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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-12-07, Page 10 SUNDAY DINNERS A SPECIALTY We Cater to WEDDINGS — PARTIES Phone your orders for sandwiches or other articles of food. Phone YEMEN'S 176 Sufferers of Painful SINUS- Get Quick Relief! Just a Few Drops Relieve IStufaiess Make Breathing Easier , Give You Comfort it's grand how Vicks Va-tro-nol clears congestion from nasal passages—gives sinuses a chance to drain. Results are so good because Va-tro-nol is specialized medication that works right where trouble Is—to re-, lieve painful congestion and make breathing easier, Try it—put a few drops up each nos., tril—follow directions in folder. VAIRO-NOL 010/ on Guaranteed 04/0 Trust Certificates ISSUED for any amount for a term of five years guaranteed both as to principal and interest „ ,Intarest cheques mailed td reach holders on due date, or, at holder's option, may be allowed to accumulate' at compound interest. 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This year, as the story of Bethle- hem is again unfolded in carol and word, there will be a quickening of that sense of kinship among all free- dom-loving people and a realization that there can be no compromise with forces of brutality and aggression. At this crucial stage in ,the history of nations, Christmas comes as a .challenge to face the problems of daily life and unwavering courage and to exemplify the finest qualities of heart and. mind in meeting their responsibil- ities as the mothers and wives of Men. In the homes of to-day, women are helping mould the characters of the men and women who will shape the destiny of the world. , Strengthen in your small home circle a love that can reach out in ever-widening circles. Soon, we hope, it will be manifest; in that new 'era towards which the eyes of this unhappy world are straining so eagerly. * * , RECIPES Steamed Whole Chicken or Fowl 1 fowl (4 to 6 pounds), flour, salt and pepper. Singe, draw, and wash fowl, wipe dry and irepare as for roasting. Stuff lightly with bread stuffing, being care- ful to allow plenty of room for stuffing to swell. Sew up carefully, rub with plenty of salt and pepper. Flour a large cloth ,and wrap the fowl com- pletely, Lay the chicken in a steamer, back down is possible. Allow it .to steam 3-4 hours according to site and age. Unroll and brush with dripping, and brown in a hot oven. This is a delic- ious way to cook an older fowl. It may be served without browning, with a cream sauce seasoned with chopped parsley, Basic Recipe for Bread Stuffing 1 medium-sized onion, 1/2 cup dripping, % teaspoon salt, 14 tea- spoon pepper, % teaspoon sage, 3 cups dry breaderumbs. Cook the onion in the fat until nicely browned, add the seasonings and crumbs, IVlix lightly, This makes a dry fluffy dressing, Spiced Cranberry Relish 3/4 cups sugar, 2h cup.water, 2 2-inch sticks cinnamon, 1 tea- spoon whtile cloves, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, grated rind 1 lemon, 1 pound (4 cups) fresh cran- berries, Combine the sugar, water, spices lemon juice and rind, and boil to-, gether five minutes. Add .the cran- berries and cook slowly, without stir- ring, until all the skins pop open. Seal in sterilized jars or chill for im- mediate serving. Makes one quart of relish. Basked Squash Wash acorn squash and cut in halves lengthWise, Remove the seeds. To each half add one teaspoon of honey and one or two little pork sausage links.' Bake in electric oven at 400° until the squash is tender and the sausages brown, Sweet Potatoes Prepare and put in casserole, Add % pup apple cider and 1 teaspoon salt. Cover and place on top shelf to bake, * TAKE A TIP Make advance preparations for the Christmas dinner during the coming week. 1. Prepare a simple soup stock several dayi ahead; keep covered and in a cool place. 2. Clean and wash the fowl; pat dry and chill. If it is chilled, fill with dressing the day be- fore it is to be roasted. 3. To add colour and tempting tartness to your dinner prepare cranberry relish and chill. 4' Prepare refrigerator roll dough and store in a greased mixing bowl, covered with paper. 5. Plan to make a nourishing milk sherbet in the refrigerator tray for the children's dessert. 