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PAflB TWELTI BLYTHEVTLLE (ARK.) COURIER NEWS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1953 Baked Eggs Are Good For Holiday 'Brunch' By CECILY BROWNSTONE Associated Press Food Editor A HOLIDAY BRUNCH is such Jun, You set the hour (hut suits you between 11 and 1. Folks drop over to exchange holiday news, relax over good food and hot coffee, and bask in warm family eheer. Have tL big pitcher of freshly orange juice ready for pick-up when guests arrive. Or if you're in the mood to offer a surprise, try this brand-new recipe for Spiced Cranberry Tomato Cocktail. For the main course, we recom- chopped pecans.

Good! For a refreshing last course, make an attractive arrangement of crunchy apples, juicy pears, tangerines, oranges and grapes', then add persimmons and pomegranates, if they're available, just because they looft exotic and are fun! SPICED CRA.VRERRY TOMATO COCKTAIL Ingredients: Fresh lemon juice confectioners' sugar, 3 cups tomato juice. 1 cup cranberry juice, 1-incl piece stick cinnamon, 3 whole cloves, teaspoon salt, crushec 1 ice. Dip edges of six 6-ouncc mend that most accommodating of I glasses in lemon juice, then in con brunch dishes baked eggs. ButJ fectioners' sugar. Place in refrig these are baked eggs with a difference because they're flavored with tarragon.

Prepare the eggs in individual baking dishes and they'll be simple to serve. orator for 20 to 30 minutes or long er, until well chilled. Combine to mato and cranberry juices, cinna moil, cloves and salt. Chill in re frigeralor for 20 to 30 minutes or Top the eggs with slices of crisp i more. Remove spices.

Shake wel icon. Easy way to prepare a with cracked icn and strain into pound of bacon at one lime is by this method. Allow the bacon to stand at room temperature so you can separate the slices. Then spread the slices out on a rack in i shallow pan. Bake in a hot HOOFf oven about 10 minutes or until well browned.

You won't have to turn the bacon and it will be pleasantly crisp. Drain on brown paper or paper towels and keep hot while you turn the oven down to 325F for the baked eggs. Hot biscuits arc a must with this brunch, and may be prepared from a mix. If you want to save time, "drop" the biscuits, according to the directions on the package, instead of rolling them out. We like to serve the first rounds of biscuits with squares of butter; then split' the last round and spread with but-i ter and a mixture of honey and I chilled glasses.

servings HKKHK17 BAKED KfiGS Ingredients: 4 tablespoons butter or miii-garine. 3 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs, teaspoon crum tarragon. 12 eggs, 6 tablespoons heavy cream, tablespoons grated chcddar chee.se, rikn. Method: Grease individual pie plalss or shirred egg dishes generously with 2 tablespoons butter. Combine crumbs and tarragon.

Sprinkle inside of dishes with crumb mixture. Break two eggs into each dish, being careful not to break yolks. Pour 1 tablespoon cream over eggs; sprinkle with cheese and paprika. Dot with 2 tablespoons butter. Bake in slow (325F) oven about 15 minutes or until eggs are of desired doneness.

Makes 6 servings. IO1AZKD HAM FOR' CHRISTMAS BUFFET Is one way lo Mrve a kcwir, mtin-dbh meal and have leftover feuti. Large Baked Ham Is Dish To Climax Festive Season plmcnlo. '4 cup sliced ripe ollvns, 1 egg yolk, putty shells or toast. Make white sauce of the butler, flour, milk nnd seasoning.

Add mushrooms, pimlcnU). olives and egg yolk. Heat thoroughly. One- fourth cup shredded cheese may be added. A large, handsome baked ham is almost as much a part, of Christmas as the Christmas tree.

So asked Beth Bailey McLean of Chicago, meat cookery expert, how to select and cook a holiday ham. When selecting your holiday ham, she advises, plan ample servings with leftovers for snack- time feasting. If the ham is fully cooked, bone-in, plan on one-third pound per serving. When buying a cooked, boneless ham, plan on pound per person. All cured pork, whether cooked or uncooked, should be stored in the refrigerator.

Use whole, fully cooked hams within seven days. You can serve these fully cooked hams as purchased, or heated, if preferred. For flavovfnl baked ham, heat fully cooked ham uncovered in a slow oven i3'25 degrees about 10 minutes to UK- pound, to an internal temperature of 130 degrees F. For a specially festive note, score an glaze the ham. To score Cranberries Add Color lo Yuletide Two Massachusetts Recipes Put Bright Spot in Menus By GAYNOR MADROX NEA Food and Krlitor From (he cranberry bogs Massachusetts, we gathered Brilliant red Christinas rcclpns For that brighter spot in Yulctld nenus, they are iusl whftt yoi need.

Cranberry Rujjosa One package pastry mix, 2 cups cranberries, 1 cup sugar, 1 cuj: water, cup raisins, 4 cup corn starch, cup sugar, I cup boiling water, cup chopped walnuts. Roll out pastry according to icknge directions to Ifl-hich thickness. Fit over Inverted pie. muffin or patty tins. Leave enough pastry to cut into strips for crisscross on each tart.

