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wr 1 Scugog Cllizen -- Tuesday, December 17, IW] 4 fd HoME COOKIN' World's best jellied salad The cookies are cooked, fudge 1s freezing in the freezer, I've had a dry run for stuffing and my mother relented and has made the Chnsumas pudding. Whew Now all | have 1 do 1s get up at § am. Christmas méming, stuff the bird, and make last-minute dishes like mashed potatoes. The one dish I'll be making the might before, Christmas Eve, 1s the Yellow Jelhed Salad, my all-time one, in fact, I'll cat Over the years my mother, who is a devoted pelhed salad fan, has tned 10 feed us all kinds of gelatin things -- cucumber things, marsh mallow things. They don't have a kt in common, other than they re usually bnghtly coloured and they wiggle a lot But her Yellow Jelhed Salad is mcomparable. Once | tried it, | was hooked, absolutely unable 10 favourite jellied salad. The only even smell wrkey without thinking ¥: amily Matters | v ad Roy & Ethel Robertson Congratulations to Roy and Ethel Robertson who are celebrating their 60th Wedding » Anniversary on Thursday, December 19th They were married at Oakwood by Rev. Roy Richard on December 19th, 1931 A A Love and Best Wishes from Your Family ) v v MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT DR. MORLEY PITTS and MARILYN SMITH are happy to announce their recent marriage The wedding, took place November 16, 1991 at the Greenbank United Church. The bride wore the same gown worn by her mother forty years ago at the marriage of her parents, Cord and Mid Pereman Maids of honour were the Bride's daughters, Stacey and Kristyn Smith Best Men were the Groom's long-time friends, Laurie McCulloch and Norm Richards The wedding party was driven to the reception at the Blackstock Recreation Centre in a 1951 Chevrolet unexpectedly provided by Laurie and Elspeth McCulloch Many thanks to everyone who helped make our day so very We invite all atizens of Scugog to submit photographs and information for this space, "Family Matters", free of charge, 10 mark these special events. First Birthdays for children; 25th, 40th, SOth and over Wedding Anniversaries (Please contact our office 95-6397 for a Citizen photographed to take pictures of anniversaries of 50 years or more), Engagement Announcements; and Post-Secondary School Graduations. (Mease keep copy to fifty words or lows) Wedding A will also be published, free of charge with a submitted photograph and copy of 100 words of less FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE *SCUCOG CITIZEN" at 985-NEWS (985-6397) or drop into our office at 36 Water Street, Port Perry, Ontario 191 1)2 special L MORLEY & MARILYN PITTS 4 b Me LESS EY ahout that grem salad. It's refresh ing taste is the perfect foil for a bird that's a little on the dry side Try ut, you'll hike un! Speaking of Christmas Eve, | thought I'd pass on a 'recipe' my family has 'enjoyed' on Christmas Eve for as long issue before Christmas. Heee's hoping your cookies don't get burned, your turkey doesn't give your in-laws food poisoning and your hushand gives you something more romantic than, a food processor for as | con remember cathy olliffe Because Mom is pretty much) sick of the home cookin' kitchen by the tne Christmas rolls around, she always makes something casy for the supper before Santa amives. As kids, our favourite recipe was for Cheese Dreams, although she'd ry to pawn off wieners and beans somelimes, 100 Whenever | feel tired or lazy, and whenever it's Chnstmas Eve, | make Cheese Dreams. They tend 10 make dreaming of sugarplums even better if you love to make recipes ahead of ume, you'll love Marlene Russell's recipe for Advanced Whipped Cream. And speaking of Marlene, sales of her recipe for Perfect Chocolate Mousse are going like proverbial hotcakes You can buy them anytime up 10 Dec. 20 in the Citizen office, 36 Water St. They cost a dollar, and all the money will go © Operation Scugog to help needy families mt Christmas Well, this is it folks, the last Christmas (thanks for the poinsetiia honey) Have a merry onc, and happy cooking! Yellow Jellied Salad 1 lemon Jello package 1 cup boiling water 2 cups cabbage, chopped fine 172 cup celery, chopped fine 1 thap onion, chopped fine 3 thsp radish, chopped fine 2 tsp white vinegar V4 cup Kraft Miracle Whip Mix Jello powder