The Frontier Woman . , . Mincemeat Affords Variation B> BLANCHE SPANN PEASE, Homrmaklnf Editor These are the days when tune is precious. Yet you want to feed the family well. If your family is fond of rrunce meut, maybe you'd like to serve an upside down cake on of these tanes UPSIDE DOWN CAKE Use a package of white or yel low cake mix and prepare ac cording to directions. Spread C4 cup melted butter on the bottom of a 9-inch square pan or a 1 inch round cake pan. Sprinkle cup firmly packed brown sugar on the surface of the butter. Combine Mi cup crushed pineapple and 1 Vt cups prepared mincemeat. Spread evenly on surface of butter and sugar mixture. Pour the cake batter over mincemeat and pine apple mixture Bake at 350 F. about 55 to 60 minutes. Invert pan unmediately after removing from oven and let stand a few minutes before removing pan Serve warm or cold with either a hard sauce or whipped cream. This is an idea for winter dub serving, too. Try it out on your family and see if they like it. it’s a quick idea for dub refreshments. You can also combine P*®" pared mincemeat with packaged nuddings, such as vanilla >r butterscotch. Add the prepar ed mincemeat while th^ p,ud^ is hot and pour into molds and chill. Top with whipped crea^ Perhaps the kids would like to make Apple Santas for use on the Christmas table. APPLE SANTAS For each Santa they'll want a large red apple, 7 marshmal lows, 1 dried prune or dried ap ricot, whole cloves and tootn Alice’s Beauty Shop Res. 3 dours west of Texaco 125 East Douglas Phone 263 — O'Neill picks. Insert two toothpicks in the back of the appie to hold Santa upright. Attach four marsh mallows to toothpicks and stick in apple for arms and legs Fast en another marshmallow on top of apple for Santa’s face. In sert cloves for eyes and nose. Use slices of apple or a rais in for mouth. Affix a piece of dried fruit on top of marshmallow face for hair and top with another marshmallow, (tipped at an angle) for a hat. For the beard, cut one marshmallow' into two or three pieces with scissors and stick on under the chin. CRANBERRY BREAKFAST RING One cup cranberries, M cup sugar, 1 ^4 cup flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Vis teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons shortening, 1 egg, 2/3 cup milk, grated rind of half lemon, Hi cup additional flour, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 teaspon cinnamon, 3 tablespoons butter. , . . . 9 Chop cranberries and add - tablespoons sugar Let stand a few minutes. Sift remaining sugar with flour, baking pow'der and salt and work in shortening. Beat eggs with milk, stir in dry ingredients and blend well. Fold in sugared cranberries and lemon rind. Transfer to greased 9-inch deep layer cake pan. Cov er with topping made by blend ing additional flour, brown sugar and cinnamon with butter. Bake in a hot oven of 400 F. about 30 minutes. Serve warm. —tfw — Frequent Contributor Comes Through Again— O’Neill, Nebr. Dear Blanche: 1 like to try all new recipes and want to keep The Frontier Woman in print every week so will write once again and hope others do the same. As we all like to eat good things, I am sending a good date nut bread recipe. Boil 10 minutes, 2 cups dates, 2‘a cups water. Add 3 table 1 spoons butter while dates are I hot and let cool. Cream 2 eggs and l*j cups sugar, Aaa cups flour, 3 teaspoons soda and 14 teaspoon salt sifted together. Add alternately with date mix ture. Add 1 cup chopped nts, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Bake at 215 F oven 45 to 60 minutes. Makes 3 loaves. GRAPE SALAD Juice and rind of 1 orange. 1 lemon. Add 2 eggs well beat en, l'< cup water, 3 table spoons sugar, 1 tablespoon flour. Mix ingredient and place to gether over the fire in a double boiler. Cook until is the consis tency of thick cream. Stir con stantly to keep the mixture from lumping. Remove from fire and beat with an egg beater un til it becomes fluffy. Wash 1-lb. of grapes, cut in half and remove the seeds. Mix with 3 bananas which have been cut in half lengthwise and sliced in V4 inch slices, V4 lb. marshmallows cut in fourths, y4 cup chopped nuts. Mix the fruit with the dressing and let stand in refrigerator several hours before serving. MRS. HERBERT KAISER BVM Altar Society Proposes Food Sale LYNCH—The Altar society of the Assumption BVM church met at the home of Mrs. Lewie Chris tensen with Mrs. Melvin Lueken and Mrs. Ray Counts co-hostess es. Twenty-four members attend ed. Father Kamber led in prayer. Mrs. Charles Courtney presided at the business meeting. Mrs. Ray Counts gave the secretary and treasurer’s reports, also total pro ceeds received from lunches sold at the Raymond Havranek sale. The president sold religious Christmas cards the society or dered. The church cleaning com mittee for January was appoint ed. . A card party or food sale was (Jiscussed and tabled for the next meeting. A lunch was served. Frontier for printing. 4th Street Market i; PHONE 93 FOR DELIVERY jj ----- .- . -- - ..