MONEY-SAVING MUSHROOMS.

Try brown for better shape

HAT’S THE difference between brown
and white mushrooms? As far as taste
goes, I can’t see any difference. Stl, I
always buy brown when there’s a choice because
they seem to keep better - less apt to bruise if your
kid jams them in the crisper or drops a catsup bot-

tle on top.

If you’re cooking them
whole or stuffing them, the
brown ones keep their shape
a bit better. If you’re sauteée-
ing sliced mushrooms to gar-
nish a steak, try adding a
small jolt of soy sauce in the
last couple of minutes — just
a bit seems to double the
mushroom flavor.

Mushrooms, at $1.99 are a
big money-saver this week at
Super Valu.

Of all the Iced Tea mixes
on the market | guarantee
Nestea has the best flavor.
Their ‘‘Light’’ has no ar-
tificial sweeteners, just less
sugar, and my houseful of tea
addicts rave about it. Super
Valu has Nestea, 425 gm tins,
for $2.98. That’s 77¢ less
than | paid for the tin in my
cupboard. Case lot time!

Boneless Cross-rib roasts
at $1.99 a pound at Stong’s
are this week's top beef buy.
If you're planning on spit
BBQing, try to choose one

that is uniform in size - ever
try to balance a lop-sided
roast?

Stab the meat at intervals
with a thin, sharp-pointéed
knife and insert bits of garlic
about the size of a split pea.
Pile up the coals at the back
of the firebox and place a
drip pan under the meat.
Keep adding to the coals as
you see the need. A six-
pound roast, medium rare
will take about 2% hours if
you don’t let the coals die
down. Check with your meat
thermometer — 140° is rare,
170’ is well-done.

Let the roast rest for 15
minutes before carving. Top
each slice with a tablespoon-
ful of HERB BUTTER. To
’ cup butter, add a teaspoon
mixed Italian Herbs, '2 teas-
poon garlic powder and a
drop of Tabasco. Sprinkle a
tablespoon of finely chopped
parsley over the butter and
allow it to sit in the fridge for
a couple of hours to blend

flavors. Give a grind of
cracked pepper to gach
serving.

Look for Olympic sausage
sticks (500 gm) at Safeway
this week for $1.99. If I’m
dead lazy, | slice a pepperoni
stick, dice up some green
pepper, onion, black olives
and mushrooms and hand the
works to the kids - along with
a bargain-priced cheese and
tomato pizza. Then | phone
our favorite restaurant and
make dinner reservations for
two.

Sour cream, Lucerne, 500
mL tubs are 99¢ this week at
Safeway. You'll probably
like: Sour-Cream Mushroom
Pastries: Soften 8 oz.
package cream cheese and 2
cup butter. Beat in 12 cups
flour and “% teaspoon salt
with an electric mixer. It will

resemble cookie dough. Roll
dough into a ball and chill.
Filling: Dice “% pound

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soup.
Don’t miss fresh chicken
breasts at Buy Low for $1.99

budget beaters

mushrooms and a medium-
large onion. I use my food
processor. Cook gently in 2
tablespoons butter until soft.
Cool. Stir in Y% cup sour
cream, I-lightly beaten egg,
Y% teaspoon mixed Italian
herbs and salt and pepper.
Roll the pastry 1/8’? thick -
it handles beautifully. Cut in
circules — I use the top of a
wide-mouth mayonnaise jar.
Spoon a teaspoon of the fill-
ing on each, seal the edges of
the turnovers with beaten egg
and the tines of a fork, and
brush the tops with the rest of
the egg. Bake at 425° 12-15
min. These freeze well, un-
baked. Great for parties byt I
make them for dinner along
with a big bow! of homemade

Dealing with losing a spouse

Learning to adjust

L.I.F.E. (Living is for
Everyone) seems an ap-
propriate name for an

organization dedicated to
helping people adjust to the
loss of a spouse.

The L.1.F.E. Resource
Centre, offers individual
counselling, self-help support
groups, educational and
social groups for men and
women who
following the death of a
spouse, or through divorce or
separation

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by Barbara McCreadie

a pound. These are the
greatest to have on hand for
the harassed cook, especially
if you’ve had the forethought
to break open the packages
and arrange a family-sized
amount on tinfoil in your
favorite casserole dish.
Freeze and then remove and
freezer-package. When you
need them in a hurry, return
to the casserole and top with
a tin of Cream of Chicken
soup, a handful of slivered
almonds and a few shakes of
seasoning salt. Bake about an
hour at 375° while you do
more important things.
White rice (or any brand of
packaged, flavored mix you
bought in a weak moment)
goes along well, as does broc-
coh with butter and grated
Parmesan.

If you pick up a pail (4L)
of Palm Ice cream at Buy
Low for $3.77 you won't

?

have to worry about dessert.

Woodward’s has two ex-
cellent buys for your BBQ
this week — medium ground
beef at $1.59 a pound and
bulk weiners at 89¢ a pound.

If you’re having a group of
young people and don’t want
the bother of a BBQ, use
your oven and make up a
bunch of spicy meat balls.
Provide a dip or two
(mustard and mayonnaise is
popular as is a mixture of
catsup and taco. sauce).
These both are good with
weiner chunks, too. If you
want to serve rolls, choose
the small, soft dinner rolls
and split them.

If you need charcoal bri-
quets, don’t miss Wood-
ward's brand at $2.27 for the
ten-pound sack. I just paid
over $7 for 20 pounds and
I’m kicking myself! See what
happens when you don’t
watch for specials?

If your family likes tinned
mandarin orange sections,
look for Gold Cup brand,
248 mL, 48¢ at Kwiksave.
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are
$1.78 for the 675 mL size.

BEST BUYS: SUPER
VALU. Utility grade frying
chicken, 97¢ Ib., STONG’S:
York lemonade, pink or plain
2/99¢ (355 mL), SAFEWAY:
Heinz Ketchup 1L, $2.58,
BUY LOW: Celery 26¢ Ib.
Honeydew melons, 29¢ Ib.,
WOODWARD’S: W.W.
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