Out of Helens Kitchen - Chocolate cake and pizza bake

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Published on Sunday, October 22, 2017

Helen Drysdale 
Neepawa Banner & Press 

Three years after losing his right leg to cancer at age 18, Terry Fox set out at St. John's, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 on his Marathon Of Hope. Unfortunately, Fox was forced to discontinue his run outside Thunder Bay as his cancer was back. Terry Fox was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and his example has raised millions for cancer research with Terry Fox Run events that have continued long after his early death.

In 1981 the Kinsmen were busy getting their game plan ready as their Centennial project was to begin ahead of time. Construction of the 50 unit senior citizens residence is planned to begin in the fall at the cost of 1.8 million.

1981 - Jean Paré publishes the 1st cookbook in the Series Company's Coming: 150 Delicious Squares. She is one of the top selling cookbook authors in the world, selling 30 million copies as of her retirement in 2011. She had written over 200 cookbooks.  Paré, a caterer turned cookbook author, “just loved recipe books” so much that she quietly amassed 6,700 of them.  That’s a few more than I own!

1981 - June 28 the Town of Neepawa has a Referendum vote to know what to do with the Beautiful Plains County Court building. The vote was 3-1 in favour of renovating the building. Honorable Pete Adams announces the designation of the County Court building as a historical site.

1982 Canada was in the midst of a recession, experiencing high inflation, high interest rates, and underemployment. However at Hazel M. Kellington School they were optimistic and wrote “Our Favorite Recipes” Cookbook as their fund raising project. Principal Dennis Wrightson believed this book would help with the question “What will we have for supper?” Here are a few of their suggestions.

Potato pizza bake- Mary Isaac, Kathy Isaac

1 lb. ground beef 4 cups

sliced potatoes

1 medium onion, sliced

1 can cheddar cheese

soup

1 can milk

1 can tomato or spaghetti

sauce

salt and pepper

1/2 tsp. oregano

1 Tbsp. butter

6 oz. mozzarella cheese,

sliced

1/2 cupparmesan cheese

Brown beef; place onions and potatoes in baking dish. Add meat to potatoes. Mix cheese soup with milk until smooth and add to meat and potatoes mixing together. Combine tomato sauce, salt, pepper and oregano. Pour sauce over top but do not stir. Dot with butter. Cover and bake at 375° for 1 hour. Remove cover and arrange cheese slices on top. Add Parmesan. Bake 15 minutes.

Trust me, this is a great recipe!

Very moist dark chocolate cake -

Pat Gawaziuk, Justin Gawaziuk

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup cocoa

2 cups sugar

pinch of salt

2 tsp. soda

2 eggs

1 cup Mazola oil

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup hot water

Mix flour, cocoa, sugar salt and soda. Sift. Make a well in the center. Mix eggs, oil and buttermilk together in a bowl and pour in well of dry ingredients. Add hot water and stir. Pour into a large 9x13 inch pan that has been greased and floured. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes.