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KEEPING GUESTS OUT OF T

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HE KITCHEN

Prepare-ahead meal makes dinner a snap

NOW AND again | get requests for help with dinner party
menus. Usually, the reader has a particular problem or two
to work around. This reader had an assortment of handi-
caps, Starting with a set of guests that she can’t keep out of
her kitchen and a husband who despises anything he could

call ‘‘casserole.’’

Furthermore, dear Dad loves the
pomp and splendor of food served
formally at the table — especially
if he gets to carve a roast.

That, too, creates a problem as
it not only takes him next to for-
ever to hack up the roast but -he
literally chops it. The results are
awe-inspiring.

beaters

by Barbara
McCreadie

“

We decided, since the guests
drink very little, if at all, to forgo
the cocktail hour and get down to
the main event quite smartly. In
other words, no cocktail nibblers
but an appetizer, served at the
table, with wine.

Anyway, to get down to the
menu:

Avocados stuffed with Shrimp
Veal Birds with Wine Sauce
Parsley Rice with Pine Nuts

Zucchini Strips
with Cherry Tomatoes
Assorted pickles and relishes
(Dad insists on
chutney on the table}
Dessert and coffee

Everything on the menu can be
cooked or prepared and held ex-
cept the rice. Each recipe serves
six.

Avocados Stuffed
with Shrimp

4 ripe avocados
(the black variety are best
as the shelis
are easy to work with)
Jb. tiny cooked shrimp
1 small tub sour cream
2 tablespoons lemon juice
dash garlic powder
seasoning salt

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Split avocados, remove seeds
and keep six half shells.

Dressing: Mash one whole
avocado. Whip in sour cream,
lemon juice and seasonings.

Dice the remaining avocado.
Combi: with shrimp and dress-
ing, tossing lightly but be sure
every bit of the avocado is covered
with dressing or it will blacken.

Heap the mixture back into the
Shells, cover tightly with Saran
Wrap and refrigerate.

Serve these from the kitchen on
individual] plates. I’ve done these
with a devilled egg on the side —
pretty! Use a bit of lettuce and
parsley to round out the plate.

Veal Birds with
Wine Sauce
6 large veal cuflets, floured
1 teaspoon each: nutmeg, cloves,
mace, Sait, coarse pepper

% th. ground veal
a slices lean bacon
(optional) 6 oysters
Y cup fine, dry breadcrumbs
handful fresh parsley
1 egg

Ys cup butter

1 cup beef broth (use canned
or re-constituted)
1 cup white wine
6 green onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, mashed
Y Ib. fresh mushrooms, sliced
% cup butter mashed with
Y cup flour

This sounds like a lot of work
but really isn’t. First, wet the veal
cutlets. Toss with flour until
coated and then pound the devil
out of them with the side of a
saucer or a flat mallet. Mix the
seasonings and dust the cutlets.

Take the ground veal, bacon,
parsley, oysters and breadcrumbs
and run them together through the
food processor. Alternately, you
can. chop by hand. Add egg.
Season with any spices left over
from dusting cutlets.

Divide stuffing in six and pile in
centre of cutlets. Roll up and
secure with skewers.

Melt some of the butter and
brown ‘‘Birds,’’? a couple of them
at a time, adding more butter as
needed. Remove to a baking dish.
Add broth, wine, garlic, onions
end mushrooms to frypan and
cook until just barely done. Pour
ever birds and bake covered at
325° for about an hour.

When ready to serve, place birds
on platter, removing skewers.

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Quickly return sauce to frypan and Parsley Rice I cup pine nuts
add butter-flour mixture. Stir over
brisk heat until thick. Pour a bit
over the birds and serve the rest in
a gravy boat.

These can be prepared early and
baked just before the guests arrive.

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Combine water, salt: and rice.
Bring to a boul and tower heat to
simmer. Cook !7 minutes, Stir in
parsley and nuts and serve im-
mediately.

1*2 cups caw white rice
I teaspoon salt
3 cups water
I handful parsley, finely
chopped

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