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Guacamole Mold

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Preparation time: 20 min.
Chilling time: 2 hrs. to overnight

Serve this mold as a salad, cut into serving sized pieces and arranged on lettuce or as an appetizer in a ring mold accompanied by salty, crispy whole wheat crackers.

For 4 salad servings or 8 appetizer servings you will need:

1/4 cup cold water
1 pkg. unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup boiling water
1 large avocado, peeled and pitted
1 1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. chili powder
1/8 tsp. hot pepper sauce
Lettuce leaves and lemon wedge, optional
Crackers, optional

Tips: For larger servings than 8, make the recipe twice as most blenders or food processors cannot handle larger amounts.

Preparation:
1. Place the cold water and gelatin into blender or food processor with steel blade in place. Mix until gelatin is throughly moistened. Let stand 2 to 3 min.

2. Add the boiling water and process 10 seconds. Add avocado, lemon juice, sour cream, salt, chili powder and hot pepper sauce. Process until smooth and creamy.

3. Brush small ring mold lightly with vegetable oil. Pour in mixture. Cover and chill until set, 2 hrs. to overnight.

4. To unmold, dip quickly in warm water. Slide butter knife in on one edge to release vacuum. Place serving platter over mold and invert. Garnish center of mold with lettuce leaves and lemon wedge and serve as a salad or with crackers as an appetizer.

For 8 servings:
Double the ingredients and pour in a 4-cup ring mold.

© MCMLXXXIV My Great Recipes, All Rights Reserved. Printed in Holland

Tuna Waldorf Salad

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2 3-ounce packages lime-flavored gelatin
1 3/4 cups boiling water
2 cups cold water
1 unpeeled apple, thinly sliced
1 cup chopped unpeeled apple
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup broken pecans
Lettuce
2 6 1/2-or 7-ounce cans tuna, chilled, drained, and broken into large pieces
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1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoons milk

Dissolve lime-flavored gelatin in boiling water. Stir in the cold water; chill till partially set. Spoon part of the mixture into a 5 1/2-cup ring mold. Arrange unpeeled apple slices in gelatin around bottom; chill. Fold chopped apple, celery, and pecans into remaining gelatin. Hold at room temperature till gelatin mold is almost set, then carefully spoon over top of first layer. Chill till firm. Unmold gelatin onto lettuce-lined place. Fill center of ring with chilled tuna pieces. Blend together mayonnaise or salad dressing, lemon juice, and milk. Drizzle some dressing over tuna. Pass remaining dressing with salad. Makes 6 servings.

©Meredith Corporation, MCMLXXVIII. All Rights Reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Chicken Livers in Sherry

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1-1/2 lbs. chicken livers
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. oil
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tbsp. flour
salt and pepper
1 10-oz. can beef gravy
1 tbsp. tomato paste
1/3 cup sherry
1 4-oz. can mushrooms
2 tbsp. chopped parsley

Pick over the chicken livers; cut out any filament and black or green spots. Dry on paper towels. Heat butter and oil in skilled; saute onions. Add chicken livers, saute until brown. Remove livers from skillet. Add flour to drippings, blend well. Add beef gravy, tomato paste and sherry, cook, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens. Season with salt and pepper./ Just before serving, add livers, mushrooms and parsley to sauce. Heat gently but thoroughly. Serve on toast, in rice ring or noodle ring. Makes 6 servings.

Suggested Menu and Preparation Schedule
Chicken Livers in Sherry
Tomato Aspic and Avocado
Steamed Celery and Carrots
Clover Leaf Rolls
Honeydew Melon with Lemon

Early in the day or the day before prepare Tomato Aspic. Refrigerate. Bake or buy Clover Leaf Rolls.

4:00pm  Cut Melon and Lemons: Prepare Salad Greens. Refrigerate.
*4:30  Cook Rice, pack into well buttered Ring Mold. Set Aside.
*4:45  Prepare Chicken Livers in Sherry up to /
5:30   Place Rice Ring in pan of water in 350° Oven
5:35   Cook Celery and Carrots
5:40   Combine Livers, Mushrooms and Sauce. Heat.
5:45   Heat Rolls, Garnish Tomato Aspic with Salad Greens and Avocado
6:00   Bon Appetit! Enjoy Your Dinner!
After dinner serve Honeydew Melon with Lemon
*May be prepared earlier in the day and refrigerated.

To see what happens when a Steel Town Girl makes this recipe visit Dinner Is Served 1972!

