t ~ Wednesday, September 9, 1987 - North Shore News

BEATING THE LAST OF THE HEAT
Freezer mush a great cool-off

THIS COLUMN is slowly filling a wastebasket — I've
made more false starts than a kid at his first piano recital.

If this isn’t the hottest day in the
year I'd be surprised and if 1 knew
the routine (do be out in the yard
doing a raindance.

On second thought, ['d probably
get sunstroke.

My daughter just called with
that immortal phrase, “What are
you making for dinner?**, and if
she hadn't been four miles away —
in an air-conditioned shop — she'd
have run the risk of strangulation.

Don't you just love those people
who work all day in an air-condi-
tioned office, drive home in an
air-conditioned car and then groan
at the ‘luxury’ of those of us who
get to work at home?

budget
beaters

by Barbara

McCreadie
SC Ps

I knew this day was starting out
wrong. The vet arrived at 8:30
a.m. to treat one of the cats who
came second in a fight last night.
I'd no sooner ushered him out the
door when a friend phoned asking
me to rush over io her house and
haul her kid out of bed — he
hadn’t shown up for work,

While { was doing that, the mail
came with a registered letter
notice. I hopped back in the car
and drove to the nearest post of-
fice — about three miles — and
there was no sign of the letter.

Just about then, and about five
miles from the nearest gas station
(that accepts my credit card), the
“Empty” light flashed on the gas
gauge. I made it on the last gasp.

So, home and back to work, |
start to sort out my notes. The pile
hit the floor and in picking it up I
discovered a package of mail I
should have attended to — last
April.

My typewriter is on the fritz and
my stapler is out of staples.

There’s washing piled to the ceil-
ing and dishes in the sink. My
house hasn't been cleaned since the
daughter who generally does it had
knee surgery. I've been shuttling
her back and forth to doctors and
hospitals for the past week.

Our elderly black tomcat went
missing last Friday and hasn't been
seen since. We've spent hours
scouring the neighborhood for
him, each day bringing us closer to
the sad conclusion.

” We're supposed to be leaving for
the Interior day-after-tomorrow
and at the rate I'm going I'll be the
rare houseguest that arrives with a
big stack of laundry to do.

In short, a food column just
isn’t coming through. Instead,
here’s a collection of recipes for
something tall and cool! — just as
soon as [ get through typing them

up...

Freezer Mush
2-602. tins pink lemonade
1 - 6 0z. tin frozen timeade
juice of two lemons
25 oz. bottle light rum

Club soda

Mix the first four ingredients
together in an ice cream pail. Label

- with “soup stock’’ or ‘fish bait"
to fool the kids. To serve, spoon

up the mixture and dilute to caste
with club soda. Some people use
ginger ale — too sweet for me --
or just plain water.

Strawberry Daiquiri
1 package frozen strawberries,
sweetened and sliced varicty

Sos, light cum

juice of one large Jemon

ice cubes

Buzz first three ingredients in
blender. Add ice cubes to top mirk
on blender contuiner. Buzz until
ice 1s crushed.

How about this for an casy
Martini recipe? Place a full boule
of vodka in vour freezer and leave

overnight. Preezing “shrinks the
svadka a bit, Add just) enough
white Vermouth to restore the
original level. Keep in the freecer.

Peach Crackle
4 large fresh peaches,
peeled and sliced
‘a cup supar
for less if peaches very sweet)
juice of 2 lemon

ice cubes
1 25-02. botde champagne

Blend the first three ingredients.
Add enough ice cubes to come up
to the top line in your blender.
Blend. In a punch bowl, combine
fruit mixture with champagne.
Add a block of ice and fruit or
mint garnishes.

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