FOOD

Kitchen conundrum

When one cooks and the other doesn't

AS YOU read this, my oldest daughter, Lori, and 1 are
scheduled to be deep in the heart of Maui. Brian is on his
own with a carload of TV dinners, five cats and a cup-

board full of cat food.

1 don’t want to hear another
word about husband neglect.

The truth is that some men
cook and others don't. I tried,
and I've got witnesses, to teach
Brian the rudiments of the kitchen
but he was uninterested. As for
washing machines, he knows even
less — my guess is that he'll either
phone one of the other daughters
to help or will head for the
Nearest store and buy some more
shirts and BVD’s.

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Men like to cook (except Brian)
and this is a neat, easy way to
share part of the chore of daily
living.

I’ve noticed, too, that men seem
to develop their own specialties
and can invariably be counted on
when it comes to potluck dinners.

Caesar Salad is a great male
standby.

This bean casserole is a great
favorite with men, both cooks and
diners. It’s easy and quick to
make, can be kept warm in-
definitely and the recipe can be
increased to feed the army if need
be. (I’ve made it for 450 people!)

For a man preparing a party
menu on his own, this teams well
with a big ham (buy pre-cooked,
either boneless or bone-in) heated
along with the beans.

Then prepare a big potato salad
(recipe follows) and pick up a
couple of pounds of coleslaw at
your favorite deli. While you’re
there, buy crusty buns and
pastries.

Barbecued Mixed Beans

This recipe is enough for about
six people, providing it is served
with the ham, salads and rolls. It
freezes well and re-heats from the
refrigerator beautifully. Allow a
long time to re-heat — keep the
oven temperature low.

1 28 oz. tin kidney beans,

drained
1 28 oz. tin Boston baked beans,

undrained
1 14 oz. tin green lima beans,
drained
llarge onion,
“ cup butter
% cup brown sugar
2 tsp. garlic granules
% cup ketchup
2 tablespoons vinegar

1 tablespoon Worcestershire

sauce

If you have a real old-fashioned
bean pot, use it.

Otherwise, a deep casserole dish
with a lid will do. Turn beans into
dish and mix. Saute the onion
gently in butter — do not brown.
Add the remaining indredients and
stir until heated and well mixed.
Stir sauce into bean mixture.
Bake, covered, at least an hour at
300 F but you can lower the heat
and keep them hot.

Do not omit the fima beans —
they add color and make the cas-
serole very attractive to serve.

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finely diced

Basic Potato salad

This recipe is done on a “per
serving basis.°° Do NOT add
inayonnaise until the rest of the
ingredients are well chilled — this
is best done just before serving.
Keep the mixture cold at all times
— set the bowl in a bed of ice if
the weather is hat.

Anyone who uses Miracle Whip
in place of mayonnaise ought to
be shor!

t medium potato, peeled, split,

cooked and diced

1 egg, hard cooked, shelled and

diced

1 big green onion, chopped
'‘% rib celery, chopped

farbara
NecCreadie

BUDGET BEATERS

dusting of seasoned salt

grating freshly cracked pepper
Mayonnaise — about a heaping
tablespoonful but add_ bit-by-bit
(some potatoes are dryer than
others)

Combine the separately chilled
ingredients. If making a large
quantity, 10 times this recipe will
serve 10-12

For more people, cut back, ad-
ding one of the aove proportions
for every two peorie.

Garnishes: Any or all of these
make the bowl at:ractive and add
flavor to the salad:
hard-cooked egg w :dges
snipped parsley
black or green olives
whole cherry tomatoes

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My friend Sven makes
guacamole for every party. See
what I mean about specialties?
This is his version, just as he
wrote it out for me. Please note
that the original is pretty strong
stuff and you can omit one lime if
you omit the Carta Blanca beer.

Sven's Guacamole Delight

4 ripe avocados

5 Romano tomatoes (diced)

1 medium white onion (diced)*
3% cloves garlic (pressed)*

2 large limes**

} tsp. Heinz Worcestershire

sauce
1 tbsp. (50 droplets) tabasco
sauce

6 pack Mexican beer — Carta

Blanca (chilied)

After shopping for above in-
gredients slice one of the limes in-
to six equal wedges. Unwind by
opening first beer and pressing a
wedge of lime through the top of
the bottle. Using a sharp eight
inch chef’s knife, halve the
avocados and scoop contents out
into a medium cooking bowl.

idash mixture by pressing
through tines of fork until an even
paste has been reached. Dice up
tomatoes and add to mixture.
Slice and dice up onion and blend
in.

Open second beer (c/w lime) to
wash away tears. Press in the
garlic and the juice of remaining
single lime. Mix thoroughly. Add
Worcestershire and tabasco sauce,
and taste. Open third beer to ap-
pease the tongue. Cover dip with
Saran wrap and place in fridge to
thicken mixture.

Use remaining two wedges of
lime with beer to enjoy the taste
of the Guacamole Delight. Serves
6-8.

“(This quantity of onion and
garlic is a bit too much for my
taste. Ud start with ¥ of the
amount and add more gradually
to taste. — B. McC.)

** Do not substitute Jemons for
limes.

PEED Barriod Nevy

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