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ROSEMARY THYME
This 'week is to feature straw --
berry shortcake, but maybe
will ; Abe too late, for. that,. when'
int Ho ever
this comes out din pr . ,w
I am going to give it to you any_..
way, as : it is rather an unusual
biscuit dough,, and .is deelicious as
r. ibiscuits: You know expert ,,cooks
deplore , the' use of sponge ' cake
batters' for, „ shortcakes; tlae ,' one
and :only.'way s•with rnoh biscuit'
dough,:, ,baked .either as.'.a 'loaf 'or
individuals, split, buttered, ,spread
thickly with 'mashed ` and sweetL
ened 'berries, .'the , top replaced,
and. whole berries used for. gar-
' nisii .(the • more the; beater), rich
Milk, cream or whipped 7 cream
..over ' all.. Ah . but too, . too 'lusc-
;iious! And �tiere, for us comfort=
a able ` `plump. pieces', 'wfe have. at
least . one-fifth,,, if not , a quarter;
sof our. day's supply, ' of calories.
If you .have yourself. on. a: low-
calorie: diet, just be sure you•
know -what, you are doing!: But
if you .do yield' to••temptation, ;do
it• . whole-heartedly ° t' enjoy
yo shortcake to the•. •utmost, and
,,rarfo regrets. Isn't it too :pathetic
,'that all the' really delicious foods
are-the'or es -that build the pounds.
up?;'.The •only foodI• should' en-
• joy Witli a clear conscience
salt -water; fish . one. •thing I
do like•, that is. •not fattening And
1 have.,a-tip for frying'• fish, that..
a neighbor gave' 'nie• the• other,
day; she'. says the:.'secret of the
lovely . golden . brown crustiness
yrs dippingl it in pancake flour
+and ' frying it Iii •. deep , fat. Not'
deep. fat like you use. for 'dough-
nuts, eta,' but.: a deep •pan•fry.
' How `I .do wander! I start out
with . `strawfberry 'shortcakes ,and
• end up !with fish.`
.Biscuits --31/2 'pups pastry 'flour,,
:salt, 1 .tsp. soda, 4 tsip. •baking
powder, /cup slur,cream;.1 cttp
milk. • Make well in, the • centre,
pour in .cream and milk.. Blend.
Knew "lightly,. ' blit; well, on. a
. floured aboard 3 mina Then you.
. need to :'work quickly as .. it
rather soft dough. "I like best to
cut in strips,. after you. have' roll-
ed it gout, a and then cut the. strips
:diagonally, the • width • you •like
to` 'make 'a nice dianiaru •; shape:
,And" your•. oven . must • ' be • piping
•'hot, and ;they'll ' rise, up' beyond'
your. wildest dreams, .and . be light
as ,a feather (at.' least, • ;they
'should): : ,. • .
I came across a' 'recipe for Irish
'Bread t t 'I haven't made, for
ages. W used, tb like' it very
• eh.. You take---ct ps=}fir
flour,, 4• tsp.' 'baking; powder, ,1
tsps . salt; 1 . tbs, sugar. Work • in
3 • tbsp. • butter, add:; .:/ currants,
1 cup' raisins;•• 1.'tbsp. '.caraway
seeds, 1 cup milk. Bake one hour`
in • iron; ' frying. pan • in moderate.
THE. L' UCKNOW SENTINEL, ' LU#
W, 01iTARIQ
OK'I NG BACKWARDS,
THROUGH THS SENTINEL 'FILES
Sixty: Years Ago
jectio'rn was taken'to another
district community, calling • its
baseball. club "Sepoys". That was
'fa time honored name in Luckr�ow
an,d regarded; then as the exclus-
ive, title :oflall Lucknow lacrosse,
basebill 'and cricket; clubs; ,
Fort : menders of ,Lucknow
'Lodgee LO 0.>:"'. drove; tu, St '•I•lel
'ens 'fors their annual church par
ade:
' .Rev 'DDavison was 'presented
with .purse of money by the
•I:angside Pre'obyterian 'congrega-,
tion. prior to.. leaving for Miani-
toba. The !ad'dres�s 'w'as signed by
Wm.. -Ross and Robert Famish:
Hemlock t ity Milling Company.
added 36' feet to. the height ' of
•the' smoke stack.
