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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-02-12, Page 7 nr.e.A.WA.ive*Se Delicious looking chicken croquettes Remember visits to grandmother Mother and I were thrown out of the sidecar into the muddy trench. Dad stood on the brakes jumped off the machine, and managed to hold it from falling in on top of us. We clambered out wet, bedraggled and frightened. A few people watched us from a distance, but no one came to our aid — they dared not help us for fear of reprisals. This is again the current attitude of many otherwise kindly folk in Ireland, fear of IRA reprisals. They are as merciless to their own followers who disobey their orders as they are to their so-called enemies. They have no room for com- passion, trained as they are as terrorists, they acknowledge, no law but the law of the gun and the bomb. Late that evening we arrived again in Lurgan from whence we had set out that morning in high hopes of a vacation in the country. We had not eaten all day, we felt dirty, disappointed and disheveled but so glad to be safely at home. Miss Leona Alderson, head of • the Family Studies Department at Kingsway College in Oshawa visited her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Alderson of Andrew Street recently. Also visiting were three of her students, Buelah Stanley of Newfoundland, Lois MacKinnon from Sault Ste. Marie and Donna King from Windior. I feel extravagent this week so I am going to give you two gorgeous desserts, EXQUISITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE AND APRICOT WALNUT TORTE that take a little time to make but are worthltheieffort.IClip them for your next party. Someone asked me the other day how to make CHICKEN CROQUETTES and since I didn't know I had to dig deep in the files until I came up with what looks like a good recipe. Exquisite Chocolate Cheesecake 2 tbsp butter 1 cup graham wafer crumbs (about 22 crushed) 'a tsp cinnamon 1 pkg (8 oz) semisweet chocolate 11/2 lb cream cheese at room temperature 1 cup sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp cocoa 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups sour cream 1 can (19 oz) cherry pie filiing Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt butter in saucepan. Mix in crumbs and cinnamon, Press crumb mixture on bottom of a 9- inch spring-form pan. Set aside and chill. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler, stirring occasionally. Cool slightly. In a large bowl beat the cream cheese until fluffy and smooth, using an electric mixer. Beat in the sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the melted chocolate, cocoa and vanilla, blending thoroughly. Beat in sour cream. Pour the mixture into the prepared spring-form pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. The cake may still be slightly runny but will become firm as it chills. Cool at room temperature, then chill in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours before serving. Top with cherry pie filling at serving time. Serve small slices. Makes 10 to 12 servings at least. Chicken Croquettes EXETER'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE We've modernized our store, but we kept a few old-fashioned things THINGS LIKE . . . QUALITY and THINGS LIKE SERVICE Please excuse the mess, but We're Open Again We have renovated our store to make shopping more convenient for you. Shoppers at the Junction will still enjoy the same high quality merchandise and old-fashioned service. Use Your Chargex or Masterchar e FLOOR COVERING • WALLPAPER FAMILY CLOTHING • DRAPES • FABRICS • • the iunction IWhere Quality Merchandise and Fair Prices Meet I Iiiii2.7trauajr 14 4' IV ,.- Shop At Wilson's Jewellery 413 Main St. - Exeter PLEASING YOU — PLEASES US Preheat deep fat to 375 degrees P. In a saucepan, melt butter. Blend in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually blend in • chicken broth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Stir a little of the hot mixture into the beaten eggs, then blend into remaining hot mixture. Cook and stir about 1 minute longer. Measure 13/4 cups sauce and combine with chicken and parsley. Cool. Cover remaining sauce with wax paper touching the surface, allow to cool, then chill or freeze in covered container. Shape chicken mixture into 12 croquettes. Roll in bread crumbs, dip in a mixture of egg and milk, then roll in 1/2 cup butter or margarine 14cup cake and pastry flour 2 teaspoons salt '/2 teaspoon pepper 21/2 cups chicken broth or milk 2 slightly beaten eggs 2 cups diced cooked chicken 1 tablespoon chopped parsley Fine, dry bread crumbs 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk Now is the time to Reupholster Your Furniture and save during our FEBRUARY SPECIAL HOW'S THIS FOR A TREMENDOUS VALUE Two-Piece Chesterfield Suite Take advantage of this special offer now. Choose from four beautiful colors and homespun fabrics, You can also choose any other fabric from our catalogue and receive a 20% DISCOUNT. • FREE ESTIMATES • PICK UP & DELIVERY Canadian Furniture Restorers 168 Thames Road West Across From Acme Signs EXETER 235-0131 (After Hours 262-2648) By KATHLEEN ANDERSON Like many reminiscences my earliest memories are of visits to my Grandmother's home. She lived in County Caven, Ireland, in a two storey farm house facing one of the many exquisite tiny lakes which adorn that part of the country. The front door of the house was divided into two parts top and bottom, so that the top part opened to let in the fresh air, while the bottom part could be kept closed to keep out the 4111 chickens which'roamed at will around the farmyard. Leaning on the half door • was a favourite posture to rest or talk to neigh- bours passing by, and for an old man, to smoke his pipe. Water was carried from the lake across the road for washing, while a