The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-12-12, Page 35SUGAR. 'N' $PICS by Blll SMIIEY
THE FUN OF
BATCHING IT
One of my real ,pleasures in
life is "batching it." I've just
been through ten days of it, and
have another stretch coming
up. I look ack on the ope with
nostalgia, and forward to the
other with anticipation.
There are a lot of men who
go around with a long face
when their wife is going 'to be
away, for a spell, and they'll
have to'look after themselves.
Some of them would literally
starve to death if there were no
restaurants. Others actually .
"miss" their wives constant
babble.
And there are a lot of women
who are convinced that their
poor weaklings of husbands
will be hard done by if they
leave them to fend for the•m-
selves for a few days. There are
also a lot of women who are
convinced that their husbands
me and t paper. I read front
page,� ed`lto'rials,, columns,
sports and entertainment. Nor-
mally, I never get past the front
page.
Nobody saying, "Dinner's
nearly ready° don't open
another .beer which would hit
you like canned peas or frozen
spinach." I have my dinner
when I jolly well feel like it:'
Maybe nine p.m., or ten.
And when I do, its a gour-
met spread. Unlike some of
those snivelling wretches who
can't boil a cup of water
without spoiling the L flavour, I.
was brought up in a large
family, and was a pretty good,
rough cook when I married. A
far better cook than the bride, I
might add, sotto voce.
And since then, I've filed off
a nun ber of the rough edges,
and can turn out a good meal.
Chops and sausage, bacon and
eggs are child's play, , along
are going to miss their presence with steak. I can turn out a
dreadfully. Both convictions creditable turkey, ham, roast of
are erroneous, in my case. beef. I can make stuffing, bake
I love my wv ife; but oh,. you 'r fish.
happy, carefree days of bat- So, when I'm alone, I .don't
thing it. I feel the way I used go hungry. Oh, not that I roast
to, about nine years old, when a beef, or turn out- a,• golden
school is.' letting out in June. brown turkey. ° That's a bit
For one thing, there's no much for one average appetite.
teacher at me all ,.the time, But I don. t settle for the
trying to make me behave, baked potato, fried pork chop
clean up after me, and learn and. canned corn routine,
something new, all at once. either. That's for workaday
This is hard work, and I'm cooks and workaday appetites
lazy.
Nope, when I put the old bat-
tleaxe on the bus, or see the car
drive off, I- try to look mourn-
ful, and wave a fervent good- cooking w.ith a lot of spices and
bye, then I give a great sigh of sauces.
relief, and feel like a fellow. I'm more apt to *turn out a
who has just walked out of the nice mixed grill: bacon, a small
jailhouse gates. fresh lamb chop, a sausage or
I'm not saying that marriage two, a bit of liver, and a gram
is synonymous with prison, or two of. kidney. If they're_ not
though it is a life sentence. I'm on hand,- I getthe latter two
just saying that it's nice to get a items out of a can of cat food. It
weekend pass once, in a while, has a distinct. unique flavour.
for good behaviour. . When all is sizzling ala per -
.First thing I do when the old fection,, as we say, I carefully
girl disappears over the horizon put the meat on -a paper towel,
is kick my shoes off, settle down and fry two large slices of
in a comfortable chair with a golden -brown bread ' in the
beer and the evening Wipers. I drippings. I top these' with
read it through with quiet en- tomatoes and melting cheese.
joyment, no interruptions. By this time my stomach can
Nobody relating how she scarcely stand the 'aromas
changed the beds, did- two . mingling.
washings;-4ealled the, glue -:,-.0 ThenI put the whole works
Nobody wanting to talk about into the cat's dish, open the
decorating the spare room. refrigerator, take out a frozen
• Nobody telling me I had to go chicken pie, heat it,' and eat it,
over the bilk, with her.' No, lust garnished with a sprig of cab -
and workaday marriages.
Nor am I one of those fancy -
dans who fool around''eovering
.. the.essential blan.dness of their
First round pleases
planners; Goderich Twp.
response has been good
At the end of the first round
of public workshops designed to
produce an official plan for
Goderich ;Township, Huron
County planners are pleased
with' public response to the
program.
