Wednesday, December 30,:1992 - North Shore News - 25

Remembering a few favorites from 1992

EVERY YEAR, I test (and often discard) dozens of reci-
pes. In addition, I love to experiment, creating a dish just 2%
for fun. it was a lot easier when all the kids and their
friends were around for sampling.

Barbara
KicCreadie

Here are a few of my favorites:
Margarita Pie
This makes a very large pie —
feeds 10 — it’s very rich and you
will probably want smaller slices.
It's sinfully rich, but as it’s
frozen, you can keep it for weeks.
Who am ! fooling? Funny how it
shrinks in storage.
Crast: Trust me!
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5 oz. package pretzels (1% cups)
¥2 cup sugar
1? ry

-1 can (14 02.) sweetened condens-
ed milk (ie. Eagie Brand)
1¥2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
134 tablespoons tequilla
1% tablespoons orange liqueur
(Tripte Sec etc.)
Green food coloring — added
drop by drop
2¥2 cups whipping cream

Melt Butter. Process the pretzels
to fine crumbs. Combine with
butter and sugar. Press into a
well-sprayed deep 9°’ pie plate,
building up a bit of a rira up past
the edge.

Beat the cream until it will
peak. Set aside. Beat the condens-

cup plus two tablespoons mar-
ine

BUDGET BEATERS
ed milk with lime juice and li-

quors.

Add food coloring, drop by
drop, until you have a pleasant
green shade. Fork mixture gently
into cream with a rubber spatula.

Pour into prepared shell and
freeze at least overnight. Well
wrapped, it will keep several
months in the freezer. Let stand
half an hour at room temperature
before cutting.

Banana Blueberry Muffins
cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

Y2 teaspoon salt

¥2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 very ripe bananas

2 eggs

¥s cup packed brown sugar

Y% cup plus two tablespoons mar-
garine, melted

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen,
unthawed)

Y% cup white sugar

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon
peel

Measure the dry ingredients into
a bowi and stir well. Whip the
bananas, eggs, brown sugar, mar-
garine and vanilla in blender until
smooth. Stir into dry ingredients
with blueberries. Stir only until
mixed but lumpy.

Spoon into 12 muffin cups. Rub
sugar and femon peel together and
sprinkle a pinch or two on top.

Bake at 400°, about 20 minutes.

Dinner Roils

Don’t be afraid to double this,
but at this size it’s easy to handle
if you’re kneading by hand. Also,
it will suit a medium-sized food
processor. Here's the’ processor
instructions. To make by hand,
prepare your liquid mixture in 2
large bowl.

Add the flour gradually with a
hand mixer until it’s too stiff to

THURSDAY

Dec. 31--Biood Donor Clinic.
a.m.-3 p.m. Capilano Mall,
Marine Dr., N.V, Info: 877-7810.

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Dec. 31-N.V. City Library closes to-
day at 4:30 p.m. Info: 980-4424,

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Dec. 31—Ongoing to Jan. Pre-register
for intermediate bridge lessons. Thurs.
9 a.m. Info: recCentre Delbrook,
987-PLAY.

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Dec. 3%-Ongoing to April. Adult
pleasure skating. 8:30-10:15 p.m.
RecCentre Magnussen. Live organ
music. Everyone welcome. info: 987-

10
935

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Dec. 34—Ongoing starting January.
Sahaja Yoga meditation classes; 7-9
p.m.; Queen Mary Community
School, N.V. Free & everyone wel-
come. Info: 925-9381.

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Dec. 31—Ongoing. N.S. Amateur
Radio Club meets Ist & 3rd Thurs. of
cach month, mm. 103, Pacific Marine
Training Institute, 265 W. Esplanade.
7:30 p.na. Non-hams welcome. Info:
985-2570 or 921-6695.

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Gee. 31—Ongoing. Bingo, 7 p.m.
Eagles Hall, 170 W. 3rd St., N.V,

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Dec. 31--Ongoing. W.V. Adult Com-
munity Pops Band welcomes new
members. Info: 984-0352.

ees
Dec. 321-—Ongoing each Thurs. Thrift
Shop open 2-8 p.m. Mount Seymour
United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave.,

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Dec, 31--Ongoing. TOPS (Take Off
Pounds Sensibly). 13 | North Shore
locations. Info: 985-6538.

