen-erously, as applesauce and rhubarb. rhu-barb. Store any excess water from cooked vegetables, and have it well covered when stored. Use in soups, gravies and stews. When cookie recipes coll for dried fruits, omit them or use them sparingly. Omit chili sauce, catsup and chow chow from menus. Use them for seasoning foods such as meat when cooking or for sandwiches sand-wiches when necessary. Lynn Chambers' Point-Saving Menus Fresh Grapefruit Juice Fricassee of Chicken With Rice Cauliflower, Fresh Broccoli Platter Garnished With Lemon Wedges Orange and Greens Salad Cornbread Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake Recipes Given Corn Bread. 2 cups yellow corn meal 2 cups sweet milk 4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons bacon drippings or , shortening 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoons salt 1 egg Mix dry ingredients together. Beat egg, add milk and bacon drippings to it, then blend into dry ingredients. ingredi-ents. Pour into a well-greased shallow shal-low pan which has been heated. Bake in a 425-degree oven for SO minutes. An upside-down cake would make a lovely closing to an Easter dinner. What to make it f-.-,-,. with? There are ' J several items, , itV? first of which is WMMWSxM K'Kt rhubarb fresh PsfflS?flffl flfe and strawberry- colored. You could use apples, if you "Sfflllllll like, or fruit cock- ""umj tail which does not take as many points as other canned fruits. Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake. (Serves 8) 4 cups cut rhubarb 1 cup sugar 154 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt Vi cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs - ' teaspoon almond extract teaspoon vanilla extract cup milk Cook rhubarb over low heat until juice begins to run. Add sugar and mix well. Simmer about 10 minutes and pour into a greased cake pan. Sift flour, baking powder and salt to: gether. Cream shortening, add sugar, sug-ar, and beat until fluffy. Add egg yolks and flavorings and beat thoroughly. thor-oughly. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into mixture. Pour over rhubarb and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) 40 to 50 minutes. Loosen cake from sides of pan and turn onto platter. If you desire a simpler dessert, try these: Lemon Sponge Cups. (Serves 6) 2 tablespoons butter cup sugar 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour Vi teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind 3 eggs, separated 1J4 cups milk Cream butter, add sugar, flour, salt lemon juice and rind. Add well-beaten well-beaten egg yolks which have been mixed with milk. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour Into greased custard cups. Set in a pan of hot water and bake at 350 degrees de-grees for 45 minutes. Cool and un-mold. un-mold. Table Decorations If your food is simpler this year, don't feel that your table need lack festivity suitable for the Easter occasion. oc-casion. In many of your gardens daffodils or jonquils and tulips will be out ready and waiting to do their nicest for your Easter dinner. An effective centerpiece can be made from as few as a half dozen daffodils with their own green foliage fo-liage in a shallow bowl. Have table ta-ble accessories harmonize with this color scheme by using a pale yellow or white cloth with napkins. If your taste or your garden runs to tulips, try deep red tulips with white snapdragons. Lynn Chambers wt'lcomes you to submit your household querirs to her problem clinic. Svnd your letters to her at Western Newspaper Union. 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, Illinois. Illi-nois. Don't forget to enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope lor your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |