Show I I tr i f 7 S 'S if rl iw j fA ki I fA V I K It W SP 11 Af 0 i wp r i 4 d r 47 L I Varying Basic Recipes Assures Interesting Meals See Se J recipes below be Basic Recipes IS THERE any simple way to learn how to be a good cook asks a young woman now starting out outto outto outto to keep house Older homemakers have asked me the same question just as often so the problem seems to be a common one The answer is simply yes The method Is to learn certain basic food prep preparations then to vary vary these and you certainly will have havea I a good storehouse from which to select for tor meals of all kinds for kinds for family and for guests The idea is to learn the basic basie recipes so well that it becomes as much a part of you as any simpie simple sim sIm- 0 J pIe habit You'll memorize the ingredients ingredients ingredients in in- if you repeat the recipe I often octen n nis e enough n 0 ugh and the method is even easier to learn Then its it's no trick at all to tomake tomake tomake make an an infinite variety of ot variations variations variations varia varia- of the basic recipe Once you have learned a recipe in this way you'll always remember it no matter how rushed you are ore or in whose kitchen you are making it You will have arrived at perfection perfection tion once you polish the technique of ot making it and that is true satis satis- faction Perhaps youve you've heard that Mrs Jones is the muffin maker of ot the community especially because of ot other her orange muffins You can become become become be be- come famous for any anyone one of several of ot your recipes just by learning to follow basic recipes and trying out their vari variations S e S SHERE e S HERE ARE SEVERAL good basic recipes with their appropriate variations variations variations varia varia- which can form torm a good backbone backbone backbone back back- bone to your collection Plain Muffins Makes about 14 2 cups sifted flour 3 teaspoons baking powder Vi teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons h granulated sugar 1 egg well beaten 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons melted shortening or salad oil Sift SUt t tog together 0 g e t he r dry ingredients Combine all remaining Ingredients Add all at once to flour mixture stirring not beating quickly and vigorously until just mixed but still lumpy in appearance so that muffins muffins fins will vill have good texture Fill greased or oiled muffin pans one- one hall half full and bake in a hot degree oven about 25 minutes WHOLE W SV WHEAT H E EAT A T MUFFINS Use above recipe reducing flour to quarter one-quarter cup adding one cup whole wheat flour Increase Increase Increase In In- crease sugar to four tablespoons and use four teaspoons baking powder Bake in a moderate degree oven for 35 minutes s. s NUT MUFFINS Use plain muffin muffin muffin fin recipe adding one cup finely chopped nuts to other ingredients ORANGE MUFFINS Use plain muffins increasing sugar to four tablespoons reducing milk to three- three quarter cup and adding quarter one-quarter cup orange juice and quarter one cup grated orange rind CHEESE MUFFINS Add one cup grated American cheese lightly packed to dry Ingredients BLUEBERRY MUFFINS Mix three quarter cup Jp of fresh blue- blue LYNN CHAMBERS' CHAMBERS MENU Baked Tomato Macaroni Tossed Greens with French Dressing Whole Wheat Muffins Jam Orange Charlotte with Chocol Chocolate Sauce Beverage Nut Icebox Cookies Recipe Given berries or thawed frozen blueberries blueberries blueberries blue blue- berries in plain muffin batter S S S SA A SIMPLE DISH like mac macaroni and cheese has sever several 11 good variations variations variations varia varia- that you can use frequently Here again when you learn how to tomake tomake tomake make the dish to perfection you youcan youcan youcan can be certain to enjoy the food tood no matter what variation you use Macaroni and Cheese Serves 6 1 ounce 8 package macaroni 3 tablespoons butter cup flour floury y 7 teaspoon salt Ji teaspoon pepper 2 cups milk 1 14 cups grated American cheese Cook macaroni In boiling bolling salted W water until tender Melt butter in top of double boiler boUer blend in flour and seasonings seasonings season season- ings lags then add milk and cook until thick Add g grated rat e d cheese and stir until melted Combine sauce and macaroni macaroni macaroni maca maca- roni and turn into a greased cas cas- serole Bake in a moderately hot bot oven until g gold golden o 1 d e abrown n a brown about 20 minutes HAM AND MACARONI Take third one package macaroni place In casserole to top with thin slices of leftover him ham sprinkle with a little dry mustard dot with butter and pour some of ot sauce on top of ot that Repeat with layer o of cheese ham hamand hamand hamand and sauce twice Bake as above MACARONI WITH MEAT Use basic recipe with one cup slivered tongue chicken or corned beef beet in layers BAKED TOMATO MACARONI Arrange three skinned thinly sliced tomatoes in layers with macaroni and cheese sauce in casserole MACARONI WITH C CHI CHIPPED H I P P E D BEEF Shred quarter one pound of dried beef and cover with hot water let stand 10 minutes Arrange beef bee on macaroni layers Use cheese sauce on top Scrambled Eggs Serves 4 2 tablespoons fat 6 eggs H teaspoon salt Pepper Vi H 4 cup rich milk or cream Melt butter In skillet beat eggs and add r rem remaining e m a I 1 n I f n g Ingredients Cook slowly stirring gently until mixture sets Serve with ham sausages or bacon WITH CHEESE Make scrambled eggs adding one half cup of grated cheese with two teaspoons minced onion onlo t before cooking WITH MEAT Use recipe for scrambled eggs adding one half cup of diced ham or tongue shredded dried beef or chicken before cook cook- ing lag Released by Features Feature |