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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-03-23, Page 6Australian Wonder Crazy Stunts To Win. Wagers TABLE TALKS glque:AnArews,. . , 7:4040. WHEN. THE PIE WAS OPENED.. oned enriched bread crumbs that bake to a‘butter-rich crisp- nses. Note to eagle-eyed cooks: The baking time and tempera- ture are correct. That high heat and fast cooking assure perfect- ly cooked fillets—jnst done to 'the right point where they are completely -cooked, yet flavor remains mild, and texture just- right. •BREAD CRUMB ,FILLET PIE 1 package frozen haddock fillets ' 1/2 cup' butter 1 teaspoon Worcestershire 'sauce 3 tablespoons vinegar teaspoo4 salt 3/4 .teaspoon Pepper X. told Tiger to pack and move back towards, Ayers. Rock, I Weuld, go on alone through the bluffs to, get photographs, and Would follow the camels later, Thus, a little after sunrise, I moved once again up the slope of flowering lilies and followed a ridge to eastward, far enough to look into all the Olga chasms at •once, It was an unforgettable sight, transcending by far the grandeur of Ayers Rook, or any- thing else I have witnessed in my lifetime, The dome on which I stood was warm and peaceful in calm sunlight, and the die- tent howling of Wulpa Chasm was like a far-away, chin accona,- panirnent to the impressive still- ness of the hidden valley in be- tween and below me. Two or three miles out beyond the eir- ,cumference of the complete Olga group a heavy. ground fog spread out above the eandhills and plains like a snowflehl. It commenced to tuft and break up as I dropped down into a narrow crevice, tightly packed with undergrowth for about two hundred yards. An hour or more later I emerged on the slope of another valley to meet three dingoes almost face to face. They paused a fraction of a second, wheeled and raced away while I scrambled hurried- ly onto a rough conglomerate outcrop to see more of them. My foot disloged a large boulder, which rumbled and rolled in considerable noise. The dingoes had disappeared completely, but the echoes started up several euros. They went hopping off in different directions, rattling over stones and spinifex, pausing awhile to look about at this man- made disturbance; a snort, and on again, up and up with in credible strength and grace. Eventually I 'scrambled two or three miles east of the main 01- gas, and entered a canyon about five hundred feet deep, and less than a hundred feet wide be- tween sheer red walls; and con- tinued up it for half a mile to scramble out on to a rocky bal- cony that I recognized as one of the front legs of the Elephant dome I had seen, the day before, The "head" of the, elephant was now one sheer wall rising a goon four hundred feet to my right. The "leg" was hollowed below me with caverns and overhangs. Rock wallabies hopped , and lay round in the sun, unconscious of my presence above them. Movement was impossible with- noise, and when I continued downhill they whisked into shel- eted. From "I Saw a Strange Land," by Arthur Gromn. Tried To Trade Wife For A. Battle-Axe In the Kultultulett country of New Guinea the natives have one of the strangest funeral cestone 'in the world. They "'smoke" the dead over fires just as one smokes a kipper, then carry them to a mountain hide- out, Australian explorer C ol Simpson, found four of these grim relics high up on an almost inaccessible rocky ledge above IVIenyamya, Each was* painted with red ochre and in a sitting posture en a platform of poles and bark, rather• like the elan- , gated seat of a deck chair, Naked except for bangles of cane on the arms and girdling the waist, one man was propped with arrows that lifted a hand to rest on a knee and held the other between the fingers, He appeared to be, gazing out over the valley towards the village where he had lived. His rela- tives had gone to great trouble to make him "comfortable," Beside him were skulls and bones, farther along the plat- form a second man, and at the far end two women, perhaps mother and daughter or sisters, for an arm of each had been placed round a shoulder of the other, to carry their affectionate relationship into death. According to local police offi- cers, quoted• by Simpson in "Adam with Arrows," the gene- ral rule is that' battle victims, clan leaderseyoung warriors and young women are smoked: A corpse is laid on leaves in the house and covered in bark cloth, except for the head. Rela- tives and friends, ,conning from near and far tdmourn, beat their heads with stone implements until they draW blood, the women usually inflicting worse wounds on themselves than the men. The aged:are often scarred from repeated mourning, The Kukukukus, Simpson says" are polygamous and many have ° several wives, Some profess strict morality; others actually offered to lend their wives to the pollee