6, Keep a small apple in the tin where the Christmas cake is being stored, * * * * THE QUESTION BOX Mrs. J. asks: Recipe for Hot Water Pastry. Answer: 1/2 cup shortening, 4 tablespoons boiling water, 11/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon salt, % teaspoon baking powder. Place shortening in warm bowl, pour boiling water over it and cream well with fork. Put flour, salt and baking. powder in sifter and sift into creamed mixture. Mix well. Make up into ball and chill in electric refrigerator. Miss J. C. asks: Why do dumplings fall apart while cooking? Answer; Too much baking powder and •not enough liquid; , Mrs. M. D, asks: Why do scalloped tomatoes boil over in the oven? Answer: A dish which is over half full of liquid should be placed on the upper shelf of the oven without a cover, * * * * Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Advance-Times. Send in your suggestions on homemaking problems and watch this column for replies. wim Household Hints By MRS. MARY MORTON If you haven't made the Christmas fruit cake it is not too late to make it now. Butter is. the best shortening because of its flavor, or you cars use part btitter and half some other shortening, and there are very good shortenings on the Market Today's Menu Baked Potatoes Creamed Seafood Scalloped Tomatoes Raw Vegetable Salad PuraPkin or Squash Rio Tea, or Coffee Christmas. Fruit Cake 1 lb. shortening 136 lbs, brown sugar 11/2 lbs. flour 10 eggs 1 cup molasses 1 cup strong coffee. Juice and grated rind of 2 oranges Juice and grated rind 1 1 cup tart jelly 1/4 lb. almonds 3 lbs, raisins 2 lb's. currants 1 lb. citron 1 lb, dates 2 tps. nutmeg 1 tsp. mace 1 tsp. cloves 2 tsp, cinnamon 1 tsp. soda 3 tsp. baking powder Cream shortening and sugar, add molasses, coffee, lemon, orange and jelly. Reserve 2 cups flour in which to roll fruit. Mix and sift dry ingredi- ents, add to mixture, mix well and add well beaten eggs, Add floured fruit and mix thoroughly. Bake in greased paper lined pans. Over the top of the takes sprinkle the blanched and shred- ded almonds, Cover cakes with heavy waxed paper and steam 2 hours and bake in moderate oven (300 degrees F,) for 1 hour. This recipe, halved, makes a nice cake recipe, Cranberry Fruit Relish Part 1 1 envelope plain gelatin 1/4 cup cold water * cup hot water , 1 1-lb. jar jellied cranberry 1/4 tsp, salt Soften gelatin in cold water and dissolve in hot water. Break, up cran- berry sauce in bowl, pour hot liquid over it, and beat with rotary beater until smooth; add salt. Pour into bottom of 5-cup mold which has been rinsed in cold water, and chill. Part 2 1 envelope plain gelatin 1/4 cup cold water 1 cup fruit juice or hot water Y4 cup lemon juice Y4 tsp, salt 2 to 3 tbsp, sugar or light corn syrup 11/4 cups diced mixed fruits Soften gelatin in cold water and dis- solve in hot liquid; add lemon juice, salt and sugar, and stir well. Cool, and when mixture begins to thicken, fold in diced fruits,. Pour on top of cranberry layer and,chill.' When firm, unmold on to serving dish and serve as accompaniment to turkey or other fowl. Here's a new and successful ac- cessory group starting off with a little high hat in raspberry felt with black grosgrain trimming and a feather fancy. It is nice with a flate hair-do or with a pompadour. The incite carry-all has a built in lueite compact. Plastid chain, mirror on lid, and Mono- gram on back, For it pretty ornament we suggest the black sequined heart on a black satin dog collar fastened in back with a similar, but small, heart. PHIL OSIER OF LAZY MEADOWS By 1tarry 1, Boyle Pm glad' if snowed the other day. In fact it brought a great relief to our place when late in the afternoon great, big flakes of snow started rumpling down out of The sky, Voir days a little ' girl ,with golden yellow hair has been worrying ardently . , . overtime in OBTAIN THEM AT' YOUR HYDRO SHOP fact, She was worrying about the fact that there was no snow, Each morning „you could hear her tip-toe across the bedroom and stand at the window. We almost fancied that we heard her groan- of disgust . . because. the snow was still dis- gustingly absent. At breakfast, noon and night meals Patricia Ann mon- opolized. the talking, Her questions ran something like this "When do you think it will snow, Daddy? . . . Mommy, how can Santa Claus come in his sleigh with the reindeer if there's no snow? Do you think it will'snow tonight, Daddy? Can Santa Claus drive a car like ours Mummy? . . . and so on, I watched a dull cloud roll up out of the western sky and felt the air getting cold. The sight of it made me wonder about snow . . and sort of smile at how Patricia Ann would re- act to it. I went on back into the horse stable to do some work on a horse-Collar and a half hour later when I came out the snow was coming down in big, fat flakes. I could see a little face glued to the window as I was going up the lane. She wasn't missing a single thing about the snowstorm. The worried look was gone$.nd as the kitchen door opened I caught a wisp of words . "and Santa.