“The Southern Way Of Doing Things” Carrot Dish. This beauti ful, rich-looking vegetable (fish is prepared with to mato soup. Mrs..Johnson says most of her main dishes revolve around vegetables, her favorite. “Up until two years ago, I always had a garden,” she says. “1 grew cucumbers, yellow squash, eggplant, tomatoes, okra, bell peppers and, of course, turnip greens. That’s the oM Southern way.” Like many of the Mem phians we met, Mrs. Johnson was born in Mississippi and grew up in Memphis, so she can de finitely confirm the South ern way of doing things In another hospitable tradi tion, she pulled out some leftover pound cake with lemon glue. Desserts are a must after meals, and in v_> Memphis the ice box pie is a famous no-cook delight. Mrs. Johnson’s quick way is with sweetened con densed milk, graham craker crust, lemon juice, margarine, and eggs. This gracious hostess, who loves preparing for her friends and church func tions, also creates a cho colate ice box pie, and a “millio'haire” version made with several (Af ferent juices. Mrs. Johnson’s carrot dish served as the inspira tion for Picked Carrots. A delicious accompaniment to barbecue, this recipe makes excellent use of fresh garden produce that is also available year round in local supermar , kets. This crisp carrot dish is distinguished by the tangy combination of brown sugar and Catalina brand dressing from Kraft which binds the carrots, green peppers and onions. — PICKLED CARROTS 1 c. chopped green pepper 2/3 c. chopped onion IV* c. Catalina brand French dressing 4 c. 1-inch carrot pieces, cooked 2 Tbsp. packed brown ' • sugar Saute green peppers and onions in V* cop dressing over low beat. Add remain ing dressing, carrots and sugar; cook, stirring oc casionally, until thorough ly heated. Place in shallow baking dish. Cover; marinate in refri gerator several hours or overnight. Makes 6-8 servings. Tradition This Is Jast eae of aumy types of fruitcake holiday merry-makers wffl eajoy tikis year. bat dfaaaaet physical and wwiHrtUil hundimpg and poverty, and to support worthwhile charitable causes. Lions Clubs, for instance, sell fruitcakes in the na tional sight-saving pro gram; Khranis Clubs ssO the cakes to raise money for community projects and to fight world hunger; Optimists Chibs use cake sale profits to sponsor or ganized youth activities of various kinds; Rotarians sponsor college scholar ship" "World's Fruitcake Center” The vast bulk of fruit cakes sold by service clubs come from a place that could be properly called, “The World’s Fruitcake center” - the state of Georgia. In the small town of Bogart alone, the Old Home Kitchens Division of Benson’s, Inc., a major wholesale baker, manufac tures dose to five million pounds of Old Home Fruit cakes each year, strictly for sale to non-profit or ganizations for fund rais ing. The moist, dark fruit cakes are made from a non-alcoholic mixture that’s one-third batter, two thirds fruit and nuts. The raisins and almonds come from California; pine apples from Central Ame rica; cherries from Michi gan, and pecans from Georgia (of course!). Cakes are baked In 1,006 :K THE DECK fOUR FAVOR The Charlotte t anJ L ".ome mfol invu. Call 376-0496 For Subscription S17.76 Yearly Rate vr • >* • pound batches, and are shipped pre-sliced in one-, two, and three-pound sizes. During the busy, pre holiday times, the bakery employs a nationwide net work of local community representatives and appro ximately 20 University of Georgia students who fill orders and make new con tacts with service clubs by telephone. The firm has also de veloped other products for non-profit groups to use for fund raising programs any time of the year. Among these are pound cakes, “giant cookies’’ and spe cialty breads. If you’d like a free booklet on success ful fund raising, call toll free: 1-300-241-7080; or write, Benson’s Old Home Kitchens, P. O. Box 1432, Athena, GA 30013. At home, Creola Robinson stirs op a bit of lunch. If you Uke curried turkey, this recipe’s for you. TURKEY CURRY SALAD 2 sm. pineapples 2 Tbsp. finely chopped onion 2^3 c. Miracle Whip salad Salt and pepper dressing tap. curry powder Shredded lettuce 3 c. chopped, cooked 1 S-os.pkg.JX. Kraft turkey or chicken Select mild natural coiby cheese, cut length-wise into ‘A-inch slices 'A c. celery slices 'A c. chopped green Whole cloves pepper Alfalfa sprAuts Cut pineapples in half lengthwise through crowns. Remove pineapple, leaving shells intact. Core pine apple: cnt into chunks. Remove crowns; turn cut-side down and attach to shells with wooden picks to resemble turkey feathers. Combine salad dressing and cnrry; mix well. Add 2 cups pineapple chunks, turkey, I cup grape halves, celery, green peppers and onions; mix lightly. Season to taste. Chili several hours. Fill bottom of shells with lettuce: top with turkey salad. Inset 3-inch wooden skewers into shells for turkey necks. Place grapes on skewers. Cut turkey heads from cheese; use cloves for eyas. Attach to skewers. Place shells on alfalfa sprouta-Aned plates. Makes 4 servings. Variations: Serve with toasted jflaked coco nut, rail ins, peanuts, pecans, toasted almonds, crisply cooked bacon, crumbled, or blue cheese crumbles. \rz. I THANK YOU FOR _READING THE POST_ SISTER MARGO ! fcf' ‘ < ' Got bod lock, Hie mum to be treating yon bad? Do yea have a pain in year body and the doctor* eay there ft nothing wrong with yea? Do yon want year loved one or sweetheart hock? Do yoo sadar (ram lack of money? 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