.A f ashionable ' wedding was
solein.nized ' in the 'Presbyterian
Church when 'Miss Jean" Gordon
Murray became . the bride. of Jos
pinHolt of • Chicago.:
. At the. third annual. ,'meeting
of ' the' y MViechanies' • Institute 'the
following "officers : were: elected:
pres., :D D. Yule; , ,vice
Murchison; sec , J' G Murdoch;
tress , R. D. Cameron; :directors;
A. McPherson, G. W. Berry, Thos
.Laiwrence, J. `Bryan, J. Scott, • C.
A, SShepad, 'T, W. •Hildred, G. W,
Carter; J:' `Somerville. '
• The death of •10 -year -.old John
Hutchison occurred at : Hemlock
City. Ibis . mother . predeceased
him �b' y Onlythree weeks.
thought against ,using sponge cake
with strawberries I n ake 'a
sert that °is !very popular With us.
ti x. bake my favorite sponge cake,
which is ' flavored' with lemon
. juice, .in individual ring°.moulds;
the hollow in the centre`holds••one
dip of'.ice cream, and I surround
the ring with 'large whole straw-
berries, sweetened: It..both looks'
' 'and tastes good.. 'Y�r fi Right .now I'an making a certain.
jellied.saliad •over 'and over again.
Its very simple , , ,. ,nate a l'irne
•.or, lemon jelly powder,, let 'thick
.en but not, stiff, •.then add ,a 'can
of • 1n red vegetables; • drained. It's
•' • too ba'd •r •can't give you the• brand
ave .to' get me some Spon-
h �.� -�
sors, so that I can , name some
brands), 'this one has carrots and
peas- and lima beans' and: celery
and colorful. bits or red pepper.
...,,- •;.
And the current favorite cook-
ie is 'Raisin Squares• . , ' . 2 cups
sifted pastry, flour, '2 tbsp: sugar,
..' 1/2 ` tsp. salt, 1/a ,.cup • shortening,
2 egg yolks,' 1/�# cup sweet' milk
and 1 tbsp.` 'melted butter.• '
For' Pilling..." . 1. cup raisins,
V2 cup hot water, 1/z '.cup :brow'n
sugar, rind !of' one 'small lerhon,
juice of •1 lemon (if it, iso' a very
juicy lemon, hI don't' use all), 2
tbsp. corti'starch, • 1/� :cup, fine dry
' crumbs, 1 • tlbsp `white` sugar,
egg 'white. Cool raisins, brown
sugar, •hot• water,\lemon'rind un•
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,77
Thirty -Five Years Ago
The: death 'occurred : at ' Lan
g
side of Mrs. George �G.' Moffat•
in
her 64th :year;
Alex c Butler, an' . employees " of
the. Lucknow, Table; Co.,. joined
•the 160th:
Th a marriage was ''solemnized
by: Rev. •J. S. Duncan of Pte. Rob
ert Fisher and • A4ice Hruston.
In , Third•.Room• , of Lucknow,
Public School" Miss' • S. A • 'Bur-
gess ;:was teaching: A.,.'Reid,: B.;.
Murdie; P.:Mat ters', S Burns, A.
Strachan, •T.' :Blitzstein, `W. Tre
leaven, •V McQuillin, W. ' Hus-
ton,, ' H. Blitzstein,- J., Armstrong,;
W. Mendelson,. G: 'Douglas, R.
Howey,, K ' 'Hill, •F. Cain, H.
Thompson, W • Thompson, A.:
dir
Johnston, A. Murdie, L. • Durnin,,
G. Th`om'pson, G. Reeburn, M.. Mc-
„Lean, L Rathwell, D: Mitchell,.R.
Andrew, W. Webster, F'. Andrew,
W. Murdoch, A. Irwin, NI Web-.
ster. .:•
Capt,.' R K. Finlayson of, th
61st Battalion, , Winnipeg;, visited
at °his home at.. Lochalsh ,before'
overseas, , '
Donald Dinni`e died in: 'Scotland
at the age of ' 7,9. • This great . ath
lete..•who won 11,000` prizes .in•
Wrestling, •hammer throwing,
running, .jumpnig,''etc.,-•competed
in "Lucknow when the. Caledon-
ian' Games. •were at • the •height:'
of their,' prosperity:. • , • .
