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I By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE„
AP Food Editor
That Christmas dinner can be
1 tailored to fit shortages of mon
ey, ration points and time and
still be traditionally festive.
A few dishes that stand out as
appetite enticing can add up to
a better meal than a hodge-podge
of mediocre foods. Two you
may want to slip in a simple ap
petizer.
Your finest china and table
linens along with bright cran
berry sauce or jelly will give the
Yuletide turn to the dinner. If
mince meat is difficult to get,
most any good American pie, or
ice cream or steamed pudding
1 can be your choice.
! Advance Christmas dinner
► preparation pays. Stuff the fowl
J the day or evening before. Store,
covered, in refrigerator Cook and
| chop giblets and make up a
I creamy flour and water blend for
the gravy. Sort out vegetables
and select cooking utensils. Pre
Ipare salad makings. Cranberry
sauce or jelly can be made two
days ahead. If commercial is
used put it in refrigerator for a
two-day chilling to make un
I moulding easy. Set the table
I the night before so that the1
Chritsmas morning festivities can
i be enjoyed by the whole fam
' Uy.
( Goose requires about 30 min
utes roasting time per pound,
► duck needs from 30 to 32. Chick
- en about 32 and turkey about 33
l minutes per pound for roasting,
j A larger turkey requires short
er per pound roasting period.
(Allow about 35 minutes for the
8 to 10 pounder.)
Turn goose over every 30 min
utes and baste every 20 minutes
with boiling water. Never use an^
fat for basting as there is plen
ty in the goose. When the goose
is half done prick it several times
under legs and wings to let out
J some of the surplus fat. Remove
; fat as it collects in pan.
Because of the great amount of
! fat in duck, it is frequently serv
1 ed unstuffed. To give extra
flavor place a sliced onion and
apple in the cavity. Bake stuffing
separately in a casserole. Baste
duck every 20 minutes with hot
orange juice. Garnish with slices
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CHRISTMAS MENU !
Appetizer
Roast Fowl
Mashed Potatoes or Boiled Rice
Brown Gravy
Cubed Carrots and Celery
Cranberry Sherbet or Jelly, or
Fresh Spiced Apple Sauce
Biscuits
Jellied Red Cherry Ring with
Myaonnaise
Criss-Cross Mince Pie or
Steamed Fruit Pudding
Vanilla—Almond Flavored Hard
Sauce or Ambrosia
Coffee Candied Fruit Slices
of orange with cubes of cran
berry, currant or apple jelly on
the top. A duck will serve 3 to
4, but if wild duck is your se
lection allow half a duck per
person.
Sweet Potato Puff with a top
per of crunchy ready-to-serve:
eereal flakes or shredded salted:
peanuts or pecans is a grand side
partner for holiday fowl. Baked
acorn squash filled with cream
ed onions or escalloped corn is
a timely vegetable suggestion.
A ring of jellied tomato salad
centered with relish cabbage or
grapefruit or diced beet and olive
combination, presents a refresh
ing salad with traditional holi
day flavors and colors. Jellied
orange, crange, celery and nuts
with some shredded pimentos
added is another holiday salad
tip. All are made with unflavor
ed gelatine.
The fruity spicy home-made
steamed or baked puddings im
prove by standing so make them
up in advance and reheat by
steaming for 30 minutes in a
tightly covered double boiler or.
greased mole. Commercial can
ned puddings should be heated
for 40 minutes in boiling water
to cover.
The War Department estimates
a saving by cooks and mess ser
geants in the Army’s nine service
commands of 12,000,000 pounds
of fats and greases in 1944.
The War Food Administration
hsa in the United States about
2,000,000 tons of foodstuffs on
hand to meet emergencies.
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'LUCKY THIRTEEN
AP Features
\ WALHALLA, S. a—DoihgJ
things which most people con
sider unlucky is Rule No. 1 of
Walhalla’s Last Man Club.
Chartered originally by 13.
business men, all overseas veter
ans of World War I, on March
13, 1937, at 8:13 p. m., the club
meets 13 minutes after the hour
on the 13th day of each month.
Dues, 13 cents each, are used to
buy a 13-pound turkey for the
annual banquet.
But that’s only routine. When
the 13th arrives on Friday, the
club celebrates. Mirrors are
smashed by the dozens—or rath
er 13’s—members light cigarettes
“three on a match” and walk un
der ladders carrying the club’s
black cat mascot which was born
on the 13th of the month.
Merry Christmas
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Happy New Year!
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NICK SIMEON CHARLES GOETZENBURGER