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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-08-13, Page 6For Distinctive Service L TEA BAGS IMEMIXING BOWL it AWN MAASS lavabo Web. haelaill JAM JARS ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE Hello Homemakers! Now is the time when those who have fruit in their own gardens or who buy it in large quantities will be thinking about conserving it by making it into jam. You can make use of the fully ripen- ed fruit and put your jam into odd jars without tops since you will be us- ing the inexpensive method of cover- ing with melted wax, To prepare the fruit, just pick the fruit over, then wash it. Weigh the sugar. To draw the juice out of the berries, cover them with the sugar and allow to stand overnight. When heat- ed in this syrup-juice mixture until a syrup is formed and the berries are ,hot through, they absorb the syrup .and tend to "plump up". That is what you want. Then leave your berries in the syrup to cool - to help this process. The mass can then be cook-, ed or slowly concentrated in an elec- tric oven set at a temperature of 250°- 275'. A quick method of making jam is the following: Prepare fruit, weigh, then crush with a wooden potato masher. Blueberries and hard berries may be run through the food chopper. A short cooking with the addition of a small quantity of water - before the 'sugar is added - helps extract the pectin from the fruit. Add sugar (3.i, lb. to 1 lb. fruit, or substitute 3 cups light corn syrup for two of the dips of sugar), stirring into the boil- ing mixture and cooking until a good jelly test is obtained. If the fruit does not contain pectin or acid, either may be added as in jelly or preserves. Commercial pectin directions are easy to follow and this method saves both time and cost of fuel. * * * RECIPES Damson Plum Jam (Requested) Wash 4 lbs. plums and cut in half, removing the pits. Break a few pits and add kernels to the fruit. Pour cup water over every 1 lb, plums and heat slowly to boiling point, Cook gently for one half hour. Measure and add an equal quantity of sugar, Sim- mer one hour and pour into sterilized containers. Seal at once. Ripe Gooseberry Jam 1 qt. ripe gooseberries, 3 cups sugar, 1 cup cold water. Wash gooseberries and remove stems and blossom ends. Acid water and cook until skins are soft. Add sugar and cook rapidly until thick and clear. Pour into sterilized containers and seal when cold. Pear Maralade To every pound of peeled and cor- ed pears which have been sliced very thin add Y4 pound of sugar, % ounce of green ginger root, scraped or grat- ed, and half a large lemon. Place the pears in the preserving kettle in layers, sprinkling each with sugar, lemon juice and grated ginger root. Allow to stand 2 or 3 hours, then heat slowly to the boiling point. Cook until clear and thick. If pre- ferred, the ginger root may be crushed and placed in a little bag which can be removed from the mixture before pouring into glasses. * * * * TAKE A TIP 1. Because of the chemical nature of honey, syrups tend to froth easily at boiling point; therefore use a large saucepan. 2. Grass stains may be removed by rubbing in thick hot soapsuds. If a stain remains, bleach with javelle water or hydrogen peroxide. If the material is not washable, sponge with wood alcohol. 3. Surface mildew may be removed with javelle water. Deeply grown mildew is almost impossible to re- move. Try soaking garment in soured milk and spread on green grass out in the sun. If the material is not washable, apply potassium permanganate until mildew is re- moved and then apply oxalaic acid. * * * * THE QUESTION BOX Mrs, R. T. asks: "Why cannot honey be used to can raspberries and cherries? Is it possible to use all honey to can peaches?" Answer: Honey has the tendency to take out the colour in these fruits and make them slightly tart. Experi- ments prove that most people prefer to substitute 1 cup honey for 1 cup of every four cups of sugar required. Mrs. S. M. asks: "What will re- move sticky fly paper from a rug?" Answer: Scrape off as much as possible, rub with kerosene or carbon tetrachloride, then sponge with a cloth wrung out of warm water. Mrs. 5. . says: "Jelly which was made from juice that had been-divided and put into two kettles, turned cloudy "SWELLING CAUSED BY CANE BORE R. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS « 7. To announce- 25. Petty 1 1. Timepiece ror score gambler face 8. To sow 26. Variety of 5. Water 10. Thallophyt- corundum barriers is plants 30. Follows 9. Wheel on 11. A couple secretly a spur 16. Male red 31. Animal's 11. Thiele soup deer feet 12. Boredom 18. Animal's 33. Heavenly 13. To fish nail body 14. Existed 19. Sign of 35. Erbium 15. Greek letter infinitive (sym.) 17. Strange 20. Surface of a 38. 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Business and Professional Directory 41111111•11111.•!