Show r S w J r w wv AV ir r f y r SS j r r yn ar ir r v k I Ii f all r i ii m m mm m y m MA ti AN I I When Company Comes High Degree of Ingenuity o Is Essential to Success z A point low-point roast made with frank frank- frankfurters frankfurters frankfurters and bread stuffing can be benice benice nice enough to serve for company Fried apple rings make a pretty and delicious garnish for this crown roast Have you ever in a moment of social graciousness invited someone to drop in for dinI din din- dinner dinner ner nor and then dis dis- discovered discovered discovered covered that the I ration books cannot can can- cannot cannot not offer much help This hap hap- happens happens T pens to all of us these days but there are ways and means to skirt around this situation Did you know that a roast can be made from a few frankfurters and that it can taste as good and look lookas as luscious as a prewar steak Or if the sugar bowl is bare syrup can sweeten the cake and syrup can make an icing that stands in frothy peaks Dont Don't let strict rationing keep you from being generous about inviting people over Its more necessary now than ever when travel is curbed and we must seek homey enter enter- And remember too there are no curbs on the niceties of serving Good linens shining silverware sparkling glassware and attractive china will dress a table beautifully A bowl of garden-fresh garden flowers or oran oran oran an arrangement of your own or or- orchards orchard's orchards orchard's orchards orchard's chard's fruits can add personality I touches even to simple dinners Now heres here's the first dinner sug sug- suggestion suggestion suggestion I Melon Ball Fruit Cup Frankfurter Crown Roast Fried Apple Rings Broccoli Orange Rolls Lettuce Salad French Dressing Peanut Brittle Sugarless Cake Iced Tea or Coffee This frankfurter roast is a satisfying satis satis- satisfying satisfying but point low-point meat dish that is guaranteed to please your guests The franks are kept moist and juicy by brushing with salad oil and the meat itself is extended by the use of a spicy well well seasoned seasoned bread dressing Frankfurter Crown Roast Serves I G 3 tablespoons salad s lad oil V cup chopped onions 3 cups soft bread crumbs 2 cups diced carrots 1 11 teaspoons salt teaspoon 1 pepper A 1 teaspoon marjoram j cup chopped parsley 2 eggs G frankfurters Heat oil Add onions and simmer until soft Do not brown Combine bread crumbs carrots salt pep pep- pepper pepper V per marjoram and parsley Add the slightly beat beat- beaten en eggs the on on- onions onions onions ions and the oil in which the onions were cooked Mix well welI Turn into the center of an oiled shallow pan and shape into a around around around round loaf about 4 inches in eter Cut frankfurters in half haU the split lengthwise Arrange skin side out around carrot loaf overlapping I them slightly Tie a string around the frankfurter crown and secure with a few toothpicks above and be be- below below low string Brush frankfurters with oil Bake uncovered in a moderate moderate moderate ate degree oven for Cor 30 to 35 minutes Remove from pan using pancake turner or wide spatula and place on a a- ahot a hot platter Garnish with fried apple rings This sugarless cake though made with syrup is light moist and fine- fine textured The important point to keep in mind is to add the syrup to the creamed shortening very grad grad- 1 Pour it from a bottle into a I measuring cup and add a little at ata a time time beating until the mixture is I thoroughly lly blended after each ad ad- addition When syrup is properly I blended in this way a smooth light batter results I Peanut Brittle Sugarless Cake Makes 2 inch 8 layers 2 cups cake flour 21 teaspoons 2 baking powder J i teaspoon salt salta a Vi cup shortening 1 cup light bottled syrup 2 eggs Vz 2 cup milk Vi 11 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup crushed or chopped pea peanut nut brittle Sift the flour Measure and sift again with baking powder and salt Cream shortening Add syrup grad grad- gradually gradually gradually beating after each addition Add well-beaten well eggs and beat until thoroughly blended Add sifted dry ingredients with the milk beat beat- beating beating ing after each addition Add vanilla beat I la and the crushed or chopped pea pea- peanut peanut peanut nut brittle Turn batter into two lightly greased grease l tins Bake in a mod mod- moderately moderately moderately hot degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes Syrup Frosting 14 1 teaspoon salt 2 egg whites 1 cup light bottled syrup teaspoon 1 lemon extract Yi M teaspoon almond extract i 1 cup crushed or ar chopped pea pea- peanut peanut peanut nut brittle Add salt to egg whites and beat with rotary beater until stiff Add syrup gradually beating after afterBach each Bach ch addition Continue beating until mixture stands in peaks Add extracts Put between layers and on top and sides of cake Decorate top of cake with crushed peanut brittle Here is an alternate menu plan for making wartime entertaining easier for you Chilled Tomato Juice Individual Beef Loaves J Creamed Potatoes Green Beans Garnished with Pimiento Molded Cottage Cheese and Cucumber Salad Homemade Wheat Bread Lemon Upside-Down Upside Cake Beverage i e eMlo I I a i I I II I II I I Crushed peanut brittle and syrup provide all the sweetening necessary necessary necessary sary for this lovely glamour cake Sugarless frosting also made with with- without without without out sugar stands in high beautiful peaks and stays soft These individual beef loaves are extended with bread crumbs but none of the precious meat flavor need be sacrificed when a seasoning of rich beef broth is used to high high- highlight highlight highlight light the meaty flavor Individual Beef Loaves Serves G C 1 z 11 pounds ground beef 1 tablespoon beef broth I 2 Z tablespoons chopped onion H teaspoons salt 14 ii 4 teaspoon pepper 1 cups CUIS dry bread crumbs 1 cups milk 1 l egg Lightly mix all ingredients er Avoid over Shape into six individual indi loaves Set aside in baking pan and bake in a moderate degree oven for 40 minutes |