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'10 vywv i 0r i qgygj 49 Richmond Newi Leader, Thursday, July 31, 1958' All Prices Continue Downward A Little Imagination Works Brunch Magic by beginning wfth a rosy sherbet made from tropical punch and evaporated milk, fit simulates the sunrise and its crescent of sun is half a slice of HAM AND BAN AN AS i The main is a fliick By MILDRED WILLIAMS For business girls the brunch on Saturday or Sunday morn-ing is the perfect way to -entertain. Halfway between breakfast and lunch and suitable as both, 'this is a good way to keep up old friendships. even, though the job demands your attention five days a week. In summer this is a particularly attractive way of adding novelty to a week end, for the brunch is an opportunity to give a few glamor touches to such tried and true favorites as scrambled eggs and bacon and to investigate a lot of recipes youve, meant to try because the pictures looked so pretty, Vegetables, meats and fruits continue on a downward trend. Accwding to the weekly mar-iket report of the Virginia De-ipartment of Agriculture plenty high quality produce is available on local markets with the majority of prices considerably lower than a jear ago.

Shoppers will pay less tlas week for such items as butt bears, lettuce, green onions, potatoes. and tomatoes. All of these are excellent buys along with cabbage, com, cucumbers, green peppers and squash. Fruit prices are also lower this week. Summer apples ate down 2 cents a pound to an average 15 cents; -cantaloupes also dropped 2 cents to 24 cents each.

Seedless grapes dropped. 4 cents to 29, cents a pound. Peaches are 1 cent less at 11 cents a pound; watermelons are 8 cents a piece less at 69 cents each. dish in this case ham steak with jluscious baked bananas, glazed with maple syrup and topped with flaked coconut. do it right you can top brown and serve rolls with chopped up Hawaiian MaOademia nuts.

We to precede this with little cup of black coffee' with more I to follow, if the occasion merits, This special brunch is a perfect way to entertain one of the girls who might be on her way to the A kitchen shower could follow the brunch. Another brunch idea is just as suitable for boys as it is for and just as perfect for teen-agers it. is for older brothers or sisters. Here we serve Texas Hash a succulent and aromatic mixture of tomatoes, rice. ground beef, onions green pepper.

With it you may have hot bran muffins or anjf other kind you like they come in packages. To make these your own. Improve them by grating in orange rind and substituting orange Juice for part of the liquid. HUGE TEACH CROP greased muffin tins, then top with a mixture of orange juice and sugar, cooked to a syrup. They are gooey and wonderful.

i Todays recipes aren't any better than those you can do yourself, but they might be a primer for future entertaining. I add oats to sausage and com' bine well. Form into 1-inch balls. Brown slowly in frying pan. cooking thoroughly.

Drain. Into 3 tablespoons of drippings in frying pan. blend green pepper, flour and seasoning. Add milk and make a cream sauce. sausage TEXAS HASH CHANCE TO LEARN If you're new at this sort of your mother will be glad to have you back under her wings again, and nothing will help you more on that real career, than learning in advance a few of the rudiments of cooking and entertaining.

The brunch can be served for few or for many, and since it is designed for those who don't want to eat too much, you can concentrate on one good dish and let thst.be like the basicf black of the wardrobe. It has to have style and wear well, but again, like a good dress, it ought to show you up at your best. If you like, serve the brunch on individual trays that the guests can tote out to the porch or into the living room! The selection of quick-frozen prepared foods proves -a blessing for something of this kind, if you don't want to start with, ingredients only. Chicken, and noodle casserole, for example, can he made at home without great difficulty, but it is now ready in packages needing only to be defrosted, each one serving two from its little aluipinum cooking pan. 1 halls.

Keep hot, either in a cas- Virginia's peach crop is the largest in the past 12 years and quality' is reported excellent. They are among the most popular fruits for home freezing and this year's big crop should encourage -homemakers to freeze an extra generous supply. The first' Virginia watermelons will begin moving a round August 1 with heavy volumes rear the fifth of the month. The crop has been e--jtimated as the largest in 10 years, 95 of which Is the Charleston Gray. Specials in produce this week end include such items as 3 pounds of cabbage for 7 cents; 2 heads of lettuce for 25 cents; 3 pounds of green beans for 29 cents; 3 cantaloupes fos 25 cents; 2 pounds of grapes for 29 cents; Bartlett pears for 10 cents a pound.

