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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-06-23, Page 6sieeeiiteV , es'S"See'se Velefeiee" HONG KONG.' Maa..eiedth, this Window' ell 64. W.hers :Mowing ,Grass. Was. A Real Art • Once upon a time stones were gathered, every year from the field, s; ef,P.egiend. which were the "mowing-grass" fields, lest they hurt the sharp blades of the. mowers' scythes, Stones lay in the, son grass, hidden In slender green growth, hiding the snail, the beetle and, the worm under their cool, smooth,. surfaces, but they were inimical perils to the A FEELING OF INDEPENDENCE — Dr. Barbara Moore, Russian- born English citizen, rests in an Independence, Mo., hotel. She's walking from coast to coast. Mentioning that she expected to live 100 years or more, Dr. Moore said that she eats grass and recommends the Kansas variety. sleeves, They stared At the flora., Pens at the sky With its little fleecy .clouds and at the milky Mists curling in the valley' below' as they each stood their ,scythe upright, wiped the blade dry with a wisp of grass and felt with dark, wet hands in their belts, The whet-stones were kept in a leather-slotted belt in * • case at the back, On the weekdays, from morn, ing to night, they carried their whet-stones, which were won- derful stones, in our eyes. The. blade was turned. away down the valley alike a silver finger point- ing to the river, and they honed first one side and ,then down the other,. with quick, rhythmical movements, smooth as silk, easy, friendly, so that the scythe gave out a sweet pate of content, a musical, hissing sdund, This ringing chime of stone on. steel, coming from two or three scythes, was accompanied by the ecstatic singing of birds, and the call of the cuckoo, that human., shout, Then the sharpening stop- ped, there was a word of. come mand from Malachi, and the men settled down to their mow- ing, I could hear in bed the faint swish of the scythes when the mowers were in the field near the house, — From "The Swans Fly Over," by Alison Uttley, fine steel eutting edge of the beautiful scythes and they had to be discovered before the grass pew tea long, So every spring, in Ntaroh, the servant boy went With a tlat, open basiSet called a wicket: to hunt Oa the stonea and carry them away, and when I was lucky I went with him. It was an entrancing experi- ence only desired by the vary young. Stones in a field to be found and removed led to dis- coveries of many other things, in the intense search, nests of creatures, curling webs, spiders and scurrying ants, caterpillars and snail-shells with now and then a grass snake or a lark's nest or a hole where field-mice lived. There were early flowers, the wood anemone, the marsh, orchids, the little black rushes called Chimney sweepers, the Primroses and violets lurking in the slopes of the rocky hilly land. . . . In June we watched the Irish-, men mowing these fields. Mala- chi and Michael and Dominick stopped work and stood in the wet grass sharpening their scythes, Malachi's red beard was twisted in a knot and pushed into his shirt, He tied it afresh and they all hitched their trou- sers, adjusted their belts, and rubbed their faces on their it juice. TABLE T4 KS ,21ctueAncitiews. Bet The Collection On A Sure Thing! All eyes in the peeked Country chttreh were on the pink-cheek- ed bride, The whispers which, had surged through the eengre- gatlen at the start Of, the Weds ding service became louder, For the bride, wearing tradis *nal white, would ohtiriouSly ieen be a mother.. And the beetle-browed vicar of the Un- colnehire village was renowned for hia caustic comments about youthful immorality, From miles around the sieve- spoken people of the Feelands had come in the hope of hearing some biting comments from the fiery clergyman, Now the couple had been pro- nounced man and wife, They started to move from the altar, The vicar gathered his cassock about him. In a voice that would have stopped the Devil in his tracks, he said: "You may leave here now with the knowledge that you need sin no more," His eyes swept over the congregation. In acid tones he added: "Which is more than I can hope for the rest of you!" Clergymen everywhere chuck- led over that story, for it clearly refuted the popular legend that they are a drab, dull lot, preoc- cupied with turgid sermons, de- void of courage, lacking in hu- mour. There was the Lancashire min- ister who clashed with a local mill owner. The wealthy indus- trialist had decided to look over the minister's church. After carefully inspecting it, he turned to the cleric and boomed: "Of course, I never go to church. Too many hypocrites go there." Instantly came the reply: "I zhouldn't worry about that. I can always fit one more in," There was the opulent Ameri- can tourist who dropped in at an Essex village church after the last Christmas service. He but- tonholed the rector and said: "Say, your Reverence, what sort of show do you put on here ?" The rector thought for a mo- ment. Then he answered: "It's not a bad one. It's been running now for about 2,000 years!" But it's not only visitors who present posers for