The Salem News/Salem, MO Thursday, January 20, 2011 8B Jenny Harper Mix It Up With Jenny It’s true - the kitchen is the heart of the home. Ever notice how people always gather there? Whether baking treats, making dinner or spending time with family and friends, the kitchen is my favorite place to be. Since my day job is Consumer Test Kitchen Proj- ect Manager for the Nestle Test Kitchens, you can bet I love to stir things up. This col- umn lets me pass along to you some of my best recipes, tips and baking secrets. Ok, ladies, when was the last time you had a tea party? It might have been when you were little, dressing up dolls and teddy bears for pretend tea and cookies. Well, I’m ex- cited to relive some of that simple joy and host a real tea party as a bridal shower. I’m looking forward to show- ering the bride-to-be with the affection of good friends and a delightful array of tea-time treats. And it will be fun to dress up a little, too! If you’d like to host a bridal shower tea, try some of these easy ideas: • Set out your best dishes and silverware. If you can, mix and match vintage pieces for a charming, old-fashioned look. Add some pretty floral napkins and fresh flowers and you’ll have a beautiful table in no time. • Food for a tea party should be light and fresh. An assort- ment of finger sandwiches, scones or muffins, fresh fruits and a vegetable tray could be set out buffet style. Serve fresh juices, sparkling ciders and, of course, a good selection of teas. And don’t forget dessert! These Zesty Orange Cookie Cups are simple to make and are just the right size to serve with tea. • Send each guest home with a special-tea souvenir. Give them each a colorful teacup filled with packets of tea. And for an extra touch, add a flavored honey stick, too. For more bridal shower recipes worth celebrating, visit VeryBestBaking.com. Zesty Orange Cookie Cups Makes 48 cookie cups 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups (12-ounce pack- age) NestlÈ Toll House Premier White Morsels 2 large eggs 1 can (14 ounces) Nestle Carnation Sweetened Condensed Milk 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon or- ange extract 1 tablespoon grated or- ange peel (1 medium or- ange) PREHEAT oven to 350∞ F. Grease 48 mini-muffin cups. BEAT butter and sugar in medium mixer bowl until creamy. Add flour; beat until mixture is evenly moist, crum- bly and can be formed into balls. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Press each ball onto bot- tom and up side of prepared muffin cups to form wells. Place 5 morsels in each cup. BEAT eggs in medium bowl with wire whisk. Stir in sweet- ened condensed milk and or- ange extract. Spoon almost a measuring tablespoon of mix- ture into each muffin cup, fill- ing about 3/4 full. BAKE for 15 to 17 minutes or until centers are puffed and edges are just beginning to brown. Upon removing from oven, gently run knife around each cup. While still warm, top each cup with 8 to 10 morsels (they will soften and retain their shape). Cool com- pletely in pans on wire racks. With tip of knife, remove cookie cups from muffin pans. Top with grated orange peel just before serving. Store in covered container in refrigera- tor. TIPS: Love lemon but not crazy about orange? Simply substi- tute lemon extract for the or- ange extract and use grated lemon peel (2 lemons needed). Nutrition Information per serving: 130 calories; 60 calo- ries from fat; 7g total fat; 4.5g saturated fat; 20mg choles- terol; 50mg sodium; 15g carbo- hydrate; 0g fiber; 11g sugars; 2g protein Wedding Page This year we are selling 12-month sponsorships for the Wedding Page beginning February 1, 2011. A Special Opportunity! Available at a discount, larger ads are $3.50/inch, about 1/3 OFF Open Rate!* 1x2 ad $8 1x1 ad $5 *Open rate is $5.23 per colum. Contact us to reserve your spot in this publication. Call Karen, Donna or Pam - The Salem News • (573) 729-4126 Email: [email protected]TA Walkers Smoke N Que Specializing in Fresh Smoked Meats, Homemade Rubs and Sauces 573-729-2478 • 573-247-1065 TA Walkers Smoke N Que Specializing in Fresh Smoked Meats, Homemade Rubs and Sauces 573-729-2478 • 573-247-1065 Shootin’ Star Photography Family Portraits ★ Weddings Seniors ★ Pin-Ups ★ Pets ★ Special Events www.shootinstarphotography.vpweb.ca 573-247-2884 Host a tea party bridal shower Photo Courtesy Family Features Shower the bride-to-be with a tea party bridal shower features these Zesty Orange Cookie Cups. Wedding Guide The Salem News Thursday, January 20, 2011 Section B Ariel and Joe Hayes, Salem Photos by Shootin’ Star Photography
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The Salem News/Salem, MOThursday, January 20, 2011 8B
Jenny HarperMix It Up With Jenny
It’s true - the kitchen is theheart of the home. Ever noticehow people always gatherthere? Whether baking treats,making dinner or spendingtime with family and friends,the kitchen is my favoriteplace to be. Since my day job isConsumer Test Kitchen Proj-ect Manager for the NestleTest Kitchens, you can bet Ilove to stir things up. This col-umn lets me pass along to yousome of my best recipes, tipsand baking secrets.
