HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-12-10, Page 2RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS? FOUND '- Art expert Prof. Alexander Zletoff Mirsky (centre),
points to a photograph of the painting "Mad allena," by Michaelangelo do Caravaggio,
one of 10 paintings of the Venetian Renaissance period which were found in the home of a
Pasadena Calif„ television repairman, Alfonso Folio. The finding of the paintings, valued at
$8,000,000 to $10,000,000, is called the single most important art discovery of the 20th Cen-
tury. With Mirsky are left to right: Jay di Renzo, Charles dl Renzo, Mary Jane Russo, secretary
to attorney Jerry Geisler, and attorney Lee Parkal, The di Renzo brothers are credited
with bringing the find of the paintings into the ppen. Folio said they were brought to the
U.S. 14 years ago by his sister, Mrs. Marflia Hataburda, whose family had owned the paint-
ings in Naples, dating back several generations.
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TURKEY TIMETABLE
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PitiOn Nut Crop
*tort* fun Fest
Throughout the area of north-
lIen New Mexico,, from. the land
of the Navajos to the hilts
ground Santa Ee,, miles off pin-
qn forests have been scatter.
reag a bonanza of minute maim-
Any-colored nuts. There has not
been such a crop for years. It
has upset the calm. of this an-
clone land more than did the ex-
plosion of the first atomic bomb
Or the discovery of uranium.
Along the highways, along dirt
roads in all directions, cars are
parked in long lines. ]cos Alamos
.auto platen indicate that resid-
ents of the atomic city have fall-
en under the lure of the min-
ute nut, about the size and shape
of a girl's smallest fingernail.
Laborers, businessmen, artists,
and writers with their families,-
joined Martinez, Gonzales, and
Garcia delegations shoulder to
shoulder. Some came in Cedil-
lace, some in ancient pickup
trucks. Some rode in on horse-
back and. some walked.
It did not make any differ-
ence whether the bonanza fell
on public or private land. Why
should it? The sky was solid tur-
quoise. Aspen gold dripped over
the nearby mountains. Pickers
crawled over barbed-wire fences,
they slid between gaps in the
wive. They carried immense
picking sacks over one shoulder
and copious bags of lunch over
the other.
It was a hilarious invasion
sparked with laughter, greetings,
and children's delighted squeals.
No one complained, until after
a couple of weeks when property
owners found their pinon acres
littered with lunch wrappings
and many of their fences flat on
the ground.
Some of the harvesters hunt-
ed for pack rats' nests where it
was rumored as many as a doz-
en pounds of the minute nuts
could be found hidden for win-
ter eating by the industrious
little animals, It also was ru-
mored that there was an ancient
law in the state which decreed
that whoever robbed the nest
of a pack rat must replace his
find with a like amount of corn
or wheat. The statutes were
searched, and the local press
announced that no such law had
been uncovered, writes Dorothy
L. Pillsbury in The Christian
Science Monitor.
But the Martinez, Gonzales,
Garcia contingent smiled know-
ingly. Fair replacement was not
* law of the land, but a law of
the heart as their ancestors had
taught them. That was because
the Spanish settlers in the re-
gion esteemed the nutritious
little nuts asa welcome embel-
lishment to their monotonous
diet of beans, corn, and chili. In
the adobes of the richer ones,
one special servant was set apart
to crack the little nuts with a
stone rolling pin and to extract
the toothsome kernel.
Indians valued the little nut
likewise. It is said that Indian
tribes waging war on one an-
other forgot their differences
during a good pinon harvest and
picked the nuts one another's
territory. Once the harvest was
gathered, wars were resumed.
Ste much had pinon nuts be-
come a part of Indian eating
that during World War II Indian
boys in the", A`e my scattered
throughout ''the"' world, ask e d,
but one remembrance at Christ-
s, "Send .us pinon nuts,'" they
Answered the inquiring Agencies,
Thet pinon mite have caused
some complications complleations ie the re-
glen, There was the .case of the
irate professor in the 'University
of New Mexico who, eome years
ago, in desperation scrawled in
chalk letters on his blackboard,
"If you must eat pinon nuts in
Ogee,. kindly put shells in your
pocket, not on the door;'e
And the teachers .with Navajo
children • in their classrooms in
autumn often found their classes
deserted. for weeks during pinon-
picking time. Picking and selling
ninon nuts was a solid plank
in Navajo .economy in the days
of their poverty before ura-
Mune Navajo *Isere can piek
with both hands, .which few
others can do.