—. , ....... M - .J ^ I ; EXTRA FANCY WASHINGTON WINESAP APPLES 57c _ POLETHYLENE BAG .4 LBS. B ISUNKIST SEEDLESSORANGES T Vi CALIFORNIA CELERY ■.. 12< FRESH TEXAS CARROTS 25* l PUERTO RICAN YAMS .25* NORTHERN RED PONTIAC „ " POTATOES . 50-1.B. BAO *|.39 FOR LIQUID SHORTENING WESSON OIL bnt 37‘ 69c | Softasilk Cake Flour ... . . 2-LB. BOX 35‘ £ -———• | JELL-O 10 FLAVORS .S PACKAGES 39* | Del Monte Fruit Cocktail 2 NO 303 CANS 43' . -I I. .11. III.-.. . — I. I I ■illl.-l———.———————— | NIBLETS CORN NEW PROCESS ... 2 12-OZ. CANS 31* i Green Giant Peas.2 NO 303 CANS 37* I Salad Bowl Dressing. . . QUART 39* | Peter Pan Peanut Butter35* - Table Pride Strawberry Preserves 20OZ JAR 39* i — | Wathena Grape Jam .... 20 OZ. JAR 33* . ---- KRAFT Velveeta jj 2-LB. BOX 79c 1 ■ PILLSBURY f. BEST All Purpose 1 FLOUR j 50-Lbs. j 3.59 1 25- bs. | 1.89 i ___________________ THANKS 1 EVERYONE! c% M We want to fa thank everyone jj for the fine re- 4 sponse in bring- jj ing in the But- jj ternut Key ^ strips. The jj winners of the ^ drive were a s jj follows: «; 1st PRIZE Mrs. Pres. Jones 2 325 count a 2nd PRIZE Mrs. Joe Dufek ^ 188 count i 3rd PRIZE Mrs. Mark Muff 2$ 142 count & MEATS | Pork Chops {Center Cut lb 59c Rib End lb. 39c jr LOIN ENDS Pork Roast 11 Lh- 45c f " '1 ! f SWIFT’S PREMIUM I Sliced Bacon 11 Lb. .... 53c CUDAHY PI’RITAN Braunschweiger I Lb._ 39c CUDAHY PURITAN SLICED Dried Beef . v4-oz. pkg. 29c I I I 1 I 1 1 I i I ■ I S I l A ”, Ewing Grade School Stages Yule Program Auditorium Is Filled for Event EWING — The Ewing public grade school treated the residents Thursday evening to a program at the school auditorium, which was filled to capacity. Preceding the entertainment there was a concert by the school band under the direction of Addi son Slothower. Jerry Tams and Clifford Jur aeek were masters-of-ceremonies. "Rainy Day", a pantomine, was the first number on the program, presented by the kindergarteners —Bonnie Arehart, Jerry Colfack, Carol Gamel, Sherry Hull, Patty Lofquest, Vicki Miller, Monica Munn, Joe Rotherham, Kim Ru by, Johnnie Sanders, Jimmy Shi lousky, Richard Sham, Jeraldine Snyder, Leon Spangler and Linda Yelli. Mrs. Helen Grim is the teacher. The first and second grade numbers included "Mommy s Christmas Present", by the boys: j "If I Were Mrs. Santa Claus", by the girls; and a novelty act by the "Tumbling Tuttles” under the di rection of Mr. Slothower. "Ru dolph’s Nose Trouble" was the one-act play. In the cast were David Woeppel as Santa; Shirley Funk as Mrs. Santa; Jan Ruby, Rudolph; Maurice Hahlbeck, Bob Black and Terry Lofquest as the brownies; David Rotherham, Da vid Shrader as soldiers; Linda Eacker, Joanne Colfack, Caroline Bergstrom and Debra Buxton as snowflakes; Leland Hull, David Stamp and Bernie Hull as the train; Patty Reifert, Brenda Rotherham, Charlene Mills r, j Glenda Napier as dolls; Randall | Tuttle as the clown; Carolyn Hill, Gloria Hamilton as faries. The accompanist was Miss Marlon Finley and Mrs. Ruth Hansen is | the teacher. The third and fourth grades \ presented "The Shoemaker s Christmas”. In the cast were Jim 1 Kropp and Kathleen Wanser, the shoemaker and his wife; Larry Blunt, as the old man; Larry Black as the eat; Russell Tuttle as the dog; Michael Reifert, LeRoy | Napier, Ronnie aissuu, “ i Loughrey, and Jerome Miller as elves; Julian Sojka as the rich ! man; Laura Lee Gamel as his wife; Sharon West, Jeanne Hobbs, Barbara Schilousky as his daughters; Mary Sharon Munn, l the princess; Dick Wanser Garry I Black, Terry Wright, Richard i Kropp, Frank Eppenbach, Lonnie : Lacker, Billy lofquest as guard.-, Rita Rotherham, Evelyn Snyder, Evelyn True, Judy £olfack, Kay i Hahlbeck, Nancy Loughrey, Myra Pruden, Donna Stamp, Donna ! Tams, Cathy Lofquest, Janclle Tams Laura Lee Gamel Sharon West Julian Sojka, Frances Bergstrom, Billy Lofquest as ! carolers. Accompanists were ai vera Schilousky and Bernadme Keeler. Mrs. Grace Thompson i» thTheaWth and sixth graders’ play, all in costume, was Santa Inspects the Toys” with Jack Kro’p and Myra Rotherham as Mr ‘and Mrs. Santa. Other char acters were; Kay Bergstrom and Bonnie Welke, f Mrs. Oliver Ross were Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Richter and boys, Mrs. Richard Swanson and Anna Swanson. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schmor. Mr and Mrs. Carl Lorenz and Mr. and Mrs. George Pongrat? called on Mr. and Mrs. Floyd titts Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C W. Porter pent Tuesday visiting in Co lumbus with Mr. and Mrs. Ned Porter and family. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith son entertained the grade md high school faculty of O'Neill public school Sunday evening. A surprise birthday anniver sary party was given for An thony Stanton Wednesday, Dece mber 5. Guests present were rela uvcs. Cards were played and I refreshments were served late in the evening. Altar society will meet Thurs day evening at St Mary’s gym instead of on December 20 for their Christmas party. Mrs, Duane Gray, St. Theresa's Guild t>. is in charge. J D Cronin and K. N. 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