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The more substantial meals of the fall season needn’t take hours to prepare. By using convenience foods to help you out, bright and tasty dishes like Country Chicken Skillet almost prepare themselves. Rosy 'n rich condensed tomato soup, for instance, makes quick work of the sauce preparation, and by using frozen okra and succotash you eliminate the timeconsuming job of preparing the vegetables. v All you do is brown chicken parts in bacon drippings and add a bit of onion and garlic for zip. Then pour on the doable thick, perfectly seasoned condensed tomato soup and sinuner. For your final step, add the still frozen vegetables and cook until tender. Pot a true family-pleasin’ meal accompany your Country Chicken Skillet with sesame seed-topped refrigerator biscuits and baked apples.' COUNTRY CHICKEN SKILLET 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Vi teaspoon salt- ’ Dash pepper 1 package (10 ounces) frozen okra 1 package (10 ounces) frozen succotash 2 slices bacon 2 pounds chicken parts Vi cup sliced onion 1 medium clove garlic, minced ’ 1 can (1034 ounces) con densed tomato soup Vi cup water In saucepan, cook bacon until crisp; remove and crumble. Pour off al! but 2 tablespoons drippings. Brown chicken and cook onion with garlic in drippings until tender. Stir in soup, water, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper. Cover; cook over low heat 15 minutes. Add vegetables. Cook 30 minute more or until tender, stirring vegetables into sauce. Garnish with bacon. Makes 4 servings. Topsy-Turvy Walnut Bran Gems You serve these super muffins upside down, so that th« crunchy walnuts come out on top in a buttery sugar glaze. Inode, they’re almost like cake, what with the rich flavors of crushed pineapple, Kellogg’s All-Bran, and chopped walnuts-the perfect not bread for breakfast, brunch, or coffee break, and a natural for both taste and nourishment Either famous Kellogg s All-Bran or Bran Buds cereal may be used, and Diamond Walnuts are readily available shelled in clear bags or vacuum cans or ln-the-* shell in c-’lophane bags. AH are fine energy pick-up foods. Upsidown Walnut Muffins 1% cups Kellogg's All-Bran or Bran Buds cereal 1 8%-ounce can crushed pineapple, undrained V* cup milk egg Vi cup soft shortening Vi cup coarsely chopped Diamond Walnuts Vi cup brown sugar, firmly packed 12 Diamond Walnut halve'. or large pieces l Vi cups sifted regular \ all-purpose flour 3Va teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt cup granulated sugar Generously butter twelve 2% inch muffin cups. Sprinkle about one teaspoon brown sugar into each cup. Place a walnut halion browb sugar in each cup. Sift together flour, baking powder, lalt, i and sugar. Set aside. Measure All-Bran’, pineapple, mid milk into miring bowl; mix well. Let stand about two minutfee or until most of moisture is absorbed. Add egg ami fJmr»«nin«rr heat well. Stir in chopped walnuts. Add sifted dry Bran mixture, stirring only until combined. full. Bake at 400 degrees F„ about 25 : are lightly browned. Let stand in pan r mnffimi from sides of cups and invert x walnut side up. Makes twelve muffins, 2M» W lerve. muffins may be wrapped tod frozen. Warm to firms and individuals 1 for 83 per cent of all participation in VA V ■ • v.i V '• :• 2 15,000 jobs were offered the 9,186 vets who,attended the two day New England Vietnam Vet erans Job Mart sponsored bj VA and the Boston Globe. roast meat thermometer' is an accurate test for doneness. In sert it into the raw meat so that the bulb reaches the thick est part of the lean meat and does not rest in fat or on bone. When the desired Internal tem perature is registered, push the thermometer down slightly. If temperature drops, continue cooking to correct temperature. ? — Is a roasting timetable for moats dependable or accu rate? Tests have shewn that timetables for roasting should be used only as a guide to deter mine the time required to cook a certain cut of meat to the desired doness. ? — What affects the roasting time for meats? Many variables which affect roasting 1 times, such as size, composition, aging, ,and initial temperature of meat, are often encountered in roasts of the same weight. ? — When roasting meat — should the fat side be next to .the pan? Place roast fat side up on a rack in an uncovered pan. The meat does not touch the bottom of pan and will not require any basting. The roast ing is done in a slow oven to the doneness desired. ?. — How high is the toe space for kitchen cabinets? Toe space is 4 inches high and 3 inches deep. > USSERY ON TUG BOAT v Navy Fireman Steven L. Us sery, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ussery of Route 2, Kinston, has completed a three-month deploy ment in the Northern Pacific a board the fleet tug USS Ankara. The Pearl Harbor-based tug served ns the stand-by Search and Rescue vessel, operating from the Naval Station at Adak, Alaska. sum _ back to the government if I am awarded VA compensation for the same disability? A — Yes. The laW requires that VA month, compensation payments be withheld until the amount received is equal to the . .mount of military severance pay you received because of the dis ability. ^ Q — May I pay more for a home than the VA appraisal with a G. I. loan? A — Yes, provided you pay in cash the difference between the reasonable value determined by the VA and the price of the house. Q — I entered military ser vice last year before completing high school. When I get out of service will the VA pay me an educational allowance while I am completing high school? If so, how much? A — Yes, VA will pay you an educational allowance to finish high school, if you have more than 180 days active service. If you are a single veteran, you will receive-a part-time allow ance of $81 a month for adult evening high school, with addi tional allowances if you have de pendents. The law provides this assistance without deducting anything from any additional training you may want to take later on. Q — I was recently honorably discharged from the Army. While stationed in the United. States, I received a service-connected disability. Will I be paid the wartime disability rate or the peace time'rate? A — The law grants wartime compensation rates for service connected disabilities for Viet 4, 1964) no matter where they served. Contact your nearest VA office for information and assistance in applying for disa bility compensation. of* crane. But “cran” or “crane” they’ve made ther mark for menus throughout the year, notes Mrs. Ruby Uzzle, extension consumer marketing economists, North Carolina State University. For example, chilled cranberry juice can serve as an appetizer for the first course of .any meal or as a refreshment. It’s good served “as is.” Or you might combine it with other juices such as pineapple, grape, orange, or grapefruit juice. For a special breakfast meal, try chopped cranberries added to your favorite muffin rdcipe or breakfast bread. Next time you're having ham for dinner, you might try glaz ing it, when partly cooked, with crushed cranberry sauce and brown sugar. Cranberries are a popular side dish to serve as a meat or poult ry go-with. Either the plain sauce, with the cranberries left whole, or the jellied sauce that has been strained, add a fes tive touch to any meal. 1 Ypu might serve cranberry sauce as a sauce on waffles, pan cakes, and steamed puddings. You can make any number of desserts from fresh and process ed cranberries. Sherberts, ice cream, cake, pie, pudding and tarts are among the favorites.. For, a lunceon or dinner meal, try cranberry juice with a “dip” of sherbert for a party touch. Don’t forget, many a dull meal can be brightened by using cran berries as a garnish. VA says 24,500 disabled vets trained in its vocational rehabil itation programs during fiscal year 1970. INVITATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS INFORMAL NOTES PRINTED NAPKINS Come end see our1 Catalog* for - Socially correct ■ Stationery, printed by letterpress, raised letter, v-r-j, '*. ,• ;j,.j-r, % :.,y or finest engraving. :s. r\ f 1
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