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_BUDGET BEATERS

-EVERY SPRING 1 begin
cleaning out cupboards, clos-
ets and storage rooms,
“preparing big sacks of trash.
Brian (a pack rat to the core)
leaps upon my trash collec-
tion as if I'd tried to huck
out the sterling, -

He’ S positive that ve denigrat-"

‘ed some treasure that we'll surely

need tomorrow if we heave it out»
today. -

: Thus, my best work i is accom-
- plished on garbage pick-up day.
While he slaves at the office, green
“bags of hardened paintbrushes,
squiggly bits of rusted metal,
decade-old clothes and his best gar-
den shoes head for the landfill.

The fact that he hasn't done any
gardening in 20 years doesn’t mat-

ter, He might, “one of these days."

Then t get the garage sale
impulse,

‘That, too, is best scheduled
when Brian is elsewhere. “Hey,
want that,” he shricks, hustling a
lamp off the table.

“No! Not that whatchamacallit!
We'll never find another one like
i!” Hf I'm left standing in the rain
with a table of old pocket books it's
my own fault.

Spring always brings out the
volunteer work crews, Need the
patio extended? Call in all your ald
markers, Want to paint the fence?
Call your brother-in-law, get your
best friend out there and get on with
it.

Somehow, there always seems
to be a case of beer under a bush —~
volunteer labor creates quite a
thirst. Better feed that crew or they
may create quile a mess,

Some crews may still demand —
the big slabs of ham and cheese but
I’ve discovered that a huge tray of
half-sandwiches that hold together

‘seems to disappear in short order.

After all, we’re net looking at

" turn-of-the-century miners — these

are the people who order shrimp
and avocado at noon on Monday.

Here are two sandwich filling
recipes that are equally popular
with the guys on the business end
of a hammer and your Granny ..
(she’s probably the one with the
paint brush).

To begin, white bread just :
doesn’t cut it any more. Every
bakeshop in town is producing
wonderful dark breads full of seeds,
nuts, grains and herbs. ;

2.) BOWL OF SGUP |.
“PRE-MADE HALF SANDWICH
COFFEE OR TEA
$4.49

‘BOWL OF SOUP
TOSSED SALAD
DINNER ROLL
COFFEE OR TEA

DAILY HOT ENTREE
TOSSED SALAD
COFFEE OR TEA

:4.1:00-2:00 P.M.

$5.49

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E PARK ROYAL

This heavier style of bread gives
you a substantial base for a sand-
wich — it isn’t abuut to fall apart in
your hand.

Hf you're making a lot of sand:
wiches, let your butter o1 margarine
soften for an hour and then spread it
with a metal spatula, You can
spread several slices with one dip.
Do the same with mustard, mayo or
relish,

Shallow foam coolers are great
for transporting sandwiches. Mine
is a fish cooler — quite long but
only a few inches deep.

Sandwiches can be killers.

When making salad-style fill-
ings. use icy-cold ingredieats and
keep the sandwiches cold until
serving, If you must do most of the
work the night before, prepare the
ingredients separately and combine
them the next day.

| know you pack lunches the
night before but remember — it
takes no time to toss together a cou-
ple of sandwiches — the ingredi-
ents won’s have time to warm up.
It’s different when you’re making a
big quantity.

‘ AVOCABO-EGG FILLING
This makes two cups filling,
enough for six average sandwiches.
2 ripe avocados (buy firm ones a
couple of days ahead and leave
them in a brown paper bag‘on

your counter)

2 hard-cooked eggs, grated

Jaice of half'a lemon

% tsp. curry powder

“’c mayonnaise (or slightly
more)

Salt und pepper

Mash the avocado and stir in the
egy. Sprinkle with the lemon juice.
Blend the curry powder into the
mayo and combine with the first
mixture, Season,

Spread the filling right to the
edges of the bread. This is also a
delicious base for fresh shrimp —-
you don't need too many. Same
people like to top this with alfalfa
sprouts — but please leave them off
mine!

For this next combination, f sug-
gest you use local smoked salmon,
The difference between the very
expensive Nova Scotia salmon and

our salmon tips is lost in a mixed,

filling such as this one.
Fine-grained smoked salmon is
prized because it can be sliced
paper-thin. Salmon tips don’t slice
worth a darn, they don’t even cut

evenly. However, they are ideal -

when you want chunks of flavor to
combine with other ingredients.

SMOKED SALMON

SANDWICH FILLING

250 2 smoked salmon (coarse
style), cut into 4” chanks

8 oz, package cream cheese

(250 g)

1 small onion, diced or one burch
green onion, sticed

2 Tbsp. capers

Rye bread /

Softened butter (optional)

HW you're aiming to reduce fat,
this works with light cream cheese
and you can skip the butter. Let the
cheese rest on the counter for about
an hour to soften. Beat it with an
electric beater until fluffy, Gently
fold in the diced salon, onion and
capers.

If you’re preparing conventional
sandwiches, and want to include
lettuce, spread: the filling lightly on
both sides of the inner sandwich
and put the lettuce in the middle.

That keeps it in place ‘and the
sandwiches stack well, This mix-
lure is good for open-face cocktail,
sandwiches and can be served us 4.,
spread for crackers, Garhish with
parsley.

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Maybe I'm short on skill but
I’ve had several failures with >
recipes I've tried from Bon Appetit
magazine, | don’t have this problem

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