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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-03-27, Page 9HOT-CROSS BUNS AND COFFEE FOR EASTER BRUNCH HEARING TESTS NQ 1bligatIQn MIDDLETON'S :MVOS, EXETER Thursdgy, April 3 —1. to 3 p.m, Batteries, accessories., repairs to most makes. R. THEE Hearing Aid Service Ltd. 88 Queen St.„ S. Kitchener HEARING Albs Tinuts-Advocate, March 27, 19.69 Pig. 9 SITIN:11 U Rether's Restaurants SERVING FINE POOP SINCE 1946 EXETER ELGINFIELD MAIN ST. INTERSECTION 4 and 7 HVVY, Phone 235-1202 Phone 227-4101 Gas Up and Gol At Our Modern Supertest Service Station at Elginfield OPEN NIGHT ofopfAtYhea WndEEK Sunday through Thursday 'til Midnight Friday and Saturday 'til 1:00 a,m. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER All this sunshine and all these showers (we won't even mention the sudden snowstorms that still blow down on us occasionally) are typically Easter. Though_ Easter weather can be anything from bone chilling to absolutely balmy, Easter day meals are generally want) and appealing, That s because housewives notoriously try to compensate for the unpleasant little things in life with delicious food. Most times their efforts are appreciated by loving families, Last week I suggested a menu for your Easter dinner, This week I have some ideas for a special Easter breakfast either before or after the family goes to church, * * Breakfast should be quick and simple, especially Easter Sunday morning when everyone is rushing around preparing to greet the day in Easter finery. There is always that special bit of primping which seems necessary — a kind of ridiculous ritual that has become as much a part of Easter as eggs and bunnies. Depending on the likes and dislikes of your family, Easter morning breakfast can be entirely prepared the day before and can be on the table in a jiffy. The menu is simple: • . Chilled pineapple juice Colored Easter eggs Hot-cross buns Variety jams and jellies Hot coffee, milk * * * You would be surprised how tasty hard-boiled Easter eggs can be when served for Easter • breakfast with buns and an assortment of jams and jellies. The kids get a great bang out of decorating the eggs and because they have had a hand in making them, they enjoy eating them, too. Of course, you can use all • sorts of ideas to make Easter eggs for the family but the one I find the most satisfactory (and the most economical) is to color the eggs with simple food coloring and to draw designs with ordinary wax crayons. Using this method, even the • littlest people in your family can help to decorate eggs. Spread old newspapers on the kitchen table, let the older children dip the cooked eggs to color them (mix warm water, food coloring and a pinch of salt to make the dye bath) and then, • let everyone scribble their own designs on the egg shells, the crazier the better. * * * I have a couple of recipes for hot-cross buns to share with you. One is made in the traditional • way with yeast; the second is a more modern version containing unbaked refrigerator biscuits. Either brand will please even the heartiest eaters. Both recipes call for maple syrup. Use the real thing if you are lucky enough to have some • of the fresh syrup now being boiled in this area, the mock-maple syrup you make in your own kitchen or buy some at the store. 0 UNIROYAL LUXURY CUSHION UNDERPAD REG. $2,49 $1 " THE HEAVIEST UNIROYAL RUBBER SQ- Vb. UNDERPAD YOU LIFETIME CAN BUY GUARANTEE GOOD FTLiALY UNDERPAD $189 SCI. YD. 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Knead dough in bowl with a, swinging rotary motion, Turn out on lightly floured board, Knead dough until smooth and elastic (6 to 8 minutes). Place in bowl, cover and let rise in warm place, free from draft until double in bulk, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Punch down; gently press dough batter into well oiled 8 st 12-inch pan, Dip knife or scissors into oil; cut dough into 16 buns (3 lengthwise, 3 across), Pinch each piece of dough with fingertips into ball shape. Cover; let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour. Bake at (350 degrees) about 25 minutes. MAPLE FROSTING: Cream 2 tablespoons butter with 11/2 cups icing sugar. Blend in 1/3 cup maple syrup. Make crosses on top of slightly warm buns. * * * HOT CROSS BUNNIES 2 tablespoons butter '/2 cup maple syrup 2 teaspoons cinnamon '/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/4 cup currants or raisins V2 cup mixed fruit 1 package unbaked refrigerator biscuits Combine first five ingredients in an 8-inch square pan over medium heat. Stir and let bubble 5 to 6 minutes. Sprinkle on fruit. Top hot mixture with biscuits. Bake in a 475 degree oven 8 to 10 minutes. Turn upside down on rack, removing pan after 5 minutes. Drizzle on a thin mixture of maple syrup and icing sugar. * * * Speaking of maple syrup, I still haven t had any response from readers with recipes for cooking with maple syrup. Maybe most ladies are too busy preparing for the holiday ahead to write or telephone Tea 'n Topics. I have hunted out a few recipes which sound yummy. Try them when you get a chance. BAKED BEANS 1 quart parboiled beans 1 cup maple syrup '/4 cup chili sauce 1 tsp. salt 118 tsp. pepper 1/4 tsp. dry mustard '/4 lb. salt pork 1 small onion, diced. Place half of the partially cooked beans in a bean pot or heavy oven dish. Score salt pork and lay on beans. Cover with remaining beans, Combine a half cup maple syrup with remaining ingredients and pour over beans. Add boiling water to cover. Cover dish and bake at 300 degrees for four hours. Remove cover, add remainder of maple syrup, and bake for an added half hour or hour, adding water as necessary. MAPLE PUMPKIN PIE 1 28-oz. can or 3 cups strained pumpkin 2 cups maple syrup 1/2 teaspoon each ground ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt 3 eggs 3 cups milk Combine pumpkin, syrup, salt and spices. Add well beaten eggs and milk. Pour into uncooked shells. Bake 40 minutes .at 335 degrees. Makes three medium to large pies. Five minutes before the pumpkin pie is done, sprinkle With a topping of 1- tablespoon melted butter, 2 tablespoons: maple sugar and 1/4 cup chopped pecans. Bake until lightly browned. MAPLE APPLE CRUNCH 8 to 10 graham crackers 1/2 cup butter 4 apples sliced Ve cup maple syrup. Roll graham crackers until crumby. Soften butter and mix thoroughly with above. Butter oven dish and place sliced apples on bottom of dish. Pour maple syrup over apples. Add crumb and butter mixture. