Evening star., 1936-06-02
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Gournet's S Guide
BY LUCIE EBERLY.

A N OLD favorite in new guise comes
n to claim q place Of honor along
with other delicacies for your Sum-
mer menu. Oven-baked beans with
luscious fresh tomato sauce and tiny
pork sausage! The latter addition
should make the traditional Yankee
dish more popular than ever. As a
luncheon dish, buffet supper. picnic
or Summer camping piece de resist
ance, what could be nicer? The house
that has just added this new item to
their already famous line, which is
known the world over for its excel
lence, has certainly caught the tempo
Of the day and has been successful in
determining just what the modern
discriminating palate land budgeD is
looking for. The two dishes in one Is
a clever idea. Every one knows how
good pork sausage and baked beans
can be and no doubt many housekeep-
ers have provided this duet for the
family many times. What Joy it is
| to be able to have this combination
already to serve by the mere twist of
the can opener! II you prefer not
to have the sausage with the beans
then get the plain oven-baked beans
with the rich tomato sauce. While this
may not by any means be a new
item in the food repertoire, the flavor
that the Gamer has succeeded in pro-
ducing in his new item is. You will be
missing a real treat If you don't ac-
Quaint yourself with both of these
newcomers to the grocery shelves.
WHEN we think of baked beans We
w invariably think of its famous
complement-Boston brown bread.
And good it is-but another steamed
bread has just been placed on the
market to try its luck with the bean
pot! Steamed prune bread. 1t does
sound good. doesn't it? 1t is. too.
Light as a feather, unusual in flavor,
it brings a new taste sensation to the
bread line" 1t may be served either
hot or cold, and is delicious either
way, having a fruity. nutty flavor
not too sweet or sticky. Don't limit
| its duty to the bean pot, though, be-
cause it is perfect for the dainty tea
snack, topped with cream cheese, gin
ger marmalade or just plain butter.
The new bread version should also be-
come popular as camping or picnic
bread. as it is packed in vacuum tins
that keep it fresh, and each tin has
key attached to be used for opening
the can.
EROG legs have always ranked high
among the most exclusive Of food
delicacies. and if you are fond OF
them, and yet have little time and
limited facilities to prepare them, you
NAV be glad to know you can get
frog a la queen" already prepared in
cans. ready to serve. Merely place
can in boiling water for Is minutes
and open and serve on hot toast, bis
cults or in patty shells The uncooked
frog legs also come canned, and it is
nice to have a few on hand for unex-
pected entertaining. Fresh frogs are
at their prime at the fish markets,
too, and If you are looking for the
Jumbo variety, we will be glad to tell
you where you may find them. The
giant bullfrogs are said to have un-'
usual flavor and are much meatier.
Frog meat salad and sandwiches are
especially delectable. and should sug-
gest something a little different for
the Summer garden buffet parties.
IF YOU entertain on small scale,
you'll be interested in an assortment
of cheese, six cakes TO q round carton.
Pie shaped and foil-wrapped, these
mportations-white chorn and galtee,
that famous rich, yellow Irish cheese
that breezes from the Emerald Isle:
cheshire and cheddar from England,
schweitZer from Switzerland and
roquefort from France will bring in
teresting variety to your cheese board.
Each portion provides about four gen.
erous servings. If you do not like
the above mentioned assortment you
may choose your own favorites. The
fancy grocer who features the special
group invites you to make up your
own ensemble from his large stock
of imported as we'll as domestic prod
ucts. It wouldn't be a bad plan to
buy the picnic cheese this way either,
for it will keep fresh and moist longer
and certainly be much easier to handle.
You would also have wider selec-
ton of filings for the picnic sand
wicheS at low cost.
| u II
IF YOU decide to 60 picnicking on
the spur of the moment one Of
these fair days and there Is absolutely
nothing in the house to take along,
don't give up the idea Of going on
your outing. Call up one Of the
several persons who will prepare a
picnic basket to order within a few
hours time. You may have sand
wiches, fried chicken, potato salad,
olives and pickles-in fact, anything
you wish to eat and almost anything
you might like to drink-packed in
a large hamper ION which you leave
deposiO, which is equipped with
plates, napkins, cups, forks and knives,
etc. One can even have hot meal
packed, as some of the baskets are
equipped with thermos bottles and
containers. If you are at loss what
to order-you may choose from a
picnic menu or, If you don't want to
know what is in the basket until
you open it-then let them pack an
old-fashioned lunch for you and be
pleasantly surprised! The baskets
vary in price, of course, according to
order.
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column, call Ma
tional 5000, extension 342.