Prick pastry with fork. Bake in quick oven '425 degrees 15 to 20 minutes Combine 1 cup sugar, water tind utcs. Mix cup sugar and corn- fresh cranberries. Cook for 10 minutes. Mix 4 cup sugar and corn starch.

Add 1 cup boiling water and hlend thoroughly. Add to cranberry mixture. Add raisins and cook 5 minutes more. Add nut- pastry to form crisscross. Bake meats and turn into tart shells.

Top filling with two strips of in moderate oven (350 tftgrco.s F. 12 minutes, or until pastry is brown on top. Holiday Brunch Omelette Two cups cranberries, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons milk, cup rum. if desired. 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons butter.

Boil sugar and water for 5 Add fresh cranberries and cook until they stop popping, about 5 minutes more. Set aside to cool. Beat eggs, milk arid salt together just enough to mix thoroughly. Melt butter in frying pan. Pour in egg mixture.

Cook, over low heat, lifting the edges with a knife frequently so that uncooked portion of mixture will cook evenly. Loosen omelet from pan and spread with half the cranberry sauce. Fold over omelet; transfer to hot plate and sprinkle liberally over omelet ami Ignite, if desired. Baste omelet with flaming rum, if eftover turkey on toast, baked potatoes, baked squash, rye bread, with powdered sugar; pour rum desired, until sugar is browned. Here's Dessert For Christmas Eve Supper Here's a simple and refreshing dessert to serve before the holiday splurge.

HOT ntlTTEIlun GRAPEFRUIT Ingredients: 2 large grapefruit. 1 tablespoons butter or margarine (soft! 4 teaspoons white sugar, .1 brown sugar, dash of salt. Mel Cut grapefruit. In halt; remove any seeds and center membrane; loosen grapefruit from dlvjd- 'ng walls smnll sharp knife. 3rcam butter with sugars and salt, Spread sugar mixture over cut) lalves of grapefruit.

Place fruit ir. shallow pan or in cupped aluminum 'oil in case Juices bubble Broil grapefruit, few Inchps from source of fairly high heal, 'or 3 lo 5 minulcs or until tops arc golden. Spoon any Juice in pan or 'oil over fruit placed In serving dishes. These taste delightful when top layer is hot, but. the pulp nd jMice at the bottom nre still Serve at once.

Makes 4 scrv- ngs. Cream Pralines Make Tasty Gifts By fiAYNOR MADDOX NKA Food am) Markctn tlllor A friend in Chicago just sent us a large box of cream pralines sho htul made with cvaponited milk. Even we, who get to taste almost everything fit to cut, were Biir- prlsed at Iheir unusually fine flu- vor. So, with Christmas not far off, we think you may want to make some to send to friends or boys In the service. ('ream f'nitlnes (Makes 20 (n 24 patUrs) One pound light-brown sugar, cup evaporated milk, 2 cups pecan halves.

i ingredients together in heavy Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until SUR- ar is dissolved. Continue cooking over medium heat to soft-ball i'23r, degrees F.I, stirring constantly. Let candy cool slightly, about 5 minutes, then beat until mixture begins to thicken. Drop candy rapidly from a tnblespoon into paper baking rups sot, into muffin puns. or onto a sheet of aluminum foil onto a well-buttered baking sheet.

If randy becomes too stiff at the last to drop into smooth stir in a hot waer. NOTE: These pralines have more delicate flavor when prepared with light-brown sugar. Jf only dark-brown sugar i.s available, substitute 2 cups white CREAM PRALINES, tender, rich and tempting, are ideal lor Christmas giving to friends who love homemade treats. granulated suear and 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar for the 1- pouml light-brown sugar. Variations Coffee-Cream Pralines: Add 2 teaspoons instant, coffee to the sugar, evaporated milk and the pecan mixture and cook as above.

Sherry-Cream Pralines: After the candy is cooked and cooled slightly stir in 1 tablespoon dry sherry or sherry flavoring and proceed as iibove. Pral.nes: Add 2 tablespoons finely cut candied ginger to the sugar, evaporated milk and pecan mixture and cook as above. Yule Cheer and Tradition Found in Lighf Wine Punch Many families 'riends to Anther enjoy Inviting i round the uee nd share the traditional Christ- nns punch bowl with them. Fur hose families and others who vant to add this hospitable HOS- ure to their holiday festivities, lere are a few hot-punch recipes. lioi Uliiret Cheerio (About 3 quarts) Four six-ounce cans frozen con- jentrate for lemonade, 2 and four- ifth-qunrt bottles claret.

Combine frozen lemonade and in a large kettle and hcatjy for garnishing. Combine wine. lemonade concentrate, sugar and orange extract in a punch bowl; stir well to blend. Add ginger ale and a block of ice or a tray of ice cubes. Garnish with orange and lemon slices, If desired.

