Stretch food dollars with leftover turkey GeorgetownActon Tuesday Dec What size turkey should you buy Foods and specialists Ontario Ministry Of Agriculture and Food say that by understanding certain turkey facts you can easily determine the size which will beat suit the need It all a matter of leftover they Whether you want some or whether you don l The edible meat from a whole turkey is per cent of its purchased weight the remainder being lost in thawing cooking and bones For each kilogram pounds of uncooked turkey you can count on grams of cooked meat of this grams nine ounces can be sliced and the remainder used as chunks or bits in cas seroles and soups Using the imperial measure this means that for every pound uncooked turkey you will obtain about six ounces cooked edible product A normal serving being three ounces cooked you can count on two services per pound or four to five servings per kilo gram of uncooked tur key Hence a five kilo gram fnuen turkey pounds Will yield to servings in total counting the slices chunks and bits Whether or not to purchase a is up to you and the fam ily habits Leftover cooked turkey can be Stored in covered con tainer plastic bags or aluminum foil In the freezer for a period of one to three months Stored in the ator it should be used within three to four days If the family fre quently enjoys casser or soup or salads made with turkey then you are well advised to buy a bigger bird than you require for one meal On the other hand if your family members are strictly sliced turkey eaters you should select a bird which could be almost totally devoured at one sitting In case your recipes using those wonderful turkey leftovers are at a premium here are a couple of ideas Turkey cheese chopped onion butter can con densed cheese soup chicken bouillon dry mustard salt pepper dash nut men mL grated cheese 500 cooked noodles uncooked mL diced cooked turkey 500 frozen peas chopped pi mien to buttered bread crumbs Cook onion butter until transparent Blend in soup bouillon and seasonings Stir and cook until smooth and thick Add cheese and stir until melted Com bine noodles sauce turkey peas and pirn en to Turn into greased baking dish Top with crumbs Bake minutes at 180 degrees degrees Makes six servings Turkey salad mL diced cooked turkey mL diagonally sliced celery coarsely chopped apple 125 mL coarsely chopped walnuts salt 125 mL mayonnaise or salad dressing Combine all ingredients except mayonnaise Add dress Ing tossandchill Serve in lettuce cups and gar tush with paprika if desired Makes six servings Santas beard and suit created by cartoonist Who gave Santa his red suit broad girth white beard ruddy cheeks and nose fur trimmed hat and coal Surprisingly enough the donor wasa political cartoonist The artists name was Thomas cartoon 1st for Harpers illus trated Weekly who also created the now famous symbols of the Repub lican elephant and the Democratic donkey The figure of Santa that Nast drew in law and perhaps earlier has proved to be the definitive one and even today the figure as drawn by appears occasionally on Christmas greetings Hon tamper Nast first credited Santa with keeping books on good and bad children having a Christmas toy work shop and reading letters sent to him by children Perhaps it was the now famous poem A Visit from St Nicholas by Dr Clement Clarke Moore that Inspired Illustration of Santa In this children classic 1K3 the right Jolly old elf who looked like a peddler with a pack on his back was first des cribed in print followed Moore description of Santa in several par liculars but many of his concepts were original At the time of Santa Claus drawings nation was at Civil War and families were separated In a note to cheer both soldiers and Iheir waiting families drew Santa Claus in Camp for Harper a Weekly This earliest Santa was different from any artist creations up till then He was shown wearing stars and of the Union and distributing gifts to soldiers Ac Wall J this Santa might have been meant as a represent atlon of Uncle Sam also A later equally illustration featured a soldier Christmas ing Childhood Born in in the liny hamlet of Landau Bavaria Nasi probably pictured Santa as the long imagined Saint Nicholas of his child hood Albert Bigelow Paine a friend and admirer of Nast said the artist of ten revealed to him his love of the Santa ill us I rat ions He later wrote in his biography of the cartoonist Ills own childhood in faroff Bavaria has been measured by the yearly visits of St Nich olas and the girl hood of the woman who was to become his wife Sarah Edwards of New York was intimately associated with brilliant and joyous ions children later recalled there was at ways a multitude of paper dolls marvel- big and elaborate a race long since be come extinct Time of splendor And these the artist father more than half a child himself at the Christmas season- arranged in processions and cavalcades gay pageants that marched in and about those lar ger presents that could not be crowded into the row of stockings that hung by the family fire- Candle is old friend Here is an appealing story that focuses on Man old friend the candle Back in the Middle Ages any light no matter how fragile was much prized and a candle though perhaps common to us was a possession of great value A shoemaker lived in a cottage on the edge of a village near the dark woods Although a poor man he placed his can dle In the window each night to guide travel lers Despite wars hardships and illness by some miracle some mysterious grace his light never wavered This inspired the lagers and during the Christmas season most of them placed a candle in their windows Household Hnts and everything good for Thanks from us to yon Lorraine Yvonne hairplace Mill St 8633461 May we convey warm seasons greetings and extend our best wtshes for good health happiness and prosperity in the coming year Management and Staff Farmstead Mechanization Specialists 6198564927 LEATHERT0WN 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