HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-12-25, Page 19APP,LB DUMPLINGS
To make these "Apple Dumplings" whole, peeled and cored apples are wrapped
, in squares of pastry. The edges are, Welled together 'to keep the juices in and' the pastry
is pricked so sidarn can escape. The home economists suggest these Q1d-fashi9ned fa-
vorites be served warm with "Apple .Butterscotch Sauce" made w`ith aoole juice.
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Q. Should all apples be red in
color when they're ripe?
A. No,' many apple varieties are
bright green or yellow when.,
they are fully e. Eachappte
variety has a characteristic
color: for example, McIntosh 6 .
apples are deep red with yel-
low splashes, Greening
apples are bright green turn-
ing yellow and Russet apples
are golden".brown.
Plastic Drain Tubing
Used in Experiment
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May you find the peace, hype aipd -
love which is Christmas. Wits
humble thanks we wish you well \
MILTON J. DIETZ
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ChiistniaS Concert
The annual Chriitmas concert
of St. Andrews UnitedChurch,Kipe
pen was held in the Church Tuesday
evening, Hank Binnendyk, was
chairman and the program opened
with a welcome number by the
primary class; the nursery class
presented Nine Little Reindeer''
and the kindergarten class "The
Christmas Tree". A recitation
by Dennis McBride followed and
Grant and Kenneth Jones favoured
with a selectign on the accordian
and electric guitar. The primary
class gave a lesson in spelling and
the junior class a pageant "The
Holy Family" - St.Francis which
was portrayed by Michael Bin-
nendyk,
The Intermediate Class showed
the Spirit of Christmas when each
child took part.
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Mr. and Mrs. David Triebner
attended 'the Fergus-''Alrymple
wedding in the teethed Church at
"Hensall on Saturday.
Several 'bus drivers fr9m the
community attended the Murphy
-Brothers Christmas party at the
Shillelagh Hotel in Lucan, Saturday
evening. A turkey dinner was
served to 200 in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones,
Grant anjii.tanneth spent Christ-
mas with Mr. and Mrs. Herb Jpnes,
Hensall.
Mr. and Mrs.Eldon Kerr
visited with .Mrs. R.M.Scott of
McKillop Township. Mrs.Stuart
Baird and Dianne of Brucefield
visked Sunday' with Mr. and Mrs.
Eder McBride,
Mr. Dennis Kerr, Dorchester
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and Miss' MArilY.n Bose of Mitchell
were Sattl,May •Ositors of
Mrs, Eldon Kerr,
Mr. and Mrs.' Ray Bell and
family are spending ChristiniAs
with 'Mrs. Hilda Weir of strat-
ford.
Brenda Weir of Stratford is
spending holidays with her cousin
lathy.
Ms. Norman Dickert has re-
Etuxrentee. dr home from being hospitiliz-
ed in South Huron Hospital in
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Campbell
and Jeffery and Cheryl, Beverly of
McKillop Township visited Sunday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. Kerr.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Gibson and
Anne of Wroxeter visited Sunday
with' Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Mellis.
Smiles
Police° officer: ;:kiihr • did you
break into the• same store three
nights in a row?'
Thief: stole a dress for-
my wife and had to exchange
it twice'.
The youngster advised his
younger brother that he could
be spared much agony and toil
by refusing to learn to spell
the first word.
'The minute you spell 'cat',
your're trapped', he said. 'Af-
ter that, the words get harder
and harder.'
Sue: 'How does 'she manage to
keep her complexion so fresh?'
Ann: 'Simple! In airtight inrS.'
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FUNERAL
WILLIAM A. BOX
William A. Box. 51, of Sea-
forth died Wednesday, December
17, meter a brief illness at the
Stratford General Hospital. '
Born in Seaforth he was the
son of the late Alfred R.Box and
Annie McKay.
He was educated in the public
school and the Seaforth Colleg-
iate Institute and following grad-
uation was associated with his..
fattier in the operation of, the
Box Restaurant.
He' was. married in .Egmond-
vine in,1954 to the former Ther-
ese R. Loiselle who survives.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the R,S.BoX Funeral
Home.
The body was at his late re-
sidence, 30 Jarvis St. where the
service was held at 2 p.m. Sat-
urday 'conducted by Rev. T. C.
Mulholland. Temporary entomb-
ment- was in Pioneer MausolVn
with burial later in Maitlatd-
bank Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Keith Sharp,
Jabk Wright, Ivan Neilson,Louis
Nigh, Donald Gratton and Wm.
Snigger. Flowerbearers were
Maurice Loiselle, Allan Loiselle,
Gregory Loiselle and Rfchard
Loiselle.
