Show o O J It ft ld a 8 ran I bl e 8 am nn 1 t ts t I s v vt t S For Easter Dinner Luscious Baked Ham See Recipes Below Dish Up Color Flavor In Easter Foods This year Easter should be all you want it to be The spirit of peace and well being is with us Loved Loveda a ones have re- re returned returned returned turned and spring has begun For the home- home homemaker homemaker homemaker maker Easter dinner will be fairly easy to pre- pre prepare prepare u 1 pare as long awaited foods have returned in quantity If it you like ham then make it as pretty as a picture with your clev clev- clever er hands and nimble fingers Set it on a table with a cool white or pastel cloth with your nicest ar ar- arrangement arrangement ar- ar arrangement of fresh garden flowers Lilies of course are nice but there are other floral arrangements that will do wonders Daffodils are fresh and cheerful Tulips with snap snap- snapdragons snapdragons snapdragons dragons make an elegant center center- piece Modern food processing makes your ham tender so that there need not b cooking with the bet bet- better better ter brands The ham will require only a thorough heating through which does not take more than 2 to 2 23 hours even for the larger pieces of meat The appetizing glaze is easy to prepare and the crusty goodness it gives the meat will make everyone vote you their favorite cook The glazes are many and you can just take your choice An especially easy one is to spread your favorite citrus marmalade on the ham dur dur- during during during ing the last half hour of baking In selecting the ham consider the number of people you want to serve For six people you will need a ham weighing 6 to 8 pounds Naturally if you want to have ham for slicing and leftovers get one of the larger sizes Theres There's always good eating in it Your choice of potatoes with ham will usually come around to sweet potatoes and perhaps white pota pota- potatoes potatoes potatoes toes too Sweet potatoes are lovely to eat when candied with syrup maple flavored and butter in a heavy skillet Another nice way to prepare them is like this Whipped Sweet Potatoes Serves 6 Peel 6 sweet potatoes boil un un- until until until til tender for about 15 to 20 minutes Mash with potato masher or ricer with 4 tablespoons of butter Season r with a dash of ill salt and nutmeg Pile into orange i cups sprinkle with brown sugar and place under Lynn LY Says Coatings for Baked Dam You Youcan Youcan Youcan can enhance the flavor of your baked ham with one of these delectable coatings Spread the ham thinly with pre pre- prepared prepared prepared pared mustard then sprinkle with brown sugar Mix 1 cup brown sugar with 1 teaspoon of dry mustard and 2 to 4 tablespoons of vinegar and spread over the ham Heat 1 cup cherry juice with 1 cup strained honey and baste ham frequently with this mixture Baste the ham with any canned fruit juice to improve its flavor twofold Canned fruit nectars cider pineapple prune or apple juices are delightful Another attractive way to pre pre- prepare prepare prepare pare haul ham is to place thin slices i of unpeeled orange over the ham hamand hamand and cover with this sugar brown-sugar syrup To make the syrup com com- combine bine 1 cup brown sugar with cup water Bring this to a boil and cook for 5 minutes Baste ham with strained honey which has been mixed with chopped maraschino cherries Lynn Chambers' Chambers Menus Easter Dinner Fresh Fruit Cup with Cherry Juice Baked Ham Green Beans with Mushrooms New Potatoes Candied Sweet Potatoes Bran Refrigerator Rolls Relishes Frozen Ginger Ale Salad Lemon Meringue Tarts Beverage Recipe given the broiler until lightly browned Use as a garnish on ham platter and top each with a maraschino cherry A perky spicy salad molded so as aSto to save you work is a good choice for this busy day This one uses ginger ale Ginger Ale Salad Serves 4 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatine V cup cold water Vi cup pineapple Juice A 1 cup sugar VB ifs teaspoon salt saU 1 cup ginger ale 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 slices canned pineapple diced A i cup grapes 1 cup skinned grapefruit sections 8 8 maraschino cherries 2 tablespoons chopped preserved ginger Soak gelatine in cold water Heat pineapple juice Add gelatine stir until dissolved Add sugar salt ginger ale and lemon juice Chill until mixture begins to thicken Add remaining ingredients Pour into a amold amold amold mold which has been brushed with salad oil Chill until firm on lettuce Garnish with salad dressing What to do with Leftovers There are so many things you can cando cando do with leftovers from a dinner like this that your family would nev nev- never never er realize they are being treated to the scraps ec Here are ar suggestions suggestions suggestions which you will enjoy using again and again Upside-Down Upside Ham Dam Loaf Melt 1 H tablespoons of fat in a heavy skillet and cover the bottom with leftover pineapple pieces or thick slices of apples which have been pared and cored Cover this with the following mixture cups ground cooked ham 1 cup bread breadcrumbs breadcrumbs crumbs 1 egg 1 cup milk and 1 tablespoon mustard Mix well and place over the fruit in the skillet Bake for 45 minutes in a moderate oven Pour off any excess fat fa t and turn upside-down upside on a serving plat plat- ter This serves from 4 to 6 Rice and Ham Dam Ring 2 cups cooked rice 1 cup up ham diced 1 l egg cup condensed mushroom soup soups Vi s cup milk J i teaspoon salt Vt teaspoon dried basil 1 cup crushed potato chips or bread crumbs Combine Combi le the ham and rice and mix thoroughly Combine and heat the remaining ingredients with the exception of the potato chips or bread crumbs Grease a nine inch ring mold and place layers of the rice-ham rice and mushroom egg mix mix- mixture mixture mixture ture in it Sprinkle the top with potato chips which have been crushed or the bread crumbs Place the ring mold in a pan of hot water and bake in a moderate oven for 30 to 35 minutes Invert onto a hot platter and fill the center with a buttered green vegetable and sur sur- surround surround surround round the mold with Julienne car car- rots Serve immediately If U the ginger ale salad has melt melt- melted melted melted ed ed slightly it can be chilled again in a flat pan If theres there's not enough to go around serve it in small cubes with extra fruits mounded on let let- tuce Garnish with salad dressing and maraschino cherries |