clergymen. A Cornish vicar tells of the elderly parishioner who sent him a drinking trough for birds. As onade and mix well, Add the re- maining one and three-fourths cups lemonade and, cook and stir over moderate heat until thickened. While pudding cools, beat the two remaining egg whites until foamy, then gradu- ally beat in one-fourth cup su- gar, continuing to beat until peaky, Fold whipped meringue into cooked pudding and pour into cooled pastry shell. Loosen baked meringue 'from cake pan and gently transfer to top of pie. Place in refrigerator to chill, at least two hours. Makes one large nine-inch pie. This pizza recipe won first prize in the snack division. It is -remarkably quick and simple, PIZZA PUPS cup olive oil or other shortening 1 garlic clove, peeled and sliced 1% cups tomato 1 tsp. salt 54 tsp. oregano let tsp, chopped parsley ors tsp. pepper 4 frankfurters 4 frankfurter rolls 3 oz. 'mozzarella cheese, Sliced Heat oil in large skillet. Add garlic; cook slowly until brown- ed. Combine tomato juice, salt, oregano, chopped parsley and pepper. Cook rapidly (do not cover) about fifteen minutes un- til thickened, stirring occasion- ally. Just before sauce is done, add the franks and simmer three minutes. When both. are ready, preheat broiler. Place franks on rolls in a baking pan. Split franks, fill with sauce and top with the sliced mozzarella cheese. Broil until cheese melts, about one minute. Makes four pizza pups. PARROT QUEEN — Queen of Nepal Ratna Nye Lakshmi Shah visits a parrot farm in Miami. el Reds Are Using Hong Kong As Western World Market Window By WARD CANNEL instructed, he placed it in the vicarage garden, A few days later the parishioner brought him a large'notice board. The vicar was, told to erect the board beside the trough, The black- lettered notice read; "This water is not for sparrows." A parson in Glamorgan receiv- ed a visit from an eccentric old lady, She told him that several relatives of hers had decided to settle in the village, 4.1'm delighted," said the min- ister, with visions of his congre- gation being, swelled, "I'm not," snapped the old lady, "What will happen when they die? The family plot in the churchyard is overcrowed as it is." A Westmorland minister tells me of the night he heard bur- glars in the church, It was late at night. He slipped his clothes on, Armed with a large poker he tip-toed into the church, There, by the poor-box, he found his deacon looking for a shilling for the gas meter. But one of the oddest stories came from a vicar in Surrey. The church roof was in urgent need of repair, But the money was not forthcoming, Then his chief sidesman came to him. The man was a bookie and he made this astounding proposal: "Put the Sunday collection on a 50-to-1 cert in a race next Monday," That night the vicar prayed for guidance. Finally he came to a decision. He would gamble the money, but if the horse lost he would have it back! The bookie agreed on this no- thing-to-lose both-ways bet, and the horse romped home. Today, the church has one of the finest roofs in the country. Another tale that a clergyman told against himself came from Manchester. He had gone to comfort a wife after a bitter quarrel with her husband. Speaking soothingly, he re- minded her: "When I married you your husband said how much he loved you. Surely, he has done much to prove that to you." "Aye, he has," said the wife bitterly. "We got four boys and two girls." A Dorset rector told me about a young man who came to him. The youth was going to take a job in London, and wanted help on how to conduct himself in the great city. The rector asked what his salary would be. "Eight pounds a week," an- swered the lad. The rector told him: "My son, on that you can only lead a good life. But if your salary ever doubles itself, then beware of the Devil!" ' Biting, too, were the remarks of the Scottish pastor before the evening collection plate was handed round. He gazed at his congregation and in sombre tones said: "When I look at you, I ask myself, 'where are the poor?' But when I count the collection, I wonder, 'where are the rich,' " It worked. His collection was doubled. Talking of collections, the story to cap them all came when a bishop visited a theological college. Eager to test the stu- dents' reactions to everyday life, he asked them how they would disperse a crowd at the scene' of an accident, A solemn-faced youth piped up: "Take a collection, sir!" TASTY? — Joseph H. Firman, hu- mor columnist for the. Progress- Bulletin iss Pomona, Calif., told his readers he'd eat his column if they would write him 100 let- ters. They did. He did. You're right — it tasted awful. ISSUE 26 — 1960 Don't he unhappy If your dreams never come true. Be thankful your nightmares don't. doors to all 'of these refugees, even though thousands apply to us for visas. Careful screening shows that many of then are Red agents in disguise." With trade in goods down and the export of people up, Hong Kong should be in a severe de- pression. But Mao — fenced in by the Free World, Russia, Southeast Asia Treaty nations and India — has seen to it that his show window on the West is kept in good