CHOOSING TENDER MEAT ATE SATURDAY afternoon I rushed to my regular supermarket to do the weekend shop- ping. Since two daughters wouldn’t be home for dinner I decided to splurge and buy T-bone steaks for three of us. I’m ashamed to tell you how ‘much I paid for them but even more ashamed to say that I picked three which Pm sure participated in the Calgary Stampede - and won. I’ve learned my lesson - unless you are a real expert at choosing beef you might just as well buy chuck, tenderize it and marinate it. Look for chuck steaks at Safeway this week, 99¢ a pound. Since I blew my budget, I'll be doing some tricks with eggs this week. Safeway is featuring grade A large at $1.28 a dozen. My family never complains at an omelette for dinner, especial- ly when I go a little further and make Potato Pancakes: Peel and grate info a bow! of cold water-enough potato to make 1% cups. Squeeze out the water in a strainer and pat dry with paper towels. Com- bine with | small onion, grated, one well-beaten egg, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 teas- poon baking powder, “% teas- poon salt and a sprinkle of pepper. Fry tablespoons of the mixture in hot oil untul golden brown, pressing the pancakes down with a lifter. Serve with a dab of butter on top with any kind of egg, bacon, sausage combination. Crabmeat is a luxury item - Fun run at Lonsdale FUN RUNS the whole fami- ly can participate in afe star- ting at 8:15 a.m. this Satur- day, Aug. 18, as part of the Lonsdale Quay Summerfest Family Fitness and Recre- ation Fair. Pool time is here! the fresh is too expensive for most of us to _ consider. Woodward’s brand of tinned crab is a quality product - $3.39 for a flat tin. I stretch one tin to feed five or six by making Hot Crab and Cheese Sandwiches. Finely dice “4 a green pepper. Saute in 3 tablespoons of butter. Add 3 tablespoons flour and 1 cup milk. Season with salt and pepper and stir on low heat until thickened. Add a drain- ed tin of crabmeat (picked over for bits of shell). Chill the mixture. To serve, spread on but- tered bread, top with grated cheddar and bake at 350° un- til the bread toasts and the cheese melts. For party ap- petizers, remove crusts and cut bread slices into quarters. Woodward’s is also featur- ing white or wheat bread for 67€, 675 gm loaves. Heinz ketchup is a good buy this week at Buy Low, $2.48 (1 L). Even though | consider ketchup an insult to the cook, Brian likes it well enough that the kids wonder why he doesn’t try it on ice cream. | use it in various BBQ sauces and casseroles and fortunately, wt kids only insult my Frencly fries. Broccoli, at 49a pound, is another gagd choice at Buy The emphasis is on fun rather than competition in the runs, which are three, six and 10 km. in length. Walk- ing, jogging, or running are all acceptable ways to take part. The runs are free and prizes will be given out Low. Lf" you’re like me, you’ve’ nearly run out of salad recipes having served one almost every night all summer. I tried combining lightly steamed broccoli flowerettes and carrot rings with raw onion chunks, green pepper slices and pitted black olives in an oil and vinegar dressing. Excellent! What didn’t disappear at dinner was even better the next day. You can get a lot of meat from a turkey drumstrick - but you have to work for it. I’ve had no tuck with roasting them (or BBQ’ing) but steaming tenderizes them well. Don’t forget to throw ina handful of celery tops, parsley and various herbs and strain the broth for soup. Dice the turkey meat and use it in casseroles and salads. It takes a bit of work as turkey legs have a lot of sinew. Look for 5-Ib. bags at Stong’s for just 69¢ a pound. Stong’s is also featuring loin back spare ribs at $1.79 a afterwards. Pre-registration is neces- sary for the prizes, and forms are available at Sue Hills Fitness in south Park Royal, the West Vancouver Recreation Centre or any North Vancouver Recreation Summer Madness Sale *Buy a Solar Pool cover (any size) and a Pool Cover roller system (retail value at least $300) anc receive absolutely FREE a Patio Umbrella Retail Value $99 00 (Limited offer) STABILIZED CHLORINE SALE 200 gm pucks/granular 8 kgs Bucket 5 95 Loapiatt Pwes porn 4 ci Teotrvees POL ¥ SOL (t cortipoterter fener! x Sep rad Cocapapelress 104 Philip Ave toext to Bunsmaster) North Vancouver Tel. No. 986-7301 pound. These are previously frozen so buy only what you can use immediately. Pork doesn’t keep well, especially in the summer. To ensure tender ribs, always steam them before BBQ’ ing. | drop them into my large covered roaster with a cup of water and bake them in the oven at 300° for an hour or so. Stock up on Super Valu brand pineapple - all cuts - C3 - Wednesday, August 15, 1984 - North Shore News and combining with tomato and onion chunks and a bit of French dressing. She told me she created it in an emergency when half a dozen people descended on her one showy Sunday when the cup- board was bare! « The first of the season rune plums are at Super Valu for 59¢ a pound. I keep cLecking our back yard tree - it’s kocded with ripening budget beaters 69¢, 14 oz. tins. You may not feel like baking until the weather cools off but when it does I'll give you my cousin’s super carrot cake recipe with cream cheese“icing. It takes crushed ‘pineapple and will take “% a column to write. I'm almost afraid to look at it - it’s responsible for at least 10 of the pounds I'd like to lose! Heinz beans (either in tomato sauce or with pork and molasses) are a good buy at Super Valu, 69@ - 14.0z. An old friend of mine used to make a popular buffet salad by draining a tin of beans, Quay Commission facility. For in- formation, call 980-4541. Get it at the PS PHAR Photo Albums 299 reg 5 98 40 page reg 15 98 100 page POOLCHE M Stabilized Chiorine Bkg granular of tab *55 by Barbara McCreadie plums. Last year I kept postponing the harvest - ‘“‘Just one more day and they’ll be perfect.’’ The rac- coons thought so too, only they beat me out by 12 hours. Overnight they stripped the tree bare. BEST BUYS: SUPER VALU: Bananas, 39¢ a pound; SAFEWAY: Nabob Sale ends Aug, 22 Oral B Tooth Brushes 25, 30, 35, 40 & 60 Ornade AF res S 249 Barbara learns lessonon beef Tradition coffee, $2.79, Town House tomatoes, 69¢ - 19 oz. tin; WOODWARD’S: WwW brand potato chips 87¢, 200 gm; BUY LOW: Seedless green grapes, 49¢ Ib.; STONG’S: Blue label Sunrype apple juice $1.29. 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