pump in the yard provided well water for drinking. A wide open fireplace burning logs and "turf" from the bog, was the focal point of the large family room kitchen. Over the fire hung a black three legged pot, on a sliding iron rail, providing constant hot water, while the tea kettle and a soup pot bubbled on the polished iron grid around the fire. On one side of the fireplace was a horse hair sofa and on the other side a rocking chair was placed in front of the fan bellows — a wheel with a .handle, connected in some way to the fire. To sit in the rocker and turn the wheel making the fire all aglow was one of my favourite pastimes. Yet another popular circle of iron was the churn, used for turning sour cream into butter and buttermilk. This was a horse churn. The horse was harnessed to this large vertical iron wheel standing about 3 feet off the ground in the yard and as it circled round and around the milk churned in the pantry. I Allik never knew how it was con- nected, but I enjoyed sitting on the "round-a-bout." Grandma was a widow, dressed in black satin. She had a fine clear complexion with twinkling blue eyes. Her good black clothes were crowned by a stylish feathered bonnet with a spotted black veil attached, which covered her face to below her chin and tied at the nape of her neck. She was very fond of ice-cream, and she loved both to hear and to tell a good' story. I remember vividly one day my Mother, Dad and I set out to visit my grandmother in my Dad's motorcycle and sidecar, a three wheel vehicle. Our home was in the north of Ireland twenty miles south of Belfast, while she lived around fifty miles south, over the Border, in Co, Cavan. I sat on my mother's lap in the sidecar, being around five years of age. All went well until we reached the town of Castleblaney in Co. Monaghan, where my parents sensed troubled brewing. As it was Market day the local farmers had brought their produce to town in their two wheeled pink carts and as usual had stabled the horses, so the shafts of the carts were lined up along the main street on both sides against the sidewalk making the narrow-road almost impassable. Just as today in Ireland the Nationalists (or Republicans) were causing trouble, and the atmosphere in crumbs again. Allow to stand about 1 hour, Fry in deep fat which has been preheated to 375 degrees, turning to brown evenly. Allow 11/2 to 2 minutes for each side. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve with Mushroom Sauce prepared by combining reserved sauce with 1/2 cup milk and 1 can (10 ounces) sliced mushrooms. Heat through. Makes 6 servings, Croquettesandremainingisauce can be prepared ahead and frozen. To serve, heat croquettes in a 400 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until piping hot. Apricot Walnut Torte 3/4 cup cake and pastry flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup finely ground walnuts 4 egg yolks 2 tablespoons water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 4 egg whites 1/3 cup granulated sugar. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 8-inch round layer cake pans with wax paper and lightly grease. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Blend in nuts. Beat egg yolks and water until thick and lemony. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar, beating until very light. Beat egg whites to form stiff but moist peaks, Gradually beat in 1/3 cup sugar, beating until very stiff and shiny. In 4 portions, fold dry ingredients into egg yolk mix- ture. Lastly fold in meringue. Turn into prepared pans. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes, Cool 5 minutes in pans. Then remove and peel off paper. Cool. Split each layer horizontally in two. Fill with Apricot Cream Filling. If desired, glaze top with about 3/4 cup strained apricot jam. Chill 4 hours or overnight. Makes 10 to 12 servings. Apricot Cream Filling 1 envelope gelatine 1/4 cup cold water 2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup sifted icing sugar 1/4 cup orange juice 1 jar (7-1/2 ounces) strained apricots (baby food) Soften gelatine in cold water. Dissolve over boiling water. Cool. Whip cream until almost stiff. Beat in icing sugar, then orange juice. Gradually beat in gelatine mixture until stiff enough to hold its shape. Fold in strained apricots. Bob Swartman doesn't drink but he' may start soon if he doesn't sell some of the stock that's been hanging around his store. STAGGERING VALUES Warm Winter Coats Y2 Price that town on this Market day was like a whetted, knife. As strangers we were halted by the "Black and Tans" as the special British police forces were called at that time; sent from England to try to keep the peace between the British Irish and the Republicans. The police allowed us to continue on our journey, it being obvious that we were in- nocent passersby. But just a few miles out of town we were stopped dead in our tracks by a large tree felled right across the road! Its foliage completely blocked any passageway. A few suspicious looking characters standing there suggested that we could take a certain back lane to get around our dilemma., but my Father, fearing that our means of tran- sport would be taken from us on a lonely road and uncertain of what fate would befall us refused and decided instead to return home, although we were not far from our destination. Rather than risk driving through the dangerous tension in Castleblaney he decided to take a different route via Armagh City, which by passed that hot spot. He was sorelieved to get away safely that he speeded up the engine and headed towards home. Round a bend in the road suddenly ap- peared two trenches, like graves, cut deep on each side which ldft less than twenty inches of roadway, not enough space for our three-wheeled vehicle. There was no time to stop! 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