repair. Foodstuffs grown and raised in Red China flow across the border to keep famine away from Hong Kong. A chronic drought will soon be remedied by a water pipeline from Red wells and springs. Overcrowding has been remedied in part by the 26-mile territory leased by Mao to the British for 99 years. With trade from industrializ- ing China down, Hong Kong has been forced to industrialize — so heavily that if you wipe your brow, your handkerchief comes away as dirty. And so far, Mao has made no move to interfere with the production or ship- ment of raw materials from Free World forests and mines in Southeast Asia. Even the city's movie indus- try — run by pawns of the "decadent West" is up to an all-time high, of 250 films per year, On the set of "The World of Susie Wong," a British picture which explores East-West, co- existence in intimate detail, one technician said: "We're probably using loads of Red agents and spies in Our crowd shots. You can't avoid it. And they don't seem to mind," "Americans, of course, are not allowed to trade with Red China," a U.S. consulate official explained. "Some of us here make sure of that. The rest of us . . uh gather news." On the other hand, there is nothing to stop British from trading with the Chinese, and very little to stop that resource- ful smuggler, the American tour- ist, from going home with hand- carried items which were made across the. border. Actually, according to officials in the Philippine Republic, large scale smuggling goes on all the time between Red China and or- ganized groups of Filipinos, The goods — drugs, herbs, foodstuffs — find a ready market among Chinese who have lived for generations in other Pacific nations. The money and mer- chandise are needed desperately inside Communist China. China does not have the ca- pacity today to make quantities of goods for legitimate export. Most of what moves through Hong Kong openly is handicrafts in leather, rugs, ivory and jade. China's big export is people. At least 300 refugees make it to the free port each week, hut who is to say why they have come? Many, admittedly, are fleeing the rigors of the com- mune and that alien crop, the sweet potato, that Mao wants the people to eat. "But," says a Nationalist China government official in Taipei, "we cannot open our Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Hong Kong — "Special excur- sion," the sidewalk hawker says solemnly, "to Red China, Look across the border. See Commun- ists." But if the sworn enemy lives 26 quick miles away, he is mak- ing no move to cover the dist- ance. On the contrary. If Formosa is the Free World's show window on Asia, Hong Kong is Red China's window, door and mail- box on the Free World, And to complete the upside- down picture, what Chiang Kai- shek's land reform is doing for the peasant on Formosa, Mao Tse-tung's self-interest is doing for private enterprise and big business in Hong Kong. "Don't kid yourself," old China hands say. "This place may be called a British Crown Colony, But it exists only by Mao's sufferance. He could snap it up faster and easier than any place else in Asia, "He may not love having Hong Kong run by the West. It would be like the U.S, finding New York City and port run by Rus- sians. But he needs this window for ventilation." Well, it is a rule of windows that if you can look out, you can also look in. Consequently, if the Red Chinese agents in Hong Kong can report to Peiping, Free World agents can report to Hong Kong. Tilt victim's head all I the way back to open air passag e. Tr y to keep head lower than the rest of the body, if possible, Blow through nose or motith, making tight seal aver both with lips. Or blow through mouth only, closing nose with fingers. Inflate chest about 19 4 times d minute inhale while the victim eithalee. Place a handkerchief on the Mouth, if desired. ff chest does not in- flate at first attemet, quickly check to see if threat is blocked by for- eiRa articlet or tongue. BREATH OF LIFE — Rescue brecithi rig — the use of a person's breath' to revive someone who is unable to breath for himself Is the oldest and most effective form of resuscitation. An IniprOVOCI technique is shown in sketches above and is retOrti,, tnelided by the Red Chits and mediccll esegonizotiOns. Absence of breathing rritiverrients, blue Molar` lipS and fingernails ore &tilde? sigriS of feldk of 'OXygeri in the broad. When in doubt, rescue lateerthiri 7g1 rid harm tab', result frarn it. The air you breathe is not "used up." It contains enough oxygen to, terve' a per:SOWS life. two added notes: If vietiin's sterhoth fills gently press if with your hand. And' far infants, use 'mall' tnflatioris; ci:6'aut 20 iiiret Minute-. tions, she'll bake more cakes, cookies, and pies than her mo- ther, and she'll often make them "from scratch." • • ,. The grand-prize winner, herb bread, is indicative of the new trend. The young lady who submitted it found the recipe in an old cookbook, added herbs for a new twist, and substituted beating with an electric mixer for the difficult: and time-con- suming process of kneeding. Try this recipe on the party buffet table as the base for a tomato