Evening star., 1953-02-12
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Western Pears
Plentiful;
Citrus Pectin
BY Violet FouIkner

With beef wearing such at
tractive price tags these days,
you're probably serving all kinds
Of beef dinners to your family.
After every one has satisfied
their craving for good OIL stand
ing rib roastS, another favorite
will undoubtedly flnd its way to
the table. And that's Swiss steak,
one Of the most popular Of beef
dishes. The next time you make
it, try this interesting flavor
combination. Before you pour
the tomatoes over the Drowned
meat, mix a teaspoon Of dry mus
tard and " teaspoon Of chill
powder with the tomatoes and
tuck in a bay leaf. Cover and
simmer slowly until the meat is
tender. The chilli gives 1t a nice
zip.
Pears ApIenty
Coming at a season of the year
when the fruit supply is more
or less limited, you'll be pleased
to hear that February will see
an abundance of fresh Anjous on
the market. News from the pear
industry quotes a half million
more boxes Of pears on hand
than at the same time a year ago.
AS fruit prices go. pears are a
good buy. If You compare them
to the better quality of apples,
I believe you'll find them less ex-
pensive. True. they run higher
than citrus. Have you ever sub
stituted diced pears for apples in
a Waldorf salad? For a meat ac-
compartment, broiled pears can't
be beat. just top the halves with
a bit OF butter and brown sugar
and run them under the broiler
for z or 8 minutes, until barely
tender. One Of my favorite lunch
spots has been serving baking
pears lately that are delicious.
That inspired me to serve them
Tor dessert recently when some
friends dropped by. This is the
recipe I used: Peel the pears but
leave the stems on. Put them
upright in a deep casserole and
pour over them a sirup made of
1s cup sugar. " cup water, dash
OF salt and a few strips of lemon
peel. Bake, covered, about / to
lR hours, until tender. Serve
them warm with an icy cold Gus
tard sauce.
Circle the Dote
This is a gentle hint to all IA
theirs, sons and beaux that Sat-
urday is st. Valentines Day in
case the date has slipped your
mind. It's a day when every
girl, be she 6 or so, looks for
some special remembrance from
her favorite swain. OF course.
there's always flowers or her
favorite brand Of chocolates to
fall back on, but why not be
original? Nom, In particular.
might enjoy a more lasting gift
and the one we have in mind
would please the gal with her
own apartment. too. It's a
a graceful, black wrought-iron
tiny candelabra that takes up
a minimum Of space on the table
or buffet. The soft fiattering
light from the five slender tapers
will add charm and grace to the
simplest meal. It's an mex
pensive gift but one to enjoy
long after Valentines Day is
gone and forgotten. The tapers,
by the way. are available in a
variety of colors to match your
table setting.
For TV viewers there's some
thing new and novel in the
candle world. It's an attractive
brandy shaped glass filled with
chlorophyll impregnated wax
that burns with a flickering
flame. Set atop your TV set, it
unconSciously diverts your at
tention from the screen from
time to time. They claim this
idea Of a secondary light adds to
your visual comfort by relieving
eye strain. The candles pine
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