CURRIED CHICKEN FROM BONELESS BREAST
SANTA FE CHICKEN OR BONELESS THIGHS
PHOTO OF ALL THREE IN FILES
PHOTO: Chicken "nibbles" just right for... - 6
DIPS AND SPREADS - 5
CHICKEN "NIBBLES" TAKE THE HEAT OUT OF SUMMER ENTERTAINING
Summer parties come in all shapes and sizes. Some are
small and happen on the spur of the moment. Others are
great boisterous affairs that roll across the lawn or down
the beach. They're fun. They're happy. They also can be
lots of work, but one of the nicest shortcuts I know is the
pre-cooked nuggets, tenders, or wings. Straight from the
package or warmed for serving, they're extra tasty dunked
into a quick dip. I sometimes have an assortment of store-
bought mustards available, each in a pretty dish. Or, when
there's more time, I'd use one of these Perdue recipes for
dips.
COOL AND CREAMY AVOCADO DIPMakes about 1-1/
Home economist Pat Cobe developed many of the dips for
Perdue. I asked her how she got her ideas, and learned
that when composing a recipe she starts out by imagining
all the dips she's sampled at restaurants or food
conventions or parties, or ones she's read about in
magazines and cookbooks. Then in her imagination, she puts
together the best ideas from all of them. As she sorts
these ideas around in her mind, she'll come up with
something new, and then she'll test it. Of all the ones she
thinks of, the only ones that she would consider actually
recommending to Perdue, would have to meet her criteria of
being "real food for real people." Like this one.