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream. * * The reader who asked me to write some hints on teenage etiquette still has not provided me with the book I need for reference. I would appreciate receiving this book just as soon as it is convenient for her to leave it with me. In the meantime, I've been thinking about the problem of poor manners in our young people. I've reached the conclusion that few adults take the time to practice the manners they were taught from their parents so it is little wonder our teenagers are confused about polite behaviour. A simple thing like allowing a lady to enter a doorway first is as outdated now as rising in a crowded room to offer a seat to a lady who is standing. It could be argued that women have brought this inattention on themselves by thrusting themselves into a man's world in every other sense. Since women have chosen to compete with men in almost all lines of endeavour, it could be considered fair that women should accept all the implications of their new role. I say it could be .. but I'm a woman and I think women and girls should be treated with due respect by all men, whether or not women have invaded the male domain to some extent. I like to see a young man who opens the car door for his lady, who ushers her to her seat, who holds her coat, who offers his hand when the walking is treacherous. I like to see a young lady who encourages this kind of treatment and who accepts it graciously. The surest way in the world for a gal to be treated like an old shoe is to give the impression that manners are unimportant in he boys she dates or to laugh and giggle about his attempts to be a gentleman. And I like to see young people who show respect for older people by rising when being introduced to them and engaging in friendly chatter with them for a short while even though it would be easier (and sometimes more enjoyable, perhaps) to refrain. * * * Where color is concerned today, man and nature are in happy accord. In our environment everywhere, color assaults the senses. It is the magic catalyst which can turn us on from the moment we wake up. Color can soothe us. Even move us to anger. We react, the color scientists tell us, through all the busy hours of the day and into the night. But, like a heady wine, color should be used judiciously and with understanding. The newness of spring is for Legion ladies plan month There were 28 Exeter Legion Ladies Auxiliary members at the regular meeting Monday evening with President Mrs. Lois Brintnell in charge. A film' "on cancer research was shown by Lloyd Hern. Plans were made to serve lunch at the funeral of Calvin Harold McKenzie, former Exeter Police chief. Members will travel to Westminster Hospital April 9 to play bingo with the veterans there. They will also attend a birthday party of the Seaforth Legion Ladies Auxiliary April 16, The Zone rally is set for May 21 at Lucknow and the Legion bowling tournament is May 28 at Strathroy. A donation of $25 was made to the Navy League. The mystery prize was won by Mrs. Garnet Shipman. Proceeds of a penny sale following the meeting will be given to the Bunny Bundle. Atm SC) deee Birthday greetings go out this week to Mrs. Pearl Morley, RR 8 Parkhill, who will be 80 yeats young April 3. Mrs. Morley's family contacted us this week to tell us about the birthday. We invite other families to do the same for their over 80 loved ones who will be celebrating birthdays soon. Just give us the name, address, birthdate and age of the celebrant at least one week in advance of the actual birthday. We will include all the names in this column where relatives and friends will be reminded of the occasion in plenty of time to send a card or plan a visit. many homemakers a signal. A time to take an appraising look at the house and furnishings. As it would be well to know the pitfalls and hazards, here are some guidelines in your adventures with color about the house. A pioneer color engineer contends that living room walls should be in soft dark hues to show off beautiful furniture to the best advantage. The human eye is always first attracted by brightness, he explains, and too-bright walls will prevent anyone from appreciating the other subjects that are in the room. Dining rooms decorated in soft peach colors produce the best appetites — particularly if they are accented with lettuce green or apple red. Cool colors are recommended for bedrooms because experiments have shown that such colors actually reduce the blood pressure and induce relaxation. Yellow, the scientists say, is an excellent color, where "food for thought" is concerned. Research has shown that the grades of school children vase noticeably when their study retains were redecorated in attractive shades of yellow. Rose, salmon or similar flesh tones make the best background for singing in the bathtub, because these hues reflect light and give the bather a glow of healthy well-bait. Selecting the proper colors to suit your changing personal moods is a more difficult matter. Suppose you feel depressed and in need of a bright environment for an emotional lift? Their` suppose by tomorrow you're brimMing over with exciting plans that require the sedative effect of a pale blue? Well, the Color Research Institute Of America has a partial solution to this problem — keep changing your colors with your moods! That's easy enough in clothing and it can be done also in your surroundings. Keep the walls gray or some other neutral shade and use spots of color — in pictures, slip covers, or hangings -- that can easily )0 changed. VERY SMART — The suit fashioned by Helen Douglas, Grand Bend, for spring is powder blue and trimmed with huge Persian lamb buttons and cuffs. Her matching hat is also trimmed with a Persian lamb pompom. Miss Tiffany, her pet 'poodle dog, wears a matching coat with' a sparkly pin at the neck. HOST DANCERS Exeter Promenaders were joined Wednesday night by the Parkhill square dance club, the Ausable Flairs and Squares. Jack Fairfield, who is caller for the Parkhill group, was caller for the evening. The previous week, the Square—N—Aders from London paid a return visit to the Promenaders. They were accompanied by their caller, Earl Campbell of Exeter. Be confident and look your loveliest with a flattering new hair style that IS exactly for you. You'll gain the admiring glances of those around you in the "Easter Parade" and wherever you go. 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