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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-08-02, Page 6THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER World sugar stocks are dangerously low ... use less— use with discretion THE' WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD e eshing 111 T Delicious and / / ¤ * * * Anne Allan invites you'to write to her do The Wingham Advance-Times. Send in your suggestions on home- making problems and watch this col- umn for replies. Hints On Fashions —but don't risk wasting precious food and sugar by spoilage through the use of inferior vinegar. Use Canada Vinegar— the vinegar your Mother used — always uniform high quality and strength. It has been the leader in Ontario for over 80 years. On sale at all grocers. Send for FREE Pickling Recipe Booklet to Cana- da Vinegars Limited,112 Duke Street, Toronto. , • CANADA Vinegars 9 Padteutized "Most elaborate to data of the Canadian summer show s on supe- rior talentand production, with no apparent stinting on the budget." 11, Five stars to Tuesday, night's "Parade of Songs", an all-Canadian broadcast under Stanley St. John. As sprightly and gay show as we've heard in a decade. Is there a quartette better then the Four Gentlemen? Sinclair---always ex. citing ... Jack Fuller and Michael Fitzgerald—friendly and able. The producer Don Bassett. - FRANK CHAMBERLAIN IN HISIADIO.cOLUMN". BligooPkA,. • .,. STER" SALLY'S SALLIES Recieterod U. S. Patent Office. "Well, dear, I can now distinguish plants trom weeds. I pull them all out and if they come up again, they're weeds." WHAT HARM COULD A BAD INFLATION DO, DAD? PLENTY ! IT COULD CUT OUR MONEY RIGHT IN HALF / • 4, • ,v I . SO IT'S NOT ONLY FOR US BUT FOR OUR MEN COMING BACK FROM OVERSEAS THAT WE FIGHT INFLATION WELL, INFLATION ULD HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF HE DIDN'T THAT'S SILLY...AS LONG AS YOUR BOSS PAYS YOU AS MUCH AS EVER AMOMIRMCM:MS.aaran'.40, VaMOMMA.:}MIWZ,ZORMAMEMil AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME WITH A RETURNED SOLDIER'S DOLLAR, WOULDN'T IT, DAD? HOW'S THAT, DAD? BY LETTING PRICES GET SO HIGH THAT A DOLLAR WOULD ONLY BUY ABOUT FIFTY' CENTS' WORTH OUR FIGHT! The European war is Over '6: 6 but the struggle for cont. tinued control of prices. is just as vital as ever. Our lads are returning tO the land they fought to preserve ; : it's up to us to help keep it the way they want it by supporting the price ceiling, JOHN 1ABATT LIMITED London Collodi S X WINGHAU ADVANCE-TIMS Thursday, August 2nd, 190 7. Processing by hot water bath. Set filled jars on rack in wash boiler, large preserving kettle or galvanized iron pail. The rack may be 4 wire rack, a shingle or a chopping board. You may have to improvise a lid to fit container. Pour hot water into processor or cooker to a level two inches above the top of the jars. Count the time of sterilization from the time the water boils. Keep water boiling, Have hot water ready to add to keep sealers covered- if they become un- covered there,onay be seepage from jars, TIME CHART Pro4uct Pre-Cook Water Bath 3 mins. 13 hrs. 15 mins. 3 hrs. meals interesting so we dnn't miss the things we can't have for a while. Today's Menu Fish Loaf or Broiled Fish with Herb Mixture Baked Stuffed Potatoes Succotash Green Tossed Salad Brown Betty Coffee Fish Loaf 1 lb, (2 cups) cooked or canned fish 1 egg, beaten .1 cup soft bread crumbs % tsp. salt 2 tsp. lemon juice or 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce tsp, paprika 1 tbsp. melted butter tbsp, minced parsley tbsp. chopped celery, onion or green pepper undiluted evaporated or top milk Drain and flake fish; combine beaten egg and milk; add with remaining in- gredients to fish. Place in a greased baking dish and bake in a hot oven (400 degrees F.) for 30 minutes, Serve with Tomato Sauce. Serves 6. Broiled Fish With Herb Mixture 2 lbs. Fish Fillets cup butter % tsp. salt 118 tsp. pepper 1% tbsp. minced herbs, (basil, pars- ley or dill, fennel, chervil and chives. Prepare fish for broiling, and be- fore putting under broiler spread ;with a mixture of butter, softened, and fine herbs, using half the entire amount. Broil ,on one side, turn over and spread with remaining half. Serves 6. Tomato Sauce 2 tbsp. butter 1 tbsp. grated onion 2 tbsp, chopped green pepper. 1% tbsp. flour 2 cups tomato puree, or juice % tsp. salt dash cayenne Worcestershire sauce ( if desired) Melt butter, add onion and green pepper, and saute 3 minutes. Blend in flour, add tomato slowly, stirring it in carefully to make a smooth sauce, Season well. womoder..