HALLOWEEN

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JHERE’S VERY little not to like about October in Van-

couver.

Halloween is one thing but I’m
not about to get into that argu-
ment. I love the idea of little
children with painted faces flitting
around the neighborhood with a
frozen parent, complete with um-
brella and flashlight, standing in
the gutter.

beaters
Barbara McCreadie

I did it often enough so why
should the younger generation of
parents get off casy?
“| object to the sugary stuff
handed out but no one would
dream of giving the traditional ap-
ple. Razor blades, you know.

l-admire the gutsy parents who
hand out dental floss. I wish we
could find some non-caloric, inex-
pensive gadget that we could
distribute. —- and something that
the kids would prize.

I'm sure if all the smart mothers
banded together one could be in-

vented. Collector toys like that.

hamburger chain gave out a while
back? Some kind of puzzle where
kids would trade pieces later?
ANYTHING but suckers!

wee

October has wonderful weather
(except on Halloween). The first
frost doesn’t just mellow the pum-
pkins — it gets the fleas out of the
grass and out of the family pets.

Those triple-ugly Wolf spiders
get lost.

We can cook a decent meal
rather than something blackened
on the barbecue. We can shine a
light in the window for family
coming home to eat it.

We can postpone any thoughts

of Christmas shopping for another
two weeks. We can even burn
leaves if we choose the right day
(Can’t we?).

Tribal elders predict the severity
of the winter by the pelts on the
beasts. So does Mother McCreadie
— the cats look pretty ordinary so
expect a light one.

It’s time for oven dinners, big
pots of soup and stew and meat
loaves. Oatmeal porridge and
homemade bread‘

Here's an easy, old family
favorite. Pve printed it before but
it’s damn good, feeds a lot of
hungry people and is great to haul
along to a pot-luck.

Venezuelan Rice
1 tb. lean ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 large green pepper, chopped
1- 28-0z. tin canned tomatoes
1 tin consomme, undiluted
Y cup sherry
2 teaspoons chili powder
salt and pepper
1 cup dry, regular white rice
1 cup sliced black clives
1 cup grated old Cheddar cheese

Brown meat with onion and
pepper. Add tomatoes, soup,
sherry and seasonings. Boil. Add
rice and olives and boil again.

Turn into a large casserole dish.
Cover and bake at 375°F, 30
minutes. Sprinkle cheese on top
and bake, uncovered, 15 minutes
more.

Serves six generously.

kkk

All you need with Venezuelan
Rice is a green vegetable or a salad
and garlic bread.

nak

Here’s another recipe that mov-
ed home to Australia with a young
girl who lived with us when I had
one infant and she was travelling.

In exchange for board and
room, Kaye helped me with the
baby and learned about Canada.
This is so simple but she loved it.
Years later, when I visited her in
Melbourne, she was still making:

Porcupines
1 Ib. lean ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
% cup raw rice
¥% cup cracker crumbs
Ys cup milk
sali and pepper

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