Four workshops — on
agricultural,, land use, urbane
development, recreational land
use, and extractive resources —
have been held during the past
two weeks: Each meeting drew
about 70 township residents.
Huron County assistant plan-
ner Nick Hill said last Friday
that discussions at the,
workshops will help the plan-
ners guide future development
in the township,, which is bor-
dered by Goderich, Clinton,
Bayfield and Lake Huron.
Much of the discussion, 'he
said, was "vibrant."
He said that while many
divergent views were heard, the
majority of township residents
seemed determined to retain its
predominantly -agricultural
character.
The to'wtrship. is under
pressure from neighboring ur-
ban centres nd from
recreatic, nal and cottage
development along Lake
Huron.
Much consideration was
given -to allowing Goderich and
Clinton to continue expand
into the municipality but
residents felt preservation of
polo
Foss
bage. The cat and I are both
happy.
By this time, it's 11:30 p.m.
so I watch a late movie or two,
with no one saying "Isn't it
time for bed?" I climb into bed
at 3:30, read for an hour, and
sleep until 7 a.m.
Every time my wife comes
home and I've been batching it,
she is appalled by my ap-
pearance. "Your eyes.look like
two burned holes in a blanket."
They do, but I've enjoyed every
burn.
Then the inevitable question:
"Did you miss me?" Hah! Miss
her my foot. I didn't miss her
any more than I would my
teeth, or my right arm.
• farmland Was more important,
he said.
Similarly, residents ex-
pressed the view that cottage
development should be
prohibited from expanding
along the townships' two rivers
— the Maitland and the
Bayfield a development
which it was felt would deny
the public access to the natural
environment.
Mr. Hill said a comprehen-
sive ,workshop Dec. 12 Will
bring the ,results_of the
workshops together. The public
will have a chance to see what
ideas will become formalized in .
the official plan.
He said the, public par-
ticipation program is a first for
the county and will be repeated
in the preparation of official
pla-ns for Colborne and Howick
townships.
The county planner sail.' the
final draft of Goderich Town-
ship's official plan will likely
be ready by late spring.
Goderich Township' reeve-
elect Gerry Ginn said the
workshops proved the majority
of township residents definitely
want an official plan to guide
future development.
"I think a lot of people were
afraid of planning, that it was
restrictive," he said, "but I
think these meetings have
helped to allay those fears."
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GGDERICR SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
rnakes
Liverpate
entertaining a breeze
PATE ROYALE
(For those snack trays)
1 pound pork liver
4 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 bay leaf
3 - 4 peppercorns
'/i,cup
or
30 cup orange juice
5 anchovy fillets clove ve garlic
1 (8 -ounce) package cream
cheese
3/4 pound butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
teaspoon pepper
1/'4
Cut pork liver into narrow
strips. Bring water, salt, bay
leaf and peppercorns to a boil
in a saucepan. Drop in liver
strips; simmer 4.5 minutes.
Pour gin into bleeder; add
garlic clove,, anchovy fillets and
hot liver strips, one at a time;
blend at medium speed until
smooth. Cool. "Gradually add
pieces of cream cheese and
chunks of butter; blend. Add
salt and seasonings; blend until
smooth. Spoo,n into rinsed (do
not dry) three cup mold or con-
tainer. Cover, chill and store in'
refrigerator (will keep up to six
days). Makes three cups smooth
pate. Serve piled into raw
mushroom caps, celery sticks or
on fresh crusty bread.' Pate
Royale is also great made
without a blender - only dif-
ference, a coarser texture. Chop
and thoroughly mash ,hof liver
strips, garlic clove and anchovy
fillets (with fork on wooden
board). Blend with gin until'as
smooth as possible. Cream
remaining ingredients together;
blend in liver mixture and beat
until pate is smooth and evenly
colored.
Yukon gold was discovered
by George Carmack in Bonanza
Creek, a tributary of the Klon-
dike River, on August 17, 1896.
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