at Meeyatnya, even to Lutheran Miseion native evan- gelists, in exchange for war axes and knives, Infidelity has led •to some 'grim dramas. One wife made a tryst with her lover underneath the htuse, which was en stilts. Pretending that' she was-,going to get fire- wood, ehe carried on. a conver- sation with her husband through the floor while with her lover belOw. Suspicious, he removed a piece of cane from. the floor. saw what was going' on, and the next time drove an arrow through the floor into the man's, back, killing him. Then he made his wife bury the body. Another betrayed husband wept; to the lover's house, found out where he usually sat, and while he was absent removed ,part of 'the wall, replacing it with a chininly section, Return- ing at, night, he shot an arrow through it into' the .inan's body. Such killings can often lead to clan battle. Wife-killing is not uncommon, and the 'body is usually taken to the parents' garden .hut Or left on a track •Where they will be sure to find it and give it mor-" tuary rites. When a wife is to bear a child she goes into the bush with Women relative s, and they build a shelter - hut for the lying-i n. Immediately the women inform the husband that a healthy child has been born he goes hunting fore-possums (or birds) with, his male relatives to provide a good• feast for the, wife and her attendants, keeping none From the dried possum skin armlets are made for the child, and some of the skin is rolled into little balls and strung on small flying-fox bones for a necklet. Until these amulets are reMoved—which may not be for six months—the father cannot eat meat They are then hid • - den in a betel-nut or pine 'grove so that no one can use them. to work sorcery against the child. 3 cupt- soft enriched bread * crumbs Thaw fillets. Welt butter- in seucepan; add Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, salt -and pepper. Place bread crumbs in bowl, add enough melted butter mix- ture to just Moisten. Pat half bread crumbs' out in bottom of flat baking dish. Lae thawed fillets Over this. Cover with re- Maining bread crumbs. Pour remaining butter sauce over this. Bake at 450 deg. F. (hot oven) 10 'minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Cut into serving size portions with sharp knife and .eerve' with flat server. Makes 4 to 6 servings, • VA ea Haddock fillets, continue to be a good buy throughout Canada this year. Catches of this tender, white-meated fish have been ex- cellent. Frozen haddock fillets, ready to cook and waste-free are the choice of many the wist shopper. Mild in flavor; inexpen- sive and easy to prepare, they are readily adapted to' many a delectable dish. If you're seek- ing a new look for an economi- cal fish main course, here's a really novel idea. Instead of a fish fry for dinner, .why not a fish pie? The trick = delicate- flavored fish fillets cooked to flaky tender goodness between "pastry" layers of subtly seas- with great composure through the feehieglable Pump Rooms of Bath, All *ho saw hint were greatly impressed, There followed a stampede by the young "bucks" to their tail-- era, Pressing demands for the immediate cutting of coats in the new etyle. Towards the end of the eigh- teenth century there lived In France the Chevalier D'Eon, He had delicate features and dress- ed in a very womanish fashion. This led, to the legend that the Chevalier was not a man at all. And upon this point two wealthy men-about-town wager- ed Ave hundred guineas, Being unable, to agree or prove the matter either way, they took the case to court; Before the Gaming Act- of 1845, the law would, enforce a wager. The famous Lord Mansfield presided over the trial. He heard, all gravely, pronounced himself disgusted with such a case, but -obliged to treat the wager seriously; He gave judg- ment of seven hundred pounds, on the grounds that the one Tarty had not proved the Che- valier a woman after all. Another court case was brought by Deed Maich. He had made a wager with a Mr. Pigott that a, Sir William Codrington would die before Mr. Pigott's father. But old Mr. Pigott was car- ried off suddenly by a fearful attack of, the gout, unknown to the wagerers at the time when they made their bet. His son claimed that since his ' father had died a few hours be- fore the bet was made, there was no true, bet. But the jury did not take that view and. Lord March was "awarded the five hundred guineas of the bet and costs. Another bet which ended in the law courts (and much laugh- ter) was made as follows. Ope man bet. another that he would produce three horses that could go ninety miles in three hours. As this 'feat seemed clear- lee impossible he was taken on, the wager being a hundred guineas. The wagerer, who was also a wag, duly harnessed three fine trotting' horses and set them off together. "Three times three is