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There will be plenty of fresh
Canadian apples for lunch boxes, a
ie and snacks this winter. Not
Only was there-an above average
prop but there was a record har-
vest in the United States as well.
It is also possible that there will
be'fewer apples exported over-
seas. These combined , factors
should keep our apples at apopu-
lar prise for C. •s • an -•n-
sumers.
Although ass es are grown
in most pr inces, the leading
producer re British Columbia,
Cate ., Quebec, Nova Scotiaand
Ne Brunswick, in that order.
T ,is popular fruit is handled with
care from tree to store to pro-
vide the consumer with an at-
tractive, flavorful product. pack-
ers sort and grade their owe
apples. The top grade apples,
labelled Canada Extra Fancy,
are individually selected and pa-
cked by count into trays, cartons
or boxes. The grade most com-
monly available, Canada Fancy,
is found ,in supermarkets in poly -
bags of 3, 5 and 10 pounds
and are often named'as to vari-
ety. k his grade implies apples
which - e mature, reasonably
well for d and colored, sound,
and with a hirnum diameter of
2 1/4 inches. There may be con-
sidera4 size variation in a hag
of appleS and if there are several
large ones the opens seem
smaller by comparison. In some
areas the shopper may find
Canada Commercial, or Canada
Cee, grade displayed. Such ap-
ples lack time degree of coloring
demanded for Canada Fancy and
have considerable damage either
In the form of bruises, breaks
in skin, etc. When the purchaser
desires an apple for cooking as
well as eating, the.<0.1 purpose
appleS,, such as McIntosh, Cort-
land and Spy are all very good.
Apples should be ke,ot cold to
preserve their fteshness and
-crispness. In today's houses or
apartments this usually means
refrigerator storage. Unless
there is adequate cold room stor-
age of near optimum 32 deg.F.,
it is a good idea to buy apples
in small quantities that can be
adequately stored.
Many fresh appl es find their
way into pies, the most popular
way of using them. Home econo-
mists suggest that the apple: pas-
try ' combination be used in.
another form, such as old-
fashioned , 'Apple Dumplings'.
Each square of pastry enclosed
a whole, peeled and cored apple
The dumplings are served Warm
with cream or 'Apple Butter-
scotch Sauce' made with apple
juice. Another combination is
'Apple Flan'. In grandmother's
time a 4'flan' was a pastry, si-
milar to a tart, filled with a
custard or fruit mixture. It was
baked in a flan ring then filled
with the desired filling. Today's
version of .this recipe is made
with a baked pie shell and-slices
of cooked apple.
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A TASTE OF HONEY IN
WINTER VEGETABLES
The unique, delicious flavor
of honey can b enjoyed in many
ways. Try it to enhance the ap-
peal of our winter vegetables.
Gombine honey and butter in
a fry pan, add the cooked veget-
ables and stir gently till the
honey glazes the vegetables. The
Home Economists suggest if you
are using the oven,That you hake
the raw vegetables in lioney-
butter mixture in a covered con-
tainer. Pieces of squash are
particularly delicious with , a
honey glaze. Start the baking in
the usual way, then spread the
Cut surfaces with a mixture f
honey and butter during the lag
20 minutes in a 325 degree F.
oven. Honey will cause darkening Enganee-rine Division ,cif the
at higher• temperatures or 'with ARidgetown College of A:glicul-
longer cooking. 'tura! Technology. reports M.So-
TOP STOVE HONEY GLay ED jak. One method used the con-
VEGETABLES - This method ventional trencher: the other
may be used for any' one of our used a mole plow, a method that
cooked, winter vegetables or a is new to Ontario. Speed of in-
combination of then). Cut carrots stallation with the mole plow
into fingers; chunks or thin can be more than 80, feet. per
slices. They will cook in about minute, roughly three times as'
15 minutes. Yellow turnips sliyed fast as a wheel trencher.
one-half inch thick and cut into A mole plow is similar to
finger's, wedges or cubes will ae subsoiler. It forms a small
reqiiire the same time. Onions; tunnel under the ground surface
steed into rings, will cook in and plastic tubing is fed down
about 10 minutes. Drain the ye- from above. The bottom of the
getahles • For six servings, tunnel is curved and provides
ble'ir l one-quarter cup honey an ideal support for the tubing.
and two tablespoons butter in Grade control for the plow was
a fry pan, add the cooked ye- achieved by radio, and was maia-
getables and stir constantly over tained satisfactorily, although it
medium head until they are glazed was rather tiring for the opera-
and glistening (about five minut- tor, It is hoped that by next
es). year a, laser beam or an in-
RAW VEGETABLES BAKED IN tense conventional light beam
HONEY - Combine One-half cup system ,will be obtained to. con-.
