The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-14
FOODS
MATE EASILY
WITH CANNED
Combinations Suggested to
Prolong Season OF
Garden Items.

Ate EAAl " AAAr 4AtcA fNhNAdDA'
season Is approaching, but here Is I
stunt which many wise housewives
are using 70 prolOng Il as long a
possible.
They take such canned vegetables
as asparagus. beets. carrots, corn
kidney beans. lima beans. mush.
rooms. peas. sauerIaut. spinach
stringiess beans and tomatoes anC
combine them with the remaining
fresh beets. cabbage. carrots. cauli'
flower. celery. cucumbers egg
plant. lima beans. mushrooms. on
ions. potatoes, radishes, spinach
squash, sweet potatoes. tomatoes
and turnips which they are able
TO obtain. and make tasty dishes
How Is this dOne7 There's an ar
in IL. OF which a few samples vii
suffice 20 give the idea. Take the
first canned vegetable. asparagus
for instance. Could YOU ask for any
thing better 10 eat than the follow
ing:
Tomatoes and Asparagus
Cut the stem ends from four firm
uniform tomatoes. and scoop out tho
centers. Dust inside with salt and
pepper.
Stand two asparagus tips from a
ten and One-half ounce can upright
IN each tomato, cutting of the ends
so that they prOtrude only about
half an inch.
Mix the cut pieces Of asparagus
with the tomato pulp and add
enough buttered crumbs 70 make
the mixture Of the right consistency
to stuff. Stuff this around the as
paragus tips in the tomatoes, and
bake in slow oven, 325 degrees, for
from twenty 10 thirty minutes
Serves four.
Mushrooms and Asparagus
Peel six very large mushrooms
remove stems and place. cavity side
up. in a shallow pan. Put piece of
butter in each, and dust with salt
and pepper.
Lay two asparagus tips from a
ten and one-half ounce can across
each mushroom. and sprinkle thick
u with grated cheese. Dust with
paprika. and place in a hot oven for
about fifteen minutes. serve with
steak or on rounds Of toast as an
entree. Serves six.
ScaIlOped Corn and Celery
Boil one cup OF diced celery five
minutes. and drain. Put alternate
layers OF whole kernel corn from a
ten and One-half ounce can. celery
and One-fourth cup chopped ripe
olives in a baking dish, sprinkling
with One-fOurth teaspoon salt and a
few grains Of pepper,
Dot top with two tablespoons but
ter, pour over twO-thirds cup milk,
and cover with one-half cup but
tered crumbs. Bake for about forty
FIVE minutes in a 375-degree oven,
or until the celery is tender. Serves
six.
SuccOtash
Melt two tablespoons butter. and
ssute three tablespoons chopped
green pepper and one tablespoon
chopped onion in 1t for three min
utes.
Add the contents Of a No. can OF
cream style corn and one pound of
new lima beans which have been
shelled and Simmered in boiling
water until tender. This makes one
and a third cups. shelled. Season
% taste. and add two tablespoons
cream. Serves SIX
ParSnip Plate
Peel three medium parsnips, cut
in fourth inch slices length
wise. and boil until tender in sailed
water. Drain. Cut one medium
bunch celery in two inch pieces, and
also boil and Drain.
Lay parSnipS fiat in shallow but
tered baking dish or glass pie plate
Lay celery on top. sprinkle with
salt and pepper. and dot with but
ter.
Heat the contents of a No. ? can
Of tomatoes. season with salt, pep
per and a tiny bit Of sugar. ano
pour over. Bake in a 350-degret
oven for about thirty minutes OF
until brown. Serves six.
Tomatoes and Fresh Squash
Pare one summer, squash tyellov
crooked neck thinly. and cut il
small pieces.
Put the contents Of a No. car
Of tomatoes and the squash IN
stew pan. and season with salt anC
pepper. Cover and boil gently unit
SQUASH is tender. Mash with a fork
Add butter to season, and serve
Serves SIX.
Then so on from there, and maxi
your own cOmbinations-canneG
kidney beans with fresh tomatoes
for instance, canned corn or carrots
with sweet potatoes, canned pea!
with cucumbers and radishes o
canned Stringless beans with carrot
and green pepper.
The combinations offer a vid
range Of choice. and you'll find j
fun TO make your family and guest
guess which are the fresh vegetable
in them and which the canned
You'll also find that they will CUES
wrong frequently.
OYSTER SEASON OPENS