48—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 13. 1976
Ladies Have
Lancaster Home Economist
Bored with your
diet?
If you are thinking thin and
trimming inches, take the
agony out of dieting. Stan
ding by to give you a healthy
assist in lowering your
calorie intake while still
providing great taste is the
freshest fruit around -
grapefruit. It’s in its prune
now.
According to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
there'a enough grapefruit
available to keep you eating
this fruit fresh right into
summer.
Because of grapefruit’s
unusual combination of tart
and sweet taste, it’s a fruit
that can be used in any part
of a menu. It performs well
in sparking appetites for any
meal to follow. It combines
well with shrimp for a
colorful and tasty cocktail
with a small calorie tag.
Served with slices of
avocado, it becomes a salad
temptation. It goes well in
gelatin salads because it
combines so well with other
foods. It can add zest and
interest to broiled fish or
poultry dishes.
A touch of honey can add a
touch of class to your broiled
grapefruit dessert. Another
way to broil it is with a
topping of bubbling brown
sugar and spice - nutmeg,
cinnamon, or your choice.
Some calorie-cutting ideas
might include this salad for a
healthy lunch;
Grapefruit and Tuna
Salad
Salad greens
2 cans (6-%-7 oz. each) tuna,
drained
1 cucumber sliced
2 cups grapefruit sections
You Heard?
By Doris Thomas
4 radishes, sliced
Arrange salad greens on
service plate. Place chunks
of tuna in middle. Surround
with cucumber slices, top
with grapefruit sections and
garnish with radish slices.
Serve with low-calorie
dressing. (Serves 4.)
Chicken and Grapefruit
Mold
2 cups grapefruit sections
2 envelopes unflavored
gelatin
l- a /4 cup cold water
2 chicken bouillon cubes
Va teaspoon salt
1 cup diced cooked or canned
chicken
h cup diced celery
2 teaspoons minced omon
pimento strips
salad greens
Sprinkle gelatin over cold
water in saucepan. Add
bouillon cubes and stir over
moderate heat until gelatin
and bouillon cubes are
dissolved. Chill until con
sistency of unbeaten egg
whites. Fold in grapefruit
sections, chicken, celery and
onion. Turn into l-% quart
mold and chill until firm.
Unmold on salad greens and
garnish with pimento strips.
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Tips on Sewing
Quilted Fabrics
This season’s fashion
fabrics often come quilted.
They work well in vests,
jackets, jumpers, hats and
handbags. When working
with quilted fabrics,
remember to choose a
pattern design that is simple,
without many details or
gatherings.
When cutting pattern
pieces, do not place them on
a fold. Their bulkiness can
cause distortion. Transfer
pattern markings to the
fabric with tailor's tacks
then corniest track marks
with chalk • instead of using
a tracing wheel and carbon
paper
Quilted garments tend to
be bulky. But in some areas,
bulk can be reduced. Clip
darts and press open.
Remove excess batting bj
pulling it away from the
fabric cover. Treat seams by
cutting batting and lining
close to the seam line, then
pulling them away from
outer fabric. Zigzag seams to
prevent raveling. Or, if the
garment is unlined, bind
seams with bias tape. Press
open all seams.
Make facings from
unquilted fabrics. If com
panion fabrics aren’t
available, pull batting and
lining away from excess
quilted fabric and use it as
facing material. Use
decorative trims, such as
fold-over braid in place of
facings.
Mark hems carefully.
Machine stitch onc-qusrtcr
of an Inch from the fold
within seam hem allowance
Then remove quilt batting
from hem allowance
Machine buttonholes arc
best for quilted fabrics.
When inserting d zipper,
remove batting from scam
allowances
Society 24
Society of Farm Women 24
met recently at the home of
Mrs. Ross Noffsmger, Leola.
A total of 23 members an
swered to roll call, which
was “family ancestors ”
After the business
meeting, conducted by Mrs.
Jack Golston, president, we
enjoyed a very informative
program presented by Dr. J.
Calvin Wenger, of Lan
caster, Penna. The title of
his presentation was “The
Plain People of Lancaster
County.” Delicious refresh
ments were served by our
hostess.
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