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5 Mfa Plalrliia Inquirer FOOD LIVING SectionD Wednesday, May 9, 1973 i (SI itfi pliSM LC'rR' lfiHii a 7li M- Si mmmmm. am, I I CHISHOLM GRAHAM APGAR GIOVANNI HARRIS LASXF.R ttaws Recognition That Isn't 'Miss' or Wives Mori Admired? Outside of Mother's Day and all the "Misses" (from America on down), the only ether national standard for giving honor to women has been Gallup's annual poll for those "most admired." Rep. Shirley Chisholm is the only person to make both that list (for 1972) and the "Women of the Year, 1973." The '72 "most admired" selections were dominated by wives and widows of famous men: Mrs. Richard Nixon, Mrs. Dwight D.

Eisenhower, Mrs. Aristotle Onas'sis, Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, Mrs. Martin Luther King. Foreign prime ministers (Meir and Gandhi) tied with lesser American officials (Chisholm and Margaret Chase Smith).

One birthright national symbol completed the list: Queen Elizabeth II. Mollie Oliver will receive the Youth Leadership award from Lynda Johnson Robb. The Voluntary Action award will be given to Ellen Straus for her Call for Action radio "hot line," a nationwide community service for the disadvantaged and neglected. Her presentation partner has not been announced. Cicely Tyson will present the Human Rights award to LaDonna Harris, a Comanche Indian.

Harris, a civil rights activist for the American Indian cause is (incidentally) the wife of former Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris. Mary Lasker will receive the Quality of Life Award. Her commitment to others through the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation has done much to foster medical research. Eunice Kennedy Shriver will make the presentation.

Helen Hayes, whose creative talents remain evident at age 72, will receive the Arts and Humanities award from actress and feminist Mario Thomas. Women are moving into new areas, being given more recognition but it's a slow and painful process, according to Lenore Hershey. "Men just aren't prepared to accept them. We at the Journal felt that not enough space was being given to women who have accomplished something women who have made it." "Women of theYear" is planned as an annual program, one that will give all women a sense of goal, and accomplishment. How long until the ratings can compare with Miss America? of Herbs Affairs from Margaret Chase Smith, former senator from Maine, though the two are of different political parties.

Smith will fly in from Chicago to make the presentation "because we women have to stick together." For her leadership of the Washington Post Katherine Graham will receive the Economy and Business award. Presentation will be made by Barbara Walters, who will be crossing networks to do so. Dr. Virginia Apgar, a pioneer among women in medicine, will receive the Science and Research award for her work in the prevention of birth defects. Katherine (Mrs.

Bing) Crosby will make the presentation. Nikki Giovanni, a young black poet, the Love By ANN RAGNI Of Ttte Inquirer Staff What makes a "Woman of the Year?" How do you choose her from tens of thousands of entries? The "Women of the Year, 1973" awards ceremony will be broadcast live on May 14 (10 to 11 P. EDT) from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Rosalind Russell will be the hostess of this CBS special. It is a first.

"A long time in the dream stage," says Lenore Hershey, newly appointed executive editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, under whose guiding hand the Journal is sponsoring the "Woman of the Year, 1973" program. "We want to honor American women of achievement, and we want to pay tribute to the many advances women have made in the past few years," said Mrs. Hershey in an interview Monday. "There are too, few role models on television for women today," Mrs. Hershey observed.

"You turn on your TV and see a Miss America or a Miss Universe. And I'm not mocking this but commercials show the housewife doing the laundry or cooking in the kitchen, or as a sex object. But, women's roles have changed and are still changing J' Bypassing the usual selection-by-national-publicity technique, the Ladies' Home Journal polled its subscribers for nominations. A jury of 19 distinguished women A Special By ELAINE TAIT Inquirer Food Editor A-friend and neighbor calls Long-view Farm, the Malvern home of Mr. and Mrs.

