RESH HALIBUT has arfived as every fish market and restaurant in town is well aware. Stongs is featuring it at $2.69 a pound by the piece — but anyone with a sharp knife can make short work of a chunk of fish.

If you want to try baking or BBQing the whole piece try filling the cavity with slic- ed onion and green pepper. Bread stuffings tend to dry

out your fish while the -

vegetables add moisture and flavor.

We wrap fish with heavy duty foil and roast over the coals (on the grill) 20 min. for each side. Test with a fork — it should flake easily and the juice should be cloudy.

Barbecues seem to call for baked beans. Both Libby’s

Beans are 69¢ this week at Stongs. Try this: melt Y% cup butter and add a diced onion, a teaspoon garlic powder, 2 teaspoons brown sugar, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, “% cup ketchup and 2 tablespoons vinegar. Cook this up for a couple of minutes then add 2 G98 ml) tins of Deep Brown- ed beans, 1 (398ml) drained Kidney Beans and 1 (same size) drained green lima beans (essential!).

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