The Washington times., 1936-12-25

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buffet style.
Red candles in one Of the new
holders described by Miss Laville
would make a gay decoration. Use
polished fruit such as pomegran-
ates, persimmons, polished apples,
pears, and assorted grapes for
your center decoration.
At one end of the table serve
coffee or tea and at the other egg
nogg or punch.
Little open-faced sandwiches. or
Christmas pastries could be used.
Canapes of various types are easy
to make and these delectable
morsels have a universal appeal
The new popular way to serve
the canape is to have generous
amounts Of your favorite spread
made up and then let guests
spread their own canape crackers.
Serve.YOurself -Canape-Spre c
8 packages cream cheese
8 stuffed olives
3 tablespoons cream
u teaspoon Of horseradish
u teaspoon of salt
4 strips Of bacon
Cut the bacon in small pieces,
Fry until crisp. Add chopped
olives. Add salt and horseradiSh
to cream cheese. Mix with cream
and beat until fluffy. Blend
with olives and bacon and pile
lightly into bowl. Serve with
canapy crackers or potato chips
Shrimp Canape
Boil fresh Shrimps, clean and
split. Insert the cheese in the
split shrimp. Roll in flour,
beaten egg and bread crumbs.
Fry to a delicate brown in hot
fat.
Egg ROSettes
Cut hard-cooked, egg with egg
slicer into four straight slices.
Press yolk through sieve. Add
butter, mustard, salt, pepper, and
little anchovy paste. Pour into
pastry tube and fill center OF
egg with the paste. Decorate top
with a small slice Of ripe olive.
Stuffed Celery
2 stalks of celery
/ can Of lobster paste
/ teaspoon Worcester sauce.
3 drops Of TobaSco sauce
2 tablespoons Of butter -
Mustard.
Separate and clean celery. Cut
in three-inch lengths. Cream the
butter and mix with lobster paste
and seasoning. Fill the celery
stalks with the mixture.
Sailed Nuts
Blanched nuts
Oil
Salt
Sprinkle nuts lightly with oil.
Spread in one layer on baking pan.
Brown in moderate oven. Sprinkle
with salt before taking from oven
and spread on unglazed paper to
absorb oils.
Cream Cheese Dainties
u cup shortening
"a ID. cream cheese
" cup sugar
l cup pastry flour
"a teaspoon salt
Cream shortening and cream
cheese, add the sugar and blend.
Sift flour and salt together, and
mix well. Form into rolls, wrap in
waxed paper and chill several
hours or over night. Slice thin
and bake 90 F., 6 to 8 minutes.
Cocktail Pretzels
1 cup shortening
| "a lb. snappy cheese
2, egg yolks
H teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 cups pastry flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
! y teaspoon salt
| y cup sour cream
Caraway seeds
Cream shortening, cheese and
egg yolks together. Sift dry in
gradients together and add alter
nately with the sour cream. Chill
several hours. Roll thin and cut
into desired shape or make into
pretzelS. Roll in caraway seeds
Bake 400 F., 8 to 10 minutes.
Carrot and Walnut Slices
1 cup shortening
2 tablespoons sugar
3 eggs
2 tablespoons baking powder
" teaspoon salt
3 cups pastry flour
cup walnuts
/ cup grated carrots
Juice and rind Of Y lemon
"a teaspoon cayenne
Cream shortening, sugar and
eggs together. Add carrots and
lemon juice. Sift dry ingredients
together, add the nuts and then
add to the first mixture. Spread
in long jelly roll pan lined with
waxed paper. Bake 375 F.. IL to
Is minutes. Cut while warm into
slices u inch wide and 2 inches
long.