MAKING APPETIZERS ew product is a ti P’VE DISCOVERED a new product that you'll enjoy the next time you entertain. But give che stores time to stock up this time —~ most supermarkets don’t stock this product in large amounts. I discovered them by accident — they were on the very bottom shelf of the bread section of my regular market, and I’d probably not have noticed them except that 1 dropped my purse and as I bent down to pick it up — what's this? Tiny bread cups. Brand name: ‘‘Siljans’’?’ (24 mini croustades), packed by Britl-Bread Bakeries, Calgary. I’m not sure how they were marketed this far from home, but I paid my $2.09 and gave them a try. Excellent! They are ideal for making bite- sized appetizers and hold their shape with either hot or cold fill- ings. And, they sit up straight. Unlike tiny puff pastries or other bases | beaters Barbara McCreadie for nibbles that sit like a row of drunken soldiers, spilling contents, these do what they’re supposed to. We had guests for cocktails last weekend and I filled my _ little **croustades’’ with creamed crabmeat, topped them with grated cheddar and baked them about 20 minutes at 350°F. I could have done with many more than 24, One of my friends that tried the their" in the paper until Wednesday? Great! I’m going to Stong’s tomorrow and clean out the entire supply.”’ So, give the stores time to stock up. Britl-Bread Bakeries, whoever they are, will probably be astonished when they see how we on the North Shore enjoy their modest little product. Kids (and husbands) are funny about food. If you make lasagne the same way every time, that’s how lasagne ought to be made — and don’t you dare try doing anything differently. ‘*Yetch! What did you do to the lasagne?” So what if the new variation tastes marvellous? That’s NOT lasagne and that’s final. Get smart — it’s taken me a quarter century to do it but I’ve learned to renarne new recipes — what they won’t accept as a varia- tion of lasagne, they’ enjoy A DIVISION OF OVERWAITEA FOODS — Owned and Operated by British Columbians. nN a 79 — Wednesday, November 16, 1988 —- North Shore News thoroughly if you call it ‘Venetian Strudel’ or ‘Sicilian Pasta Pie’’. Sicilian Pasta Pie (‘Shut-up, lasagne’) 8-10 fresh lasagne noodles, cooked 3 mia. meat sauce (recipe follows) creamy white cheese sauce (recipe follows) i cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese Meat Sauce Y. pound lean ground beef 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1- 14 oz. tin crashed tomatoes eu saver (NOT regular, tinned tomatoes - these are much thicker) 1 tin condensed consomme, un- diluted 1 tablespoon mixed Italian herbs handful fresh parsley, finely chop- dash, or more, garlic powder Ye cup dry red wine (a bit more or less, to give the sauce spooning consistency} On low heat, saute the meat and See Compare Page 80 NOW 2 LOCATIONS IN NORTH VANCOUVER day, Nov. 20 LESS THAN LO LESS THAN 5 MINUTES AWAY FROM LESS THAN 5 croustades remarked, “‘Won’t be MINUTES AWAY FROM WHISPER QUIET Because quality should be seen and not heard. So quiet you can answer the phone vvhile it's running. # Patented triple filtration system eliminates hand rinsing. «Even heavily soiled dishes come sparkling clean. @ The standard of dishwasher quality. SEE KitchemAic. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE: ADVERTISED eo ENO VEU. REFUND THE DIFFERENCE HOME FURNISHINGS | Warehouse/Showroom ODEN TO THE PUBLIC (2 biks. behind the Avalon) W at 1075 Roosevelt Cres., N.Van. 122 5c, 985-8738 £ MINUTES AWAY FROM Westview LESSTHAN 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM LESS THAN 13 MINUTES AWAY FROM Nanaimo & 1" Avenue Less THAN 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM Renfrew & Venables as= eg OPEN | 8 A.M.~MIDNIGHT "7 DAYS A WEEK Lonsdale & a7 LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM Deep Cove LESS THAN 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM Kensington & Hastings LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM Boun & Oxfor Our other North Vancouver location: PEMBERTON PLAZA, 1250 MARINE DRIVE