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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-01-30, Page 204 1 • d 0 ( 1 .1 1 1 6-,--C $110 J►t y 50, 1975— COOKING 97 — COOKING CORNER Cookbook is written for allergic people By SUSAN DELIGHT For 35 years Mrs. Ruth R. Shattuck collected, adapted and devised a wide variety of dishes to serve to an allergic husband. Then, spurred by the urging of friends, she decided to share her recipes with others who have food allergies. The collection is now in a cook- book, ookbook, "Creative Cooking Without Wheat, Milk and Eggs," available at most bookstores. Mrs. Shattuck, who with her husband, Warren L. Shattuck, spends part of each year at their home in Borrego Springs, Calif., said: "I started out with five big notebooks filled with recipes and high purpose. I had no idea how much work went into authoring a cookbook," Mrs. Shattuck recalled. "Many failures went down the drain while I was testing recipes. My family — we have three normal children — suf- fered through countless tast- ings and testings." A bachelor of science de- gree in nutrition from Univer- sity of Washington and gradu- ate training in dietetics in Se- attle hospitals gave Mrs. Shattuck the background for the nutrition research re - 2 quired for compiling the book. 3 4 ("But, I consulted With many allergists while I was compil- 5 ing the book," she said. Wheat, milk and eggs are themost cormhon allergy of- fenders, according to Mrs. Shattuck. A A EGGLESS POUND CAKE % cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla or rum or , tsp. lemon or orange ex - 1 ._ tract 2 cups sifted cake flour % tsp. soda 1 tsp. baking powder % tsp. salt ✓ 1 cup milk Cream the shortening, sug- ar Etnd flavoring until light and fluffy. (Creaming the ✓ shortening is .very important • 1 1 FI .St SA SA SL SL TL w 35 -YEAR EFOORT — Mrs. Ruth R. Shattuck proudly dis- plays her cookbook which contains recipes developed through 35 yearsof cooking for an allergic husband. in an eggless cake and is best done in an electric mixer. Cream until it is f atherlight but not grainy before adding sugar. Then clean beaters well and add liquid and flour by hand.) Sift together the cake flour, soda, baking pow- der and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Bake in 8x8 -inch pan, greased and lined with greased and floured waxed Paper, at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Or use two 8- or 9 - inch round ,lined pans and bake 25 to.30 minutes. Mrs. Shattuck warns that eggless cakes are very frag- ile. "It is very important to line the pans with greased and floured (or try powdered sug- ar) waxed paper. Be sure to use the size pans called for in the recipe and be sure cake is thoroughly done before re- moving from oven or it may fall even after it has been re- moved. Opening the oven door or testing for doneness pre- maturely will alsp make it fall," she said PLASTER PLAQUES — The substance becomes hard but the process of making plaster of Paris ornaments is easy. CHILD'S PLAY Plaster of Paris By BUROKER and HUNTSINGER Hopefully, you've never had occasion to wear a cast on your arm or leg. But if you have, or know someone who had an unfortunate accident requiring one, then you are al - 1 ready familiar with the mate- rial from which it is made. Plaster of Paris is a powder that comes from gypsum, a stone composed of calcium sulfate and water. It is heated until the water is driven off and the gypsum becomes a powder. When stirred with water again, the liquid can be molded. Then, when hard- ened, it once more becomes rock -like. Since gypsum was found near Montmartre, a district of Paris, France, where artists used to live, this is probably how plaster of Paris got its name. It proved useful for casting small statues and is easy to mold This material is still quite inexpensive and is easily bought in hobby or hardware stores. Molds can also be pur- chased in hobby shops, tho any plastic container of shape will serve as well. Use a plastic or glass bo to mix this substance. Add sufficient water to give it the consistency of whipped dream. There are three im- portant things to remember: Be sure to mix only the amount that is needed since, once set — and it hardens very quickly — the plaster of Paris cannot be reused. Also, be sure there are no bubbles when the liquid is poured as these will spoil the finish of the desired smooth surface. Most important, pour any remaining liquid into a dis- posable container or over rocks and gravel outdoors. The plaster will clog pipes so don't flush it away or pour it down any drain. Allow the poured mixture to harden in the mold at least overnight. Then it will shrink away from the sides and can be removed easily. Now it is ready to decorate. Your can_ paint it, draw, or crayon on its surface, apply decals, or cut out pictures or designs from magazines or greeting cards for pasting. Then, to keep the finished project froth soiling, spray its entire surface with dear plas- tic. Depending on the shape of the mold in which you make the finished piece, you can create a wall plaque, a paper- weight, a mounted ornament or a trivet. Such creations serve