The bride's cook book

Halves of pears cut in pieces, garnished with pimientos, and served with mayonnaise make a delicious salad. For quite a different way of making a very nourishing salad, fill halves of pears with chopped nuts and dates, sprinkle with grated cheese and serve with French dressing. JELLIED PEAR SALAD — Make a lemon jelly and pour over slices of DEL MONTE Canned Pears and chopped celery arranged in individual molds. Set aside until firm and serve on lettuce with mayonnaise. ISA Del Monte Canned Fruits and Vegetables PEAR AND CHEESE SALAD— Fill the hollow in the center of the halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears with soft cream cheese. Arrange on lettuce leaves and serve with French dressing. PEAR FRITTERS— Roll halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears in fine seasoned crumbs, to which melted butter substitute has been added in proportion of 1 tablespoon to each cup of crumbs. Bake in a moderate oven until brown. BAKED PEARS— Arrange 6 halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears in a shallow greased baking dish. Pour over them the juice of V2 a lemon and V2 cup of sirup from the pears. Cover with soft crumbs, sprinkle lightly with brown sugar, cinnamon, and V2 cup of DEL MONTE Seedless Raisins, dot with a little butter substitute, and bake until crumbs are brown. PEAR AND CHEESE PUDDING— Put alternate layers of DEL MONTE Canned Pears cut in pieces, and soft crumbs in a greased baking dish, using 1^ cups (V2 can) of pears and about l^^ cups of crumbs. Sprinkle each layer of pears with 1 tablespoon of grated cheese. Pour over V2 cup of sirup from the pears and bake 35 minutes. JELLIED PEARS AND ALMONDS— Arrange 6 halves of DEL MONTE Canned Pears in a serving dish. Press the halves of 4 blanched almonds into each pear. Moisten 2 tablespoons of cornstarch with 3 tablespoons of cold water and stir into 1 cup of hot sirup from the pears and V2 cup of hot water. Cook until thick and clear, and add the juice of V2 lemon. Pour over the pears and set aside until firm. FROZEN PEARS— Drain the sirup from 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Pears, measure, and add water to make 1^/^ cups of liquid, and add juice of 1 orange and V2 lemon. Freeze and when nearly done stir in % cup (Vs can) of the drained pears cut in pieces, and pack for at least 1 hour. DEL MONTE Canned Hawaiian Pineapple DEL MONTE Pineapple is Hawaiian and the very best of Hawaiian. It is picked just when the warm semi-tropical climate of the Hawaiian Islands has perfectly ripened it, and packed immediately, in such a way that all its natural fresh flavor is preserved. DEL MONTE gives you the rare deliciousness of ripe Hawaiian Pineapple right out of the field. Nothing more delicious as a fruit for breakfast or as a dessert or in a salad for lunch or dinner. Packed in two ways, sliced and grated. Four sizes of tins. No. 1 Flat, No. 1 Tall, No. 2 and No. 2%. Recipes below refer to the No. 2^ can. Pineapple Suggestions and Recipes DEL MONTE Grated Pineapple may be used instead of raisins in spice cake. Pineapple may be frozen just as it comes from the can, needing no additional sugar. Serve sliced pineapple with strawberries or grapes for a pleasing fruit dessert. Cold sirup from canned pineapple is a delightful addition to the punch bowl for simple refreshments at the summer party. Sliced pineapple combined with cheese makes a delicious and nourishing salad.