In this booklet are refrigerator recipes and suggestions which we have developed to make your menus more tempting and varied ... to make meal planning easier. All have been tried, tested, and checked. Included are recipes for sparkling beverages, luscious desserts, and refreshing salads. If you want to see your children race to the table ... if you want to see pleasure written all over your husband’s face ... if you value your reputation as a hostess, with a talent for the unusual in food, use t

With your International Harvester Refrigerator to provide you with a generous supply of ice cubes, you will be serving many cooling, colorful beverages in the summer time. Here are some suggestions for making these mid-afternoon and evening pick-ups especially refreshing....

Use either crushed or whole cubes. Crushed ice cools beverages more quickly; cubes last longer and add a pleasant tinkle....

Freeze curls of lemon or orange peel, maraschino cherries with stems, or sprigs of mint, a raspberry or strawberry in ice cubes. Freeze leftover fruit drinks in the ice-cube trays to serve in iced tea or other beverages. For fancy cubes, freeze the cubes slowly to prevent cloudiness and expansion. If fruit is to be frozen in the cube, fill tray ⅓ full of liquid, partially freeze and add fruit. Allow to freeze into position. Add water to within ¼ inch of top of tray and finish freezing. Freeze pu

Put lemon juice into a shallow dish. Sift superfine granulated or powdered sugar onto a plate—about ¼ inch deep. Invert each glass in the lemon juice. Lift out of juice, place into the sugar for a minute. Lift carefully out of the sugar so as not to jar the sugar coating which has formed on the rim. Place in the refrigerator until “set.” Fill glasses with the beverage, being careful not to disturb the frost....

Keep several kinds of syrups on hand in your refrigerator. Leftover syrup from canned fruit makes a delicious base for chilled fruit beverages....

1 cup sugar 1 cup water Combine sugar and water, boil 5 minutes, cool and store in refrigerator; can be used for iced tea and fruit drinks....

½ cup cocoa or 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 cup sugar 1 cup water ⅛ teaspoon salt 1½ teaspoons vanilla Combine cocoa, sugar, water and cook over low heat about 5 minutes, or until thickened. Cool. Add salt and vanilla. Store in refrigerator. Chocolate syrup is ideal for milk drinks....

2 teaspoons tea 2 cups boiling water 1 cup sugar 1 cup orange juice ½ cup lemon juice ½ cup cold water 1 quart chilled ginger ale Pour boiling water over tea. Cover and allow to stand 3 minutes. Strain over sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Cool. Add orange and lemon juices and cold water. Ice well. Add ginger ale just before serving punch. Base can be stored in refrigerator for later use. Yield: 10 to 12 servings....

¼ cup sugar ¾ cup water One 6-oz. can frozen orange juice 1 bottle (1 pint) cranberry juice 2 tablespoons lemon juice Red food coloring 1 cup ginger ale Add water to sugar; place over heat and bring to a boil, dissolving sugar. Cool. Add frozen orange juice, cranberry juice, lemon juice and few drops food coloring. Mix well and chill. Just before serving add ginger ale. Yield: 1½ quarts....

2 quarts lime sherbet 2 quarts ginger ale Add ginger ale to sherbet in a punch bowl. When sherbet has partially melted, serve in punch cups. Other flavor sherbets can be used. Serves 24....

One 1-lb. package frozen strawberries ½ pint strawberry ice cream 2 cups milk Allow strawberries to thaw slightly. Sieve berries and add milk and ice cream. Stir until ice cream is partially melted. Serve in tall glasses. Yield: 1 quart....

2 eggs, separated 3 tablespoons sugar 1 cup milk ½ cup unsweetened pineapple juice Beat egg yolks, add sugar and milk. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Add pineapple juice and mix well. Pour into fruit juice glasses. Especially yummy for the kiddies! Yield: 4 servings....

You can easily make delicious, smooth-textured frozen desserts in your International Harvester refrigerator. And you can add variations of your own choice. Fruits in season add a luscious taste as do flavors such as chocolate, coffee, maple, caramel, marshmallow or nuts. Having a supply of ice cream variations on hand in your refrigerator will be a convenience and will provide tempting treats for you and your family. Ice cream frozen in a household refrigerator usually employs special ingredient

There are many delectable desserts made from a gelatin base. These are usually called Whips, Snows, or Creams, according to the fruit combination, such as Cherry Whip, Grape Snow, or Pineapple Bavarian Cream. Other desserts which have eye and taste appeal are combinations of fruit, gelatin or cream fillings plus cake or cookie foundation. Again, these are ideal ways to use the last of the angel food, sponge or plain cake or extend a small amount of a food to fit your current needs. Snow puddings

Light, airy, colorful and delicious are the refrigerator pies you can prepare with the aid of your International Harvester Refrigerator. These pies are commonly referred to as chiffon, cream or Bavarian pies. Being light and cool, they are ideal for the final touch to a summer dinner. The shell or crust can be either baked pastry or a crumb crust, according to one’s individual preference. If a baked pie shell is preferred, it will keep its shape better if chilled in the refrigerator before bakin

The secret of a successful salad is thorough chilling and crisping of all ingredients. Salad greens should be thoroughly cleaned and dried; fruits well drained; meat, fish and cheese cut into bite-size pieces of uniform shape. Eye-appeal is important. Add colorful garnishes to a salad that is not naturally colorful. Salads for the main course should contain some protein-rich foods, such as chicken, meat, fish, or cheese, and vegetables. Marinate meat or vegetables separately in a tart French dre

Crisp, crunchy, delightfully fresh cookies at a moment’s notice are at your fingertips when your International Harvester Refrigerator holds an ever-ready supply of refrigerator cookie dough. Refrigerator cookie dough keeps well in your refrigerator for several weeks. When ready to bake cookies, merely cut off thin slices of dough and bake as directed. Re-wrap and return remaining dough to your refrigerator. 1 cup butter ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup white sugar 1 egg, beaten ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 cups

It is a particular advantage to have refrigerated dough for fresh rolls when entertaining or if the family is small and cannot use a full recipe at one time. Almost any yeast roll may be refrigerated three or four days satisfactorily. However, the recipe should contain plenty of yeast and sugar. When ready to use, the dough can be formed into rolls of any desired shape or into coffee cake. Refrigerating the dough at from 40°F. to 50°F. retards yeast activity. The surface of the dough must be gre

Colorful, tasty, all-in-one dishes—casseroles—are ideal as the main dish for luncheon or supper. They are the solution to clever disguising of left-over foods. They are the answer to time-saving, before-hand meal preparation. The casserole dish can be prepared several hours in advance, refrigerated, and later placed in the oven so as to be piping hot by meal time. As a rule, casserole dishes are made up of various combinations of a protein food, a starch, a vegetable, and a sauce. The sauce is e

Many gay garnishes are easily made from raw vegetables. Place garnishes, such as radish roses, celery curls or carrot sticks in a bowl of ice water for crisping. Later these vegetables can be wrapped in a damp cloth and stored in the refrigerator crisper until ready to serve. Sandwiches and hors d’oeuvres can be successfully stored for several hours in the household refrigerator. It is especially important that the bread for hors d’oeuvres or sandwiches be spread generously with butter. This is