nine," he grinned, "and three times thirty is ninety." The horses covered the thirty mile course, shoulder to shoul- der, and the bet was claimed. The claim was resisted, the law- yers were' brought in.' In court the judge decided for the plaintiff, though most peo- ple would agree that it was a trick bet. Such actions were quite com- mon up to a century ago. The; in 1845, the Gaming Act' was passed, since when no betting transactions are enforceable, But among sportsmen, to plead the Gaming Act is still considered dishonourable, and only the unscrupulous resort to this shelter provided by the law. We cannot fight for love, as men may do; We should, be woo'd, and were not made to woo, —Shakespeare. Practically every nutritionist stresses the fact that the' aver- age Canadian family doesn't eat nearly enough cheese and eggs — two of the finest foods we have and, in addition, easy on the budget. So here are a few cheese and egg recipes which I'm sure you'll' find worth while. * * CHEESE , OMELET. ;.4. pound processed Canadian cheese 4 eggs 3 tablespoons water ?A teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon butter Cut cheeie into small pieces. Beat eggs until bubbly. Add wa- ter, salt, pepper. Melt butter in skillet. Pour in eggs: As mixture sets on edges, gently lift eggs with a Spatula to allow uncook- ed mixture to run to bottom of pan. Continue to do this until all of the egg mixture is cooked through and has a' creamy ap- pearance. Loosen edges of omel- et all around with spatula. Then slide spatula under omelet to Most stunts, whether crazy or just daring, are done for one of twQ mans: publicity oe to win Wegele Argil York-Londoe peclese teem who attracted cOnelder- ehle public attention was Mr. Foster Powell, Be wagered a Hundred guineas that he Would walk to York from Landon and hack again In six days, and won. The most famous walking feat of all time arising out of a wager was that of Captain Bar-, clay. He wagered that he would walk a thousand miles in a tbotiseed successive hours, The amount at stake was X300 and the last leg of the course was in the sporting town of Newmarket. As the nearly exhausted walker appeared on the dusty road all the church bells of Newmarket were set ringing in celebration, One day Queen Elizabeth I was with Sir Walter Raleigh when the question came up of how much tobacco smoke is con- tained in a pound of tobacco — enough for perhaps 200 pipefues. Sovereign and knight made a wager on it. But how to make the test? That was the problem. "The question may be settled in this way," annuonced one courtier. "Let the pOund of 'to- bacco be burned, and „then weighed again when it is re- duced to ashes. The weight of the smoke will be the difference between ashes and the unburnt leaf." This method was adopted, but history does not record either The amount staked or what the smoke weighed: The experiment was thorough- . ly unscientific, anyway. During the Regency period, wagering was very popular among the "bloods." One dey at London's exclusive White's Club, frequented by the noble and the wealthy, a member bet five hundred guineas that he would walk from Hyde Park. Corner to Piccadily Circus quite naked.. He won his bet in a most in- genious way. Ordering the bottom to be re- moved from one of his car- riages, he walked, shielded from "'the public view, inside the care riage, nobody noticing his bare feet between t h e turning wheels! When. a "buck" of the same period bet that he would stand, dressed as a hawker, on London Bridge, offering new-minted sovereigns at a penny apiece and not sell one all day, he was taken on. He won his bet. No Londoner, hurrying on his way,, could be- lieve that a gold sovereign could be bought for a penny. Lord Spencer once made a curious wager and won it. This peer of the early eighteenth century wore the customary coat with tails. One day he wagered that he would. usher in a new fashion for coats without The wager was taken up as a bet of five hundred guineas. His lordship then proceeded as follows. He relieved his tail coat, sent for a tailor and had. the tails cut off very neatly, rounding the back of the coat so as to, leave. the impression that it had been thus made in the first. case. His leardship next took his gold-nobbed cane and, walked Nor hell nor heaven shall that soul surprise, Who loves the rain, And loves his home, And looks on life with quiet eyes. —Frances Shaw SHE'S A DREAM—Actress Janet Leigh is "the young man's dream of what, he expects of love." At least, that's the opin- ion of the American • Photo= graphic Society which named her "The Golden Beauty."' The 60 photOgs also gave her a Miniature gold Camera. CHEESE-TUNA CASSEROLE 2 (6I/2 oz.)' cans tuna fish 4 stalks celery 6 sprigs parsley IA teaspoon seasoned salt .1/s teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon lemon