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using Rice Pilaf
Mix that will
win you a round
of applause:

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MRS. MANISCHEWITZ PILAF FIESTA

1 chicken (about 3 lbs.)
cut into 8 pieces
V2 tsp. salt
21/4 cups chicken broth
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper

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1 8 oz. jar chopped olives, drained
1 8 oz. can corn niblets, drained
3 tbs. tomato paste
2 tbs. olive oil
1-6.75 oz. Package Manischewitz
Rice Pilaf Mix

Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large roasting pan, heat olive oil
over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook, turning, until browned,
about 7 minutes. Remove to a plate.

Add bell pepper, olives and corn to drippings in pan, reduce heat to
medium, and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in
tomato paste, and 1 cup broth. Return chicken to pan along with any juices
that have accumulated on plate. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and
cook 15 minutes.

cups broth. Simmer, covered, until pilaf is ten-
Stir in pilaf and remaining
der and liquid is absorbed, about 25 minutes. Serves 4.

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products would make a health-
conscious person croak. Moder-
ately high to loaded with fat and
sodium, they have very little re-
deeming nutritional value. But
when you are eating'one of these
treats, it's hard to remember
fruits, vegetables and that kind
of junk.
Drake's and the Royal line of
snacks are supervised by the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con-
gregations of America's kashrus
division.
McKee Foods, the largest pro-
ducer of snack cakes in America,
has been producing Little Deb-
bie snacks since 1957. Their
treats are supervised by Dr. J.H.
Ralbag of New York City. Just
for your trivial knowledge, Deb-
bie was the granddaughter of the
founder O.D. McKee.
And what a genius he was.

The Rating:

I have always been a fan of Lit-
tle Debbie's snacks. I remember
sneaking into my mother's
freezer, reaching behind vats of
frozen soup to find her hidden
cache of Swiss Rolls. I would pil-
fer two at a time, fleeing from
the house to enjoy a moment of
quiet bliss.
So, I was really shocked to
find that I preferred the Yodels
to the Swiss Rolls. They had a
stronger chocolate taste and
moister cake than Deb's. I was
crestfallen and immediately
blamed my mother for leading
me to believe that Deb was the
best baker in the world.
However, I did prefer the Lit-
tle Debbie cupcake offering to
the Ring Dings and Royal's Dev-
il's Food Cakes over the horri-
fying Drake's Devil Dogs.

Drake's Yodels

Tilling is wonderful! Lots of it!
Chocolate is very good! I like it.
Cake is a little dry."
—Nancy Cameron

"What kind of farce is this?
Cake is not nearly as light and
fluffy as Little Debbie, and over-
all flavor just cannot compare
to Debbie. OK, I will concede the
chocolate coating is rich and
yummy."

— Lynne Konstantin

Royal's Devil's Food Cakes

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"Is this a Passover dessert? It
tastes like some of those recipes
that I only make once."

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— Carla Schwartz

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s a parent, I am beginning
to understand the impor-
tance of individually
wrapped snack cakes.
Sure, it is bad for the environ-
ment to have so much non-
biodegradable plastic around.
But when you have to make
lunches and can't possibly fath-
om whipping up a cake or cook-
ies for your kid to throw in the
trash the next day, nothing is
easier than tossing a prepared
snack cake into the sack. Mak-
ing the kid believe that you not
only made the cake but wrapped
it in the plastic bag is harder.
For our taste tests, we
matched up Little Debbie Swiss
Rolls with Drake's Yodels,
Drake's Devil Dogs vs. Royal's
Devil's Food Cakes and Little
Debbie's Chocolate Cupcakes
against Drake's Ring Dings.
The nutrition stats on these

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Little Debbie Swiss Cake
Rolls

"Moist but too sweet."

— Rabbi Alon Tolwin

"Although not as dark in color
as others, very good chocolate,
cream and cake flavor. Cake is
full and rich but not overstated."

— Susie Sherman

"Chocolate coating is bland, but
the cake is moist."

— Julie Wiener

Drake's Devil Dogs

"Funny, they tasted better

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