Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1952 — Page 16

0 : -

KIDDIE COOKIES—Animal crackers made from basic

You Can Teach Children to Cook

By JOAN SCHOEMAKER + Times Food Editer

“NA OTHER may I, huh, M may 1?" How many mothers have

heard this question time and again. As often as not the question has a direct application to food. The simplest solution is to teach children to prepare some simple foods that they can serve with pride to their family, their own friends and to themselves. : Wa. THE FIRST LESSON could be a simple session on cocoa. A basic cookie mix, similar to the boxed cake mixes, makes a perfect second session. A main dish could include the child's - favorite soup and when advance lessons begin a regular scientific recipe could be introduced such as peanut butter cookies, Use your favorite cocoa recipe or use % cup cocoa to three tablespoons sugar, a few grains of salt and a dash of cinnamon. A cup and one-half boiling water and a cup and one-half evaporated milk will serve three. Blend the dry ingredients, stir in boiling water and

Sunday

BREAKFAST: Orange Juice, crisp bacon, waffles or thin griddle cakes, honey or sirup, coffee, milk. DINNER: Fried chicken, gravy, fluffy mashed potatoes, buttered green beans, enriched soft rolls, butter or fortified margaine, watercress and tomato salad, French dressing, old-fash-foned strawberry shortcake, cream, coffee, milk. SUPPER: Tomato cheese rarebit on toasted English muffins, fresh fruit cup, chocolate cookies, iced tea, milk.

Wednesday BREAKFAST: Sliced bananas, ready-to-eat cereal, toasted English muffins, butter or fortified margarine, marmalade, coffee, milk. LUNCHEON: Cottage cheese, raw vegetables and chopped nuts, with sour cream in large lettuce cups, whole wheat bread, butter or fortified margarine, peanut butter tookies, tea, milk. DINNER: Corned beef skillet dinner, buttered broccoli, rye bread, butter or fortified margarine, raw car-

cake with crushed strawberries, vanilla ice cream, coffee, milk, :

Yot “sticks, “baker's sponge

bring to a boil over low heat, stirring frequently for two or three minutes. Add milk and heat slightly before serving. The box of basic cookie mix is handled according to the directions printed on the box which usually include adding water and beating. Vary by adding raisins, chocolate bits, dates, prunes and nuts. Using animal cutters, the variations can be used as decorations as well as taste variers.

CHILI 1 (No. 2) can red kidney or chill beans 2 Ib. lean, coarsely ground beef 2 tbsps. shortening 1 eo. finely cut onion 1 (No. 2) can tomatoes 2 taps. salt - 2 tsps. chili powder 1; bay leaf 4 ©. Instant whole wheat cereal, uncooked Drain beans; save liquid. Cook beef in shortening until brown. Break up with fork while cooking. Add onion and cook slowly for five minutes or until onion is tender. Mix tomatoes, salt, chill powder, bay

Menu Ideas for the Co

Monday BREAKFAST: Canned grapefruit sections, ready-to-eat cereal, ready-mix muffins, butter or fortified margarine, strawberry jam, coffee, milk , * LUNCHEON: Creamed hard-boiled eggs with leftover vegetables, whole wheat bread, butter or fortified margarine, orange gelatin, peanut cookies, tea, milk. DINNER: Chicken roll, canned peas, new potatoes, celery and raw carrot sticks, cubed pineapple, chocolate cake, coffee, milk.

Thursday BREAKFAST: Orange Juice, ready-to-eat cereal, bacon and eggs, rye toast, butter or fortified margarine, coffee, milk.

LUNCHEON: Cold sliced ham, stuffed eggs, tomato aspic filled with pickle goleslaw, hot biscuits, butter or fortified margarine, fresh fruit tarts, tea, milk. DINNER: Chopped ° beef patties, parsley, new peotatoes, creamed new cabbage, enriched * bread, butter or fortified margarine, sliced tomatoes with green peppers aid onions, orange layer cake, tea, milk. :

ming Week

“fresh strawberries), leffover

Art layout by J. Hugh O'Donnell, cookie mix.

leaf, cereal and 14 liquid. Bring to boil and cover .and cook slowly for 30 minutes or until mixture is thickened, Stir ‘now and then. Add beans, cover and cook 10 minutes longer or until beans are steaming hot. Remove bayleaf before serving for four.

” ” ” PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES $Y; ©. sifted enriched flour 2 tsps. baking powder V3 tsp. salt 13 e. shortening V3 ec. peanut butter 13 ©. brown sugar 14 ©. granulated sugar 1 egg 2 12 tsp. vanilla extract . Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cream together shortening, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. And egg and vanilla extract and beat well. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, mixing well, Form dough into balls the size of marbles. Place one inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press crosswise with fork and bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 10 to 12 minutes, Makes about five dozen. “two-inch cookies.

cup bean

RRNReRERY CERRINA NANARAR AR NRRRERRRIRS RRR

Tuesday BREAKFAST: Orange Juice, scrambled eggs, raisin

toast, butter or fortified margarine, jam, coffee, milk. LUNCHEON: Tomato Juice, grilled cheese and chopped bacon sandwiches, coleslaw, fresh fruit gelatin, light cream, tea, milk. DINNER: Sausage and dried lima beans with corn chips, heat®d crusty bread or volls, butter or fortified margarine, lettuce, watercress, green pepper, tomato salad, French dressing, butterscotch pie, coffee, milk.