- can bring his reindeer 'and sleigh now". The snow was melting• almost as quickly as it dropped but. Patricia Ann was quite happy as long as the snowflakes came down. There Was satisfaction reflected in her face. When she went to bed there was a slight creaming of the ground with snow. She went off with the hope that in the morning she would be able to start right in sleigh-riding on the big hill. Her hopes were dashed to pieces the next morning however -be- cause the snow was all gone. Break- fast was a complete•failure . . dinner was little better but then the miracle happened. It started snowing and she insisted on trying to sleighride on the, fraction of snow covering the ground. Supper was a real success. 'Since then the snow has stayed with us. I'm hoping that it will stay. It solves the whole problem of trying to make up reasons as to how Santa Claus might be able to come without the help of snow. I tried: to explain it by saying that they were magical reindeer that flew through the sky landing on housetops. I was pinned down on that one, 40.1y eould the sleigh land on a rooftop if there was no snow for it to land on. The .ex,,, planation that he -might use a plane. may he alright for a little 'boy but it: definitely doesn't fit into the mind of. one young So you see I hope the snow stays with Us. YULETIDE COOKIES THAT WILL PLEASE Brightly Decorated Christmas Cookies Need not Be Hard On Butter Arid Sugar • By Lava C'. Pepper Chief, Consumer Section; Dominion Dept. of Agriculture Christmas ctiokies this year will not be rich with butter and sugar or heavy with fruit and nuts but they will still be good. The extent to which the sugar and butter content of most recipes can be reduced, yet the cookies still be such that any woman would stake her repu- tation as a cook on them, is qufte sur- prising. The other day the home economists who work in Canada's Kitchen' in the Dominion Department of Agriculture were reviewing ssOme of their 'recipes, One favourite cookie recipe published in 1937 called for' one cup of butter, In the 1944 version of the same cookie no butter at all and only half a cup of mild-flavoured fat is used and it is still a favourite cookie. Appearance rather than richness will give our Clisistma'S cookies their "special". quality this year. 'With the aid of a doughnut ,cutter, a little green. candied peel and a few cherries a plain, cookie dough appears as a festive Holly Wreath cookie. Cookie dough can be cut in the shape of Christmas trees, bells or stars and the children love a Santa or Christmas stocking cookie. A very little plain or tinted icing, cherries and .peel supply the necessary decoration._ No special cut- ter is necessary. Simply draw the out- line on a pi?ce of clean cardboard, cut it out and• place in on the rolled out dough. Cut 'around the pattern' with a sharp knife. The butterless, stigar-sparing cook- ies for which recipes are given today will help solve the holiday cookie problem. Chocolate Peppermint Cookies • 2 squares (2 oz,) unsweetened chocolate cup mild-flavoured fat 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla • 11/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour, % teaspoon baking powder teaspoon , Uking soda 14 teaspoon salt Cut up the chocolate infil melt • over hot water, then add fat and , gradually blend its the sugar. Add the beaten egg, .milk and vanilla and beat will. