The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-20
AFTER SUNDAY
COMES MONDAY
incidentally Left Overs to
Be Utilized to the Best
Advantage

~ OezzAAS0 W s4kS USSs
Advantage
HOW TO GO ABOUT IT
After the calm-tho storm: aft.
or the banquet-ieftovers There
always seems to be an aftermath
70 every sort OF agreeable event
and there Is no exception. as the
cook knows to her gray-haired sor-
row. In cooking. Proud though the
roast chick may be on Sunday,
Monday morning finds 1t dismem-
bered wreck of few bones and few
err portions. The birthday cake may
have cleaned amid its candles
when the party began; after II, only
drying-out slices remain to mark
the spot where"
The feasters go home-but the
budget-watching homemaker may
not leave the scraps behind them!
Perhaps, then n glance at what
other clever cooks have done with
their feast remnants will help you
with your leftovers when the fatal
day comes-as como II will.
Tho secret OF getting the hose.
lifting family TO eat the left-overs
lies mainly In keeping them flavor
Gus and In so changing their APP
pearance and form that they no
longer resemble yesterdays meat.
To bring out the flavor OF dish
that has already been subjected to
n first cooking requires that only
u bland and delicate frying or
shortening agent be employed. To
achieve this, wise cooks are using
corn oil In their cooking. for II
best helps to retain the original
flavor.
Leftover chicken, unless there Is
sufficient for salad, presents n
problem. Here Is a delicious way
10 prepare 1t. tho bread cases serv-
ing to enlarge the portions consid-
erably.
DREAMED CHICKEN
3 tbaps. corn oil
I tbsp, minced onion
3 cups minced chicken
. tbsps. c0Fmstarch
Paprikn
~ cups top milk or part milk
Wm0 GEtW"
Z tsp. salt
M tsp. nutmeg. Cayenne. Bread
cnAes
sherry favoring
Heat oil and cook finely minced
onion and chicken In II, three min
utes. Sprinkle with cornstarch and
stir until we'll blended. Add milk,
salt, nutmeg and cayenne, stirring
until smooth and thick. Boil three
minutes. Serve In bread cases or
on toast. One tablespoon sherry
fiavoring may be added. Garnish
with paprika.
Leftover vegetables may also be
creamod; II enough variety OF
boiled vegetables remain, mix them
together in n "goulash," adding
bit OF minced onion and green pep
por for added flavor and frying
them In corn oil. Minced or
chopped pimientos are an excellent
means OF giving color and pep
to- tho creamed dishes. Since the
white sauce for Dreaming must be
thick but lumpless, a good recipe
for properly mixing tho cornstarch
base should be In every cooks rep
erteire.
CREAMY WHITE SAUCE
IN tbsps. corn oil
- tbsp. minced onion
I tbsp. c0rnstarch
" tsp. salt
Pepper
n Z cup milk
Ifeat oil and cook onion In II
over low fire until yellow. Stir In
cornstarch and seasoning. Cook
two minutes, stirring constantly.
stir In milk and stir over fire until
sauce thickens. Boil three minutes
and strain.
Practically any left over meat,
or even two kinds. may be COM
blned and used to stun peppers
The following recipe Is quito AZ de-
lIcious used for stuffed tomatoes.
STUFFED PEPPERS or
TOMATOES
9 green peppers.
= tbsps. onion
~ cups soft bread crumbs
VI cWp minced chicken
VI cup minced aRm
salt and pepper
VI cup water or stock
Cut slice from stem end OF each
pepper and remove seeds. Cook
minced onion in the oil until yell
low. Add crumbs and cook two
minutes, stirring well, Add meat
and seasoning. stuff peppers with
thIsmixture and put In casserole,
Add waite ror stock. Bake fifteen
minutes In hot oven, 400 degrees
r., hasting occasionally. Lower
heat and bake over ten minutes
more. n using this same mixture
to stuff tomatoes bake only hfteen
minutes.
The leftover cookies or cake,
particularly that which has grown
a little stale, may be made into a
delicious pudding II served with
delicious made minute hot
sauce. Nutmeats or sliced pittei
dates may be added. or the color
full cocoanut frostcttes sprinkled
over the top. Here is favorite
sauce recipe:
CARAMEL NUT SAUCE
q tbsps. butter
~ cups brown sugar
" cup evapOrnted milk
2-B cup light corn syrup
n cup pecans chopped
Melt butter IN saucepan, auu
sugar and corn syrup and boil to
230 defrees +. or until 1t forms a
very soft ball when tried in cold
water. Add evaporated milk and
nutmeats and serve warm.
PLANKED STEAK.
POrterhouse steak
q mcdium-sized potatoes
3 large tomatoes
head cauliflower, cooked
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