* honey; or 2 pounds (net) of cut comli honey; or 15 fluid ounces corn syrup. or 40 ounces ok molasses; 12 fluid ounces of cranberries. Ten preserve coupons are now valid, each for the purchase of At half pound of canning sugar. Thi year the allowance of canning sugar is ten pounds per consumer. maintaining a guard over it today until it sets. Hello Homemakers! A month ago we admired the orderly neat and tidy appearance of our victory garden after we had worked down each row in turn, taking out weeds and carefully -mulch- ing the earth. Now we approach can- ning with a similar system, orderliness and motion-saving attack. We decide •on the process, read the instructions, check equipment and start early in the morning completing the procedure without delay. Vegetables — especially string beans and corn, peas and beets — require processing in a pressure cooker to guarantee successful canned products. If you have a pressure cooker, Icindly share it. Be clever in your use of the equipment. Use keen-edged knives, . scalded utensils and lots of water. METHODS FOR CANNING VEGETA BLES 1. In buying war-grade rubber rings, HOW TO DUST AND SPRAY PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS BY Harry J. Boyle 12aetve MORE PICKLES In applying insecticidal dusts in the garden, the following general recom- mendations are offered as a result of practical tests, say Alan G. Dustan, Division of Entomology, Dominion Department of Agriculture: (1) select a duster suitable to the, size of the plot to be treated; (2) apply most dusts in the early morning or late evening when the plants are wet with dew; (3) dust when the air is calm; (4) cover the plants thoroughly, both the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves; (5) apply at the rate of about 35-50 pounds to each acre treated. Nicotine dusts,. to be most effective, should be applied when the air temp- erature is about 70 degrees Fahrenheit- in the shade, or higher. In the application of sprays from small sprayers which are not equipped with a suitable agitator, it is import- ant to keep the material stirred al- most continuously during the oper- ation. Insecticides and fungicides be- ing heavier than water tend to settle and drop to the bottom of the spray tank. Without proper agitation, this results in an uneven distribution of the materials and may even comic burning of the foliage when the spray at the bottom of the tank is applied. •th ou .ou lu• It's a quiet Sunday after a week of mixed weather. , We 'had two or three scorchers and then just when every- thing seemed to be well underway it rained. Today it's threatening again. The air is humid. Mrs. Phil is busy. trying to find some old packages of seeds in the hopes that by putting buy according to type of jar: Read label on the box. If pre-war rubber rings, spring back after being folded double, they may be used. Before us- ing, pour boiling water over rings and zinc tops and let stand about one min- ute. 2. Pint jars are preferable for veg- etables. Jars and glass tops must be free from nicks and cracks. Match the lids — do not let lids "rock" on jars. 3. Sterilization of the equipment is important. Thoroughly scrub every utensil and bowl to be used with a good brush in hot, soapy water. Then rinse and sterlize. For water steriliza- tion, half fill each jar with clear water place glass tops in position and stand jars in boiler or large kettle. Add spoons, knife, bowls and funnel. Bring water to boil and let boil for 15 min- utes. Take jars out when ready to fill, one at a time. 4. Preparation of Vegetables: (a) Use fresh vegetables. Can them an hour or so after gathering and in the meantime keep -them in a cool place as bacteria begins to grow in a warm kitchen. (b) Sort according to size, discarding over-ripe, bruised or blight- ed ones. (c) Washing cannot be stress- ed enough—wash pods or vegetables thoroughly in two or three waters. Then pod, stem or trim and wash again. Lift out instead of draining and put in scalded bowl. Don't handle too much at once. (d) Cut in uniform size, using scalded knife, and put in scalded kettle. 5. Pre-cooking is recommended to ensure quick and thorough heat pene- tration. Cover vegetables with boil- ing water and boil 3 or 4 minutes. 6. Prepare to fill jars. Place ster- ilized jar on scalded pie plate; put rub- ber ring on; insert funnel and have scalded utensils ready. (Keep uten- sils on plate). Work quickly; pack fairly loosely to allow for expansion. Fill to within % inch of top, or 1 inch if canning peas 'or corn. Pour hot liquid, in which they were pre-cooked, up to brim; slide sterilized knife clown in jar to let out air; add % tsp.salt to each pint jar; place glass top on and partially seal. With screw top sealers screw tightly, then unscrew a half turn; with wire-clamp jars, adjust top clamp but do not spring down lower one. Beans Beets (whole) Corn 1 min. 1 hr. Spinach Steam 5 mins. 3 hrs. Peas 3 mins. 3 hrs. 8. Remove jars as soon as cooking time is up to avoid over-processing. Place jars, several inches apart, on table to cool. Do not turn upside down. Frequently, during first 15 minutes after removal, listen to the sealers. Imperfect seals may be detected by a slight hissing sound, or by a collec- tion of small bubbles at the rim, If this occurs, have sterilized knife and glass top within reach; open jar, re- move any food particles on rubber or on edge of glass, reseat glass top in another, position or change glass top; adjust screw top without adding liquid. USE TOMATO JUICE TO CAN NON-ACID VEGETABLES Even experienced homemakers have had some spoilage with peas, corn and string beans. These vegetables are difficult to home can (without a pres- sure cooker) because they are non- acid. We can now recommend the following procedure to add acidity. Wash string beans, string top and tail, wash and cut in uniform sizes, Put into kettle, cover with water and boil 3 minutes. Pack to within 1 inch of top, fill jar half