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Thursday, Moy 27, 1954 THE INDIANAPOLIS EWS Foee 3T CUES FOR COOKS Here's the Church, Here's the Steeple Miss Lynch Baked for Happy People FAVORITE RECIPE OF THE WEEK From the Cookbook of Daisydean Deeds As Memorial Day approaches with its vivid memories of soldier boys, Daisydean Deeds recalls the days of World War I when she was assistant official hostess at Ft. Harrison. It was about this time that she criginated the strawberry shortcake described here, This shortcake proved quite popular with her own soldier son and his friends and it was with pride that she served it to a group of French Blue Devils visiting in this country at the close of the war. Her son, now Col. J.

J. Deeds, Santa Rose, MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD You can tell race week end is almost here by looking at what meat men are featuring this week wieners, luncheon meat, picnic hams, bacon and ground meat. By THELMA MACHAEL WOMEN'S EDITOR It isn't every bride who can boast that her wedding cake was a model of the church in which she was married. A coke model of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church graced the bride's table ot the reception for Dr. and Mrs.

Arnold Kunkler. It was baked by Miss Ann Lynch, to whom requests for unusual takes are just "run of the mill." Mliwr Biker Photo. 41 i I Chicken would be a good choice for a race day box lunch, too, since it is cheap now. Other good buys are: Eggs Price stable, good buy. servea in worm wars I and II.

Another son. Paul O. Deeds, lives near Carmel. Mrs. Deeds' shortcake is different in that she uses merringue between the layers of cake But after their wedding Saturday morning in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic and a hot dip over it.

In the winter she uses the same shortcake idea but makes the hot dip of X. i i sweetened blue damson plums that she has Church, Dr. and Mrs. Arnold canned. This basic cake recipe is a versatile one that can be used to make two dozen cupcakes or a loaf cake.

When Mrs. Deeds has a few friends in for Kunkler (she is the former Miss Muriel Burns) cut into a 50 pound wedding cake frosted and shaped like the church. The cake was dinner she sometimes serves delicious breaded Fowl Plentiful, reasonable. Fresh Fish Herring is in good supply; lake perch also good buy. Frozen Fish Ocean perch and cod best buys.

FRUITS, VEGETABLES Hot-House Tomatoes Excellent quality, better than those shipped here, and supply increasing. Head Lettuce from California Good quality, still a little high in price. tjtj Green Beans Plentiful, cheap, good quality. Cv(5S5fc Strawberries Quality good, but supply low. JjWff Cantaloupe Good quality, price coming down as supply increases.

Fresh- Peas Good quality, moderate prire. Citrus Fruits Reasonable. Corn Reasonable, good quality. New Potatoes Good quality. STAPLES Several canned items are priced at roughly 5 less than last year.

The list includes diced beets, diced carrots, canned toma pork chops. Last night I tried her recipe and I believe they were the best pork chops I've served Mrs. Deeds complete in every detail the spire, the steeple, the gabled roof, the windows, the entrance and the doors. Crashed green icing was shaped into shrubbery and Mrs. Machael toes, tomato juice, creamed corn and canned peas and some brands of Hawaiian pineapple.

Tea Price up lc for a quarter pound package. Iced tea blends slightly higher. Coffee Price as high as $1.29 a pound; some stores with a large supply are selling below cost. Pop, 6 cans to a carton for In my 20 'years of cooking. There was only one disappointment, and that was the dog's because there wasn't a bite left for her.

After the pork chops are cooked, Mrs. Deeds removes them to a platter, covers them with the skillet lid and makes a little gravy to go with washed or hash brown potatoes. A native of Fairland, Mrs. Deeds has lived in Indianapolis since 1875. She recalls that her father took The News from its first issue, and she herself has been a subscriber for more than 50 years.

Mrs. Deeds is proud of the fact that she helped organize the Capital City chapter, and later the USA chapter of the American War Mothers. She has retained her injterest through the years and is now an honorary member. She was also one of the charter members of the Indiana Republican Women's Club. Strawberry shortcake 2 rounded tablespoons pork lard 14 cups granulated sugar 1 Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla i cup Ice water added to 'i cup milk 2 cups flour 3 tablespoons baking powder Thoroughly cream together the lard and sugar.

Blend in egg which has been beaten up separately with the salt. Add the vanilla and Continue creaming mixture by hand. Sift the flour with the baking powder and add to the batter, alternating it with the cup of liquid. Turn mixture into two 8-inch round pais, which have been lightly greased and flour-dusted. Bake 30 minutes in a 350 oven.

1 quart strawberries, washed and stemmed egg whites tablespoons sugar When cake is cool, make meriqgue of egg whites. Spread bottom layer with meringue and dot with strawberries. Add second layer and repeat procedure. Of the strawberries that remain coloring makes the frosting too born three blocks from her fluid. A slightly thinner icing shop, and cooks for her mother, is needed for lettering than for Miss Lynch likes any kind of shaping flowers.

cooking, and particularly experi- As to the bridegroom's cake, menu with artistic salads. At- Miss Lynch will make that, too. tractively arranged and deco- approximately 56c. We've picked up an excellent recipe for a delicious salad other landscaped foliage surrounding the church. To Miss Ann Lynch, who baked the extraordinary cake, the request was not unusual.

In the last four years since she opened her pastry shop at 1768 Howard, she has baked cakes in the shapes of a number of churches, the Statehouse, a guitar, and has copied the White House. The most exacting cake she has baked was a copy of the Soldiers and Sailors monument on the circle that was scaled of an inch to a foot. Carrots, Pineapple in Cabbage Surprise Serve a crisp tangy cole slaved made from scooped out portion. of a large head of cabbage. Re fill and top with slices of apple.

Fill the centers of pine-j; She makes the dark fruit cake, "tea 100a tastes Detter, she dressing from Mrs. Burton Smith. 1 tablespoon Worcestershire saute 1 teaspoon salt I small onion (grated) size silver dollar I I garlic buttons grated, extra fine 1 teaspoon parsley flakes Mix thoroughly, and store in refrigerator in tightly covered jar. Excellent as sandwich spread instead of plain and will package it in individual savs-servings in initialed boxes. What does she do when she Take your pick of soft isn't baking cakes or making drinks root beer, orange, hors d'oeuvres for parties? irrape, or black cherry and SOUR CREAM DRESSING 1 box commercial sour cream (about Hi cups) 1 ft cup mayonnaise Juice from half a lemon apple with mayonnaise buy them In a can now.

They She goes to her home the in which she was are marketed now by Can-a- grated carrot. very Jaouse (probably about lk of quart) make dip and serve it over the cake hot CAKE WEIGHED 2,305 POUNDS Largest cake she ever baked weighed 2,305 pounds, contained seven tiers, and celebrated the second anniversary of the Gal-yan She baked the individual cakes for the Press Club gridiron dinner Saturday night at the Murat Theater. Each portion was decorated with an American flag executed in frosting. Diminutive Miss Lynch Is assisted in her shop by her sister, Mrs. John E.

Hoff, and a nephew who delivers the special cakes. She has had no formal training in cake decorating, but has acquired much of her know how from work with Omar and Roselyn bakeries. Cost of wedding cakes to the bride varies from a low of $12. to $100, depending on the size and the work' Involved. Miss Lynch likes orders placed at least a week ahead of time for cakes.

OFFERS ADVICE OS ICINGS To the home maker who likes to decorate her own cakes, Miss Lynch offers a bit of advice. Use plenty of butter in making a stiff butter cream icing to shape Into flowers. Never use liquid coloring. Always use paste coloring, because liquid DIP Strawberries (about '4 quart) 1 tablespoon butter or margarine 2 tablespoons flour i cup sugar Dash of salt 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 2 cups wajer Blend smoothly flour, sugar and water. Add vinegar, salt, butter, nutmeg and strawberries and cook to desired thickness.

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