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Economical Entertaining
February party-giving and
party-going to celebrate the
birthdays of Presidents Lincoln
and Washington and Valentine’s
Day, as well, make for a gay
social season.
If you’re the one to be giving
the party, choose a dish that will
please a crowd yet won’t make
too big an inroad into your
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Ladies,
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budget. Choose chicken. The
U S. Department of Agriculture
says that chicken is now in
abundant supply and a good buy
in the way of a high-protein food,
so you’ll do well to consider it for
your buffet feature dish.
For a more intimate dinner
party, you might wish to serve a
whole roast chicken with a tasty
stuffing or rice-stuffed chicken
breasts. But if your party calls
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for a fairly large-size crowd, you
might do well to choose chicken
parts, or buy several chickens
and cut them up yourself into
serving size portions suitable for
finger-food preparations or other
dishes.
Baskets full of fried chicken,
pilafs and other casserold-type
chicken dishes are popular party
fare, but one of the all-time
favorites is barbecued chicken. It
was certainly a favorite with the
last President Lyndon Johnson,
who served it frequently at his
famous barbecues.
This recipe for
“PRESIDENT’S CHOICE”
BARBECUED CHICKEN, is
President Johnson’s recipe:
5 ready-to-cook chickens, 3
pounds each (cut up)
4 ounces chicken fat
4 ounces oil
2 large onions, chopped
5 ounces brown sugar
5 ounces wine vinegar
1 cup fresh lemon juice
5 cups catsup
12 ounces Worcestershire sauce
IVz ounces prepared mustard
1 quart chicken broth
1 pound celery, chopped
salt to taste
dash red pepper
TO PREPARE: Brown
Chicken pieces in fat and oil.
Remove chicken pieces to large
baking pans. Add chopped onion
to fat and brown lightly, add
remaining ingredients and
simmer 30 minutes. Pour sauce
over browned chicken in baking
pans. Cover pans with aluminum
foil and bake in a slow to
moderate oven (325 degrees to
350 degrees F), for 1 hour Keep
warm in electric warming ovens.
TIPS ON STORING SPICES
Before you bring spices home
from the grocery store, think
about how and where you’ll store
them.
Spices contain volatile oils
which give them flavor. If the oil
evaporates, the flavor is lost. To
prevent such loss, buy spices in
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Last week I recounted some of
our 25th wedding anniversary
celebrations. Thinking on this, I
am reminded of the serenade
which some of our relatives and
friends gave us. It was not
“music outdoors at night” as the
dictionary defines serenade, but
rather “noise and more noise”.
Luckily, our neighbors are not
very near. Allen was cooking
chocolate pudding and I’d just
come home from an employees
meeting - I worked full time. A
homemade contraption was
especially developed for such
occasions and employed an
electric motor, a shaft, a
sprocket wheel and a car spring
After the racket finally died down
they swarmed in to eat the
pudding and other goodies
Unbeknown to the guests, one of
them had really doused the
pudding with black pepper When
the culprit was discovered, she
was forced to eat her concoction,
thus adding to the hilarity of the
situation
Quite recently I learned that
my husband made the gadget to
serenade others .. among them,
Max Smith, our County Agent
Nowadays most young couples
live in such proximity that such a
boisterous party would be
frowned upon
quantities you can use before
they become stale.
Protect such spices as paprika,
curry powder, and mustard from
direct sunlight to avoid loss of
color In addition, keep the white
or light-colored spices from long
exposure to light These kinds
tend to yellow and develop off
flavors.
Cayenne pepper and paprika
will retain flavor longer if you
store them in the refrigerator.
And always keep spices closed
tightly and in a dry place.
Dampness may cause them to
cake
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1973—29
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Ida Risser
There have been several fresh
heifers in our herd lately and they
are determined not to go into the
milk parlor
Little boys and big boys
wrestle, go to 4-H and FFA
meetings and so father farms
alone
Nancy and I were pressed into
service and helped urge the
haltered animals into the stalls.
When the heifers go through the
parlor before freshening and
learn there is feed in it, it makes
it easier for everyone concerned