budget beaters PRICE WAR, you say? First it’s gasoline and now it’s groceries and right here on the North Shore, too. Should be great fun to watch - at least for the first little while. What won't be great fun to watch is the long- term effect of the hostilities. Will your favorite neighborhood market sur- vive? Or will you find, a few months down the road, that you'll be driving five miles further ‘down the road” to buy:a hamburger for dinner? . And, when all the competi- tion“ is in the ‘‘displaced’’ camp, what will our, prices return to? Don’t ask. : Anyway, with all the scrambling around that the Stores will be doing this week, our shopping patterns may be unusual so I'll skip the price comparisons ‘and stick. to some ideas for some meals to spark-up the last few days of the. dreariest month of the “yea eo “This. isa recipe I’ve ‘treasired for years, . especially “ona ‘cold. winter morning -when‘there’s no bread-in the shouse.A:bowl of bran muf- “fin’ batter: in the fridge. will save’ the day. These are sup- posed to keep for more than a week but the flavor changes after about four days SO use thes: "up. “2 OLIVE’S “BRAN MUFFINS 1 cup boiling water, .. l cup All-Bran % cup shortening * 1% cup sugar 2 eges 2 cups buttermilk 2 cups Bran Buds *3 cups flour 2¥2 teaspoons baking soda Y teaspoon salt Pour boiling water over All-Bran and let stand until slightly cooled. Add softened shortening, sugar and eggs. Beat well and add buttermilk and bren buds. Beat to mix. Add flour, soda and salt and beat to mix. Bake as needed -.in muffin tins at 400° for 15-20 min. *You can use I cup of whole wheat flour as part of the three cups. I often add a big Shake of wheat germ which 1 buy in bulk and store in my freezer. If I'm trying to keep the calories down I reduce the sugar to “% cup. One daughter throws in a handful by Barbara McCreadie of raisins before she bakes a couple of muffins for herself. This is a recipe that profes- sionals describe as ‘‘stable’’ — meaning that you can fool around with it quite a bit before it falls flat! This next recipe is handy to have when you’ve got a fami- ly that eats in shifts. Wrap each bun separately in foil and bake as you need them. They freeze, too. MYSTERY BURGERS 1 tin corned beef 12 cups grated cheese Y2 cup stuffed olives, sliced ¥% cup ketchup 6 tablespoons chopped green onion 3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 3 teaspoons diced green pepper zk k 12 hamburger buns Remove the fat from out- side of corned beef. 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