Ok, ladies, when was thelast time you had a tea party?It might have been when youwere little, dressing up dollsand teddy bears for pretendtea and cookies. Well, I’m ex-cited to relive some of thatsimple joy and host a real teaparty as a bridal shower.
I’m looking forward to show-
ering the bride-to-be with theaffection of good friends and adelightful array of tea-timetreats. And it will be fun todress up a little, too!
If you’d like to host a bridalshower tea, try some of theseeasy ideas:
• Set out your best dishesand silverware. If you can,mix and match vintage piecesfor a charming, old-fashionedlook. Add some pretty floralnapkins and fresh flowers andyou’ll have a beautiful table inno time.
• Food for a tea party shouldbe light and fresh. An assort-ment of finger sandwiches,scones or muffins, fresh fruitsand a vegetable tray could beset out buffet style. Servefresh juices, sparkling cidersand, of course, a good selectionof teas. And don’t forgetdessert! These Zesty OrangeCookie Cups are simple tomake and are just the right
size to serve with tea.• Send each guest home
with a special-tea souvenir.Give them each a colorfulteacup filled with packets oftea. And for an extra touch,add a flavored honey stick,too.
For more bridal showerrecipes worth celebrating,visit VeryBestBaking.com.Zesty Orange Cookie Cups
Makes 48 cookie cups1 cup (2 sticks) butter,
softened1/2 cup granulated sugar2 cups all-purpose flour2 cups (12-ounce pack-
age) NestlÈ Toll HousePremier White Morsels
2 large eggs1 can (14 ounces) Nestle
Carnation SweetenedCondensed Milk
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon or-ange extract
1 tablespoon grated or-ange peel (1 medium or-
ange)PREHEAT oven to 350∞ F.
Grease 48 mini-muffin cups.BEAT butter and sugar in
medium mixer bowl untilcreamy. Add flour; beat untilmixture is evenly moist, crum-bly and can be formed intoballs. Shape dough into 1-inchballs. Press each ball onto bot-tom and up side of preparedmuffin cups to form wells.Place 5 morsels in each cup.
BEAT eggs in medium bowlwith wire whisk. Stir in sweet-ened condensed milk and or-ange extract. Spoon almost ameasuring tablespoon of mix-ture into each muffin cup, fill-ing about 3/4 full.
BAKE for 15 to 17 minutesor until centers are puffed andedges are just beginning tobrown. Upon removing fromoven, gently run knife around
each cup. While still warm,top each cup with 8 to 10morsels (they will soften andretain their shape). Cool com-pletely in pans on wire racks.With tip of knife, removecookie cups from muffin pans.Top with grated orange peeljust before serving. Store incovered container in refrigera-tor.
TIPS:Love lemon but not crazy
about orange? Simply substi-tute lemon extract for the or-ange extract and use gratedlemon peel (2 lemons needed).
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Section B
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After years of dating, you fi-nally proposed to your girl-friend and she happilyaccepted. You are both excitedand looking forward to thewedding planning in themonths ahead. One of the firstdecisions you will make as thegroom is who will serve asyour best man. There are anumber of people who couldfulfill the role; you just have todecide who would make thebest fit.
If you have several closefamily members and friends,you may find it difficult to se-lect a best man. Make a list ofcandidates, keeping in mindthat your best man does nothave to be a man or a familymember. Your sister Rita or
best friend Katie might makea perfectly good best woman.
Before you begin narrowingyour list, you must considerthe duties your best man willhave to perform. The responsi-bilities of the best man varyfrom wedding to wedding. Tra-ditionally, they include:
• Hosting the bachelor party• Picking up and returning
all tuxedos• Helping transport guests• Getting the groom where
he needs to go on the big day• Assisting the groomsmen
on the big day and keepingthem on track
• Bringing the rings to theceremony
• Witnessing the marriagelicense
• Paying and tipping serviceproviders as needed
• Toasting the bride andgroom at the reception
• Driving the newlyweds tothe airport after the weddingif needed
Depending upon your sched-ule, you may have the bestman do more or less for yourwedding. If you have a longlist of duties, you will want toselect someone who is depend-able and has the time to geteverything done.