Fryer prices dropped another 2 cents this week to an average 44 cents a pound, definitely the best meal buy this week Plentiful supplies are available in all markets. 8 large onions I- large green pepper, minced 8 tablespoons of fat 1 pound of ground beef cups of cooked tomatoes cup of washed uncooked rice 1 teaspoon of chill, powdrr teaspoons of salt jf teaspoon of pepper Saute sliced onions and minced pepper in fat until onions are. yellow. Add ground beef and fry till mixture falls apart. Stir in other ingredients.

Bake in a 2-quart baking dish. Cover and bake at 350 for 1 hour. Uncover and cook for 15 minutes. Yields six Layout ky I rue I FRUIT K.VLAD i The fruit on this menu Is ar-i ranged like a salad, slices of orange, grapefruit and apple alternating for their color contrast. Plenty of hot coffee here and second helpings on the casserole which can be made ahead and reheated for the occasion.

There are so many ideas. Serve waffles and top them with a cream sauce into which have been dropped little round sausage balls. Have scrambled eggs, remembering that for a crowd you can fix them in a double boiler and keep them hot there without overcooking. Bacon for a large group can be baked 350 degrees on a rack, so the drippings aren't absorbed. Turning isnt necessary but watching it because only about 8 minutes are required if the oven is preheated.

Also in the oven and in halves of toasted buns are baked eggs with cheese: The eggs cook, sunny side up on half of the bun while the cheese broils on the other half. Unusual breads 'add lots to the brunch: croissants, blueberry-orange bread, orange rolls. (These are made with roll mix spread with butter and orange marmalade, then rolled up and sliced jelly roll fashion. You let them rise in well serole in the oven or in a double boiler. Serve with waffles.

Serves six. For fruit, serve, ambrosia to which cherries have been added for color. BLUEBERRY-ORAN GE BREAD 1 cup of fresh blueberries Te.el of seedless oranges teaspoon of salt I cup of sugar 1 cups of water 2 tablespoons of melted shortening 1 egg (well beaten) 8 cups of flour 8 teaspoons of baking powder Wash blueberries and set aside to drain well. Boil orange peel, salt, sugar and 1 cup of water to make a thin syrup, about 20 minutes. Cool.

Meaiiire syrup and add enough water to make 2 cups. Add melted shortening and well beaten egg. Add flour sifted with baking powder. Mix well. Add blueberries Pour into a loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 1) haul's.

Makes 1 loaf. These can be muffins also: Reduce cooking time to about 1 30 minutea. Fill muffin rings half full. Surprise Guests With Island Food BAKED BANANAS OAHU Featured this week end at special prices are steaks, beef roasts, smoked hams, country cured hams, fresh picnic shoulders, bacon, franks, and beef liver. Just after breakfast and just before lunch perfect time to serve guests South end baked bananas with cocoanut.

Sunrise sherbert as a side dish carries on tho island feelina (2). Lone egg survivors on bun rafts (3) accompanied by melted cheese rafts complete the island brunch. See party with food, to match. Blueberry Orange Breed (I) cut in thin crusty slices is heavenly when it is served with ham slices Flaky Crust Is Achieved EXTRA FLAVOR A real cook, however, always adds something to these ready-prepared meals, and you may want to add a tablespoon of sherry and lemon juice to this, just to make it yoqr very own. Because your bpunewi.

halfway between lunch anf breakfast. in this easel. Weve made It a little more likfcja luncheon. The breakfast notjr Is fthat tall glass of orange juice or tomato juice that starts things off. For the weight Watchers, there's melon, low in calories nd Melba A brunch that will sebw them Is the more festive brunch in the Hawaiian manner.

Here you may surprise the un-surprisabJ 8 ripe bananas 8 tablespoons of melted butter or margarine 1 cup of maple-blended symp I cup of tender thin flaked coconut Peel bananas and place in a well greased baking dish. Brush with butter or margarine and syrup. Sprinkle bananas with eoconut. Bake at 450 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Serve hot with syrup.

SUNRISE SHERBET 1 cup of evaporated milk 1 can of frozen concentrated tropical punch 8 tablespoons drippings cup, of chopped green pepper 8 tablespoons of flour teaspnpn of salt 1 teaspoon of pepper teaspoon of dry mustard m'lk For creamed sausage balls. salt. Add to milk gradually soj it dors not curdle. Whip till stilT. red food coloring, if' desired.

Turn inlo freezer tray or loaf pan and freeze. 'N SAUSAGE RALLS 1 pound of pork sausage i cup of oats cup of sugar tfMpnon of salt Few drops of food coloring, if desired. Chill evaporalpd milk till it is icy by putting it in the freezer tray of the refrigerator. Whip in a chilled bowl till stiff. Combine punch, sugar and When you.

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