Cameras Explore
Sunken City
Exploration of the sunken
pirate city of Port Royal, Ja-
maica, has gotten under way in
Kingston Harbor.
Luis Marden, writer-photog-
rapher of the National Geo-
graphic Society, and Mendel L.
Peterson, curator of naval his-
tory of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, have joined the expedition.
Led by Edwin A. Link, deep-
sea explorer and inventor of the
Link trainer for fliers, the ex-
pedition will attempt to recover
and date relics from the 17th
century Caribbean poet. It was
reputed to be the wickedest city
in the world when its loot-laden
warehouses, shops, and two ships
were swallowed up by earth-
quake and sea in one great gulp
in 1692.
Though murky water and the
silt-covered floor of Kingston
Harbor make exploration diffi-
cult, the expedition has the best
in electronic equipment, metal
detectors, diving and salvage
gear, and camera accessories.
To aid photography, Mr. Mar-
den will use a special "turbidity
eliminator." The 300 - pound,
four_foot-long device is attached
to a camera to provide a sealed
funnel of crystal-clear, distilled,
filtered water between the lens
and the object to be photo-
graphed.
Mr. Link is joined by his wife,
Marion, author of the recent
book on undersea adventure en-
titled "Sea Diver." Expedition
headquarters is aboard their
new, powerful, 91-foot research
yacht, Sea Diver II, It is the
first vessel designed and espe-
cially built for underwater arc-
haeological work.
The Links are veteran explor-
ers of waters off southern Florida
and, Islands of the West. Indies.
In her book, Mrs. Link tells how
they became interested in Port
Royal—the lair of pirates, buc-
caneers, adventurers, and vil-
lains of the Spanish Main. Be-
fore the city's abrupt end, sea-
farers in pilfered silks 'swagger-
ed about the streets, noisily
spending their ill-gotten pieces
of eight,
"From all we could gather, no
real attempt had even been made
to salvage it," Mrs. Link said.
"Eventually we were to feel
compelled to explore those long-
lost ruins. The urge was irresist-
ible."
Three years ago the Links and
Mr. Peterson made a preliminary
investigation of the drowned
city. This was followed by ex-
tensive research that led as far
afield as London.
Ready-To-Cook
Weight
(pounds)
8 to 12
12 to 16
16.to 20
20 to 24
Ingredients
Fat
Flour
Liquid — broth,
milk or water
A basic stuffing for a 10-12-
pOund'turkey-follows;
SAVORY STUFFING
34 cup butter
2 cups chopped celery
cup chopped parsley
1 small onion, chopped
2-21 quarts atread crumbs
1-2 teaspoons savory seasoning
or sage.
1-2 teaspoons salt
Pepper to state
Cook celery, parsley, and onion
for e few minutes in the melt-
ed fat. Add to bread crumbs
and dry eeasonings and stir all
together lightly. You may add
nuts if you desire.
A timetable for cooking tur-
key will be found at the top of
this article. Here are a, few points
to remember after your turkey
Is done: Allow turkey to stand in
roasting pan 10-30 Minutes so
that juices may be absorbed,
Remove all trussing equipment,
such as skewers and cord. Place
bird on a warm large platter.
Use a simple garnish — don't
overdo it.
Carve at table so everyone' can
enjoy the full glamour of the
activity. Carve with a very
sharp, thin-bladed: knife and a
fork with a guard. Carve enough
meat at one time to serve all
guests.
There is a standard *ay of
carving turkey which is, briefly,
to remove leg, slice drumstick
meat on a side plate, slice Ihigh
meat, cut into white meat paral-
lel to wing, 'slice White meat.
Serve each person portions of
both white and dark meat, and
serve stuffing from turkey.
•
Turkey pie is a favorite for
after-holiday dinners and may
be topped with crust, with mash-
ed potatoes, or with plain or
seasoned biscuits. Here 'one
topped with caraway-cheese bis-
cuits. It serves 6-8.
