Show u. ox prepared for Your Newspaper by Betty Crocker Home Service Department EASY REFRESHMENTS It's interesting finding out how recipes come by their I. had always thought that creamed chicken with hard cooked eggs and chopped pimiento was called Chicken a la King because It was such a regal combination really fit for a we find it was named by a chef for the proprietor of his This chef wanted to arrange a concoction that would tempt the appetites of the proprietor and his He developed a new chicken dish which to his delight was so pleasing to this discriminating man and woman that they asked for second Next day the chef decided to put the dish on his regular menu and asked permission to call it Chicken a la King after the Neither King nor the chef had any idea what a popular dish this new combination was going to All this happened early in the Cook books published as late as 1918 make no mention of Chicken a la Here is the basic CHICKEN A LA KING Melt in saucepan 4 butter Blend in 4 flour Vi salt Vi pepper Remove from heal and blend in 1 cup hot chicken broth yA cup milk Vi cup cream Return to heat and cook joir stirring Cook until thickened about 10 minutes over direct heat or 20 minutes in double Blend in 1 cup diced cooked chicken lj cup mushrooms that have first been in 1 butter cup cut-up pimiento large Continue cooking until heated through about 5 Just before add 1 hard cooked diced 2 cooking sherry The original Chicken a la King was served on crisp triangles of But we find it served on hot rich buttered biscuits or in patty or pastry The beauty and convenience of it is that we can make it ahead of time and reheat it at the last minute when we add the diced hard cooked TO SERVE WITH CHICKEN A LA KING FOR AFTERNOON OR EVENING OR FOR A PLATE LUNCHEON Chicken A La King on Fluffy Hot Biscuits or in Pastry Shells Pickled Peach Peach Salad for T Orange Ice or Peppermint Mousse Chocolate Cake or Assortment of Little Cakes and Macaroon Pickled Peach Pickled Peach halves filled with chopped celery and nuts with a bit of mayonnaise Serve in cups of curled SHRIMP A LA KING Shrimp can be substituted for the chicken in this recipe with satisfactory It makes an interesting and pleasant of can also be used in place of the IS PARTY-TIME Of course you'll be entertaining some time during the Christmas or New So write to Betty Crocker for her Holiday party If you have some special entertaining she'll be glad to help you out with her All this is Simply send a self-addressed and stamped envelope with your request to BETTY CROCKER In Care of This |