—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 22,1968 10 For the Farm Wife By Mr*. Kichard C. Spence. Food Editor Planning on a picnic? Whether it’s a cas ual roadside picnic or an outdoor meal for ?;uests, picnicking is fun even for Mom, the atnily cook, if you plan ahead. The first thing to do is to keep menus simple. Choose three or four dishes that pack easily, are easy to eat and easy to clean up af ter the picnic. Then Mom wiU have time and energy to enjoy the picnic too. But, take plenty of what you do fix; appetites are heartier out of-doors. Naturally, any meal should be nutritious; a picnic is no exception. A meal of hot dogs, buns, potato chips, pickles and pastry may ap peal to the children, but it falls short of sup plying basic food needs. Add some vegetables, a fresh fruit dessert and milk or fruit juice to send the nutrition al value way up. And the meal will still appeal to outdoor ap petites SPENCE Salad vegetables travel well in a crisper pan or plastic bag with ice cubes. Carrot and cel ery sticks, green pepper strips, onions, tomatoes and cucum bers are a few of the favorite picnic vegetables. Try cauliflow er flowerets, avocado cubes, radishes or water cress for something different. Carry salad dressing in a jar and mix it with vegetables just before serving Or, bring a jar of your favorite dunk sauce for a salad without fuss or muss. Sandwiches taste better made on the spot. Butter the bread ahead of time, then let everyone make his own; it’s easier on the chief cook. Bring a selection of fillings, and try a different kind • If you use a cooler chest, pre of bread occasionally. cool it with ice and pre-chill the Many one-dish meals made food in the refrigerator. When ahead of time make good picnic you pack, put the beverages and wevE COT IT! Texaco Fuel Chief... the finest heating oil money can buy! Texaco Fuel Chief is today’s top-qual ity heating oil. Result of the most exhaustive re- search in the heating oil ' field. You’ll find Texaco Fuel Chief dependable in quality, delivery after de- livery. It’s clean burning. And it’s economical— i gives complete combus tion from every drop. Or der Texaco Fuel Chief to day. We’ll fill your fuel-oil tank promptly. fFuel Chief*! We Give S & H Green Stamps Garber Oil Co. Texaco Fuel Chief Burner Sales & Service 105 Fairview St. MOUNT JOY, PA Ph. 653-1821 Picnics Can Be Fun! main dishes. Keep them hot un til served or pack them cold and reheat over the picnic fire. For easy spur - of - the - moment pic nicking, double the recipe when you’re making a favorite cas serole. Freeze half, so you’ll be ready on that gorgeous day when someone says, “Let’s go on a picnic.” For that easy fresh fruit des sert, try apples, cherries, orang es, figs, bananas, pears, plums or peaches. And, when it’s in season, what picnic is complete without watermelon? Children agree watermelon is twice as good when they can let the seeds fall where they may It’s easy nowadays to eat safe ly at a picnic. New thermal con tainers help keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold—the secret of safe picnic foods. frozen foods down In the Ice. Put meats and salad dressings di rectly on top of the ice, with breads and those foods that don’t have to be quite as cold nearer the cooler top. Don't use dry ice in a cooler. It's expensive, dangerous to handle and could freeze foods solid. Keep picnic staples together in a cupboard or kit. It saves time and you won’t forget some thing small but important. For everybody’s comfort, include sample first-aid supplies, head ache and indigestion medicine, sunburn ointment, soap and plenty of paper towels and facial tissues. Here are some simplified ways to make vegetables for picnics— either in the oven or on an out door grill. BUTTERED BEETS Peel a bunch of tender young beets; slice thinly or dice and place in the center of a square of heavy-duty foil. Add 2 tea spoons each of lemon juice and butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon sugar, if desired, salt and pep per. Bring opposite sides of foil together over vegetables and make a double fold called a drug store fold. Fold ends of packet twice to make a tight package. Bake in 350 degree oven for 1 hour or cook on an outdoor grill about 45 minutes or until done. Pick up each pac ket at least twice during grilling and shake well use asbestos gloves or wide spatula, keep side with folds up to prevent leaks. Cook small whole 'beets the same way but increase cooking time to an hour on the grill and 1% to IVz hours in the oven. GREEN BEANS WITH MUSHROOMS Cut 1 pound of fresh green beans into 2 inch lengths, wash and drain. Place beans on a square of heavy-duty foil and add a small onion diced and %. * * * * pound of mushrooms sliced, add 2 tablespoons each of water and butter or margarine. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bring foil up over vegetables and make double folds at top and ends for a tight package. Bake in 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or cook about 30 minutes on an out door grill. Pick up the packet with asbestos gloves and shake at least twice during cooking. Keep fold side up. BAKED ONIONS Onions are excellent cooked the same as beets. Allow an hour for small onions and 1% hours for large Bermudas. Re duce the cooking time on the grill by 15 minutes or more if the coals are very hot. * This cake is great for toting to a picnic— BUTTEBCHOC CAKE VA cups boiling water Ui caps qnick-cooking rolled oats cop butterscotch morsels cup granulated sugar cup firmly-packed brown sugar % cup shortening 3 eggs 2 % cups sifted flour VA teaspoons -baking soda VA teaspoons salt.* . I 1 % 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vt teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup raisins -->* % cup chopped nuts Combine boiling water and rolled oats in saucepan and let I HOLLAND STONE Ready-Mixed CONCRETE New Holland Concrete Products New Holland, Pa. stand. Melt the butterscotch, morsels over hot water and set aside. sugars and shortening in bowl 'and beat well. Beat in eggs. Blend In the rolled oats mixture and melted butterscotch. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinna mon and nutmeg; blend into creamed mixture. Stir in raisins and nuts. Pour into greased 13x9x2-inch pan. Bake at 350 de grees for 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan and frost with Chocolate Frosting.* •CHOCOLATE FROSTING V* cup milk 2 tablespoons batter % teaspoon salt 1 cap semi-sweet chocolate . morsels 1 teaspoon vanilla V/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar 1 to 2 teaspoons milk Combine milk, butter and salt and bring just to boil over mod erate heat. Remove from heat. Add ■chocolate morsels and van illa at once and stir till choco late is melted. Blend in confec tioners sugar. Stir in 1 to 2 tea spoons of milk gradually, till mixture is of soft, spreading consistency. Spread evenly over cooled cake. Mark surface by running tines of fork lengthwise, in wavy lines. Cut into 2-inch squares. Makes 24 squares. Cottonseed is .one of the most important sources of cooking and table fats. CONCRETE BLOCKS METAL WINDOWS 354-2114
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