Friday

BREAKFAST: Tomato juice, with lemon slice, corn bread, butter or fortified margarine, sirup, crisp bacon, coffee, milk. LUNCHEON: Chili, salted crackers, cookies, cocoa. “DINNER: Pickled barbecued spareribs, steamed rice, buttered green beans, rye bread, butter or fortified margarine, fruit cup (grapefruit, orange sections and

cake, coffee, milk.

erRReaReY. La

ESE EE TENNANT ERATE Its Rar eT a a Nea Tata rads ara RaNsRiRs I aIR IRIN Ras

Junior League Adopts 2 New Projects

THE Junior League of Indianapolis adopted two new projects yesterday in sectional meetings. They

were presented by the program finding committee.

The first will provide financial ald and volunteers to a limited program for gifted children which will be started in the school year 1952-53 by the Indianapolis public school system. The purpose of the program already in existance in other cities, is to develop “above average” natural ability in the best possible way for the benefit : of the community and the naon.

JUNIOR LEAGUE"

partment and work In this new field.

» ~ # THE SECOND is a shortterm project which will be completed by September, 1952, It will provide volunteers and the salary of a person trained in recreation work to organize a summer hardball baseball program at the Fair Grounds Little

Card Party Set Sunday

' The May Circle of the Natianal Council of Catholic

League field, 46th St. and Crestview Dr, : Boys from the ages of eight to 12 will participate weekdays from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and on Saturdays from 9 a. m. to noon. The area to be served covers the districts of Schools 66, 70 and 91 and is farther from a public recreation park than any other area in the city:

Cervus Club Will Hold Card Party

The Cervus Club will have a card party at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in Ayres’ Auditorium. Ryoteeds will be donated for new mattresses for the Flower Mission Hospital. ' Mrs. G. L. Girard is in charge, assisted by Mrs. R. B. Purkiss and Mrs, Walter Wal-. lace.

Await Visitor

Mrs. 'Willlam H. Shell will arrive Monday from San Diego to be the guest of Mrs. OC. P. Wilson, 1503 Park Ave. and Mrs. Mae Belle Teter, 3021 LaSalle Court,

«3

- PEPPERS — Better supply;

PEANUTS—Peanut butter cookies take over for dessert.

Free Cook Book—

Rice Is Good Substitute For the Vanishing Spud

R ECONSTRUCTION is in progress.

Housewives are rebuilding the bridge of menus with

potato substitutes. High on the list of starchy replace-

ments for the diminishing spud is rice.

methods for incorporating the fluffy, white grains are available to lggal housewives from the rice producers. The recipes included use rice as a stretcher with meat and a variety of herbs and spices to point up the flavor of the individual dish. Among the cross-section presented are rice stuffing, Spanish rice, lamb curry with rice, creamed ham in rice ring, chicken gumbo, Swiss steak with rice, shrimp creole, beef and rice cabbage rolls, rice and chicken livers, Greek pilaff, Jambalaya rice, risotto, Italian baked rice, meat balls and rice puddings. Each of the recipes is illustrated either with a line drawing or a photograph of the fin-

ished product. A sample of the .

fare is Swiss steak with rice, = on o SWISS STEAK WITH RICE 1 1b. round steak - 2 tsps. salt 13 o. flour 3 medium-sized onions 2 thsps. lard Dash pepper 1 bay leaf

The Market Basket—

Nearly a dozen

1 clove garlie 44 c. rice 1 c. tomato juice 1 pt. cooked green heans Rub the salt into the meat. Dredge with flour and pound thoroughly. Turn the meat, add flour and pound until all the flour is used. Brown the sliced onions in the lard. Remove from pan. Brown the meat in the same pan. Place the meat

in a roasting pan, Cover with

the onions. Add the seasonings and water to cover the meat. Bake

] 1 ! BUTTERSCOTCH PIE ! i 4 1 (8-in.) baked pie shell . 114 c. water 1 ! 115 c¢. brown sugar 2 egg yolks =f 2 tbsps. white sugar 3 thsps. butter : 3 thsps. flour 14 tsp. salt ! 4 ! 3 tbsps. cornstarch 1 tsp. vanilla N D ! Mix brown sugar, white sugar, flour and cornstarch. I 1 Add water and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Add ! i slightly beaten egg yolks and cook one minute longer. ! : ! Remove from heat and add butter, salt and vanilla. Cool I 4 and pour into Baked pie crust. Cover with meringue and | : bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) until slightly ! : i browned. ! f 1 = fag

covered in a moderate oven |

two hours, Add rice and tomato juice. Cover and continue baking one hour, Serve on a platter and garnish with green beans for three or four.