juice 34 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing 1 (8 oz.) jar prepared cheese sauce 8 slices rye bread 2 tablespoons butter Start oven at 350° F Drain tuna. Flake into pieces with fork. Chop celery and parsley fine. Stir in seasoned salt, pep- per, lethon juice and mayon- naise. Mix together well. Spread' 4 slides of rye bread with the tuna' mixture. Spread remaining 4 slices with butter and place on top of the tuna spread slices. Put in shallow baking dish. Melt cheese sauce and pour over sandwiches.' Bake '20 minutes. Makes 4 servings. * * * CHEESE PUFF 6 slices fresh bread IA lb. cheddar cheese 4 eggs 1 cup milk teatpOon salt % teaspoon dry' mustard. Remove crusts from bread;‘ cut into small cubes: Grate cheese. Separate whites from yolks of eggs.. Beat yolks till light and as thick as whipped cream. Add bread cubes, cheese, ' milk, sett, and mustard to yolks. Mix together well, Set oven at 325° F. Grease a medium casseke ole. Beat egg whites until firm enough to hold sharp peaks. Gently stir egg yolk mixture in- to beaten whites. Pour into cas- serole and bake for 40 minutes. Makes 4 servings. loosen from bottom of pan, Place cubed :cheese op half. Fold ' the other omelet half over cheese and carefully lift out. Makes 2 servings. * EGOBEEF PIE 1 (12oz.) can' corned beef hash i/4 cup grated cheese 2 cups cooked or canned peas 4 eggs 1/;;; teaspoon salt " 3/8 teaspoon cayenne' pepper 1 tablespoon horseradish Start oven at 350° F Grease a shallow baking dish. Remove hash from can and crumble into pieces with a fork, Arrange in diagonal line in baking , dish. Sprinkle grated cheese on top of hash. Spoon peas on each side of hash. Beat eggs until bubbly. Add salt, pepper, and horse- radish. Pour eggs over the peas and hash. Bake for 20-25-min- utes. Makes 4 servings. * * * GRILLED CHEESE AND EGG• SANDWICHES 2 stalks celery ?/.',2 peen pepper 6 hard-cooked eggs ;12 teaspoon Salt Y8 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon onion salt sis cup mayOnnaiSe or salad ,dressing 8 sliCes white bread 4 slites processed cheese Reinove leaves from celery; wash and chop fine. Remove stem end from green pepper; cut into einell pieces. Shell eggs and chop coarsely. Mix celery, geeen pepper, eggs, salt, pepper, onion salt together, Add mayonnaise and MIX in lightly. Spread egg- filling on four slices of bread. Top each With a remaining bread slice. Place a slice of cheese Over top of each safe& wich. Preheat broliete Put sand- wiches on broiler rack and place 5-6" froth heat. broil for 5 thin- sites' or 'Mail cheese is Melted• and bnbbly. Makes 4 sand- Wichea * * * CHEESE STRATA 8 slices day-old bread 34 lb. cheddat cheese 1 small Onion 3 eggs 2 cups Milk 1 teaspoon prepared Mustard 1 teaspoon salt Vg. teaspoon pepper rteirieVe triage froin Grate cheese. Peel onion, chop fine. Beat eggs till bubbly. Mix eggs, onion, iiittatardi salt and pepper, Grease'' -a medium casserole or baking diSh.. Ar- range hall the bread falicee, oven' bottom. Center' :With. loafed cheese and top with remaining bread. Potit'' over 'beaten eggs, Let stand until the' liquidhas been absorbed: by the bread (about 20 ininnte0, Set oven` bgt °' F. bike 1 hour. Sett. At Mitt, Mikes 4 serving. Fashion Takes Peek-a-Boo at Surrealasts The lightweight picot Paris orig- inal in a peek-a-boo fashion which "the young lady is model, Ing, 'at left, Isn't causing that look of wonderment. The shoes, below, are to blame. Shown first in Paris, Franch, shoe at left looks upside-down when it's rightside-up, This heel-to- toe model is said to have been inspired by the works of Picas- so. "Geared" to the little model at right are the works in metal of artist Fernand Leger. Metal- sic toenails and a wrought-iron- like heel complete the creation. HIS EXCUSE A guest conductor was driven. era* at reheareele because at least one member of the orches- tra was always missing. After the last rehearsal he tapped for attention and. said "I want, in thank 'the first Violinist for be, leg the only Man in the Ore chestea Who had the decency to attend every rehearsal."' The Prat violinist hung his heed, "/t seemed the Wait I could c10," he said iii an apologet>c' tale. "YOU tee, Lateral expect to ehOw Up for the dOneekeideight," !Seiteeeecee SERVICE BY THE 000T4ecll,eeilee, half bicyele-helf ricksha, get sei'viriging at garages such 0S this hi Taipei, Formosa's 4044 Popular because less eeperttleei to Operate cold hire 'mem goo' taxiii they supply a necessary portion' of the capital's franStJak.ii tationi A commercial 'accused Of peeking in the windows of a women's' dormitory North Caroline declared he was kalif": ing Candidates for a beauty Cone test And it Meriden, Connect!, he tufo Peeping Tom explained'that was' thin ing about moving: Into the lieighberhedd and want- Od to tee What kind Of people illiked *hi**