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Dec. 31~—Ongoing. Say no to violence.
Support group for women from a
physically or emotionally abusive rela-
tionship. Confidential.” Info: Emily
Murphy House 987-3374.

FRIDAY

Jan. 1—Ongoing. Baha’i faith info:
Baha’i Bookstore & Information Cen-
tre, 731-8199.

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Wash them in the
in_the evening,
wear them to breakfast!

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Jan. 2—& Jan. 3. 3rd Annual Chip-
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provided by donating to the Canadian
Cancer Society. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Extra
Foods grocery store, upper parking
lot, 17th & Lonsdale. Ir.fo: 980-3768.

Jan. 2-Ongoing. Pre-register for Jan.
Reusing non-recyclables. 9 a.m. Info:
recCentre Delbrook, 987-PLAY.

dan. 2~Ongoing to Jan. 3. Christmas
Lights Display. Park & Tilford
Gardens. Open to 9:30 p.m. daily. In-
fo: 984-8200. .

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beat, then use a wooden spoon.
Knead by hand about 10 minutes.
% cup sugar

J cup warm water

1 package yeast (1 scant table-
spoon)

Ys cup butter, melted

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3 cups flour

Measure sugar. Pour i cup of
warm water into a jug with a
pouring spout. Stir in a spoonfui
of the sugar, sprinkle yeast on
top, stir and let sit until frothy.
Whisk in the remaining sugar,
melted butter and egg.. Measure
the flour into bowl of processor
(dough: blade).

Start the machine aed pour the
liquid very, very slowly into the
machine. When all the liquid is in,
time the machine exactly one
minute to knead.

Remove dough to a well-but-
tered bowl, rotate to grease the
top, cover and let rise until dou-
ble. Either form rolls and let rise
again or store in the fridge until
needed. Form rolls and let rise
until doubled.

Bake at 400°, 15 minutes. You
can make these to the fridge stage
a couple of days ahead. Cold
dough takes about 2 hours to rise.
A dozen and a half hot rolls for
dinner!

Gerri’s Oyster Crackers
This is a Hidden Valley Ranch

recipe but I got it from Gerri.

1 bag oyster crackers or mini-Ritz

1 package Hidden Valley salad
dressing mix

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon dry dill weed

M% cup olive oil

Combine crackers and dry in-
gredients. Pour in oil. Store in a
tightly sealed plastic dish. Shake
every time you walk by. They’re
ready the next day.

Mariene’s Double Swiss Sandwiches
% cup butter
¥2 cup chopped green onion
1 cep sliced mushrooms
1% cups diced ham
% cup flour
Salt and gepper
1 chicken bouliion cube
1 cup boiling water
1 cup light cream
6 slices buttered toast
6 slices (big) tomate
Grated Swiss

Melt butter and gently saute
onion, mushrooms and ham until
vegetables are limp. Stir in flour,
salt and pepper. Dissolve
boullion in boiling water. Stir in.
Add cream and stir until mixture
is thick.

Cool.

To serve, top each slice of toast
with sliced Swiss and tomato.
Spoon on sauce. Top with mere
Swiss, grated. Bake at 350° F un-
til bubbly.

Protecting Children,
Supporting Families

The provincial government is moving toward new

legislation to protect the rights of B.C. children
and respond to the needs of today's families.

The Community Panel reviewing family and child
services legislation in British Columbia has delivered
two wide-ranging reports te your provincial govern-
ment. They outline the need for an effective, working
partnership between government and communities.
Aboriginal panel members conducted a parallel con-
sultative process, and demanded a return to their
communities of the responsibility for protecting and

nurturing their children.

The Panel's 264 recommendations will provide the
foundation for new legislation to ensure communities
have the services and resources needed to help keep

families together.

To those British Columbians who participated in
the Community Panel review, thank you for your
valuable input. With your continued interest and
involvement, we can create a secure and healthy future
for B.C. children and young people.

The reports of the panel ~ Making Changes: A
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our Nations — are now available. Summaries of Making
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Legistation Review

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Ministry of Social Services
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Victoria, B.C.

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Honeurable Joan Smallwood
Minister of Social Services
Province of British Columbia