For additional ways to use rice send your name and address as well as those of your friends’ to Joan Schoemaker, Food Editor, The Indianapolis Time, Indianapolis 9. No postage is required. Send today, for the offer closes Tuesday. The book will be mailed directly to you within the next four weeks.

Fresh Peas Are Outstanding

Marketing Buy

This Week

PEAS PORRIDGE HOT, peas porridge cold, peas in the pod are cheaper than gold. Fresh peas will be an outstanding buy in local markets this week end. Plentiful and cheap for race day parties next week will be lemons

and limes for all types of desserts, garnishes and beverages.

FRESH FRUITS APPLES—AImost off the market. AVOCADOS — Good quality; abundant. BANANAS-—Ample supply. DATES—Cheap. GRAPEFRUIT — Plen tiful; moderately priced. HONEYDEWS -— Scarce; fair quality; high. LEMONS-—Abundant; cheap. LIMES—Very cheap; plentiful. ORANGES — Slightly higher; fair supply. PINEAPPLE—Good supply. RHUBARB — Reasonable; supply. STRAWBERRIES. Irregular supply on local crop due to weather; California crop plentiful. WATERMELONS — Excellent quality; reasonable for season

fair

FRESH VEGETABLES ARTICHOKES -—- Reasonable; plentiful. ASPARAGUS—Very ripe supply; high. BEANS -- Moderately priced; plentiful. BEETS-—Fairly high. BROCCOLI — Scarce; high. CABBAGE—Scarce; high. CARROTS-—-Reasonabie. CAULIFLOWER — Irregular quality; fairly high. CELERY--Slightly higher, CHIVES—Ample supply. COLLARD GREENS — Irregular supply. ? CORN~—Good supply and quality, reasonable. CUCUMBERS - Lower priced, good quality. EGGPLANT - Scarce; fairly high. ENDIVE—Quality fair; high, ESCAROLE—Expensive. HEAD LETTUCE—Quality poor; high. KALE — Plentiful; reasonable, LEAF LETTUCE—High, MUSHROOMS—Ifregular ity; high. : MUSTARD GREENS-—Fair supply; reasonable. ONIONS--Abundant;

high. PARSLEY —Cheap.

fairly

cheaper.

POTATOES—Extremely scarce. |

qual |

fairly 3

RADISHES—Home grown crop; fairly high. SPINACH—Reasonable, SQUASH—Very scarce. SWEET POTATOES—Off the market.

TOMATOES — Good quality; |

fair supply. TURNIPS—Reasonahle; ample supply. WATERCRESS—Ample supply.

Paoli Artist-Teacher To Lecture at Gallery

Miss Virginia O'Fallon, Paoli artist and teacher, is presenting an exhibition in pastels, watercolors and oil paintings in

the-Hooster Salon Art Gallery

through May 30.

Miss O'Fallon has won many awards in the above mediums as well as in sculpture in terra cotta, plaster’ and marble. The Hoosier Gallery in the State Life Building will be open free to the public from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. week days. Saturdays thé closing hour is 2 p. m.

Convention Scheduled

The National Association of |

Letter Carriers Auxiliary will hold their 54th Annual State Convention In Evansville tomorrow and Saturday. - Members of the Ladies Auxiljiary of Indianapolis who will attend are Mesdames Elmer Schmalfeldt, Richard Phillips, George Kingery, Gayle Kinnick,

and Ladies

Kenneth Barber, Elmer Delong, | Paul Waggoner and Willlam | Powell,

NTN Xm

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1952

Thoughts for Food

MAIN COURSE—Chili for lunch.

(This recipe will fit a 3x5-inch index card)

» s—_ -

Ee A 4 TA sos

2 ne : §

~ And CLOROX makes home . germ centers sanitary, too!

It’s so easy to make bathroom and kitchen surfaces bright, fresh and sanitary with Clorox! Used in routine cleaning, Clorox removes stains, deodorizes, disinfects. Clorox is the most efficient germ-killer of its kind .... a type of disinfectant recommended by public health authorities, Directions on the label,

ead) A Cr

’ Ll Rs ” .

Cop. sor. Clem Eric Co (EE

- When it's CLOROX-clean...it's SAFER for Family Health!

POPPY F

THE AC

Loce Th BLOOM

Three Ii have bee

the Indiai of Alpha tional sct freshman They a 2707 E. K ident; Mis Berkley Miss Ros historian. Miss Ru

Moth

The St. will spons dance at the new s: McClure § Guests whirling s music of 1

The Sto

Dri NOTE: of a seri a mother The cha book, “T Just publ minster 1

By J

HOW ( birt] The p or injury thing to ° had their weren't g babies we without 2 special th water and no mirac penicillin, set in. About r now have pitals—an equipped blood tai surgical tc least, expe Today 2000 dies that figu whose bal of day i taxicabs, and fruit Of those tal, only So you chances o are slim much mo driving tl baby.

BUT E painful? Yes, it depends © pain or 1 Perhaps | feels it is to have 2 perhaps, ° mind pain and tense when yo! any kind the idea removed | Whatev and tell tell you w what sta when he will be gu

. as to the

anesthesi: want.

"WHEN I was te what it + It seem