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42 — Wednesday, January 23, 1991 - North Shore News

Cat looks great but does it like corned beef?

AT THE start of our icy weather I took in a stray cat that had been living in our yard (unwanted, uninvited and unwelcome) for almost a year. He took up resi- dence under our hot water heater and sneaked upstairs at night to dine.

After a few days he became brave enough that I could take a good jook at him.

What a mess. He was a mass of sores and bare spots. Obviously un-neutered, he had the huge head of the entire tomcat, skinny Manks and matted long ginger-and-white ur,

in a day or so, he let me rub his ears and began to purr like a weed-eater.

My oldest daughter has a se- cond job — she works part-time for Dr. Parker at Animal Medical Clinic in West Van. Lori told Dr. Parker about my waif and he kindly offered to take a look at him.

Dr. Parker and his staff bathed “Ginger.’* They de-matted him, treated his sores, gave him antibi-

otics and all his shots. His nails.

got clipped and his teeth cleaned. The staff treated poor old Ginge as if he were a pedigreed angora — they kept him for four days to make sure he was A-one,

I received a bill that would have been low in 1951. But, the real point is that I’ve never seen such a miracle performed by any clinic in four days. Ginger could star on TV. And, guess who is sleeping on my feet just now?

In the past two days, I’ve had two requests for recipes using canned corned beef — London Drugs had a sale.

The first came from a News employee who had clipped and lost my recipe for these:

Corned Beef Bunwiches

Easy and delicious, these can be individually wrapped and frozen. Re-heat them in the oven as you need them or toss them on a barbecue rill. This filling is enough for a dozen buttered hamburger buns. To bake all at once, lay them on a big cookie sheet and heat at 325° about 20 minutes or until hot through and the cheese melts.

1 tin corned beef

12 cups grated medium cheddar

1 smalf tin chopped green olives (I use the equivalent amount of ‘salad olives’ and chop § them myseif)

% cup ketchup

6 tablespoons chopped green onioa (one bunch)

3 teaspoons chopped green pepper (or more)

3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce (three jolts!)

Dice the coraed beef and mix well with the remaining ingre- dients. “Fill buttered buns and ci- ther freeze or bake.

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The second request came fre:a my daughter Suzy, who started by saying, ‘Mom, will you get on with that cookbook you prom- ised?”*

This is so simple, especially for those short of time. The ingre- dients come right out of the kitchen cupboard and can be mix- ed and on the table in haif an hour.

Corned Beef Hash i tin corned beef

Barbara McCreadie

BUDGET BEATERS

3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced

1 large onior

Y% cup butter

salt and pepper

In a large frying pan, over me- dium heat, saute the corned beef, breaking it up as it cooks. Mean- while, cook the potatoes until just tender. Add onions and butter to the broken-up beef and continue cooking until the potatoes are done.

Add poiatces and stir. Pat down and adjust the heat if neces- sary sv that the hash browns on the bottom. Season. Turn and brown the other side, adding a bit more butter if necessary.

We like this with cooked spinach or coleslaw or both.

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This next recipe is something similar but a bit fancier.

Corned Beef Stuffed Baked

Potatces

4 large potatoes, baked and split lengthwise 1 tin corned beef Y cup butter % cup milk OR: 1 egg (the egg makes a firmer fill- ing) 1 bunch green onions, chopped, including green part Y2 cup sour cream 1 or 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish

Break up the corned beef and set aside. Scoap out the inside of the putatoes, leaving enough potato on the skins to keep them firm enough to fill.

Beat the potato with butter, milk or egg and green onion untii mixed but not fluffy. Add to dic- ed corned beef and mix but don’t break up the beef. Pile back into the shells and bake at 350° about 10 minutes or until heated through. To serve, top with a spoonful of sour cream mixed with horseradish.

Note: I’ve also added a topping of grated cheddar to the shells be- fore re-heating.

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Local charitable dinner feeds 325

A HOT meal and warm greetings were the order of the day for more than 300 people at a charitable dinner held over the Christmas holidays at the North Vancouver recreation centre. Seventy volunteers fed and

served 325 people including 200 chiidren at the Change the World Foundation’s fourth annual din- ner.

Foundation organizer David Foster said the dinners are held each year to provide those who

would not normally have a Christmas dinner with one.

This year’s dinner was spon- sored by Save-On Foods, the West Vancouver Baptist Church, McDonald's and the B.C. Lions as well other community groups.

Woodwynn has announced a 20% price reduction on everything in the store!* This Thursday to Sunday, tax- weary customers get a welcome reprieve with 20% savings on all merchandise — even on the last ticketed clearance price of fall and winter wear. A spokesman for Woodwynn confirmed the 4-day sale, adding that the 20% savings apply to all new spring arrivals as well. The savings continue.

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