George Reed "the most peaceful place I know." For one day, a year, however, the handsome farm with its beautiful gardens, loses its cool under a wave of eager herb buyers. Their station wagons pack both sides of Bodine rd. from its beginning to well past the turnpike that borders the Reed's property. They come toting baskets and boxes, shopping bags and anything sturdy enough to hold up under the weight of the earth-filled pots, the jars of tarragon vinegar and loaves of bread that can be bought at the sale. They line up waiting for the gate to.

the garden to open and the sale to begin. They line up again at the Reed's back door for a luncheon that's so special it's always a sellout. Volunteers from the Philadelphia unit of the Herb Society of America grow the plants, pot them, cook the luncheon food and staff the sale. Profits go to a number of related projects, including Herb Walk for the Blind at the Tyler Arboretum in Lima, the 18th Century Herb Garden at Cedar Grove, a historic Fairmount Park-mansion, and a demonstration garden for Philadelphia Neighborhood Gardens. The sale, which begins at 10 A.M., is often sold out by.

noon. For disap- FIVE DIFFERENT HERBS, yet they're all sage. Familiar turkey-stuffing sage is in the foreground. One plant has a pineapple fragrance. I Therapy Is A Cooking By ELAINE TAIT Inquirer Food Editor When Mrs.

Mollie Oliver's spaghetti with chicken liver sauce won first prize in a local Italian recipe contest recently, it was a double victory. It was proof that her friends and family weren't wrong, that her cooking was gre. And it was a ray of sunshine in a life that seemed very dark since Mrs. Oliver was widowed 4V2 months ago. Other widows cry a lot and sit alone with their sorrow.

Mollie Oliver admits she did that at first but soon realized it was no answer. Married at 17, she'd had 60 wonderful years with her physician-husband. More than most people, she reasoned. So she made her life go on. She sewed.

Did needlepoint. Took walks. Went out with friends. Worked on her husband's estate. And, of course, she entered a cooking contest.

Mrs. Oliver is 78. Her winning recipe in the contest sponsored by the Sheraton's Wine Cellar restaurant, was at least that age. She remembers that her mother made it. Her late husband and their two daughters enjoyed.it, she says.

1 Top prize in the contest, a stay in a Sheraton suite and a night on the town, meant little to a woman whose own lovely center city apartment is just a few blocks away. But winning it made Mollie Oliver feel happier for a while. So did the prospect of sharing other recipes with an interested food writer. The tiny apartment kitchen is a far cry from the spacious one in the 18-. room home the Olivers owned until a few years ago.

It's cramped, Mrs. Oliver complains, yet this seemingly inexhaustible sprite works with great efficiency here. We'd already sampled the winning spaghetti. Now it was time to taste a new Oliver treat, Hungarian-style stuffed cabbage. Sugared and spiced with ginger, bay leaf and pepper, cooked until the meat-and-rice-filled cabbage rolls were golden glazed, the dish was a delight that gave off marvelous fragrance.

Recipes for both follow: OLIVER FAMILY SPAGHETTI 1 pound ground beef Nyafat (or Crisco) 4 medium onions, chopped Salt, pepper 1 green pepper, chopped 5 or 6 garlic pieces, cut up 1 small can tomato sauce 1 small can tomato paste then made their selections for "Women of the Year, 1973" on the basis of reader reaction. Eight categories were created to cover most aspects of modern life in which women have made outstanding contributions: Public affairs, economy and business, science and research, youth leadership, arts and humanities, voluntary action, human rights and quality of life. As much thought seems to have gone into selecting the women who will present the awards, as went into singling out the awardees themselves. Shirley Chisholm, New York Demo-, cratic congresswoman and the first woman to make a real run for the Presidency will receive the award in Public Day for pointed buyers, the Herb Society Mem-1 bers have compiled a list of commercial sources. Interest in herbs is so great, they have found, in both medicinal and culinary varieties, that they cannot possibly meet the demand.

This year's sale is Thursday. Society members have contributed favorite recipes as an additional fund-raiser. The collection of recipe cards will be sold at the sale only. It is not available in sufficient quantity to be sold by mail order -this year, but members are considering putting together a more ambitious recipe collection for sale next year. A sampling of recipes from the collection follows: M.S.D.