In order to narrow your list
of potential candidates, con-sider their qualifications in re-lation to the duties you wouldlike them to perform. Be real-istic in your assessment. Youryounger brother may be verydependable, but with schooland work, he may be too busyto take on the role of best man,especially if it involves severalduties. Your older, more-estab-lished brother might make abetter choice. On the otherhand, if all you are looking foris someone to host the bache-lor party and stand up withyou on your big day, then youryounger brother might make agood choice.
Pay attention to the dis-tance factor. If your brotherslive in the Pacific Northwestand the wedding is in Miami,they might be too far away tobe a good best man. Choosinga close friend who lives nearbyand has easy access to every-thing might be better, espe-cially if you want them to takean active role in the weddingplanning.
Whoever tops your list,make sure they want to serveas your best man. For one rea-son or another, some peoplesimply prefer being a weddingguest rather an attendant.Keep that in mind and make
sure you find out what thefrontrunners think before youmake your final decision.Should you be unable to selectjust one person, don’t hesitateto divide the duties among twoor three people. Rather thanone best man and two grooms-men, you could have threebest men.
Selecting a best man takestime and effort. Be preparedto do the work, or you couldend up being disappointed,and always have a backupchoice. You never know whenillness or some other unfore-seen event might come up andtake precedence over yourwedding.
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You just got engaged, and al-ready your mind is whirlingwith ideas for your wedding.Along with setting a date andchoosing a venue, you willhave to select wedding atten-dants. As the bride, you willprobably want to start theprocess with your maid or ma-tron of honor.
For some brides, selecting amaid of honor is a no-brainer.There is no one more suitedfor the job than their one andonly sister or their best friendsince kindergarten. For oth-ers, the decision is much moredifficult. They have severalsisters and close friends, plusa ton of cousins. In that case,the best course of action is toselect a person who can fulfillall of the obligations of the job.
Traditionally, maids ofhonor have a variety of re-sponsibilities. Some of thesemay include:
• Assisting the bride withmuch of the wedding plan-ning, including choosing a re-ception venue, decorationsand flowers
• Helping the bride shop fora wedding dress and brides-maid dresses
• Addressing the weddinginvitations
• Making or assembling thewedding favors
• Hosting the bridal showerand bachelorette party
• Attending the rehearsaland helping out at the re-hearsal dinner
• Decorating and cleaningup the reception site
• Receiving theflowers andhanding out allof the bouquets,corsages andboutonnieres
• Helping the bride andbridesmaids get dressed andmaking sure they get wherethey need to be at the appro-priate time
• Holding the bride’s bou-quet during the ceremony
• Witnessing the marriagelicense
• Standing in the receivingline
• Taking part in the wed-ding photos
• Toasting the couple at thereception
• Dancing with the bestman and other guests
Depending upon yourwishes, the maid of honor mayhave more or fewer duties toperform. Sit down and decide
exactly what you would likeyour maid of honor to do.Make a list of their duties anda list of potential candidatesfor the job. Then start compar-ing the lists.
Be honest in your assess-ment of each candidate onyour list. You need a personwho not only will be willing tocarry out the duties you assign
but do them on time.You may love your
little sister, butif she is a pro-
crastinator, shemay not be the best
candidate for the job. Yourolder sister, on the other hand,might make a better choice be-cause she is so timely.
Consider each candidate’spersonal situation as well.What kind of commitmentsdoes she already have? If yourolder sister is a wife andmother, works full time andheads several committees, shemay be too busy to serve asyour matron of honor. If she ispregnant, she may be too tiredand sick to perform the dutiesrequired. If she is goingthrough a difficult divorce, shemay not have the energy to de-vote to you and your wedding.Choose someone who doesn’thave as much on her plate to
be your maid of honor. If you plan to lean heavily
on your maid of honor, makesure you choose someone wholives close enough to you to getthe job done. If you live in theMidwest, don’t choose a cousinwho lives on the coast to beyour maid of honor. It will behard for her to serve as thecenter of support from so faraway. Choose that dependablefriend who lives just down thestreet.