full of canned toma- toes, then fill to top with liquid used in pre-cooking. Process in water bath for 11/2 hours. Corn and tomatoes: 45 minutes. them. in now she might make up for some of the ones that haven't fared so well because of the weather. I've been violating the Sabbath by painting the front porch floor. I should say repainting it, because that porch floor is rapidly becoming the most painted thing in the whole com- munity. It was drizzling rain one day last week and Mrs. Phil was busy do- ing down cherries. She suggested that it might not be a bad idea if I wanted to help, to paint the front porch floor. We bought the paint in the spring and never seemed to get around to doing it. I don't mind painting if the area isn't,too big so I went ,at the porch floor with a vehgeance. It looked pret- ty good .. all shiny grey blue and so I went looking for something to put across 'the front steps .. .which would keep the folks from tramping on it, I was only away about five minutes and when I came back a big old rooster was standing square in the centre of it, having foot-printed it plenty. I had to leave it that way figuring on finishing up when it wasn't raining and the front steps could be done. On Friday evening it started to rain a bit, so I painted the porch floor again. This time there was no fooling, the gate to the front lawn Was tightly latched and I put the step ladder across the front steps. I was just go- ing out the little gate when the front door opened and Patricia Ann walked out into the centre of the floor follow- ed by the dog. Kneeling on the front door step I reached away out with the brush to cover up the damage. Somebody opened the kitchen door and the draught brought the front door slam- ming against my ,feet and I went off balance , . sprawling out across the floor and ruining the front of my over- all .. . well, messing them up anyhow. This morning I decided to undo what had been done. The front door was locked and I put the key up be- hind the clock. I examined the fence 'around the front lawn and secured the gate with a piece of wire. Then I went to work, keeping a watchful eye out • . and it almost happened, Just when I finished one of the cats slunk in under the fence. I put the boots to her . . . in a hurry. The porch floor is finished and I'm Toir5 GARDEN- GRAPH RATION COUPON INFORMATION Butter coupons nos. 90 to 116 now valid. Coupon no. 117 valid August 9, 118 valid August 16, 119 due Aug. 23, 120 due Aug. 30, Butter coupons 90 to 115 exPire Aupust 31st, Preserve coupons 33 to P13 now valid. Nos. P14, 15 valid August 16. Sugar coupons •Nos. 46 to 61 now valid. No. 62 valid August 16. Tuesdays and Fridays are meatless days in public places and the public in general have been requested to ob- serve these days as meatless days also. One preserves. coupon is good for 12 fluid ounces jam, jelly, marmalade, honey butter, or fountain fruits; or 2 pounds of maple sugar; or 20 fluid ounces (2 poUnds net) extracted ISN'T IT THE mem 13'y 71-1os No. 80 If your Victory garden i5 too Senall to include herbs, a practical collection of them can be grown in pots on the kitchen window and it will prove to be of great culinary convenience. Herbs can be grown almost any- where, Once they are well established they need little care beyond an occas- ional weeding, or turWrng over of the The fresh leaves of sage can be used to flavour sausage, cottage cheese and pickles. When dried they find many uses as seasoning/ Parsley, as every housewife knows, is altnost indispensable for culinary pill-poses, It is the best known of all garden herbs. It should be keebt well picked to prevent seeding. 1.111•1 Nice details mark this summees,cot- ton crop and it doesn't take a cam- paign to put even the very fashion- conscious girl in cotton for day and evening wear. Beige cotton with a narrow pin-like black stripe is used for this cool, pretty frock. There are self bows at either side of the square neck- line, and short, loose cap sleeves to broaden the shoulder line. Black but- tons form the closing to the waist and a set-in belt tops the front gathers of the skirt which has two large slit poc- kets at the hips. SAGE PARSLEY CHIVES TRynia MARJORAM HERBS F,,OR THE KITCHEN WINDOW C, surface. Outdoors, a single package of seed is ample for planting each var. iety, For a kitchen window herb garden get potted plants of sage, parsley, chiv es, thyme and marjoram, as illustrated in the accompanying Garden-Graph. These herbs will grow and thrive if properly potted, watered and taken care of, except in a kitchen where there is a gas stove. They will need Fall and fresh air. mum Household Hints 'The green leaves of chives have an onion flavour and are used in soups, Salads, cottage cheese, omelets and sandwiches, The fresh or dried leaves of thyme are very useful for flavoring many dishes, The dried leaves of marjoram are useful in soups, sauces stuffings, and meats if you have any, Fresh leaves are used with Vinegar and for garnish" 1E By MRS. MARY MORTON A fish loaf stretches the fists in the Same way as a meat loaf May eti. larged by the addition of crumbs, cer- eals, etc. If you don't tare for a loaf, try llroiled Fish with lierb Mikture, These days we have to get away fro in hroinidic ways of Cooking to make our