SOUP (Mrs. Arthur Dorrance Jr.) 2 cans mushroom soup di'uted with 1 can water 2 cans snapper soup diluted with 1 can water 1 cup precooked shrimp 1 cup precooked mushrooms xh cups dry sherry or vermouth 16 ounces sour cream 1 to 3 teaspoons curry powder (to taste) 1 teaspoon nutmeg Blend ingredients and simmer Vz hour. Serve with French bread. EGGPLANT WITH THYME (Mrs. Charles S.

Truittt) Peel and slice an eggplant into Vi-inch strips. Dip slices in raw egg (beaten), then in bread crumbs. Arrange on well-greased cookie sheet and pour about one tablespoon of melted butter or margarine over each slice. Season to taste and sprinkle generously with thyme. Bake 35 to 45 minutes in 400-' degree oven.

CHARCOAL BROILED LEG OF LAMB (Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock Jr.) Have a six-pound leg of lamb boned and flattened (butterflied) and marinate it in a sauce consisting of parsley, onions, rosemary, red or white wine, garlic and lovage. (May be varied to taste.) Marinate about four hours. Remove meat from marinade, rub all over with 1 tablespoon coarse salt and pepper and cook over charcoal 20 minutes on each side.

The broiler should be adjusted to a height of five 'inches and the meat should be rare. Carve lamb on the diagonal, starting at upper right whips up a winner Winning Contest 1 small can tomato puree 1 can tomato soup 1 large can tomatoes 1 small can mushrooms 3 stalks celery, cut up 3 deep-fried chicken livers 1 hard-cooked egg, sieved Grated cheese, hot pepper Cooked spaghetti Saute meat in Nyafat. Add onions, salt, pepper, green pepper, garlic pieces and continue to saute 15 minutes. Add tomato sauce, paste, puree, soup, tomatoes, mushrooms and celery. Cook slowly about an hour.

Before serving sieve egg and add 3 chicken livers over top of spaghetti mixed with sauce. Sprinkle with cheese and hot pepper to serve. Feeds four or five plentifully. MOLLIE'S STUFFED CABBAGE 1 large onion cup Nyafat 1 teaspoon salt Vi cup sugar Water Ground pepper vl teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon sour salt 15 whole peppercorns 3 bay leaves, crumbled 1 small head cabbage 1 pound ground beef (lean) 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt Vz cup rice Cook onion until soft in fat in large Dutch oven. Add salt and sugar and about cup water.

Allow to cook down while adding pepper, ginger, sour salt, whole pepper, bay leaves. As sauce cooks down, add more, keeping water level at about Vz to cup. Separate about 12 cabbage leaves from head and parboil until almost tender. Drain and cut heavy stem from each leaf. Add chopped stems to onion mixture.

Reserve remaining cabbage for other uses. Mix meat and rice and teaspoon salt with 2 eggs, using hands. Add a few tablespoons of rice and meat mixture to each cabbage leaf and roll securely but not too tightly. Place cabbage leaves, seam side down, in heavy pan in which onion sauce is cooking. Cover and cook about W'z hours over low heat or until rice is cooked.

Remove cover and let sauce reduce, sprinkle with additional sugar spooning it over cabbage rolls to glaze them. Makes about a dozen cabbage rolls. Note: Nyafat is vegetable shortening with a chicken fat flavor. Chicken fat may be substituted. ment of the first child is more rapid and more geared to achievement than that of his or her brothers or sisters." In the 30 percent minority, along with the first-born's brothers and sisters, is the only child.

And getting to a university is extra tough if the only child has wealthy parents, the researchers said. "The bulk of previous research has consistently pointed to the educational advantages enjoyed by only children" they said. "But these children run the risk of becoming smothered by their parents and by a lack of impetus of rivalry from brothers or sisters." lip is oi i -L First-Born Are Achievers Chicago Tribune Service LONDON. Two women research- ers took a look at 8,284 university graduates in Britain and discovered that nearly 70 percent were the eldest child in their family. The fact that first-born children have the best chance of reaching the top of the educational ladder surprised some people here.

But as tne researchers, Mrs. Anne Poole and Mrs. Annette Kuhn, explained: "Parents can devote themselves exclusively to the first child, whereas subsequent children must share attention. In general the develop THAT'S ROSEMARY in Mrs. George Reed's hands and in the pot directly in front of her in the Reed's greenhouse-like enclosed porch..