Choosing a maid of honortakes time. Don’t rush theprocess, and once you have afound someone and she hasagreed to serve as your maidof honor, make sure you com-municate your wishes to her.If you want her to take an ac-tive role in the wedding plan-ning, say so. If you wouldprefer she sit on the sidelinesuntil the actual wedding day,let her know that. Give her alist of all of the tasks she willbe responsible for and check inwith her often to see howthings are going.
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After all of the showers, par-ties and wedding festivities,many couples have hadenough and are ready to geton with the private celebra-tion of their union at theirhoneymoon. You may feel likethis is where you will be andscoff at your mother’s sugges-
tion for a post-weddingbrunch before you dash off onyour honeymoon. Before youput the kibosh on the idea,consider the following.
A post-wedding brunch of-fers the bride and groommany opportunities. It givesthem the chance to connectwith guests they missed outon the day before and catch upon all of the details of the
event, like little Jimmy break-ing hearts on the dance floor.It also gives them the chanceto personally thank all ofthose who assisted with thewedding preparations andthose who took time off totravel to the wedding.
A post-wedding brunch alsooffers benefits for attendees. Itgives someone like AuntGladys who may have wanted
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While some couples chooseto end the public celebrationof their union with their wed-ding reception, others chooseto continue the celebration thenext morning with a post-wedding brunch. Should youdecide to go this route, keep itsimple. The wedding is over.There is no need for you to get
all gussied up and put on anelaborate affair. Most guestswill be leaving for home rightafterwards. Restrict invites toout-of-town guests and closefamily and friends and selecta time for the brunch between8 and 10 o’clock. This will giveguests plenty of time to sleepin. Finally, serve a wide rangeof breakfast foods to suit alltastes.
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Whether old news or recent,divorces are not easy to dealwith, especially when planninga wedding. If your parents orfuture in-laws are divorced,you must plan certain aspectsof your wedding carefully tokeep conflict to a minimum.The areas most affected gen-erally are invitations, seatingand the receiving line.
The wording on wedding in-vitations typically names thehost. Who is hosting your wed-ding? If you are, you have noth-ing to worry about. If any ofthe parents are hosting, youwill need to take extra carewith the wording so that it re-
flects the nature of the situa-tion. You can go about this inmany ways. Generally, thenames of the divorced shouldfall on separate lines and theirrelationship to the bride orgroom should be established,if needed. If the bride’s parentsare remarried and they arehosting the wedding, for ex-ample, the invitation mightread: “Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeSmith / and / Mr. and Mrs.Henry Jackson / request thehonor of your presence / at themarriage of Mr. George Smith’sand Mrs. Jackson’s daughter /Susan Ann....”
If there is conflict among thedivorced, good seating at theceremony and reception is amust. You can go about this inmany ways. Generally, mothersand spouses sit in the frontrow at the ceremony with theirfamily right behind them, andfathers and spouses in thethird row with their familyright behind them. If the di-vorced parents are on goodterms, they may all sit togetherin the front row, with theirfamilies behind them. Thesame principles apply to seat-ing at the reception. Divorcedparents in conflict should be
seated at separate tables; di-vorced parents in good standingmay be seated together. It re-ally is a matter of choice. Youmay switch up the seating asneeded.
As for the receiving line, youhave a few options for dealingwith divorced parents. You mayhave them stand together ifthey get along, or separatethem if they don’t. You mayalso ask the mothers only tostand in the line.
Remarriages among the di-vorced can complicate matters,especially if you are close toyour stepparents. No matterwhat the nature of your rela-tionship with the new spouses,you should recognize them andinvolve them in the wedding,even if it is just mentioningtheir names in the invitation.Should you want them to playa more prominent role, youshould discuss your wisheswith all parties involved.
Planning a wedding arounddivorced parents is not easy,especially when they are inconflict. Tread lightly, discussyour decisions with everyoneinvolved and proceed with cau-tion.
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When a couple gets married,they usually exchange ringsas a symbol of their union.Wedding ring styles can runthe gamut from simple goldbands to custom diamond cre-ations. Whatever the choice,whatever the price, weddingrings have long been a part ofthe celebration and there aremany superstitions surround-ing them. Following is a briefdescription of some of them.
Don’t drop the ringAccording to superstition, it
is bad luck to drop the ringduring the wedding ceremony.Whoever does so will be thefirst to die. If the ring doeshappen to get dropped, nei-ther the bride nor the groomshould pick it up. Whoever isofficiating should. Supersti-
tion also has it that a weddingring dropped in a cemeterythat rolls across a grave indi-cates death-death of the brideif the grave is of a female ordeath of the groom if the graveis of a male.