"The •play "Watch Your Uncle
Dudley'" ,made a' 'big hit, The cast
included T. • S. Reid? A. • E.: Mill-
son; Miss. R. Gordon, • Mrs. ' J. W.
J�oynt, Miss Lorna Campbell, Hal'
Stack,
Mr, .John Bell sold out his. i�n-
terest in : the hadwware partner=.
ship of Bell' and McLeod
The death ,,.occurred at .Belfast
of Hugh ; McCrostie in his 68th
year.
• V
Hugh D.. McDonald,, H
Woods. Johnny Pritchard,
Aitchison, Russell, Webb, Angus
McDonald, Roris Wilkinson,, Mar-
;gareit . Aitchison,.JBoss Gammie,
Helen McDonald, Mae McDonald.:
•
Ten, Years Ago.
W.' "A. 'Culbert of Dungannon
had ' the distinction of ownmg
the largest•,iblull in Ontario, "Res-
olution. ,Moneybags", aG s. Short orn
b
that tipped the scale at `3,200 b
A branchof the Federation of
Agriculture < wnas . ' organized in
Ashfield with gilbert Frayne ;as.
president
The ,marriage was ;solemnized
at. St, Peter's Ch'ur'ch of LAC.
Sydney .. Rouse. ;and Miss Evelyn;
. • The '-.death occurred of Wilma
Hald'enby,. 12' -year-old .daughter
of Mr.' and, Mrs.. Wm. E. Heiden
arrQ��d
Jimmie
Twenty "ears Ago
With 'a::'view . to organizing -a
�branCh Of the Canadian:. Legion' a
meeting' was called by A. E. Mor.-
. tis of .all former• members of the
Canadian ,Expeditionary Force.,:
°:Hazel Culbert opened:•la beauty,
parlor.. in the C'ongram Bloch
"over Busell's'Store", T
,'Mr..: and Mfrs: Richard, Webster
celebrated. their 25th •wedding. an-.
niversary. '
• - Bill Curlin, age 79, -was found
dead. , at: `his home north of the
railway crossing by Jack •;Carter.
Work was ..progressing of in
Stalling. the: new water . system
in Lucknow. •Material for the 90
foot Standpipe had'arrived and.
joining
`rvetters ere at work n
J g
the 1450 -pound rings of steel,
Students in the :Junior Room
of ' St. ` Helen's . School : included
Jean Forster, . Prank • McQuillin,
N o•riiiri a. ir MacDonald, . Ronald
Cranston; Allan Miller, :Etta
Swan •Grace Weatherhead, 'Gor-
don
Gor-don McDonald, Perry • Durniri,
til ':raisins 'are soft. Thicken'with;
cornat'arch,blended with lemon
,Juice '.Let cool •
Beat egg yolks, milk, and melt=
ed butter. • Sift dry ingredients,
and—cut • in shortening. Make, a
well in . the centre and Pour in { ,
e.-Milit-
• ly. • Then .knead on floured -board.,
Divide in . two Roll orie half to
fit • your pan, 'about 8 by. 8; .or
place on .cookie Sheet:. Sprinkle
with : dry crumbs, and spread
raisin ' mixture" over. Roll other
half ;of •:pastry for toperust. `Brush'
hHtinbeatelr4:0-443-1Ig .and
sprinkle with,sugat. Bake in hot
'oven; for, 15 `min., , reduce heat
and ' bake until` -even . golden
Have you: cherry trees? , And
:you'd like to cheat the, birds. I'w,e'
been told that 'this'. works' fine:'
Put your radio out .under the
trees, .if yoU can , manage it, and
turn••,on bull blast, the noisiest
music , (?) .you can get It seems
birds don't like boogey any bet-
ter than I
Picnic tithe IS coming Up. 'w,t err
you are planning to, have afire
tc . miake coffee, 'etc.; try- ,soaking
a brick .in kerosene for 2 •or .3
days. A piece the size of ,your:
fist will,.btirn with aa' good flame
:about 'an :hour.