as excellent gifts, far better souvenir casts than the kind found in a doctor's office. SCRAP CANS There are roughly twenty cans m a pound of recyclable scrap aluminum. e ono zona syrerntn. DECOR A crisp color scheme By BARBARA HARTUNG Q. Our young daughter's bedroom has light orange shag carpeting. The walls need to be repainted and we will be buying furniture now that she has outgrown her crib. I have used an orange and yellow color scheme but would like to change to some- thing else. I want It to be sim- ple and functional. Also we have one large window to cov- er. A. With the light orange carpeting you might do a white, orange, hot pink and tomato red color scheme that can be very crisp and exciting for child or adult. With the or- ange at the floor, white walls would be nice and the red and hot pink could be used for ac- cent such as fabric colors and wall decorations. If you want to be practical and have a good look, consider using nat- ural cane or wicker. You'd have no problem with paint chipping which is a consider- ation in a child's room. Or if you would like the look better you could use white or even a bright red or hot pink on the \child sized furniture. For the window you might consider a slim line venetian blind that would blend from hot pink to orange to red. You could tie the color scheme all together with a bright fabric in these colors or you could do some super -sized graphics on the wall to give the color to the room. Q. I have a family room window that is 36 inches wide by 48 inches tall. I have had short, sheer tie -back curtains at the window for several `years, but I am almost ob- scuring the great view with this window treatment and I want a change to something that looks more important and calls attention to the win- dow. Privacy is no problem here so I never need draw draperies. What might you suggest . for my window? — J. L.S. A. One ' way would be to make a valance that would hang from the ceiling down to just a couple of inbhes below the window top. Do side • drapes that come, just to the edge of the window and ex- tend out perhaps two feet on each side. Add a cafe rod at the base of the window (just a few inches • above the edge) and hang cafe curtains from • there to the floor. This creates an important look for your window and heaves almost all of the glass open for enjoying your view to the utmost. An- other. way would be to cut a plywood frame that would fit above and below and around your window and cover this frame in an exciting fabric. This is called a lambrequin and uses much less fabric than draperies. It looks very crisp and tailored. The fabric can be trimmed with decora- tive braid, too, if you think that would please you. QUESTIONS 16VEN ASK Does p111 affect period skipping? By ELEANOR B. RODGERSON, Q. II have skipped three pe- riods now on my bird? -control pills. I keep taking them,. but is this bad for ane? A. Evidently you are on a low -estrogen pill that fails to stimulate the lining of your uterus enough to allow you to have a menstrual period when you stop. I am assuming that you have been taking your pills regularly and are not pregnant. When we examine patients with histories like yours, the uterus seems smaller than normal and very firm. We can't help wondering if it will fail to respond to the woman's hormones when she wants to go off the pill and start a preg4 nancy. Perhaps we worry too much. At any rate, we usually sug- gest a pill with a little higher estrogen, or, what is better, some other form of contra- ception until two or three nor- mal periods have passed, af- ter which• a pill with a little higher estrogen can be tried. Q. My boyfriend has been having herpes this last year. It comes and goes.' Do you think that I givb it to him? A. There are recurrences of herpes after the initial infec- tion and a new exposure is not necessary. It is thought that the virus remains in the tissue initially involved and pro- duces lesions again because of some irritating factor, like a fever, sexual intercourse, a hot bath, etc. The recurrences are not as severe as the first attack. You are probably not reinfecting him. Did you have herpes when he had his original infection? If you did and, if you are hav- ing no recurrences, you prob- ably have enough antibodies to the disease to keep you from developing noticeable lesions. Herpetic effects on a woman's cervix go unnoticed by the woman. Q. Will thyroid make my breasts tender? A. I have not had any com- plaints of tender breasts with thyroid medication. It is es- trogen that stimulates. . Q. I'm taking birth --control pills, but I want to stop, Is it true that I'll be more fertile if I do, that I will get pregnant easier? A. No, it is not true. There is usually a delay after stopping oral contraceptives before you begin to ovulate again. On the average, this delay is a few weeks,but now andttten it may be months: Birth control pills are not fertility drugs. They do not cause you to ovulate any better when they are stopped. About one million - tive tnenQyeer* were Not in 4 411e to work accidents, according to the National Safety Could. 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