rarebit, or a superb ham sandwich. HERB BREAD 1 pkg. active dry Yeast 11/4 cups warm (not hot) water 2 tbsp. shortening 2 tbsp. sugar tsp. salt 11/2 sp. "fines herbes" blend :1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 tsp. ground sage 3 cups sifted flour Sprinkle yeast over water; stir to dissolve. Add shorten- ing, sugar, salt,• herbs, nutmeg, sage and half the flour. Beat at medium speed in electric mixer for one minute. Stop, scrape well, then beat another minute. Add remaining flour and blend with spoon until smooth. Now cover with clean cloth; and let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about half 'an hour, Beat down with twen- ty-five strokes of spoon. Put in greased nine-by-five-inch loaf pan. Let rise again till double, about forty minutes. Bake at 357'F, (moderate oven) forty- five to fifty minutes, Tap loaf lightly—if it sounds hollow, it's done, Butter top crust. Turn out on rack to cool. Do not slice un- til it is cool. Yield: one loaf, Second-prize winner in the dessert category, Mountain High , Lemon Chiffon Pie, relies on a mix for the filling, but the crust is made from scratch with a dash of lemon concentrate for added flavor: MOUNTAIN HIGH LEMON CHIFFON PIE 14/2 cups sifted flour VA tsp. salt IA cup cooking oil 1 can (6 oz.) frozen lemonade 5 eggs, separated 34 cup sugar (about) .1 pkg. lemon pudding- arid pie-filling mix First make the pie crust: Sift flour and salt together into a nine-inch pie pan, Combine oil with two tablespoons lemonade concentrate and pour over flour, Stir with fork until well blend- ed. Press evenly and firmly into pan sides and bottom. Prick and bake at 425° F. (hot oven) eight to ten minutes until browned. Cool, While the oven is hot, make, the Meringue: Beat three of the egg whites until foamy, Add , one-half teaspoon lemonade cOre ' eel-Ante, then gradually beat in four tablespoons of the sugar, Seat until stiff peaks• forte. crease an inverted eight,inch found cake pan. Pile meringue On top snaking tall peak in cen- ter, sake at 350' V. (moderate oven) about twelve Minutes or until browned. Cdol in pate flow make the filling! Ceins bine the r iaitiing letilonade With two cups of water and Set aside one-half cup. Into the Jenson pudding mix, beat the ,five yolks, one-third cup then one-fourth cup prepare& Ittri- What are teen-agers cooking these days? Has 1960's young miss succumbed to the age of automation? Is she content merely to heat a frozen dinner, or rely on step-by-step package mixes? Seventeen Magazine editors found some surprising answers to these questions when they conducted their sixth annual Favorite Recipe Contest recently in which teen-age readers were invited to submit their best- liked recipes, Here is what the submitted recipes show: 1. It's getting to be a small world. Teen cooks no longer stick to strictly American fare like hot dogs and their well- liked Italian spaghetti and pizza. Recipes for around - the - world favorites cropped up among the entries. 2. The perennial teen favor- ites did appear, but in a variety of new guises. 3. The young lady of the house, although she tends to rely on mixes, is not content to simply follow directions and call it a finished job. She adds her own ingredients and steps in a highly original way that her mother would perhaps never at- tempt. 4. Family recipes are no long- er sacred. Many teen cooks feel they can and do improve on the traditional dishes, 5. The selection of foods the teen-ager likes to make is end- less, ranging from salads and dips to full-course meals and complicated desserts. 6. She likes to innovate with exotic spices like saffron, curry, oregano, and ginger, Pizza is the only frozen main dish she appears to favor as party fare, though she doesn't hesitate to serve frozen vege- tables and juices to guests. She does use frozen main dishes for family consumption without any sense of guilt, but, as Seventeen points out, with, her own special flare she transforms this work- saving cooking into de luxe dining, Lately, food producers have been showing a growing interest in the teen-age market; not only are these young ladies the homemakers of tomorrow, but many of them are playing an. active part in the management and Mealplanning' of their homes right now. Teen-agers are sharing brand decisions and meal choices with their mothers more than ever before. The cooking habits a girl cultivates during these teen years are likely to influence her home- making 'in the future. So the producers are on the right track when they look toward the teen-agers to spot new food trends. The homemaker of tomorrow promises to be a far more orig- inal cook than her mother. Per- haps this can be explained by the fact that many girls are learning to cook earlier than their mothers, at an age when experimentation overrides the caution shown by more experi- enced cooks, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Tomorrow's housewife will depend on frozen foods more, than het mother has, but, as the survey indicates, she won't be content to warm up a froaert dinner, She'll Use the frozen dish as a starter, building her awn variations. Sy all indica-