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bright tissue or using regular grocery
bags with tops rolled to make paper
bag bowls. Utilize different sized bags
for different sized bowls. And these
paper bowls make interesting outer ves-
sel for any dips you'll serve.
Fill a small glass, metal or plastic
bowl with your favorite dip and place
the real bowl in an appropriate sized
rolled-over bag. For variety, mix more MI
than one kind of chip in the same con-
tainer. A good variety could include
fried white corn tortilla chips, baked
corn tortilla chips, blue corn chips and
rippled potato chips.
Dolling-up cole slaw and potato
salad makes a world of difference.
Most store-bought salads come with
too much creamy dressing anyway, so
add any or all of the following ingredi*
ents, even if there's some already in the
salad: shredded carrots, chopped pars-
included some easy recipes for these
ANNABEL COHEN
ley, slivered or chopped bell peppers,
favorites with a few twists for variety.
Special to The Jewish News
diced celery, chopped scallions, any fla-
The next challenge presents itself at
vor
mustard, defrosted frozen peas or
serving time: How to make these trans-
eclare your independent
corn
kernels, fresh dill. Combine and
formed edibles look different. Serving
thinking by using these 18
flavor to taste and sprinkle with papri-
standards
can
be
boring.
A
bowl
last-minute tricks
ka before serving.
is a bowl, unless it's an eggplant
Glorious
and techniques to
One of the biggest problems with , g_d
hollowed
out
to
hold
dipping
foods for a
make your Fourth of July enter-
store-bought pies is that they tend to IM
sauce. And a brown paper gro-
glorious
taining even better.
have pale, boring crusts. Here's help.
cery
bag,
with
its
edges
rolled
Fourth.
The Fourth of July menu
Brush tops with jam, jelly or preserves.
down, becomes an instant pota-
varies little from house to house,
Spoon about 1/2 cup of jam, jelly, or
to-chip receptacle. Read on for more
even if you're used to eating "ethnic"
preserves per pie into a small bowl.
ideas.
foods for other holidays and even if
Add a couple of tablespoons of water
Bought
dips
can
be
a
real
time
saver.
you live in other parts of the country.
and microwave for about a minute to
To make them better, augment with
Hot dogs and hamburgers are served
heat and thin-out the jam. Stir to
more
condiments
or
ingredients
and
invariably, seared on grills and popped
incorporate the water and strain the
punch-up
the
flavor.
Flavorings
like
into awaiting buns. Cole s6w, corn on
jam to remove big chunks of fruit.
lemon
or
lime
juice,
garlic
(fresh
or
the cob, baked potatoes and some sort
Brush the pie tops with the thinned ' 9
powdered), Tabasco (or other red pep-
of red-white-and-blue dessert usually
jam and place the pie under the broiler
per sauces), Worcestershire sauce and
completes the menu.
for a few minutes until the crusts are
soy
sauce
add
zing
to
your
dips.
Extra
Casual hosts find that all that's left
caramelized.
ingredients
already
present
in
the
dips
for them to do is place these constitu-
Store-bought cookies are convenient
add
texture.
For
example,
stirring
in
tional favorites on the table and eat.
and some can be quite appetizing
more
of
what's
already
in
the
dip
can
Most people, however, aren't satisfied
(what's better than Oreos?). Displaying
make it chunkier and tastier; spinach
with this kind 'of simplicity. They want
them well will make them look much
dip
—
add
thawed
and
drained
frozen
foods to look and taste more than
more inviting. Try filling a deep basket
chopped spinach.
good. They want them to taste great.
with
crumpled-up paper bags, almost
To serve, hollow out a bell pepper
But nobody wants to fuss. A problem
to
the
top. Cover this "false bottom"
or eggplant, slice a small layer from
arises: How to make handy store-
with a colorful napkin or tissue paper
what
will
be
the
bottom
of
the
veg-
bought foods taste better than most
to hide the bags, then pile-in your
etable "bowl" so that it sits flat. Spoon
store-bought foods.
cookies. It'll look like you have a
the
dip
in
and
serve.
A few effortless tricks and inventive
mountain of cookies! Throw a few
Simply
adding
cans
of
dried
and
approaches can turn that too sweet and
strawberries on top for an even more
rinsed vegetables or beans make regular
over-sauced slaw into a fresh, colorful
attractive display. Even if you've made
salsa fabulous! The addition of ready-
and delicious salad. A pintful of fresh
the cookies yourself, add some store-
made black beans, white beans, you
berries turns yellow cake into an Old
bought favorites just for fun!
name
it,
will
add
color
and
texture.
Or
Glory feast for the eyes. Tired tasting,
Many folks love to have a red-
add
corn,
scallions,
onion,
diced
fresh
obviously bought, drippy dips gets a
white-and-blue dessert for this holiday.
bell
peppers,
even
dried
cranberries
to
new lease on life when spruced up with
Most store-bought cakes look store-
your sauce. Finally, fresh chili peppers,
extra seasonings and fresh lemon juice.
bought.
That's not a bad thing, but
jalapenos and quick squeezes of fresh
The list goes on and on.
homemade
looking cakes are so much
lemon or lime to taste will add fire and
Of course, many foods are readily
more
appealing.
To personalize your
freshness.
made at home. Corn on the cob,
purchased pastry, simply re-spread the
Thinking
of
pouring
chips
into
a
baked potatoes and specialty foods can
bowl? It's logical if not exciting. Show
be uncomplicated and rarely have satis-
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some flair by using baskets lined with
factory ready-made counterparts. We've