© 1972 Marjon Promotions Inc. All Rights Reserved

Sweet and Sour Fish

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INGREDIENTS:-
One fish (about 1 1/2 lb; use either yellow fish or garoupa)
2 tbsps oil
Oil for deep frying
Seasoning for fish:-
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. glutamate
1 tbsp. cornflour
1 1/2 tbsps. dry sherry

Sweet and sour sauce:-
1/3 cup white vinegar
3 tbsps. tomato sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup diced onions
1 big red pepper (diced)
1 tbsp. cornflour
1 tbsp. oil

METHOD:-
1) Wash fish and dry thoroughly with clean cloth
2) Cult slanting slits along the fish.
3) Marinate fish with seasoning.
4) Deep fry fish in hot oil until golden brown. Remove from pan, cool for a few seconds. Fry again for 5-6 minutes (to ensure crispness).
5) While the fish is still deep frying, heat 2 tbsps oil in another pan; add in the diced vegetables and saute for a few seconds. Pour in the sweet and sour sauce mixture; thicken the sauce with cornflour and stir in 1 tbsp oil.
6) Dish out the ready-fried fish and drain off the excess fat. Place on a heated dish and pour sauce over it. Serve hot.

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Fish Rice (Taimeshi)

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Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 40 minutes
To serve 4

You will need
1 lb. rice
1 1/2 pints water
4 tablespoons sake (Japanese rice wine) (See Card No. 20)
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 lb. sea bream or turbot
3 tablespoons sugar
1 sheet nori (dried seaweed)

Prepare the rice 1 hour before cooking. Wash and put into a thick pan with the water, 2 tablespoons sake, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce. When ready to cook, bring to boiling point; reduce the heat, cover and cook for 10-12 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to stand for 15 minutes, then put into a bowl. While rice is cooking, cook the bream in boiling salted water. Drain, remove skin and bones, wrap in a cloth and rub lightly until the fish flakes. Put the fish into a pan with the sugar, 2 tablespoons sake, 2 teaspoons soy sauce and pinch of salt. Cook, stirring briskly to prevent the fish sticking, until it becomes dry. Put the fish over the rice. Hold the nori over the head for a few minutes to crisp, then cut in thin strips and sprinkle over the fish.

Variation
Chrysanthemum rice balls
Kikka nigiri

Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 45 minutes
To serve 4

You will need

1 lb. rice; 1/2 lb. sea bream or turbot
3 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons sake (Japanese rice wine); salt
red food coloring (cochineal); 1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salad oil; chrysanthemum leaves

Cook rice as in fish rice. Cook bream in boiling salted water. Remove skin and bone, wrap in a cloth and rub lightly until the fish flakes. Put 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons sake and pinch of salt into a pan. Add a few drops of cochineal and the fish and cook, stirring briskly to prevent sticking until the fish is dry. Beat the egg, add pinch of salt, 1/2 tablespoon sugar and salad oil. Put into a pan and scramble. Divide the rice into 12 portions and roll into balls. Wring a cloth tightly out of cold water. Divided the fish into 12 portions. Put one portion on the cloth and one ball of rice on top. Gather up the ends of the cloth and squeeze tightly. Make an indentation in the centre of the ball with the finger, then remove the cloth. Fill the hole with scrambled egg, press together. Make other balls in the same way. Arrange on a plate, garnish with chrysanthemum leaves.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text © Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968

Broiled Bananas With Bacon and Apples — Banana Variations

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1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
4 firm bananas
Lemon juice
4 bacon strips
8 apple rings

Mix sugar and cinnamon. Peel bananas; brush with lemon juice, then dip in sugar mixture. Wrap a bacon strip around each banana; secure with wooden toothpicks. Sprinkle apples with remaining sugar mixture. Place fruit in broiler 4 inches from the heat. Broil 10-12 minutes; turn bananas once. Makes 4 servings.

SAUTÉED BANANAS
Allow 1 firm banana per serving. Peel bananas. Keep whole or cut, crosswise, into halves. Fry bananas in butter or margarine until tender; turn to brown evenly. Sprinkle with salt. Serve hot as a vegetable.

BAKED BANANAS
Allow 1 firm banana per serving. Cut tips off both ends of banana. Remove a lengthwise section of peel, about 1 inch wide, from end to end. Brush exposed portion of fruit with butter or margarine; sprinkle lightly with salt. Place in baking dish. Bake in a moderately hot oven, 375°, 15 to 20 minutes, or until bananas are tender. Serve hot as a vegetable.

BROILED BANANAS
Allow 1 firm banana per serving. Peel bananas. Place on broiler rack or in a pan with rack. Brush bananas well with butter or margarine; sprinkle lightly with salt. Broil 4 inches from heat, 5 minutes on each side, until brown and tender.

