B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 10,-1963 ' or t Farm Wife and Family The Badkyard Chef By Mrs. Richard O. Spence A back yard barbecue is one of the most pleasant ways to enjoy summertime outdoors and at the same time avoid using the kitchen on the hottest days. It also gives the male member of the family a chance to show off their cooking skills! Most men shy away from kitchen cooking but need no encouragement when it comes to cooking on a grill. Ideally, outdoor meals should be planned so that no one per son must do all the work Ka bobs, while they look some what complicated, can provide a nourishing meal with a min imum of effort by the home maker; the backyard chef can cook them to their tender “done ness” over hot coals'on a grill. Ingredients for the meal can be prepared in the morning so that no more effort is needed until dinner time. Kabobs can be cooked on metal skewers or on long green sticks and usually involved a combination of meat and vegetables. Des serts, too, can be cooked on skewers. Each member of the family can cook his own ka bobs, if they like. The familiar “shish kabob” originated with the Armenians, who cook lamb on skewers or “swords” and serve it, flaming, with a flourish. However, ka bobs can be made'from an al most endless combination of foods. Meats should be cut into one inch chunks, with vegetables cut to sizes which will cook in the same amount of time. Slow cooking vegetables may be par tially cooked before they, are placed on skewers with the meat, or they may be skewered and placed on the grill a little ahead of the meat. The meat, especially beef or lamb, can be marinated several hours or over night Marinades act as tenderizers and add fla vor to meat. The recipe for one kabob marinade includes 1/2 cup salad oil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, V* cup chopped onion, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, Mt teaspoon each salt and gar lic salt and a dash of pepper Mix all ingredients together and marinate meat cubes in the Stanley S. Hoffer LIMESTONE and FERTILIZER Sowing Service Stra*>burg, Pa. OV 7-6860 mixture for several hours, Serve kabobs on plates with rolls and butter, or place them in buns or French bread as sandwiches. A crisp garden sal ad, simple dessert and bever age complete the meal. Here are some kabob com binations; chunks of steak, mushrooms and sliced onions; ham, pineapple and orange sec tions; luncheon meat, quartered tomatoes and small cooked on ions; meatballs wrapped' in ba- KNOCKED OUT BY A RUSH OF BILLS? Consolidate your debts—pay them off with a per sonal loan at bank rates—and face only one payment a month. 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Melted but ter and lemon juice might be used instead. Meat cooks more evenly and faster if not crowded on 'the skewer. Turn kabobs to brown on all sides. Seafoods and pre cooked meats take eight to ten minutes, while beef or lamb cubes need to cook 15 to 20 minutes. They should broil ab out three inches from the heat. Little pastry desserts can be made from a tube of refriger ated biscuits. Cut each of the biscuits into thirds and roll each piece into a ball. String on skewers, leaving about a half inch between them. Bake over hot coals, turning (con stantly until browned and com pletely done, about seven min utes. Dip them into melted but l • 8 Convenient Offices LANCASTER ter -immediateljl’ and rdll ift a cinnamomsugaf •• mixture. 'One tube of refrigerated' biscuits makes 30. - * ALUMINUM FOIL MAKES OUTDOOR bbOKING EASY Take a vacation from the or dinary in outdoor meals and from fuss and bother, as well. Enjoy a cookout prepared the easy way all in a package, and with no dishes to wash! For example, a large ham burg patty garnished with po tatoes, onions and carrots makes a tasty, satisfying meal. Place the hamburg patty in the mid dle of a doubled square of sup er-strength aluminum foil. On it, arrange the potato and on ion slices and some slivers of carrot. Season with salt, pep per and butter, and wrap tight ly, ready for the fire. To hold steam and juices in the package, use the “dumpling wrap.” Draw the four comers of the foil square together, fol ding and crimping the edges | "Hitch Your Silo Filler I To A Star" * * | Weaver Star Silo Co. 4- i R#s, Lebanon, Po. t Poured Concrete Silos - Grain & Industrial Bins m You’re invited to open an insured.savings ac count here with a convenient amount. Each Saver’s funds, large or small, are insured to $lO,OOO and earn a better-than-average return.' 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