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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1954)
Family Favorites By Mrs. Wayne G. McCulIy * v (Ed note: Mrs. McCulIy is the wife of Wayne G. McCulIy, who is working on his PhD. here at A&M. The McCullys have lived in this area since 1947 and are now residing at 736 Inwood Dr. in Bryan.) CHRISTMAS DINNER MENU Celery sticks Thursday, December 1G, 1054 THE BATTALION Page 5 Roast Turkey Giblet Gravy Dressing Sweet Potatoes Fresh (frozen) green peas, buttered, with mushrooms Tomato Aspic Said Relish plate Green Olives Ripe Olives Carrot Curls Cranberry Sauce Hot Rolls Dessert—A tray of holiday cookies, candies and small mince meat tarts Coffee Cranberry Sauce 2 cups water 2 cups sugar Boil together five minutes. Meanwhile wash and pick over one pound or four cups cranberries. Add to sugar and water. Boil to gether in covered sauce pan until you hear skins pop. About five min utes). Cool. This can be made up ahead and stored in refrigerator. Tomato Aspic Salad 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin Dash of celery salt % cup cold water Dash of savory salt Simmer together for 15 minutes: 1 bay leaf 1 cup small onion A few celery leaves 2 cups tomato juice l"tsp. salt 1 tsp. sugar Soften the gelatin in cold water. Add the remaining ingredients strained plus one tsp. lemon juice. To give the salad a real holiday look, add V2 cup chopped celery and 14 cup stuffed green olives sliced. Cool, pour into individual molds and chill until firm. Unmold on salad greens and serve with mayonnaise. Roast Turkey Stuff the turkey with your favorite dressing, grease well with Crisco or similar fat, and place on rack in rqaster. Put in hot oven— about 450°—and brown. Cover thoroughly with foil or put tight cover on roaster, reduce heat and cook until tender. Remove from pan and cool. Letting the turkey cool it will cut much nicer and the slices will be fine grained and snowy. Dressing For Turkey 1 medium-sized onion, minced Sage Salt and Pepper Hot water 1 very large bowl or dish pan of dry bread % pound butter or oleo 2 or 3 stalks of celery chopped very fine Use bread (white) or corn bread or a mixture. Break in small pieces. Melt butter or oleo and add celery and onion, cooking until soft. ' Pour over bread mixture, sprinkle ground sage over the top and mix. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over enough hot water to make it the consistency of soft dough. Salt the inside of, the turkey and stuff with the prepared dressing. Mince Meat Tarts Pastry % cup shortening 114 cups flour 3 tbsp. water % tsp. salt Mix as for any pie crust and fit‘pastry into muffin tins. Filling I use prepared mince meat following the directions on the package. During the short cooking period add a handful of raisins and one tart apple. When you take your filling from the stove add three table spoons rum and fill the tart shells. Top with pastry and bake in hot oven over 425° until tarts are .nicely browned. Business Wives Club Help Underpriviledged Members of the Business Wives club brought a child’s gift to be given to the underprivileged chil dren of College Station for Christ mas to their last meeting, which was held in the YMCA. Hostesses for the meeting were Mesdames Cathy Neiast, Ann Mif- lin and Joan Teiken. Cookies and coffee were served the members and their husbands. Club sponsors, Mrs. R. M. Stev enson and Mrs. T. M. Leland, were presented a Christmas gift from the club members. Election of officers for the com ing year will be held at the next meeting Jan. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA. Wives Club Gives Books To Schools The Chemical Engineering Wives club collected and delivered more than 300 library books to Wash ington and Lincoln high schools of Bryan and College Station. Mesdames Tom Campbell, Ed Fields, Clarence Mullen and War ren Tomme delivered the books. Santa Claus To Visit A&M Methodist The A&M Methodist church is expecting the annual visit of Santa Claus Sunday at 6:30 p.m. when the youngsters of the church have their Christmas party. The party will b ■ held in the Wesley foundation building. The program will be presented in three parts. First a service of Christ mas carols by the various age groups of children, directed by Mesdames R. Schleider, chairman; R. L. Elkin, E. S. Holdredge and Nolan Vance. Following this a movie entitled “Holy Night” will be shown and then Santa Claus will make his appearance at the party. mmmwwmi Rely On Us for Superior Service When you put clothes in our hands, you know they’ll be retui'ned clean, well pressed and in top form. Our reputation rests on your satisfaction. DVERS-FURSTOR-ACr HATTERS .rni-oar'jLOo.jiL . BY G R EYH O U :V : 0! r i Save time MANY SCHEDULE to choose from X . Extra Dollars . . . 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