Homemaking Can Be Fun -If It's A Challenge
Broiling Burger Simple Routine It Takes Gourmet to Glorify Ground Beef
It isn't a challenge In began at the age of 10 when tion to McCall's "Bent hobby, sewing, since sh« hroil a hamburger or push she became » member of Cook." and a date for the likes to make her own cloth a vacuum cleaner, but it is 4-H. "Sweetheart Dance" . . . es because they can be dif a challenge to find a pond As a teen-ager she did 4-H they were married in Sep ferent and original. recipe for using ground beef modeling for national publi tember. Instead of the "Ca woman, who has a full we make it a challenge." published as features. ft fr * made homemaking an excerpt from an article With a zest for life, at lime career, then took "Born to be a Best Cook" Colorado College she main While living in Denver. a look at worthwhile wom written by a local housewife tained a scholarship along Mrs Hicks was a member en's organizations where her an(| published in McCall's with holding ten rampus of. of the Woman's Club; or time would be well spent. magazine. fires. ganized groups to sew for She joined the Nativity These words of advice are orphans and make rosaries Mothers Club, serving at given to the many young for the missions in the hospitality chairman and women of the area, who are II was during these col Archbishop Guild: was pres room mother, and this year I his summer beginning ca lege days. February lfl.")2. ident of the Altar and Ros will head the group as pres reers as homcmakcrs. by thai McCall's food ediior ary societies at the Holy ident. For social and philan Mrs n A. Micks. 3B50 and photographer arrived at Cross Church thropic interest, she becam* Kmcrald. homcmaker. wife, the college to work on the She. her husband and a member of the South Bay mother and clubwoman, one "Born to be A Best Cook" three sons. Tom, Greg and Alumni of Gamma Phi Beta. of the many new and inter series for their publication Bryan. moved to Torranre And father's place in th« esting women who in recent Naturally, the hometown only tw-o years ago where household:1 . this took on? years are making Torranre newspaper gave the event her first interest, her home, contemplative moment and Iheir home. coverage with pictures and came into play. With inter then she said, "this may !> stories of Mrs. Hicks, who ior decorating as one of her old-fashioned but every man was required to cook a din hobbies, she enjoys collect should be head of hit This young matron, moth ner for her sorority. ing antique accessories to house." er of three and wife of Al Romance entered the pic go with her Colonial furni * * ft ien Hicks, manager of gen ture. There was a young ac ture. Sometime these items eral accounting for Conti countant in town, who was need rcfinishing and this So. from one who enjoys nental Airlines, comes from just graduated from Colo she does, among her most a successful marriage and a small farming community, rado University. His Sigma prized, an antique mantel homemaking career, to th« Affair Amana. Iowa, where she was Phi Epsilon fraternity dance clock. brides of today and tomor Laving Is a Family laugh! to cook by her moth was coming up. so he sought With her home organized, row, "make your homcmak- Creative ability, a desire to get the most o u t of everything, is encouraged by er and where her club life out a friend for an introduc she indulged in another ing career a challenge." family interest at the R. A. Hicks home. With three young sons, interests run in many directions but they are all shared Here, young T n m is busily en gaged in constructing a model car and is gelling wholehearted support from his mother and brothers, Gregory and Brian Round-the'Clock, She's Busy
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Favorite Recipes
SUKIYAKI FILLING: 1 Ib. bccMciik 4 egg yolk* I c. sugar 1/4 c. cooking oil 'i tbsp. corn starch t/3 c. conoomm* I c. water 1/3 c. toy Miir* 1/2 c. nut meal* water errs* Mix egg yolks, sugar and t tbup. »UK«r cornstarch. Add water and cook 1/1 Up. timnokodium until thick. When cooked, add (liilnntatr nuts and spread between layers I c. nil celery gretn onions 1 hunch KOLACHY muslirooim I ran ChincM vegetable* I rak« y*«»l (mixed) 1 r. aldrH milk Saute half of beeksteak (In 1/2 liultrr thin Oices) in half of oil in heavy 1/2 sugar tkllM. A«ld sugar. Rltit-imat.-. soy 1/2 i. tull aiu-e. Keep meat in oni- part of Isp. vanilla pan. add Mould mixture In sep I rggs, writ hr»lfn arate part of the skillet add cel I cups flour ery, green onions, mushrooms, Soften veaM in '« c, si.ildeil mixed vegetables. Finally add ' j milk, cooled to lukewarm To re bunch watercres*. Cook and turn maining hot milk add butter, 3 to 4 minutes. Serve over hot sugar, salt and vanilla, stir until cooked rice and sauce from the butter melts; cool. Add beaten tklllet To serve hot use the eggs and yeast Sift flour and add tame skillet and repeat with re gradually until dough is smooth maining half of ingredient' and elastic Turn dough out on floured b.mnl, cut into little pieces about the size ol a regular yea.->t POPPY SEED CAKE roll. Mold into buns by placing dough in palm of hand, rotating 1/3 c. poppy t>eed with the other. Grease each roll 1 c. milk Kenerouslv with melted butter 3/4 c. butter or olrn Place on cookie sheet and let rise 1' i c. tugar for 30 minutes. Make impression 2 c. rake flour in center of each with fingertips. Fill with desired filling. 2 ttp. baking powder 4 egg whites PRUNE FILLING: Into two cups of cooked chopped Soak poppy seed in milk, prunes stir 4 tablespoons sugar, preferably overnight, or at least 2 tablespoons lemon juice, Vfr Up. several hours. Sift together flour grated lemon rind and '/i tsp. and baking powder and add alter cinnamon. nately with milk and popPX seed Fold in egg whites Bake in two APRICOT FILLING: Stir 'i layer pan.-, in 37,~> degree oven TO c sugar into 'i cups hoi pursed to 35 minutes. When cool, put apricot pulp Cool (Each filling layers together with filling and recipe is enough for half of the then frost with white frosting Kolachy recipe) Photos by Hal Fisher Dusting il 1'hutograjihcr; Being a Mother