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Show Mmt linens ay IF dDdDdls a Give mother what she gave you, a gift of self. AOTHERMEM rsJl i Y aJ The idea of giving a mother's rW pS day box is to preserve y HI mementos honoring what SCsT 1l fl mother meant to you. ) Fami,y members can frf special dinner for a Ljtoa 35iW r3'r1s special mother. By DONETA GATHERUM Why not work together as a family fami-ly this year and make a box for your mother or grandmother. Plan out the many articles members of the family can make that will fit inside the box and then find a container large enough to hold everything. CHOOSE A plain box that can be covered with white newsprint paper. pap-er. Younger children can finger-paint finger-paint designs on the white cover. Artists in the family can add original origin-al drawings and cartoons. Those that are not original artists might want to contribute poetry, short stories about mother or cartoons and pictures clipped from magazines maga-zines and newspapers and arranged in collage fashion. The inside of the box can be as creative as the exterior. Assign each family member a present to make that is in keeping with the person's particular interests and talents. Certificates originally written, writ-ten, sealed with pariffin wax and decorated to look like legal documents, docu-ments, can be given by children who are gifted in music or speech. A CERTIFICATE might entitle the mother to a private concert of nicely learned piano solos or a well memorized and expertly recited poem or short reading. Younger children like having their hands traced. Use the pattern of hands (o create an appliqued wall hanging, apron or quilt. Silhouette of family members can be traced on large white paper and then transferred using graph paper and a system of reduction using squares to a size suitable for a wall hanging, quilt or framed picture. Textile paints can be used for this project. Some people embroider the outline while others have made attractive silhouette by using aida cloth and counted cross stitch. GIFTS prepared by children in school can be included in the Mother's Day box. Before presenting Mother or grandmother with her special, custom-made present, make sure the house is clean, the mess the family made while making the box and contents is destroyed, pick-up and wiped-off, and dinner is ready. FAMILY MEMBERS can participate parti-cipate in preparing and serving this special dinner for a special person. Have some set the table, arrange the centerpiece and wash dishes while other family members cook the food. Try the following easy recipes keeping in mind that even young children can measure ingredients, stir, turn on the oven and set a timer. HEAVENLY HASH Fruit Salad 1 can pineapple, crushed Vi cup cooked rice Vi tsp. salt Vi cup miniature marshmallows 6 maraschino cherries, quartered quar-tered 2 cups cream, whipped DRAIN THE pineapple. Mix the liquid with Vi cup water. Boil. Add rice, salt and bring to a boil. Reduce Re-duce heat, cover and cook until the mixture thickens. Cool. Fold in pineapple, marshmallows, cherries cher-ries and cream. Chill. PEACH ROLL 2 cups biscuit mix (commercial or homemade) 'A cup sugar 1 egg Vi cup milk 1 cup sliced peaches Cinnamon and nutmeg MIX SUGAR with biscuit mix. Beat egg and add milk. Stir into dry ingredients. Roll to about V inch thick. Spread peaches over dough. Sprinkle with nutmeg and cinnamon. cinna-mon. Roll like jelly roll. Cut in V inch slices and place in well greased pan. Bake the peach roll in the oven with scalloped potatoes and meat loaf. Remember the rolls will bake much faster than the main dishes. MEAT LOAF 2 pounds hamburger Vi pound pork sausage 2 eggs 1 onion chopped fine Vi cup milk 1 cup oatmeal, germaide or other hot cereal MIX INGREDIENTS thoroughly. thorough-ly. Form into two small or one large loaf. Bake covered for about 1 Vi hours. SCALLOPED POTATOES 1 can cream of celery soup Vi cup milk (rinse out the can of soup) Dash of pepper 4 cups thinly sliced potatoes 1 small onion, thinly sliced 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine Dash paprika BLEND SOUP, milk, pepper. In buttered Wi quart casserole dish, alternate layers of potatoes, onion, sauce, cheese. Dot with butter; sprinkle with paprika. Cover and bake at 375 for 1 hour. Uncover and bake 15 minutes more. GLAZED CARROTS 3 Tbsp. butter I Tbsp. sugar Vi Tbsp. chopped mint leaves 1 no. 2 can carrots (if using fresh carrots, pre-cook before baking) MELT BUTTER. Add sugar and mint leaves. Pour over carrots and bake in oven 20 minutes. A cookie that can involve the entire en-tire family is the easy to make, tasty tas-ty Thumb Print Cookie. Let each member of the family leave their separate impression in the cookie dough. Serve the cookies for dessert de-ssert or pack them in your Mother's Day box as a special surprise. sur-prise. THUMB PRING COOKIES Mix: V cup butter, Vi tsp. vanilla, vanil-la, Vi cup brown sugar, 1 egg yolk. Add to mixture 1 cup flour and Vi tsp. salt. ROLL THE dough into small balls and roll the balls into beaten egg white then into finely chopped nuts. Bake 5 minutes at 375. Make a thumbprint in each cookie and bake 8 minutes longer. Frost or put jelly or jam into the thumb print indentation. |