Mayors Take
The Heat ? In And
Out Of The Kitchen
BY MARJORIE MEGIVERN
It's not a qualification for office,
but many elected officials are
pretty proficient cooks. Perhaps
it's therapy for the trials of public
service or proof that they can take
the heat with kitchen duty. At any
rate, the Beacon has discovered
some culinary skills, and great
recipes, among the mayors of sev
eral Brunswick County towns.
Gay Atkins, Holden Beach may
or, although a fulltime real estate
broker, enjoys entertaining guests,
and one of her favorite dishes is
oven-barbecued shrimp. Despite
the array of herbs listed among her
ingredients, Atkins said, "This
doesn't really need to have any
thing but garlic-lemon pepper-but
ter-celery-Worcestershire sauce, to
be good. Just open the cabinet and
be creative!" That's easy for her to
say!
OVEN BARBECUED SHRIMP
3 lbs. jumbo shrimp, unpceled
3 sticks butter
K cup Worcestershire sauce
tsp. paprika
1 tsp. rosemary
tsp. oregano
1 tsp. salt
x/i tsp. cayenne pepper
4 cloves garlic, crushed, or
2 tsp. garlic powder
3 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. thyme
lA tsp. celery salt
114-2 Tbsp. black pepper
3 lemons
5 sticks celery cut in large
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William Roach
842-3685
Tabasco sauce sprinkled on
shrimp pieces
1 loaf French bread
Place single layer of shrimp in a
large pan. Squeeze lemon inice
over shrimp. Melt butter, add re
maining ingredients except black
pepper and pour over shrimp. Grind
pepper over shrimp. Cover and
marinate four to 24 hours in the re
frigerator, turning shrimp occasion
ally. If in a rush, you needn't mari
nate.
Bake shrimp at 350 degrees in
marinade, uncovered, for 30 min
utes or until pink. Add whole,
squeezed lemons just before shrimp
are done. Turn while baking. Serve
in a large bowl with marinade. Cut
or pull French bread into serving
pieces to be dipped into marinade
and eaten along with shrimp. Yields
4-6 servings.
m m
Calabash Mayor George Ander
son said he enjoys cooking and
when contacted, he reported he was
in the midst of preparing his fa
vorite pot roast for a church dinner.
His recipes are reminiscent of
old-time good cooks like Grandma,
whose portions were "a little," "a
pinch," and "some."
Anderson declared, "I just do
plain cooking." Only one ingredient
in this prize recipe is changed when
he takes it to church, we ieave ii to
savvy readers to discover this inter
esting option.
POT ROAST a la ANDERSON
Brown a 3-to-4-pound eye round
roast in skillet. Add a half-can of
beer, a little water, salt, pepper and
flour. Then cover and simmer on
STAFf PHOTO BY MAAJOft MtGIVtRN
MAYOR MASON BARBER of Sunset Beach whips up something
tasty in his kitchen.
top of the stove with low heat about When Sarah Tripp finds time
three hours, adding a few carrots from her job with Southern Natio
and bay leaves. nal Bank and the Shallotte mayor's
office, she often whips up her fami
? ? ? ly's favorite, Five-Flavor Pound
Cake.
"I have an aunt who gets onJ
every time she comes to visit,
Tripp said, "and she takes it hom M
with her and doesn't share it witH
anyone." The mayor added, "I lovd|
to cook, and even like cleaning up J
but 1 won't plan meals."
FIVE-FLAVOR POUND CAKE I
2 sticks margarine
Vs cup shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs, well beaten
3 cups flour
Yi tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
1 tsp. each coconut, rum, al-l
mond, lemon and vanilla flavorings!
Cream margarine, oil and sugar!
until fluffy. Add well-beaten eggsj
combine flour and baking powder!
and add to mixture. Alternate milk!
and flavoring. Bake in tube pan 3251
degrees for 1^ hours.
Five-Flavor Glaze 1
1 cup sugar
X cup water
16 tsp. of each of five flavorings
listed above.
Bring to boil and stir until sugar!
is melted. Pour over cake in pan!
while cake is still hot. Let cake sit!
in pan until cool.
In this South Brunswick seafood
heaven, everyone appreciates a new
way to cook fish. Mason Barber,
now serving his seventh year as
mayor of Sunset Beach, has his
own special way with fish fillets.
"I'm not much of a fisherman," he
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