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add to the first mixture. Roll out very' thin, cut in fancy shapes and bake on a greased cookie sheet in a moderate Oven, 350° F, for minutes. Yield 4% to 5 dozen cookies. Press cookies together in pairs with the following filling-,spread thinly between thein. % cup icing sugar 1 to 2 drops oil of peppermint 1 tablespoon water or' (approximately) Sift . sugar. to 'remove lumps, add pepperinint and enough liquid to make a good spreading consistency, NOTE—The filling may be omitted. and the peppermint used to flavour the dough. Use 2 drops, oil of peppermint and add it with the milk. Rolled Oats Molasses Cookies 14 cup molasses 1/4 cup' brown sugar 2 tablespoons mild-flavoured fat 1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour % teaspoon baking powder 3/4 - teaspoon salt teaspoon cinnamon % teaspoon ground ginger , 1/2 cup tinick-cooking rolled oats % teaspoon baking soda 1% tablespoons milk Heat molasses, sugar and fat to- gether and blend well, Mix and sift' flour, baking powder, salt and spices and stir into the warm•molasses ture. Add the rolled oats and the soda, dissolved in the milk, Mix well and .drop by spoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet leaving plenty of space to allow fror spreading during baking. Bake in a moderate oven, 350°F, for 15 minutes. Remove ,from the pan while still warm. Makes 2 dozen medium sized cookies. Butterscotch Slices 11/ cups sifted' 'pastry, flour OR 1% cups sifted all-purpose flour 1% teaspoons :baking powder - 1/4 teaspoon salt % "cup mild-flavoured fat 1/2 cup brown sugar A teaspoon vanilla 1 egg Mix and sift flour, ,baking powder and salt. ,Cream fat and sugar to- gether, add vanilla and beaten egg and mix well. Stir in dry ingredients, Shape in a roll, 2 inches in diameter, wrap in wax paper and chill thorough- ly. Cut in % inch slices, place on an ungreased baking_ sheet and bake in a hot oven, 400°F, for about 8 minutes. Makes 4 to 41/2 dozen cookies. SECRET KEPT BY TORTURED WOMAN Faints During Torture Madame Ruse Never 'Spoke Some day the whole story of the part played in the underground press by women will be told, At least all of it which does not lie unknown in those ananymous graves so hastily filled by Nazi reprisals. ' Many of the victims in the graves are women and many died with resis- tance secrets locked within their minds. Some were rescued by patricits before the final shot was fired.. Madame Ruse was one of these. Mad- ame Ruse was kingpin of the whOle set-up of one of the most important and 'brilliant underground papers, La:. Libre Belgique, The correspondents: gave her• their copy. They met her• now in a cafe, now as if by'chance of store satreet r counter, again in a park o Usually the articles were written by-, hand, Mme. Ruse typed them on g. machine hidden in her house. Then_ she gave then: to the editorial staff of the paper, then to the typographeranck to the printer. The Gestapo was always,hot on the' track of La Libre Belgique and the• paper was never printed in the same Place two clays in succession. No one' was more constantly exposed to. 4'4 danger than she was and no one was so well acquainted with the intricacies of getting the paper out, ,„ Some months ago Mine Ruse was arrested. She was first interrogate& s without being made to suffer too much. But she was given to understand that it would be much worse the next time- s" if she refused to speak. During the second questioning Y she- was beaten with ' rubber hose. The policemen struck her in the face with their fists. Pointed .wooden sticks, were inserted under her not until she. fainted. But she did not speak. She was thus questioned and tortur- ed to the limit of physical endurance eighteen times. Eighteen times she - braved the bloody sadism of these brutes. But she did not speak. She ,never spoke. Eventually she was crammed into a. train, along with 2,000 other people to be taken to Germany. But the Bel- gian railway workers were on the look- out. They contrived to take three' whole days-to cover the distance Of about 20 miles. The unfortunate pris- oners were brought back to Brussels,. and the advance of the liberating arm- ies freed them. A dazzling beauty before the war, young and' lovely Mme. Ruse is now a broken 'white haired women but she has brought comfort and courage to tens of thousand of Belgians for whom the 'secret and faithful voice of her paper was their only support in years that ;were as dark as human' beings have ever endured. lemon THE PEOPLE AND 'THE MERCHANTS moo' BEHIND THE LAW.. OTHER COUNTRIES PRAISE IT Canada's stittessful fight against inflation is quoted with adnitration all over the .world. It's tegattled evetywhere as an outstanding example of what can actually be done *het* the people and business and the government an 'wok to. other, Lees keep it'opt JOHN LABATT LIMITED taastart Canaan dY Queen's Coffee Sho p