Published by –COOKINDEX–Division of H.S. Stuttman Co., Inc., New York © Copyright 1958 Tested Recipe Institute, INc., New York

Banana Sea Foam

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1 pkg. (3 oz.) lime flavored gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
1 cup milk
3 fully-ripe bananas
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Sweetened strawberries, fresh or thawed frozen

Dissolve the gelatin in the 1 cup water. Chill gelatin, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened. Prepare pudding with the 1 cup milk. Combine gelatin and pudding. Mash bananas with a fork or rotary beater; blend in lemon juice. Combine bananas and whipped cream; fold into pudding mixture. Turn into a 1 1/2-quart mold. Chill until firm. Unmold on serving plate. Serve garnished with strawberries. Makes 8 servings.

PARTY FAVORITE

6 canned apricot halves
1 pkg. (3 oz.) cherry flavored gelatin
Water
2 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar

Drain and place apricot halves, cut side up, in 6 sherbet glasses. Dissolve gelatin in water according to package directions. Whip egg whites until foamy; slowly beat in sugar and continue to beat until mixture forms soft peaks. Fold egg whites into warm gelatin. Pour gelatin mixture over apricots; chill until firm. Makes 6 servings.

Published by –COOKINDEX– Division of H.S. Stuttman Co., Inc., New York ©Copyright 1958 Tested Recipe Institute, Inc., New York

Chili-Corn on English Muffins

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2 cups canned chili con carne with beans
Small can whole kernel corn, drained
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
8 English muffins
2 tablespoons sliced ripe olives

Combine chile, corn, onion and green pepper in a saucepan over low heat. Meanwhile, cut a thinslice off the top of each English muffin and scoop out centers to form cups. Arrange muffin cups on broiler rack and toast under broiler until lightly browned – watch carefully to avoid burning. To serve, fill toasted muffin cups with hot chili-corn mixture and garnish with sliced ripe olives.

Serves 4 to 8
Preparation time: 15 MIN.
Approximate calories per serving… 260

SUGGESTED MENU
Tossed Green Salad
Chili-Corn on English Muffins
Pineapple Boats with Fruit Salad

©1973 Curtin publications, Inc., New York, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A.

Lamb Aspic

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INGREDIENTS:-
Portion of leg of lamb (about 2 lbs with bone in)
6 stalks of spring onions (cut into 2 inch section)
6 slices ginger
3 tbsps. oil for cooking
2 cloves garlic (sliced)
5 pkgs unflavored gelatine dissolved in 2 cups cold water

Seasoning:-
1/3 cup soya sauce
3 tbsps dry sherry
2 tbsps sugar
1 tsp. monosodium glutamate
2 tsps. salt
5 cups water

METHOD:-
1) Chop leg of lamb into pieces; cook and brown well all around in 3 tbsps oil with green onions, garlic and ginger; sprinkle in 3 tbsps dry sherry and the rest of the seasoning.

2) Cover and cook over high heat until boiling; reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender (about 2-3 hours)

3) Remove all bones; be sure that there is still sufficient liquid to cover all the meat.

4) Add in the softened gelatine; mix well.

5) Pour it into a shallow pan; cool and chill for 2-3 hours.

6) Remove the top layer of solidified fat; cut into desired shapes and arrange nicely on plate.

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Savory Bunwiches, Hot Sea Food Sandwich, Boston Cheeseburgers, Tomato Beanburgers

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HOT SEA FOOD SANDWICH

1 can (6 1/2 oz.) crab meat
1 can (5 oz.) shrimp
1 can (7 oz.) tuna
1 cup diced processed sharp cheese
1/2 cup condensed tomato soup
Dash Tabasco sauce
1 Tbsp. minced onion
8 English muffins, split

Remove bits of cartilage from crab meat; flake crab meat and put into a bowl. Remove veins from shrimp; drank and flake the tuna. Add shrimp and tuna to crab meat. Add the cheese, soup, Tabasco sauce and onion; stir to mix well.

Toast the muffins and spread the cut sides with the sea food mixture. Place in broiler on a cooky sheet, 4 inches from heat; broil 7 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and brown. Makes 8 servings.

NOTE: You can use 1 cup each fresh crab meat and shrimp in place of the canned.

BOSTON CHEESEBURGERS

6 slices bread, white or whole wheat
1 can (1 lb.) baked beans
1/4 cup pickle relish
1 Tbsp. prepared mustard
6 slices processed American cheese

Toast the bread and place on a baking sheet. Put beans in a pan and heat to boiling. Stir in the pickle relish and mustard. Pile the mixture on toast slices; top each with a slice of cheese. Place in a broiler 4 inches from heat; broil until cheese browns. Makes 6 servings.

TOMATO BEANBURGERS
Prepare the Boston Cheeseburgers as directed above. Before broiling, top each sandwich with a tomato slice and brush with melted butter or margarine. Broil sandwiches 5 minutes or until tomatoes brown lightly. Makes 6 servings.

Published by –COOKINDEX– Division of H.S. Stuttman Co., Inc., New York. © Copyright 1958 Tested Recipe Institute, Inc., New York