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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
a Correspondent
Last minute shoppers hurry
through the stores picking up final
gifts for friends and relatives.
Homemakers are planning their
Christmas Day menus when entire
families will get together for the
biggest holiday of the year.
Other families in the Back Moun-
tain and surrounding area are plan-
ning holiday brunches, luncheons or
other festive events. The big ques-
tion for many of them is ‘What can
we prepare that is different?” espe-
cially when it’s just a light evening
snack for friends who drop in, or
perhaps a drink, hot or cold, some-
thing different. ;
If it’s a drink why not serve
Peach Daiquiris, made with
peaches combined with lime and
rum or a Cafe Reggae or a Cafe
Toledo, all favorites in the Denmon
family.
Any and all of these are easy to
prepare and make great additions
to holiday entertaining.
PEACH DAIQUIRIS
1 lg. pkg. frozen peaches, slightly
thawed
1 6-0z. can frozen lime concentrate
Light Rum
Crushed ice
Combine peaches, lime concen-
liquefy until smooth but thick. Add
rum according to taste and serve.
CAFE REGGAE
1 c. steaming coffee
5 oz. Tia Maria
¥% oz. Creme de Cacao
% 0z. Golden Rum
To each 6 oz. cup of steaming
coffee, add half ounce of Tia Maria,
Creme De Cacao and golden Rum.
Top with heavy cream and serve.
CAFE TOLEDO
Hot coffee
Bailey's Irish Cream
Kahlua
Dark Chocolate, melted +
To each cup of fresh, hot coffee
add half ounce of Baileys Irish
Cream and Kahlua. Add one tea-
spoon of melted chocolate, stir and
top wit heavy cream.
+ Melt dark, unsweetened choco-
late over hot water, allowing one
small square per cup of coffee.
MARINATED MUSHROOMS
1 Ib. fresh mushrooms, quartered
| ¢.. white vinegar
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 t. dried oregano or 2 T. fresh
oregano
2 t. dried basil or 2 T. fresh basil
Place mushrooms in bowl, cover
with water, add lemon juice. In
medium, saucepan place remaining
ingredients to boil. Remove from
heat.
Drain mushrooms, discarding
liquid. Return to bowl. Pour hot
marinade over mushrooms and cool
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to room temperature. Cover and let
rest eight hours or overnight, toss-
ing occasionally.
ROCQUEFORT LOG
2 3-0z. pkgs. cream cheese, softened
2 oz. roquefort cheese, crumbled
2 T. finely chopped celery
1 T. minced onion
Few. drops liquid hot pepper season-
ing
Dash cayenne pepper
% c. chopped peans or walnuts
Combine cheeses. Blend in next
four ingredients. Chill. Shape a roll
1% inches in diameter. Cover with
nuts, wrap in wax paper. Refriger-
ate until firm. Slice and serve on
crackers.
CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATES
1 1b. Wilton Chocolate Rounds
1 pkg. unsalted nuts, chopped
1 pkg. coconut
Rice Krispies
Raisins
Peanut butter
Melt chocolate in quarter pound
amounts. In first batch of melted
chocolate, add chopped nuts. Fill
small, paper candy cups with spoon
to about quarter inch from top. To
second batch of melted chocolate,
add rice krispies and spoon mixture
into small paper candy cups to
about quarter inch from top. If
desired follow same procedure for
raisins or coconut.
To make peanut butter cups, use
small, foil candy cups. Melt choco-
late, place small amount (about half
teaspoon) in bottom of cup, then
add one quarter to one half teaspoon
of peanut butter. Top with melted
chocolate. Let all candies stand
until set.
Paper and foil cups may be pur-
PECAN PRALINES
1 box brown sugar
2/3.c. evaporated milk
74 ¢. Karo syrup
1 or 2 c. pean halves
Combine sugar, milk and syrup.
Bring to boil, cook for five minutes.
Remove from heat and add pecans.
Bring to rolling boil and let boil for
three minutes.
Remove from heat and set boil,
stirring occasionally until it gets
glaze. Drop by teaspoon on wax
paper and let cool.
If you
‘‘Holidays .are times for enjoying,
but. not while driving under the
influence of alcohol...”
The precautionary plea was
issued recently by Gilbert D. Tough,
president and chief executive offi-
cer, Blue Cross of Northeastern
Pennsylvania, who announced that
the regional hospital service organi-
zation, in cooperation with Pennsyl-
vania Blue Shield, has begun an
intensive, month-long Drunk Driv-
ing Awareness Program which
urges motorists to refrain from
driving while under the influence of
alcohol, especially during the
upcoming holiday period.
‘“As a caring organization, which
serves the health care needs of
more than 640,000 subscribers in 13
counties of northeastern Pennsyl-
vania,” Tough said, ‘‘we would hope
that our message, ‘Alcohol and Gas-
oline Do Not Mix? will come
through loud and clear to all who sit
behind the wheels of their cars
during this holiday season.
“The ugly statistics caused by
drunk drivers in the past should be
a lesson of the strongest medicine to
everyone. The grim reminders of
serious injuries that have been suf-
fered by the countless innocent per-
sons and, most importantly, the
lives of loved ones that have been
destroyed by careless, inconsiderate
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Organizations
rink,
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of these innocent victims for too
long of a time.”
Tough added that, while it’s
always important to stay healthy,
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania and Pennsylvania Blue Shield
hope that such a stern warning - ‘if
you drink don’t drive, if you drive,
don’t drink’ - will help avoid serious
injuries and loss of lives during this
holiday period, and even beyond.”
Tough stated that, in its attempt
to publicize the importance of the
Drunk Driving Awareness Program,
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania and Pennsylvania Blue Shield
have launched a two-prong effort as
a means for urging public coopera-
tion.
Now that Thanksgiving has
come and gone, and with Christ-
mas just around the corner, you
may think that soon you will
have seen and eaten your fill of
turkey until next holiday season.
Don’t think so for a minute.
The noble word that graces our
tables during the winter holidays
is also sold and consumed year-
round in some 70 different guises
- everything from turkey hot
dogs and turkey ham to turkey
sausage and turkey salami,
December issue.
There’s good reason for turn-
ing turkey into a food for all
seasons. For one, taking into
account inflation, turkey costs
less now than it did 15 years ago.
In its varied forms, turkey prod-
ucts in a delicatessen generally
sell for one-third to one-half less
than other meats.
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Following are cafeteria menus for
area school districts for the follow-
ing week:
DALLAS SCHOOLS
Dec. 19 - 21
WEDNESDAY - Super three-d-
burger w-lettuce-mayo, oven baked
French fries, choice of milk or
juice. Bonus: Baked cobbler.
THURSDAY - Christmas Dinner -
Breaded chicken with snowpiled
buttered whipped potaotes, honey
glazed sweet potatoes, Yuletide
celery logs, choice of milk or juice.
Bonus: North Pole Ice Cream
Treat.
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menus
FRIDAY - Pizza, steamy .Deef
noodle soup w-veggies, potato chips,
choice of "milk or juice, Bonus:
Christmas holiday cookie.
GATE OF HEAVEN SCHOOL
Dec. 19 - 21
WEDNESDAY - Hamburgs on
bun, pickles, chips, fresh apples,
carrot-celery sticks, milk.
THURSDAY - Beef-a-roni, carrot-
celery-cucumber sticks, cheese
sticks, peaches, Italian bread-
butter, milk.
FRIDAY - Pizza, salad, pears, cake,
milk.
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