Long weekend recipes could become anytime favourites

Two favourite cookbooks provide this week’s recipes that will become favourites at long weekend family gatherings in the back yard or at the campsite.

• • • RIBS AND SAUCE

4 lbs. or more pork side ribs

2 tbsps. vegetable oil

1-12 oz. can chili sauce

1/2 cup water

3 tbsps. Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp. prepared mustard, any flavour

1/2 cup brown sugar

Heat oil and cook ribs for 8-10 minutes before transferring them to a large roasting pan.

Combine remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour over the ribs, being sure sauce envelopes all the ribs.

Cook for 1 1/2 hours or longer at 350 degrees

F, stirring occasionally. Meat should be tender and quickly fall off the bones. Serve over a bed of rice or with a side of baked beans.

• • •

CROCKPOT BEANS

1/2 lb. ground chuck

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce, any flavour

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup water

1-15 oz. can kidney beans, drained

1-15 oz. can butter beans, drained

1-15 oz. can spicy pork and beans, not drained

1/2 cup cooked bacon, crumbled

1 cup crushed pineapple

Combine all ingredients and place in a crockpot. Cook on high for four hours or on low for six hours. Beans may also be cooked in a 350 degrees F oven for 1 1/2-2 hours. Stir often.

• • •

JAM-FILLED JELLY ROLL

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs, separated

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 cup boiling water any flavour of jam or lemon spread

Mix sugar and beaten egg yolks. Add in half the flour and half the beaten egg whites, then the other half of the flour and the remainder of the egg whites. Add the boiling water and combine.

Pour the mixture into a large shallow pan and bake at a moderate heat for 15 minutes.

Sprinkle some sugar onto a damp cloth and set on a flat surface. Turn cake out of pan and immediately spread with a choice of jam or lemon spread. Roll lengthwise at once. If edges of cake are crisp, cut off before rolling. Let rolled cake cool before slicing.

The cuttings may be used as a separate dessert, served with fruit and whipped cream.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel. net

Museum ready for annual Spring Fling Show and Shine event

Sukanen events

Show and Shine - June 3

Outdoor flea market - June 25

IHC show - July 8-9

Family day - July 16

Threshing bee - Sept. 9-10

The 14th annual Spring Fling Show and Shine will be held at the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum on Saturday, June 3.

Show spokesperson Rob Downton said he expects plenty of cars from all over to at end the show on the museum village streets.

Last year’s show drew 147 cars that registered.

Vehicles from before 1980 and special interest vehicles are invited to come. The first 100 cars will receive dash plaques.

This year’s event will again feature a trivia walk to encourage visitors to view the buildings and artifacts. Persons interested in the trivia walk can pick up an information sheet when they pay admission.

The sheet highlights some of the places and things they can see, aside from cars at the show.

“We wanted them to look around and see stuff. Last year we didn’t get much response. But we’re trying again.’’

The show starts at 10 a.m.and winds up by 4 p.m..

Participants with vehicles and one other person in the car get in free. Everyone else pays regular admission.

Food concessions will be available as will a 50-50 draw.

Over the years the show has grown from a few cars.

He expects some museum members will show their cars. The rest of the 200 cars are in the museum buildings.

President Gord Ross said the museum is looking for another successful year.

Getting the grounds in shape for the opening last week was challenging.

“It was a little slow getting prepared for opening because of the weather,’’ he said. “The wet snow we had did damage.

“Our excellent volunteers showed up to get things done.

“We had storm damage from the storm in October. We had significant damage in the old shop. About a 30 x 16 foot section of the roof collapsed and had to be rebuilt.

“The old tractor shed suffered a lot of damage. A lot of it is going to have to be torn down and rebuilt.”

The museum “already had a full slate of projects.

“The Mortlach Hall needs work. The fascia on the front is rotted out. We thought we’d just paint the rest but it looks now like we might have to re-side it.”

Major projects include “getting the kitchen in the railway station done where the plaster is out so we can re-open it..”

“Right now they are moving the old wooden outhouse away for storage. What we’ll do is use porta potties for our major events along with the main bathroom.

“We can always use volunteers — carpenter skills, mechanical skills, any skills and we’ll find them something to do.”

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

306-693-1288