Evening star., 1960-09-08
THE CHEF SAYS
Spices
Enhance
onnotoes

The new and the old COM
bine to make some of the
worlds most popular dishes.
Example: The tomato, newest
of mans important foods,
and spices, most venerable
seasoningS.
The pleasing tartness Of
the fresh tomato is enhanced
by the fragance of herbs, the
snap Of spice. On merger de-
pends the enormous popu-
larity of favorites such as
pizza, chilli con carne, Man
haitian clam chowder, gufnbo
file. cioppino, tomato sauce.
Tomato is good with more
different herbs and spices
than any other vegetable.
Here are recipes for fresh
tomatoes used in a number
Of ways, although in each
case the dish is intriguingly
spiced. Fresh tomatoes are
an ideal salad vegetable. Ell
ther alone or in combination.
With lettuce. however, to-
mato must be used with care
or the salad will be watery
and tasteless. Sliced tomato.
sweet onions sliced paper
thin, and French dressing
make a delicious salad. Tar
ragon stirred into the dress
ing is ideal with tomato. A
tomato cheese ham open
sandwich sprinkled with ore
gano before broiling Is a
treat. Tomato sprinkled
lightly with celery salt and
eaten out of hand is a de-
light. Experimenting with
other spice and herbs is sure to
create something appetizing.
Accordian Shrimp
Tomato Salad
6 large fresh tomatoes
/ cup cooked shrimp, cut up
u cup chopped celery
"a cup green pepper, chopped
"a cup mayonnaise
/ teaspoon salt
"a teaspoon curry powder
Pinch of black pepper
teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Lettuce
Wash tomatoes and cut a
very thin slice off the BIOS
som end. Stand upright on
stem end and make three
crosswise Sits of uniform
thickness with a sharp knife,
being careful not to cut all
the way through. Drain juice
and spread slices apart. Com
bine other ingredients except
lettuce. Mix lightly and spoon
mixture between tomato
slices. Serve on lettuce with
additional mayonnaise, If
desired. Serves six.
Caulifiower and
Tomato Casserole
1 head cauliflower
inch boiling water in pan
2 teaspoons salt
3 strips bacon ..
2 cups soft bread crumbs
Va teaspoon dill seed
2 large fresh tomatoes, sliced
1s teaspoon black pepper
Wash caulifiower and
break into f1owerettes. Cook,
covered, in 1-inch boiling
water and / teaspoon salt,
about 10 minutes or until al
most tender. Fry bacon crisp:
crumble and mix with the
bread crumbs dill seed and 3
tablespoons Of bacon fat.
Arrange sliced tomatoes, eau
liflower and bread crumbs in
a Soup casserole, sprinkling
tomatoes with the salt and
pepper. Repeat until all in
gradients are used, having
bread crumbs as the top
layer. Bake in preheated 400
degree oven 80 to 40 minutes
or until crumbs are brown.
Serves six.
BroiIed Tomatoes Parmesan
3 large fresh tomatoes
"a teaspoon salt
1s teaspoon black pepper
IA teaspoon oregano
4 teaspoons grated Parmesan
cheese
2 tablespoons butter or
margarine
Fresh parsley for garnish
Wash and cut tomatoes in
halves. Place on baking sheet,
cut side up. Sprinkle with
salt. oregano, pepper. and
Parmesan cheese. Dot with
butter or margarine. Place
under broiler, 3 or 4 inches
from heat, for about S min
utes or until lightly Drowned.
Garnish with fresh parsley.
Serve with seafood. poultry
or meat. Serves six.
released by the Bell Syndicats)
Meat With Potatoes