SOMETHING. FOR MEN Before you.. Jearnea to cook, your Christmases were spent . sloping’ around, smiling your famous smile, eating othér people's goodies. You can return the ‘compliment “now. Any hostess will be happy to see you bearing a box full of your own delicous short- bread, or your own sinfully expensive Nut Delight. You'll have invitations coming out of your ears, I promise. Shortbread-making really needs muscles, so you'll enjoy this one -- it’s a cookie that is better for being slapped around. Also, it needs to mellow, so make it this week-end and HIDE it somewhere. Get some suitable cookie- cutters and then all you need is one pound (.45 kg) of butter, one cup (250 ml) of icing sugar and four of white flour. Serve it with c You can make a famous Chinese dish af home with this recipe for Pineapple Ginger Beef. Just for fun, serve it with chopsticks. Everything is cut in bite-size pieces, so it’s easy. Thin strips of tender beef are rubbed with ginger and sizzled in hot oil. Everything cooks in the same pan; the colorful vegetables and juicy pineapple. Five minutes later you're ready to eat! PINEAPPLE GINGER BEEF ‘4A pound tender beef steak Children's oe. J f Wo Se Always appreciated The oveti should be eset n0 hotter than-300 .F (150C) as the by Eleanor Godley shortbread should never get brown, or even golden. It 1 teaspoon ground ginger 2 tbs. vegetable oil 1 medium onion, quartered 1 c. celery, diagonally sliced i small clove garlic pressed 1 can (80z) Dole Chunk Pineapple in Juice {Cr e\\ x° REYNOLDS Cabinet L Shop 2 by employees or friends This: year, mas Turkey budget Get your Redeemable at any Woodward s Food Floor inB C or Alberta as well as our gift cer tificate, we have a certificate that means the recipient can choose his or her Christ trom Woodward's oe selection of fine quality birds gave us our Christmas Turkey has a nice nngtott They are available in a wide range ot denominations to sult every gift giving Certificates ™ your nearest Woodward 5s slore great ‘The boss now trom sort of “cures” slowly, and that process will take bet- ween 20 and 25 minutes. ‘Cream the butter well until it is light coloured and fluffy, then add the icing sugar and blend it in well. Same with the flour, a cupful (250 ml) at a time, mixing very, very well to absorb any sign of flour. Once you have this done, spend as long as possible ‘‘working” the dough, kneading, punching, folding, with hands and fists, the more you do the meltier . it will be. . If you run out of time, : W¥ap it in. waxed paper and refrigerate it for a day or “two, then cut and bake. ‘When you and the oven are finally ready, roll or pat the dough into a thick round, “thick” meaning half an inch (1.25 cm). Lay the cut-outs on a cookie sheet fairly close together, they, won't spread, and when baked and COLD put them in a_ covered 2 tbs. soy sauce i tsp. cornstarch 1 medium tomato, cut in eighths 1 tsp. vinegar 2 cups shredded lettuce Slice beef in thin strips. Sprinkle with ginger and rub into meat. Heat oil in skillet, add beef and brown quickly. Push meat to one side of G ‘ 110 Fell Ave. North Van. receptacle where they will be safe from marauders. The Nut Delights are a cinch to make, just ex- pensive because of the nuts. Only “% cup of butter this time (please note that both these recipes ask for butter, not for margarine) which is to be creamed with 2 cups (S00 ml) of brown sugar. _Drop two whole eggs into this and blend. In another bowl, stir 2 tsps. (10 ml) of baking powder and % tspn (2.5, ml) salt into 1% cups (310 ml).of flour. Dump all this into the first mixture and blend it all together. Nearly. home, now, just 2% cups (750. ml) of coarsely cut nuts ¢ like pecans, Brazils, cashews and filberts. Take a spoonful of dough and use the forfinger of your other hand to press it off on to the cookie sheet -- these are “drop” cookies, so they aren't rolled or shaped, just pan; add onion, celery and garlic, and stir-fry 3 minutes over high heat. Add un- drained pineapple. Combine soy sauce and cornstarch, and add to skillet. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring, and cook 2 minutes. Add tomato and stir in vinegar. Serve at once over crisp lettuce. 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