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tie colored candies to small branches
that have been wired together to
form tree. AS place cards, use little
flags and cardboard hatchets. Use
cherries wherever possible for gar
nishing, or in one or two of the
courses. However, don't overdo the
decoration theme, as too much color
and garnish will detract from your
menu rather than make it more at
tractive.
These cherry tarts are little diff
ferent and make a nice dessert
course.
Cherry Meringue Tarts
2 cups pitted, canned, sour cherries
l cup sugar
"a cup corn starch
2 egg whites
IA cups cherry juice
l tablespoon butter
4 tablespoons powdered sugar
Drain juice from cherries and heat
to boiling point. Combine the l cup
of sugar, cornstarch and enough cold
water to make smooth paste. Pour
this into the boiling cherry juice, stir
well and cook until mixture boils
for three minutes and is smooth and
thick. Add butter. Add cherries
and pour into baked, tart pastry
shells. Make a meringue of egg
whites and powdered sugar, beaten
until stiff. Spread on top of tarts
and bake for twenty minutes in
350-degree oven. Makes 6 to tarts.
These are delicious too, topped with
whipped cream instead of the mer-
ingue.
This cherry custard pie is very
good if you can work it into your
menu for family or party.
Cherry Custard Pie
Make a soft dough, using l cup
flour, "a teaspoon salt, "a cup lard,
2 tablespoons butter and table
spoons ice water. Pat the dough into
a 10-inch pie pan and sprinkle over
it a mixture of | tablespoon flour
and 2 tablespoons sugar. Pour over
this 2 cups drained, unsweetened
cherries. Mix together
3 egg yolks, well beaten
cup sugar
| cup milk
tablespoons flour
tablespoon melted butter
Pour this mixture over the cher
ries and bake all in 325-degree ov-
en- until the custard is set Serve
cold topped with whipped cream, or
a meringue made of the egg whites
and 5 tablespoons sugar. Brown in
slow oven
For a quick dessert for the family,
carrying out the cherry idea try
this
Cherry Upside Down Cake
l No. 2 can of sour pitted red
cherries
"a cup sugar
212 tablespoons corn starch
Drain juice from cherries and
place on stove. Mix sugar and corn
starch together and add to juice
Cook until clear and thick Add cher
ries and place in a creased 9-inch
pan about 212 inches deep. Use any
one of the white or yellow cake
mixes from the store and mix as. di-
rected on the package. Pour batter
over cherries and bake about 40
minutes in 375-degree oven. Serve
hot or cold topped with whipped
cream. After removing from oven
place pan on rack and allow to
cool slightly before turning out on
plate. Cut in wedges.
The following recipe is said to be
one of George Washington's favor
ties SO we will step aside for min
ute from party fare and try this
down to earth dish for the family
dinner.
Casserole of Pork Chops with Apples
4 pork chops cut "a inch thick
"a tablespoon bacon fat
tablespoons water or cider
5 medium size tart apples
Salt
Wipe meat with damp cloth. Trim
and sprinkle with salt. Heat bacon
fat in frying pan until it begins to
smoke. Then saute the chops until
they are brown on both sides. Peel
and core apples and cut into eighths.
Lay these sections either under or
over chops in baking dish. Add the
water or cider. Cover and bake in a
moderate oven $3.50 deg) for 11a
hours. If the apples are dry it may
be necessary to add a little more
water during the baking period, but
if they are juicy they will provide
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