TURKEY POT PIE
3 cupS cooked turkey
1 cup cooked, sliced carrots
12 cooked small Odor's
12 cooked small potato balls
7i/. cup cooked button
muShrOones
21/2 dins turkey gravy
ith cups sifted thine
teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ' ,Soda
1 teatiSedit salt
IA cup whole bran cereal
grated sharp Cheese
2 teaspoons cara*ay seeds
cup shortening
cup .buttermilk or sour Milk
Arrange, pieces of turkey and
the vegetables iti greased 2,4t,
ShalloW casserole. Heat turkey
gravy alit pour Over turkey arid
VegetebieS,
Sift tegether keit, 'belting:
Powder,. soda and salt;
with bran,. cheese and 'caraway
seed. Cut ire shortening until
tr,i xture re setti bib a coarse teen
cups gravy
6 tablespoons
6 tablespoons
2 cups 4' cups
VeSaseaslasalsassaassaaneeaseasa
meal. Add buttermilk,, stirring
only until combined. Turn dough
out on lightly floured board and
knead gently a few times. Roll
out to 1/2 inch in thickness, Cut
with floured 1%-inch biscuit cut-
ter. Place on top of turkey mix-
ture. Bake at 450°F. about 20
minutes or until biscuits are
golden brown, Serve at once,
4,
Serve this curried turkey over
hot rice; it is a real company
dish.
CURRIED TURKEY
3 cups coarsely cut cooked
turkey
1 small, onion, cut fine
1 tart apple, chopped
I/4 cup butter
34 cup flour
1-2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
1,4 teaspoon powdered ginger
1 cup turkey broth or canned
consomme
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 cups cooked rice
4 slices orange or 1 cup Tokay
grapes, seeded
Cook the onion and apple in
butter in a .skillet until onion
is transparent but, not brown.
Sprinkle blended flour, curry
powder, salt 'and ginger over
onion and apple. Stir in turkey
•broth and milk. Stir and heat
slowly' do • not burn. Let this
simmer 5 minutes. Add turkey
and lemon juice. Taste for sea-
soning. Cover and keep hot 6
minutes. Serve on hot rice. Gar-
nish with orange slices or grapes.
• Serves 4,
If you did not have turkey for
Christmas or if you prefer to
'freeze what you had left for ftt-
ture use, you may want a beef
casserole for a change. This one
is topped with corn chips and
then baked,
OVEN BEEF STEMS
1 pound chuck or other lean
beef cut in 2" cubes
3 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon monosodium
glutamate
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons horse-radish
2 cups.canned tomatoes
2 medium onions, quartered
2 medium potatoes, cubed
2 medium carrots, cubed
1 cup lightly crushed corn
chips (measured after
crushing)
Salt beef, dredge in flour and
brown in cooking oil in skillet,
Add seasonings, tomatoes, onions,
potatoes, and carrots. Place 1/2
cup crushed corn chips in a cas-
serole, then add beef mixture.
Top with 'remaining corn chips.
Cover. Bake at 350°F. for 1 hour.
-. Serves 8. • • •
CREAMY LAMB STEW
2 pounds lamb from neck,
shoulder or breast
Salt and, pepper
2 tablespoons shortening
3 cups water
4 small onions
2 carrots, diced
1 cup peas
1/2 cup thin cream (evaporated
milk may be used)
1 egg' yolk
3 tablespoons flour
Cut lamb into serving portions.
Dip lamb in flour and brown in
hot shortening. Cover with water
and let •simmer 1 hour. Add the,
vegetables and slowly cook un-
til vegetables are done (if can-
ned peas are used, add when.
other vegetables are tender).
Mix cream and egg yolk with
flour and add to liquid. Let cook
slowly until mixture becomes
thick and creamy. Serve hot.
Serves 6.
COLD TURKEY
Jefferson, Iowa, residents, their
minds apparently on Christmas
Day, cheerfully j o i d i n
picking up a cargo spilled when
a trailer truck crashed, The
truck was loaded with turkeys.
BOUNCING BABY
Anthony Scarrott, 22 months
old, tumbled out of his car-
riage in Bath, England,, walked
through a door into a coal chute,
fell 11 feet into the cellar, got
up and tottered through another
dcior into the' Avon Rivet. He
was pulled out by a neighbor-e.
with only minor bruises for the
trouble.
Christmas
For The WOO
ety Itieherd C401101.40
Nt3A, Staff Correspondent
it is the consensus of those
who know- -childpsychologists,
toy 'buyers, Santa costumers and
Sautes themselves—that Christ-
mas today is for the grown-ups,
The kiddies taro too smart,
Point one, they say, is that
it's a moot question wheth er
daddy comes into the toy de-
partment to buy something for.
