39 - Wednesday, December 2, 1987 - North Shore News Search for special raisins continues FIRST, AN apology to a reader! I said {’d call you back and I lost your name and number. The call concerned her search for Sun Rype, blue box muscat raisins to make our old favorite fruitcake (Great Grandmother Oldershaw’s, which I’ve run several times). Stong’s in Dollarton doesn’t have them either. If anyone spots some of these in some exotic loca- tion on the North Shore, please Iet me know. My caller had been ona “fruitless’’ search through every major outlet on the North Shore. set My editor alerted me that there is a coupon for ‘‘Pog’’ in today’s paper. This is a blend of passion fruit juice, guava nectar and orange juice, but its main advan- tage is that although kids can easi- ly become ‘‘addicted”’ to it, it is very low in sugar. A friend of mine whose child . doesn't react well to sugared bev- erages tells me that he’d rather have it than cola. set Another reader has asked me for a suggestion for a blender reci- pe for a quick, nutritious beverage that she can hand out to late- moving kids who otherwise might miss breakfast. Here’s one that caught my eye from the Sun Rype company. , Air Canada’s - Night Flight () 1 cup Sun Rype Black Currant - Cocktail 1 cup cracked ice ; 1 medium banana, sliced 1 cup unflavored yogurt Place ail _ingredients -in blender ‘and. process’ until smooth. Serve . immediately. = : he ra ‘ . sae , wes gremlins: crept. i was” based on 100 ‘gram Servings, not ‘100 servings’. Y5u_ also may have wondered what to do with the vinegar in the Shrimp and Dill dip. The answer is to blend it-in at the end with just a brief buzz. ; “More, : too, ‘about: the ‘price’ of lettuce::After : 1 :wrote ‘last. week's “article, I.saw_that the:price hike. 4 WBS SO radical’ that it-was featured”. j ’ in: the ‘news: Section: of-one of the || ~ daily. papers: “Ie? stems. from poor growing. ‘conditions ° in’ California. But that’s not: the item.” “On: Grey. -Cup ‘weekend. I was *| shopping’ ink Bellingham ‘— Fred ° *s! ‘ood: floor..~—: and -lettuce “USI. find that. very... [ 1e or. year to ) expect * families ‘arriving home with -red “noses and large ‘appetites. I’ve discovered that-cold and wet peo-..: 'ple,-arriving home’ .in the. late: afternoon, aren’t nearly so cranky “ when’ ‘they smell dinner cooking. : | Here’s a recipe that works: well, “even if the cook is also at work. It “does ‘well'in either a slow cooker. or] in ‘a-very. slow oven. If you’ve an’ f oven. with a delayed. start setting, lb. joneless pot roast | “(rolled brisket works well) “galt and pepper’ 2 boullion cubes, or r equivalent, dissolved in:: : _- 2 cups water ‘ :2 medium onions, diced 2 bay leaves .. 1 teaspoon alispice 6 whole black peppers - ‘2 tablespoons vinegar , : 2 tablespoons braudy or sherry 2 tablespoons molasses ~ 1 tablespoon sugar: 5 tablespoons flour, dissolved in water,to make thin paste 1 tablespoon gravy darkener Night before: Roll. roast in salt - and “pépper®. to. taste. You may ~ brown it if. you like but I never do. : t to] ‘Jast: 4 week's Column; ‘The! nutrient ‘table: ae Combine the rest of the ingre- dients except the flour paste. In the morning, set roast in either slow cooker or covered roaster. Add broth and cook. In slow cooker: All day on “‘slow’? In oven: All day at 200°F. In oven: With delay cock set, four hours at 300°F. Prepare gravy by removing roast from pan. Thicken the broth with flour paste. In slow cooker, boost setting to high. Use top of the stove if roast done in oven. Stir constantly. Remove bay leaves — these are dangerous as they can choke a diner. 1 generally boil some new potatoes in their skins and always serve carrots with this. I also serve cooked spinach but there are those among us that think [I’m trying to poison them. Buy Low: Pork butt roasts, bone- in, $1.29 Ib.; frozen chicken breasts, $1.88 Ib., wings, 99¢ Ib.; bananas, three lbs./99¢; carrots, 5 tb. bags 99¢; Fletcher’s sausages, budget beaters by Barbara McCreadie BEST BUYS: Woodwards: Fryers, 89¢ Ib.; fresh fryer legs, $1.68 Ib.; tomatoes, 99¢ lb.; Granny Smith apples, 49¢ Ib.; bakery bread, unsliced, 79¢ ea. all varieties, $1.68 Ib.; house bacon, $2.69, Stongs: Fryers, 88¢ Ib.; sausages, all varieties, $1.68 Ib.; small pork tibs, $1.98 Ib.; boneless pork butt, Smoke- $1.79 Ib.; broccoli, 59¢ Ib.; green peppers, 69¢ Ib.; Newton apples, 29¢-Ib. Super Valu: Large eggs, $1.29; top sirloin steak, $3.49 lb.; pork butt steak, $1.59 Ib.; No-name bacon, $2.89; bread, 79¢ loaf. ~ Save-on-Foods: Sugarplum hams, $2.69; Lazy Maple Bacon, $2.87; Turkey drumsticks (excellent, but I find they need to be steamed), 49¢ Ib.; Imperial margarine, 34; $1.94, Nabob coffee, $2.54; Salada tea, #144, $3.68; Golden Grove apple juice, one litre, 66¢, Mac apples, 38¢ ib. Please join me in refusing to buy either chicken breasts or legs with backbone attached. These are not only a rip-off but are a health hazard. The backbone attached consists of many small bones. | had a child nearly choke to death on one of these hidden booby traps. 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