Last Sunday, when we carne,
home from church small 'fry said,
"Let's take' our' lunch and • go to
the lake". It seemed a 'good 'idea,
sb• we took some sandwicbies, - to-
matoes, bananas, raisin squares;
thermos of coffee, ,and off ,we
,went. It was -lovely down there,'
and we ' weren''t.. the only ones
enjoying ourselves. O.ne eperson I
noticed particularly .:; an elder-
ly man . having himself a very
good time in :the •water, swim
ming like a youngster, When he
eame out . . this was what;.I
found interesting' , he sat him-
self clown, on the, sand .and.l iieth-
odicaliy cut his toe -nails,
Russell "Buster Whitby, join-..
ed ,:the • Highland Light Infantry,
and: was• the 4th brother, to join.
upP• m ':
Mrs. ' Sam\ McGuire closed'. her
boarding , house .' and made her
home 'with.her daughter, Mrs. W.
R. Hamiltons. • '
I'LL SOON BE -$9
Last' week I bought. a Ince new
suit,•
I,
thought it was just swell,: .
But, when• 1 tried it on at 'home
Itdidn'.t look so well.
er
Somehow I. couldn't. and stand
I liked the'feel, and fit,
My. mirror seemed. to tell Me that
didn't•suit. one' bit.
It •
Then. all at price it dawned, on.
Why sure,' the suit was 'fine,
But I was ,just too .old'for .it,, '.
I,'11 soon be thirty-nine. -.
There is • no • antidote' for • youth,
I 'often Wonder: why,. .
"Some' really fine folks' tell . their;
age'
And it's 'a• whoppin' lie;
t 'e
''They .always say clothes h,s 'make
• the Tian
And I believe it's true,
I must go• on :a; diet and
Reduce a fewyears too
--Wm. M. g
Buckiri 'ham.
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THURSDAX, ,JULY 5th, 1951,
KINSMEN CASH
NCARI INE, firer a.
Fast Game 9
p.m,
$ 1485.;00 ' In Cash'
including
5I,000 Jackpot•Game
Doors open 8' p.m.
ADMISSION 11.00 ''
includes 16 games
Extra. Cards, Extra • ..
• Gannes-25c
Service
Proceeds forWork
is a pure drink
of natural flavours
VOICE' ,OF • TEMPERANCE
There 7is a lot 'of "loose talk
:about,the inadequacy of the Can...
ada • Texnperance' Act, in spite
the fact • that life''; goes or very
quietly, in Canada Temperance.
.:Act • territory: Not nearly • enough.
thought is being• given to. the al-
ternative to thg-:Canad'a, Temper=
ance. The Ontario :'Liquor Control
Act is the, alternative. It • opens ;
up •.outletsz•-liquor stores, oever-:
age rooms,: cocktail lounges. With
outlets there.•is ' more liquor and
more:'' drinking ' .and more'lacy-
breaking
lacy=
brea king and more bootlegging;
If some of the disgruntled, loose
• talking. people of Huron.'• would "„
•live for •a while in any town un,
der the Liquor Control Act and
see how much worse conditions
are there than `" in 'Huron then
they',would surely : stop ,suggest-
mg that we jump from the. •fry
ing .pan into the, fare.^-Adyt.
jt takes a''lot•of cooling to; keep a Polar, Bear, happy. ,This largest
. member of thebear family is smaller than a porcupineat,birth, .
but 'often weighs more than three-quarters of: a ton ' when •.full
grown. To this tremendous bulk, add the fat that the bear is,.
covered with a thick, Water -Proof coat, ,Which is des . nod, toprotect
pp•
him in the Arctic,.. 1 it's a' big 4:ob keeping' him cool in our zoos.
• Learn spot nature's creatures, Visit the nearest zoo and see them. A
whole new world Of interest' will be opened' to you ,'when you.
.understand nature. k •
NATURE UNSPOILED + YOURS'TO PROTECT' - YOURS To, ENJOY .
THE CARL(N6 BREWERIES
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