honey and two tablespoons butter trolsgevraedr ealautarreasticalot
ly,land at and place in a casserole with
enough raw vegetables for six Rideown College are being
servings. Slice carrots or par- drained by using tubing produced
snips, dice turnips, or quarter by Ontario manufacturers that
onions Cover and bake 40 to has been, installed by these t,wo
60 minutes at 375 degrees F. Methods. The field chosen for
turning ovasionally glaze the experiment has soil condi-
evenly. We are confident your dons which vary from a very
family will enjoy these honied fine sand in the hills, to Brook-
vegetables. stone clay in the lower areas.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS One purpose 'of the expert-
° ON APPLES ment was o compare the two
methods o installation during
Q. Must' apples he sold by grade? the install tion process, and to
A. When apples are shipped from test the lng-term effects of
one province to another or each. Fiber glass tile-guard was
exported they must be graded, used as ilter and a .002 inch
packed and marked according polyethylen sheet ,as an under-
to federal government stano- lay for th tubing installed
ards and carry the word trencher i the sandy areas.
"Canada" in the grade name. A new tyTe of fiber glass
Apples grown In British filter that is stronger, more
Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, uniform an much more pliable
Nova Scotia and New Bruns- than tile-gard was used with
wick are subject to provin- the_ tubing hat has been instal-
cial regulations which are led in san by the mole plow.
similar to the fetleral ones. This was rapped around and
ould quantities of apples fed down siultaneously with the
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A. Large q entities of apples
should be ept in a cool room,
as near 32 degrees F. as
possible and the container
6overe with perforated
plast c. Apples will freeze
below 30 degrees F.
Q. at are, C. A. apples?
A. A. apples have been stored
under controlled conditions
of temperature, humidity and
composition of the air.Apples
are put in controlled atmos-
phere storage immediately
after picking. When they are
offered for sale at a later
date,' they have the charac-
teristics, of freshly picked
Apple Flan
I/4 cup butter v.
1/2 cup brown sugar
5 cups peeled sliced appleI
1 baked pie shell (9-inch)
2, tablespeons water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Maraschino cherries
1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped
Melt butter, in fry pan. Stir
in sugar over low heat until
melted. Add apple slices, one
la rer deep. Simmer gently, tur-
ni ig occasionally, until apples
are. tender (about 10 minutes).
Remove apples, taking care not
tc break them. Drain and cool.
Add water and lemon juice to
remaining syrup in pan and cook
until mixture is smooth. Arrange
appl es in overlapping rings in
pie shell, and spoon syrup over
to glaze them. Chill before ser-
ving. Decorate with small pieces
of maraschino cherries and whip-
ped cream. 6 servings.
Apple DuMplings
Pastry for 2-crust pie
6 medium apples, peeled and
cored
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspopn cinnamon
1/2' cup raisins'
Prepare pastry. 1-fol1 out to
a rectangle 1/8-Inch thick. Cut
In 6 squares, large enough to
ple in centre of each square.
Combine butter, sugar, (*tea-
mon and raisins. Fill cavities
in apples with raisin mixture.
Moister/ edges of pastry, draw
up the four corners and pinch
edges together to seal. Prick
pastry to let steam escape. Place
in shallow baking pan. Bake at
425 deg.F. until pastry is brown-
ed and apples tentier (25 to 40
minutes, depending on variety
and size of apples). Serve war
with cream or Apple Buttersco,
Sauce. 6 serviings.
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Apple Butterscotch Sad
3/4 cup brown sugar
3" tablespoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups apple juice
1/4 cup hitter
Mis sugar, cornstarch add
snit, salt, Gradually blend in apple'
Jake. dock until thickened and
dear (about 10 Minutes', stir-
41d butter and
ritie ilieltOtt. tjerVit v,rattn.
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pies for Winter Snackk
Corrugated plastic tubing for
drainage of agricultural so Is
was 'recently installed two dif-
r.., by the Agricultural
be sto at home? plastic tubing.
The experiment 'also hopes
to determine the long-tern1 phy-
sical durability of the tubing,
the effectiveness of the two t ypes
of filter, and the -rate and de-
gree of, silting in of the tubing
where no filter was used.
With conventional 'tile, the
outlet into the ditch is usually
a length of rigid pipe pro'ru-
ding from the ditch bank out
into the ditch, In this experi-
ment a new approach is being
tried. An unperforated length of
corrugated tubing was used as
an outlet and allowed to drape
down to the water's edge. It is
hoped to determine if this me-
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