Boston Beanie Ring

Summertime's picnic favorite puts on molded salad airs. Serve with frankfurters or grilled hamburgers.

Makes 6 servings.

1 cup tomato juice
1 package (3 ounces) lemon-flavor gelatin
1/3 cup catsup
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (1 pound) baked beans in tomato sauce
1/2 cup diced celery
1/4 cup drained sweet-pickle relish
Small inner romaine leaves

Procedure:
1. Heat tomato juice to boiling in a small saucepan; pour over gelatin in a medium-size bowl; stir until gelatin dissolves.
2. Stir in catsup,lemon juice, mustard and salt. Chill 30 minutes,or until as thick as unbeaten egg white.
3. Fold in baked beans, celery and pickle relish; spoon into a 5-cup ring mold.Chill several hours, or until firm. (Overnight is best.)
4. When ready to serve, run a sharp-tip thin-blade knife around top of salad, then dip mold very quickly in and out of a pan of hot water. Cover mold with a serving plate; turn upside down; carefully liftoff mold.Stand romaine leaves in center of ring.