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IF you have the tradi-
tional ham for Easter,
there will be the tradi-
tional leftover ham
afterwards.

To my mind, there are few
meats with so much potential
the second time around, for
wonderful appetizers, lunches
and special dinners.

Ham-the-next-day is great
in a sandwich, chopped up
with a bit of mustard in pita
breads, or just as finger food.

It’s "simple to combine
with a cream sauce and

Wednesday, April 26, 2000

FOOD
Grepes a great way

recipe for second-day ham is
combined with swiss cheese
and spinach as a filling for
crepes.

Mom’s Crepes

This recipe of my mom's
is many decades old, and it’s
covered with spills and
smudges from the many
times I’ve used it over the
years —- testimony to what a
good recipe it is. If you don’t
have anything to celebrate,
make something up as an

Cooking two perfection

chopped-up onions and cel-
ery over pasta, rice or toast;
and it’s good in many a casse-
role recipe, or a pasta salad.
However, my favourite

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to use

excuse to serve this special
dinner.

These are light and deli-
cious. A non-stick nine-inch
frypan is excellent for making
crepes.

14 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
12 oz. beer
by c. water
¢
3 Tsp. butter

Mix dry ingredients. Stir
in beer and water, beating
until fairly smooth. Add eggs
and melted butter and beat
again. Let batter stand for 10
minutes while you make fill-
ings. Lightly grease frypan
and heat on high. Use about
a quarter cup of batter to
make five-inch crepes, just
covering the bottom of the
pan, and swirling it to assure
even coverage of the pan.

As soon as the edges
begin to dry, turn the crepe
with a smooth motion of the
flipper. Don’t turn until the
bottom is cooked all over or
it'll tear.

Cook for another couple
of minutes before slipping
out onto a warmed platter,
kept in a warm oven. Makes
18 or so, enough for four.

leftover ham

Halve the recipe for nwo.

Use your imagination to
come up with new and differ-
ent fillings. Here are just a
few suggestions.

Spinach and Ham

This is simply delicious,
and a fabulous way to use the
fast bits of ham left on the
bone before it goes into the

soup pot.

2 c. white sauce

1 bunch spinach
lc. diced ham

2 green onions

¥ ¢. swiss cheese

% tsp. nutmeg,

% tsp. white pepper
salt to taste

Use any recipe to make up
a medium white sauce in a
fairly large bowl. (I use the
microwave.)

Wash, stem and chop fresh
spinach, or you could thaw a
package of frozen spinach.

Add to hot white sauce
and cook it for a minute or
so, whisking well.

Add a cup or so of finely
chopped ham, and a couple
of minced green onions, grat-
ed swiss cheese, nutmeg and -
white pepper, whisking and
cooking until the ham is

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heated through.
Shrimp and Cheese

This is delicate and deli-
cious. You could substitute
crab or scallops, cut into
small pieces, for the shrimp,
or add chopped mushrooms
for a different flavour.

% Ib. shrimp

2 c. white sauce

% c. swiss cheese

2 green onions

1 tsp. lemon juice
¥% tsp. tarragon

% tsp. white pepper
salt to taste

Rinse fresh shrimp and set
aside.

Use any recipe to make u
a medium white sauce. Add P
grated cheese to the hot
sauce, stirring it in until it
melts.

Mince green onions and
add, along with lemon juice,
tarragon and white pepper.

Add shrimp and lighdy stir
in, then cook for a minute or -
so to warm the shellfish
through. Taste for seasoning.

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