• the youngsters, or because he
loves to ice and toy with the
toys himself;
The :.'act of the matter is, ..4ayq
Bill McDuffy, the toy buyer for
Cimbels in New York, during
the four-week buying spree be-
fore Christmas, some 30,000 par-
ents a day traipse through the
department (including papa who
is supposed to be working), look-
ing, fingering or all-out playing
at the counters. Only 5,000 of
them .actually buy anything,
The kiddies, of course, come
in on Saturdays, but by then
the folks are worn ,out and al-
ready armed with an idea Of
what • they (the old folks) want
to play with on Christmas
morning,
And to whom are their toy
catalogues sent, McDuffy fur-
ther lays on, To whom, indeed.
but adults.
And who will dispute the
Christmas morning 'fact that it
is dear old dad on his hands and
knees playing with the new
electric train he bought, while
junior plays with the crate in
which it came?
In point of further fact, a
noted child-parent counseling
team says, it's natural for Junior
to prefer playing with the loa
crates than the toys,
The team—Willard and Mar-
guerite Beecher, . authors of
"Parents on the Run"—say that
to children nowadays, Christ-
mas means only more And high-
er-priced presents than they re-
ceive during the rest of the year
The original meaning and
spirit of Christmas, is fast fading
to the younger folk, the Beech-
. ers .maintain, along with the old
family "togetherness and t h
original do-it-yourself Christ-
mas."
Mrs. Beecher recalls—as wilt
other syrnpathetic grown-ups —
That as a girl the Yule season
was a high point of the year.
'The entire family had a hand
in the preparations. They all
went out to chop down tile tree.
They all devorelf,4 it. ally all
briptd age'vkip the. house • into
shape, aed the 'realists apiritspres
veiled, •
Now, the flveohota say, 'Christ-
mas is no treat for the kids, just
a chore. The parties are welcoM,-
ed as are the special Christmas-
TV programs and dates to the
holiday dances, but as for fool-
ing around with "that .Santa bit,
that's for the kids" „linvenieg
parents).
And the parents love it, Even
with the morning •after's mesa,
and the hills, they stop at noth-
ing to recapture tho Yuletide
spirit and their youth. •
The further proof is the esti,
mated 14 billion dollars the
adults will spend .froth the .be,-
ginning of December on. That
figure was arrived at by sub-
tracting November's estitnated
retail figure from December's;
the only means anybody has or
really figuring out the vast .ex-•
penditure made by adult Anseri-•
cans at Christmas.
Of course, stores are moving
up the buying season to middle
August and sometimes even
July. Decorations are nought
out after Labour Day. Christman
cards have always enjoyed buy-
it-cheaper-now summer sales.
An association of retail riser-
chants says that as far a$ the
stores are concerned, "the Christ-
season really starts on December
26." And a brief thumb-through
of the Classified Bdok in your
city gives any number of avail,
able costumers whose whole
business is concerned with rent-
ing or selling Santa Claus cos-
tumes -- at any time of the year,
Further support for the Christ-
mas - is - for - the - folks theory
comes from Santa himself — at
least the chief Santa of a major
department store. (He's really
only a helper, Dad,).
The ropes around his throne,
e;anta, says, are there to keep
the parents back, not the kids..
And for every child on his knee,
there are three adults in line,
"The poor children just don't
have a chance," Santa says. "The
parents that - bring him to me
are the real kids; just a little
bigger,"
LETTER OF TUE LAW
Juvenile Judge John J. Gross'
of Jersey City,' threw the book
at a teen-ager convicted of driv-
ing a motorcycle without a li-
cense. He ordered that the youth
pay a $25 fine and write a 2,500-
word essay on the meaning Of
motor vehicle laws.
.*PACE COMMUTERS EXPRESS — How tomorrow's spaceman May
clet up in — and out of — the world is tad in dreiys4ng, It Shows.
The operation of a space ferry which could be hSeeLets a shuttle
between earth and a spaCe station, With its arrow-Shaped
Wins folded, the vehicle would be lifted intoorbit by a three=
fit* rocket .(1) (2). There,' *i0 to 500 milestheaplit4
weld'Open the huge 1„00049uare-fObt wins' (3) and eletVis
We to a rendezvous with the station (4). "after transferring'
„ passengers and Cargo, the ship would then be g uided back
earth (5) to prepare for another trip., The '`committer
would be able to carry 'tow, hien' and some 14,000
#0utidi eE cargo Intes
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Temperature
325°F.
325°F.
325°F.
325°F.
Total .
Cooking Time
(hours)
4 to 41/2
A1/2 to 5
5 1/2 to '7
7 to 81/2
TURKEY GRAVY
amount: 2 cups gravy
3 tablespoons
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