with boiling water and set aside. Chop the cab. bage, celery, onion and radish Pour vinegar over veggies Combine the Miracle Whip with the Jello, pour mixture over veg gies and mix well Refrigerate overnight Cheese Dreams bacon sliced processed cheese food white bread (Isn't this nutritious") Set the oven 10 "broil". On a cookie sheet put two slices of white bread fog every hungry mouth you want 10 feed Cook enough bacon 10 put tworor three shices on every piece ol bread. Put a shee of heese on every slice of bread. Top that with bacon. Gnll unul the cheese is mehied Let the kads cat #t with their fingers whale they watch Christmas spe calson TV Marlene's Advanced Whipped Cream "When you want to whip cream several hours in advance or plan 10 pipe whipped cream through a pastry bag, it needs extra body "You can provide ut by sofien ng 172 tsp of unflavoured gelaun in 2 sp of cold water "Scald 1/4 cup of cream and add it © the gelaun mire. Sur until the gelatin is completely dis solved. Refrigerate this mixture until it is thoroughly challed, but not set (about 20 minutes) Whip the remaining 24 cup of cream and, before it is fully whipped, add the chilled gelaun mixture and fimish whipping Gelaun-stabulized cream will not separate of get runny and it will hold us shape for as many days as the cream remains fresh." North Pole? Helen calling RUDOLPH SPEAKS... How many of you can name all of Santa's reindeer? | can name a few, but not all of them. This bothered me so much | picked up the phone and called the North Pole Rudolph answered. My ques- tion of course, was "what are the names of all the reindeer? Before he would well me, how- ever, he wanted 10 relate a few sio- ries about Christmases past, which he asked me 10 pass on 10 you 1 had almost forgotten this, but Rudolph asked me to think back 10 the year Santa almost didn't come "One cold, blustery Christmas Eve, the elves had just loaded the sleigh, and Santa was comfy up front. We galloped down the frozen field and had just about reached take-off.speed when Blitzen, who is a bit of a klutz Ink Spots by Helen B8yZanne anyway, skidded on a patch of xe You can imagine the mass of legs, hooves, reins, antlers and reindeer bodies thrown over, under, across and on top of each other . And 10 top it off, every present and wy was spread from one end of the North Pole 10 the other. It 100k hours 10 un-tangle the reins and gather everything up. Dancer and Prancer had an awful ume uy- ing wo free Santa from between the rails of the sleigh. It was nothing short of a miracle. But being Christmas, miracles do happen and finally we were off. Have a Natural Christmas BROOKLIN COUNTRY STORE Dec. 2110 24 - 15° Baking Supplies * Natural Foods * Country Gifts & Crafts « LOCATED in the CENTURY OLD MILL 655-4851 , OFF Everything | 2090 MARY STREET, PORT PERRY (416) 985-9360 = = & Onna Another Christmas Eve, we reindeer were chatting before the big Might, and Cuprd and Comet were a bit worried about getting off the ground as Santa had put on - a few pounds over the summer months. Mrs. Claus kept him opped with all kinds of good food just 10 make sure he had the strength for the annual journey We made it up into the cold night air without a problem, but at the first house we visited, Santa roomed down the chimney and then got stuck on the way back up. It was really quite comical when we talked about it later, but at the time, there was great concern Santa would be stuck there all night Donner and Vixen were pulling him up by the arms, and the two litle kiddies were underneath try- ing 10 make a wish with Santa's legs! He finally broke free and was cven able 10 leave the gifts for the children, though you are not supposed 1 soe Santa. Christmas is special 10 us, and every person, young and old, who believes n Santa is special.....even that "brat" who really deserve a lump of coal in the stocking instead of candy and toys " Listen 10 Rudolph! Santa wouldn't do that. Everyone will get their presents, including the "brats" of this world. But, as Dasher says, 'be warmed!' If you run outside at night to watch Santa and the reindeer flying overhead, wear a hat." Rudolph's stories were so fas cinating | completely forgot 1 ask the names of the other reindeer But | know whoever they 'are, they + join with me in wishing you all a very Mery Christmas.