Wear the ring onthe right finger
In most countries,wedding ringsare worn onthe ring fin-ger, or thefourth finger,of the left hand.This stems fromthe ancient belief that thevein of that particular fingeron the left hand ran straightto the heart. In other coun-tries, the ring is worn on thering finger of the right hand.This stems from the beliefthat the thumb and first twofingers of the right hand are
sacred to the Trinity. Don’t take the ring offTaking the wedding ring off
could lead to loss or damage, asign the marriage will come toan end. Lost or damaged wed-ding rings should be replacedas soon as possible and vowsrenewed. In some areas, it is
acceptable to remove awedding ring
after the birthof the firstchild. Super-stition also
has it that awedding ring sus-
pended on a lock of hairover the womb of a pregnantwoman can determine the sexof the baby. Spinning clock-wise denotes a boy; spinningcounterclockwise denotes agirl.
Other superstitionsThere are many other super-
stitions regarding weddingrings. Rubbing a wedding ringover a wart or sty will removeit, while sleeping with a bite ofwedding cake pulled througha wedding ring will bringdreams of the person’s futurespouse. Some couples have afaux wedding ring baked in-side their wedding cake. Theguest that finds the ring willbe married within the year.Pearls are shaped like tears,and therefore, not a good ideafor wedding rings. Sapphiresand aquamarines, on theother hand, symbolize maritalbliss and make an excellent
choice for wedding rings. Of course, all of these are
merely superstitions. Bridesand grooms do lose their wed-ding ring from time to time,and while it might lead tosome tension with their part-ner, it usually does not spellthe end of their marriage. Itgives them the opportunity toget a new ring, perhaps evenone better than before. It isfun to learn what supersti-tions brides and grooms onceobserved. Many seem sillytoday, but that wasn’t the caseat the time.
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The engagement is an-nounced, the date is set, atten-dants are selected and nowthe wedding plans begin.Dresses, tuxes, ceremony site,reception site, invitations,menu, guest list, flowers,cake...
Cake? Do you have to havecake? Does every wedding cel-ebration have the ceremonialcutting of the tiered cake? Notanymore. Tradition has givenway to personal preferenceand unique alternatives.Choices are as varied as thebride’s and groom’s personali-ties.
So what are your options?They run the gamut fromelaborately decorated tiers todecorated sugar cookies.
Cutout cookies can be in theshape of a heart, mini wed-ding cake, boat or other re-lated theme. Flavor optionsinclude Grandma’s favoritesugar cookie recipe, ginger-bread, brownies, pumpkin,sour cream-any rollout recipethat lends itself to cookie cut-ters. The decorated cookiescan then be personalized with
the couple’s names, initials orwedding date. The unique con-fections can be displayed on acentral table, serve as center-pieces on guests’ tables orplaced at each place setting.
Rather than serving cakeslices, some couples opt for atiered display of doughnuts orcupcakes. In addition to the
unique presentation, one ad-vantage to serving cupcakes ordoughnuts is the variety avail-able for individual prefer-ences. Serving dessert is alsoeasier since guests can helpthemselves to their favoritetreat.
A dessert table is anotherpopular option for the wed-ding meal. The couple canoffer their favorite selectionsof cheesecake, fluff, mousse,trifle, pudding and othersweets. Displayed on variedlevels of pedestal plates, thedesserts create an unexpected,attractive presentation. Cov-ering the table with coordinat-ing fabric and interspersingsmall bowls of mints, candiesand nuts complete the festivelook.
Having a small cake on eachtable allows guests to servethemselves. These cakes,which can double as center-pieces, can be simply decoratedeight-inch layer cakes or theycan be thematically decorated-purses, hearts, ships, dresses,baseballs, etc.-to reflect thecouple’s unique interests. Theoriginality of the creations willbe a topic of conversation longafter the wedding day.
Not to be tossed aside, how-ever, is the traditional tieredcake. Flavors, fillings, tex-tures, frosting and design allwork together to present aculinary delight. No longer doguests anticipate a white cakewith white butter cream frost-ing at a wedding. Bakeriesoffer such a wide range of op-tions that no wedding cake
should ever be predictable. Brides and grooms have the
opportunity to add a distinc-tive touch to their weddingday celebration. Not only willguests remember what thebride wore, but they will un-doubtedly remember how per-sonal and unique thereception was-especially thedessert.