Serve at once. Cookies Three cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter 'or margarine), 2 eggs, beaten. 1 teaspoon soda, 4 tablespoons frozen concentrate for lemonade, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Rub together the flour, sugar, and butter. Add beaten eggs and soda.

Stir in the concentrate for lemonade. Add vanilla, if desired. Either form the dough into balls and flatten them with a chill the dough in refrigerator for at least 1 hour, if cookies are to be rolled. Bake on greased cookie sheets in 400 degree F. oven for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are baked but not brown.

ust to steaming'. Do not boil. Pour nlo larpe punch bowl and serve. Sparkling Claret-Lemon Punch 2 quarts) One foui'-fifth-quart bottle claret ir other red table wine, chilled, 1 can frozen lemoimdc eon- entrate, one-half cup sugar, one- nlf teaspoon orange extract, I HI-EC bottle ginger ale, chilled, hin slices of orange and lemon WEAVING I Burns I Moth I Holes Tears Ladies Men's Garments WHY PAY MOKE? RUTH McCLANAHAN WK.AVIiR— E. Sycamore Blythcvillc For your last minute gift shopping.

Visit our FANCY FOOD DEPARTMENT Fancy Food Boxes $2.75 to Candy Jars filled with imported Hors I)' Ocuvre $4.75 and $5.50 Branched Pluni Pudding in casserole dish SI.50 Fancy Mixed Nuts in beautiful tin box SI.95 Chnrlolle Charles Wine Sticks $1.95 If yon like, bring your own box and fill with your onn selection of our fancy foods. Liquors FOSTER'S £2 108 N. Broadway remove all the skin and cut the fat deep into uniform diamonds about two inches from point to point. Make your favorite Rlaze and spread evenly over HIP scored, hot baked ham. You mnv decorate the ham with maraschino cherries.

Use a bit of toothpick to hold a cherry in the center each diamond. After the holiday, use liani in encore dishes that are sure to please the family. Here is ne that is just right for after-holiday suppers. Ham a la King (4 servings) One cup diced, cooked ham. 2 tablespoons butter or margarine.

2 tablespoons flour, 1 cup milk, will and pepper, '2 cup cooked, button mushrooms, 2 tablespoons chopped And Apre They Can Be Good Serve leftover turkey Chinese- style for something TUHKKY WITH VKOETABLliS Ingredients: cup finely diced onion. 3 oil. 'i cups diaqonally sliced celery. 2 3 1 chicken bouillon cube. 1 cup peas, one 3-oiince can sliced cups thinly sliced cooked turkey.

2 table-spoons cornstarch. cup cold I tablespoon soy sauce. teaspoon Kingcr. 2 tablespoons rooking sherry 'if desired) Method: Cook onion in hot. oil in skillet over moderate beat, stirring often, for about 5 minutes.

Add celery. 23 cup water and bouillon i cube: cover and bnire to boil; make sure bouillon cube is dissolved. Cook 5 minutes, then add peas and mushrooms, including liquid from mushroom can. Add turkey in la.ver over (op. cover and bring to boil; -cook until peas arc barely tender, aboiu 10 minutes.

Blend together and ndd all at once the cornstarch, cup cold water, soy pmRcr nnd sherry if used. Stir constantly until sauce thickens. Makes 4 servings. This Recipe For Yule Pie Speeds Meal This pie will chill and sot in the refrigerator while you are busy with other dinner chores. CRANHKrtRY.H/USIN PIK Ingredients: One 9-Inch pin shell ibakrrl).

2 cups raw cranberries. 2 cups water, cup sugar, 1 table- instant, tapioca, i cup seed- leys rpisins. teaspoon allspice, Mcdind: Prepare pie shell, miSini; 'jjfi 2 teaspoons grated orange rind into dry Ingredients before rolling out. Sj on pastryframe. Place cranberries jRl and water in saucepan.

Brine to boil. Cover loosely and cook until cranberries have burst skins, about! minutes. Strain cranberries through loud nill. Return to saucepan. Add: sugar, tapioca, raisins and all- spice.

Bring to boil and simme: fjj 2 minutes. Cool filling to room temperature, then pour into baked pie shell. Chill until set. Serve i Hi opped with whipped cream. I 50 Plus Tax IDEAL FOR- HUNTING PICNICS FISHING PARTIES Canada's oldest national park is Banff, on the eastern slope of the Rockies in Alberta.

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Sprinkle ribs with salt and pepper and dip In flour. Brown ribs in the hot fat, add some chopped onions, a sprinkle of herbs or a little Wor- cestershire sauce (or both), and partially cover with tomato Jules of water plus a few tablespoons of heat about three hours, or until very tender. 2. Beef Stew Meat: An Interesting way to prepare stew meat is to add soy sauce to the cooking liquid. Flour and brown cubes, add some sliced onions and a small quantity of water plus a few tabejspoons of soy sauce.

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