Recipe for "pear-mice"

NAME

     PEAR-MICE - A quick pear dessert
     In general, a typical Australian dish is a  typical  British
     dish,  which  is  to say a typical European or American dish
     with most of the subtleties of flavour  (and  difficulty  in
     making)  removed.   The  following  dessert is a genuine Old
     Family Favorite in Australia.

INGREDIENTS (Makes 1 serving)

     2         pear halves Preferably canned (for  authenticity),
               but cooked fresh pear would do.
     2         blanched almonds
               angelica (Cut two pieces of crystalized  (candied)
               angelica, each 3 mm by 50 mm)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Carefully halve  the  almonds  along  the  natural
               split in the nut.  (This is easiest after they are
               still wet from blanching.)
          (2)  Place the pear halves, round side up, in the serv-
               ing dish.
          (3)  At the narrow end of each  half,  add  two  almond
               halves  to  make  mouse  ears.   At the other end,
               insert the angelica to make a tail.

NOTES

     Candied angelica is almost impossible to find in North Amer-
     ica.   Anything  else  with  the  appropriate  properties of
     sweetness and shape may be substituted, e.g. a piece of cho-
     colate or candy cut to size, such as an Ovation mint divided
     longitudinally.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 2 minutes.  Precision: don't  meas-
     ure, count.

CONTRIBUTOR

     ////   An Australian, far from home.
     \\   Graeme Hirst    University of Toronto  Computer Science Department
     ////   utcsri!utai!gh  /  gh@toronto