• •••••=11111 WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est, 1840 An all Canadian Company which has faithfully served its policy hold- , era for over a century. Head Office - Toronto COSENS & BOOTH, Agents Wingham DR. R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29 A. H. McTAVISH, B.A. Teeswater, Ontario Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public and Conveyancer Office: Gofton House, Wroxeter every Thursday afternoon 1.30 to 4,30 and by appointment. Phone - Teeswater 1203. DR. W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19 W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Located at the office of the late Dr. 3, P. Kennedy. Phone 150 Wingharn HARRY FRYFOGLE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service. Phones: Day 109W. Night 1093 J. W. BUSHFIELQ Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc, Money To Loan. Office - Meyer Block, Wingham J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.. Bonds, Investments ee Mortgages Wingham Ontario J. ALVIN FOX Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours' by Appointment. Phone 191 Wingharn ,emmiloommool THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 281, Wingham For Life Insurance and Pension Plans consult GEORGE R. MASON representative Canada Life Assurance Co, Frederick A. Parker OSTEOPATH Offices: Centre St., Wingham Osteopathic and Electric Treat- Ments. Foot Technique, Phone 272, Wingham, ‘111MIME111141e MUGGS :ND SKEETER WALLY BISHOP #&ET41.01.8 Me A O TifiS NI 'TWANGS rA WINGHAM ADVANCE-T MES Thursday, August $th, 194Z MONUMENTS at first cost Having our factory equipped with the most modern machinery for the ere cution of high-class work, we ask yot to see the largest display of momp ments of any retail factory in Ontario All finished by sand blast machines We import our gtanites from the Old Country quarries direct, in the rough. You can save all local deal, ers' agents' and middleman profits b3 seeing us. E. J. Skelton & Son at West End Bridge-WALKERTON from the liquid made of the first batch. Answer; Cloudiness may be due to having cooked, fruit too long before straining off the juice, and the light particles of the skin would be floating in the liquid made from the top liquid. Stir liquid constantly while making jelly on your .electric range, Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Advance-Times. Send in your questions on homemaking prob- lems and watch this ;column for re- plies. It I Hints On I Fashions wwu A cool black dress smartly styled with a touch of formal elegance top- ped by a bewitching big black hat is plenty of compensation for staying in town during the summer. This frock of black sheer has little loop-like tabs edging the neckline and an apron ef- fect peplum that terminates at the side. It features short sleeves and a self belt, The fullness of the skirt is concentrated in front, the back is straight. Ird llllll Household Hints By MRS. MARY MORTON • 4,11 If you have not memorized the rules for making frozen desserts at home, remember it's better to crush and strain fruits before adding them to other ingredients so that there will be no hard particles in the finished product. Today's Menu Broiled Veal Chops Baked Potatoes Corn on the Cob Sliced Tomatoes Parisian Parfait or Biscuit Tortoni Iced Coffee Pariiian Parfait 24 cup sugar A cup white corn syrup ettp water cups cream 3 egg whites, beaten stiff 2 .sq.s. ehocolate .tbso. vanilla cream for garnish, if desired. Marshmallows and whipped, Cook sugar, corn syrup and water to soft ball stage (233 degrees F,), and pour this syrup in a fine stream over egg whites, beating constantly; continue beating until cool, Fold in melted chocolate, whipped cream and vanilla. Freeze in refrigerator trays 3 to 4 hours, To serve, arrange in parfait .or tall-stemmed glasses with quartered marshmallows and garnish of whipped cream. Serves 6 to S. Biscuit Tortoni cup white corn syrup .2 egg yolks 2 tsps. gelatin cup water 1/4 tsp, salt 1/2 cup macaaroon or toasted ' • vanilla wafer crumbs 1 cup cream, whipped 1 illa 1/2 tt ss pp : almond extract Soften gelatin in cold water; beat egg yolks until light. Bring corn syrup to rolling boil; stir into soften- en gelatin, and pour immediately over beaten egg yolks, .stirring until smooth. Cool thoroughly, add flavor- ings of salt. Fold this mixture into cream; pour into small paper eases and dust thickly with crumbs. Put cases in freezing trays or refrigerator. Do not stir while freezing., Freezing time is approximately 2 hours. This amounts fills about 15 small cases, ti Garden- Graph Cane-borers, considered one of the most serious insect pests of the rasp- berry, also attack blackberry and dew- berry plants. Blackout for eane..16ore injury' in victory gardens As illustrated in the Garden-Graph, the larvae of the cane-borer frequent- ly causes swellings of the canes. As a result, the cane dies or breaks off at the point where the swelling occurs. To control these borers, cut out any infested canes, also any tops which seem to be withering and drooping. Make the cut somewhat below the point at which the injury occurs and burn thoroughly, for the eggs or lar- vae of the borer will be in this sec- tion of the cane. Folds in elieets and table linea should be made by hand, eat ironed. to make them wear better, Change the location of the folds from timete time,' Don't use on over-hot iron. • HOW TO RID HOUSES OF ANT