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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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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

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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

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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.

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