Interesting Tidbits Recipe

How to make it

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• Ice cubes: Flavor the water of each ice-cube tray with orange, lime, or mint extract and freeze.
• Almond: Before chilling canned or frozen apricots, add almond flavoring. Serve with a few shredded almonds over the top.
• Pie Filling: is unusual when unsweetened pineapple juice is used in place of the water.
• Minted Nuts: Cook together 1 cup sugar, 1 tbs light corn syrup, 1/2 cup water. 1/8 tsp salt. When this form into a soft ball, remove and add 6 or 8 marshmallows. Stir well until completely melted. Add 1/2 tsp of essence of peppermint and 3 cups of nuts. (walnuts are best) Mix until each of the nuts are well covered. Drop on wax paper until they are cool. Place on serving dish when firm.
• Gherkin Pickles: Place whole, salted pecans inside a small pickled gherkin which has been slit half way down the side. Use as a garnish.
• Walnuts: Add ground walnuts to sausage. Then shape into patties.
• Olives: Whip cream cheese to a fluff with some cream then cover stuffed olives. Roll in grated nuts and serve on picks.
• Orange: Dip rim of glass in orange juice and then in powdered sugar. Fill glass with any beverage.
• Oranges: Cut into thick, unpeeled slices; dip in French Dressing containing garlic, and broil. Stand up against a rib or crown roast.
• Biscuit Dough: Use orange juice and grated peel instead of milk in biscuit dough recipes.
• Sandwich FIlling: Peanut butter, chopped celery, shredded carrot, and mayonnaise.
• Bacon: Toast bread on one side. Spread with peanut butter on the other. Top with bits of cooked bacon and run under the broiler.
• Apricots: Sweeten apricot halves with crushed peppermint drops. Let stand in refrigerator an hour.
• Dressing: Fruit French: In a jar combine 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp paprika, 3 tbs vinegar, 1/2 cup olive oil, 3 tbs pineapple juice, and 3 tbs orange juice. Shake thoroughly.