NUISANCE Especially in summer time, ants are frequently unwelcome intruders in homes and gardens, There are many species of them. A common and troublesome household species is the tiny reddish-yellow Pharaoh's ant which originated in the tropics but is now widespread in Canada. Another species is the common black carpenter ant which is normally found -outdoor, nesting principally in decaying wood, but frequently it occurs in dwellings, particularly frame houses and summer cottages, and may cause much dam- age. A third species is the small yellowish-brown lawn ant which nests in lawns and gardens, and often enters houses in search of food, According the Division of Ento- mology, Science Service, Dominion Department bf Agriculture, the most satisfactory material for destroying ants is sodium fluoride, sold, by drug stores in the form of a fine white powder. This powder should be scat- tered or blown with an insecticide puf- fer or dust gun in places where the ants occur and should not be removed until the insects have disappeared. However, sodium fluoride is a poison and' should not be exposed in places to which children and pets have access. Another method recommended as particularly effective against Phara- oh's ants consists in using a poisoned- bait trap. This is made by punching several holes in the sides of a small tin can with a tight lid, and placing in it a small piece of sponge and a quantity of syrup, prepared by mixing 4 ounces of sugar and one ounce of honey in one-half pint of hot water, and adding one-half gram of sodium arsenite. The worker ants are greatly attracted to the bait and carry it to their nests to feed the larvae and the queen. - Thus the whole colony is destroyed. In preparing this bait, it must be remembered that sodium ar- senite is very poisonous to human beings. If, due to war conditions, difficulties are experienced in obtaining insecti- MILK LEADER OF FOODS Adults don't drink enough milk and children can scarcely have too much of it. It is the one food we simply cannot afford to do without, it is the foundation of an adequate diet, and is nature's aid to health defense, Dr. F. McCreary, in the current issue of Health Magazine states that one cannot secure an edequate quota of Vitamin B2 without the habitual use of milk, Adults should form the habit of drinking milk, the energy food, A Simple Rule Professor.. Henry C. 5herman, dean of food chemists, says: "At least as much should be spent for milk (in- cluding cream and cheese if used) as for meats, potiltry and fish." Why Milk? Milk is one of the least expensive foods, if you consider its food values. Milk contains: Proteins: of highest quality for growth; Minerals: calcium, phosphorus, some iron; Vitamins: A, El and B2; Fat and sugar: for energy. Milk has no equal among foods as a source of calcium. If the food we eat does not furnish enough calcium, the bones will be drawn upon for the calcium needed in other parts of the body, Bones and teeth need adequate cal- cium, Milk is easily digested, too. A cup of milk, warns or cold, slow- ly sipped before going to bed, often helps one to relax and go to sleep more quickly, For Every Age Infants: Milk, with only orange juice and cod liver oil added to the diet, sustains the baby entirely for the first weeks of life. Young children: Need S to 4 glas- ses daily. Big boys and girls: Require 4 glasses or more daily. They need plenty of calcium because they are cides, a mixture of equal, parts of powdered borax, or boric acid, and pyrethrum powder may be substituted. This has the advantage of being non- poisonous to human beings, growing fast, Adults; Need at least .3 glassW each day either plain or in cooked; dishes, or cheese, And even older folks need calcium, to keep the bones strong (2 glasses daily). For Children Physicians prefer milk which is not' very rich in cream (or fat) for child- ren, Children are better off 'with whole milk than cream on cereal. It is better for children to learn to drink and like just plain milk, for then they enjoy it as it is coMmonly served. Bottled, Dried, Evaporated Milk is used mostly in these forme:: Bottled: Whole milk, skimmed milk, buttermilk; Dried: dry whole milk, dry skim- med milk; Evaporated: Evaporated unsweet- ened milk, Comparative Value About the same food values will be found it: 1 quart of fluid whole milk 1 pint of undiluted evaporated milk- 5 mined of Canadian cheese 41/2 ounces dried whole milk 3 1/2 ounces dried skimmed milk,. plus 1% ounces of butter. Both Food and Drink One advantage of milk is that it comes ready to serve. But good cook- ed dishes such as cereals cooked in milk, cream soups, puddings and hot breads often contain milk. Free copies of ready reference vita- min chart, which explores the sources, of vitamins, are available on request to the Health League of Canada, 111 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario. An- other booklet which tells of pleasant. ways to use milk in cooling summer- drinks is also free for' the asking. A postal card will bring you either or both. K. M. MacLENNAN Veterinary Surgeon Successor to J. M. McKague PHONE 106 Wingham, -:- Ontario I 2 Wife Preservers 8.8