The Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-11-14, Page 5e's Health .. .
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e" Indies of New Spain,"
e most exciting finds
sweet potato, Columbus
said they looked like
tasted like chestnuts.
Wish explorer, Oviedo,
hey tasted like marzi-
y, English explorer
praised the sweet pota-
e "Coast of Guinea,"as
t delicate motes that
aten, "
esweetpotato weighing
a half pound when
ovides three times the
nded daily allowance
in A for an adult. Count
for almost 2/3 of the
allowance, a fair
rotein, thiamine, iron
minerals. These nut-
all in addition to the
lue of the carbohy-
eus an idea of the world -
of sweet potatoes to -
are recipes from places
ay as Africa, Hawaii
and some of the islands of the
Caribbean. They are delicious
and unusual, though the recipes
are quite simple,
SWEET POTATOES
PLANTATION STYLE
6 mediumwsize sweet potatoes
1/3 eup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pep-
per
6 tablespoons cooking sherry or
rutty
Wash potatoes and bake whole,
unpeeled, in a very hot oven
(450) 1 hoar or until soft. Re-
move from oven, Cut a slice
from the top and scoop out pota-
to, leaving shells intact. Mash
potatoes, add butter or marga-
rine, sugar, salt, black pepper
and sherry or rum. Beat until
fluffy. Re -stuff into potato
shells, Return to oven to brown.
YIELD: 6 servings.
FOUTOU (AFRICA )
5 medium sweet potatoes
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pep*
per
1/16 teaspoon ground red pepper
Wash sweet potatoes, leave
whole, unpeeled, and place in a
saucepan with boiling water to
cover. Cook, covered, 35 min-
utes or until potatoes are soft.
Remove from water, cool enough
to handle and peel, Mash until
fluffy with butter or margarine,
salt, black pepper and red pep-
per. Serve with chicken or fri-
cassee meat.
YIELD: 6 servings.
SWEET POTATO BALLS
(CARIBBEAN)
4 medium (1-1/2 lbs.) sweet
potatoes
7 -oz. package flaked coconut
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine,
melted
1 small egg, beaten
Ground cinnamon
Scrub sweet potatoes, leave
whole, unpeeled, and place in a
large saucepa. with boiling water
to cover, Cc c, covered 35
Minutes oruntil very tender when
pierced with a pointed knife.
Remove from water, cool and
peel. Mash until fluffy in a
saucepan. Add coconut, sugar,
calt, butter or margarine and
egg. Mix well. Stir and cook
over moderate heat 7 to 8 min-
utes or until potatoes come
away completely from pan.
Shape into 2 -inch balls. Sprinkle
lightly with cinnamon and serve
as dessert.
YIELD; 30 balls, 8 to 10 servings,
SWEET POTATO FISH BALLS,
(HAWAII)
1 lb. fish .fillets (perch or had-
dock)
1 1 -inch onion
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon coarse ground
black pepper
1 cup boiling water
1-1/2 cups mashed cooked
sweet potatoes
2/4 cup milk
1 small egg, beaten
1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 large egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
fine bread crumbs
Place fish, onion, 1-1/2
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then returned to their shells are especially good.
teaspoons of the salt, black pep-
per and boiling water in a sauce-
pan. Cook over medium heat
10 minutes or until fish is flaky.
Drain, cool and flake fish. Set
aside. Combine sweet potatoes
(milk, small egg, flour and the
remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Beat until fluffy. Stir in fish.
Using two tablespoons, shape
into 2 -inch balls. Drop into the
large beaten egg mixed with the
,milk. Remove with two forks,
and roll in bread crumbs, Fry
in hot deep fat preheated to 375
degrees. Drain on paper towels,
YIELD: 8 servings(2 balls each).
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Stranger Than Fiction
By Ann Bowman
She lay on her chesterfiel
enjoying the brilliant fall sun-
light, and feeling very grateful
that she was home again. For
some strange reason she began
thinking of the orphanage where
she and her sister, some three
years older than herself, had
been lodged before each of them
went to separate foster homes
and were finally adopted. Too
young at the time to realize the
d 'and 30, 000 Women's Service
volunteers in Ontario to render
them."
For some time they sat to-
gether and chatted and the pa-
tient ceased to think of years
ago, began to look to the future
again. Then suddenly, very
gently, the Cancer Society
volunteer leaned forward. "Tell
me, " she murmured, "your
name. It is a most unusual one.
Did you ever have a sister?"
"Yes I did. We were in an
orphanage when very young and
were separated. Why...?"
"I had the same name before
I was adopted, " the volunteer
said, excitement rising within
her. "I, too, was in an orphan-
age. Do you think it could be
possible.
For an hour they compared
notes, addresses, names. There
was no doubt, they both knew,
that after more than forty year,
of separation they had come to -
gether again.
A friendly visit from a C.in •
cer Society volunteer had not
only brought a patient relief
from fatigue and lonliness, but
the first real family she had eve
known. Truth, she thought, as
she said au revolt, is really
stranger than fiction.
separation, she had often thou
of her sister, for she was the on
family she had.
Unmarried, with a good jo
to go back to when she was fu
recovered, she had many goo
friends and pleasant co-worke
But since her recent severe ill
ness she had found herself thin
ing of a family. This sister o
hers, so long ago taken into
someone's home—what had h
pened to her? She had often
looked in the telephone direc-
tory to see if their unique sur-
name appeared there, supposi
her sister had continued to use
her own name. But she never
found it.
Ah, well. .. it wasn't possib
she supposed, that they would
ever meet again... She turned
to some sewing she had started
while staying at the Lodge, in
London built by the Ontario Di
vision of the Canadian Cancer
Society for walking patients
taking treatment, and run by
the Ontario Cancer Treatment
and Research Foundation. The
Cancer Society volunteers had
started her on the work, and she
was now finishing a very gay
apron which she hoped to wear
in a while.
There was a knock on her
front door. Slowly she made
her way along the little hall and
opened the door. A smiling
woman stood there. "Good
afternoon," she said, "I'mhere
to pay you a call from the Can-
cer Society. May I come in?"
"Do come in. I was already
getting a little lonely after all
the companionship at the Lodge'
The volunteer held a bright-
ly wrapped gift and deposited it
on the chesterfield. "Just a
little something for your bath-
room," she said, looking intent-
ly at the invalid.
"Is this yet another of the
many services the Cancer Soci-
ety renders patients? There
seem to be so many."
"There are quite a number
ght
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Lunch Box Lures
Carrying out a menu at home
is fairly simple. Packing a lune;.
presents differentproblems. How
about a few inspiring hints:
a) "butterup" a variety ofbreads
with mustard, cheese, orpa-
sley butter.
b) carry hot soup in wide-mout.
ed vacuum bottle; a must for
the cold climates.
c) include plastic spoon and
small container of "mixed'
salt and pepper.
Mushroom Eggs
Blend 1 can (10 1/4 ounces)
condensed Cream of mushroom
soup until smooth. Stir in 1/3
cup milk, and 1/2 cup shredded
sharp Cheddar cheese. Cook
over low hear until cheese melts
Gently stir in 4 hard -cooked eggs,
sliced. Serve on 4 slices toast.
Garnish with minced parsley, if
desired. Makes 4 servings.
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