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Portraits to celebrate warm family pride Craft Talk FISHERVILLE CHURCH—Built in 1856, this early On- tario Presbyterian Church was given to Black Creek church is simply furnished with box pews and has a Pioneer Village by the United Church of Canada. The pulpit. (Photo by Marion Brink) By Louisa Rush idea, let me know and I'll Dear May: pass it along to others While visiting Montreal through my column. recently we went window 0---0--0 shopping at night. We saw some beautiful hand knitted So many of you have asked coats and dresses in a little for a heel -less spiral sock boutique shop, and my friend pattern, and I have at last and I noticed that several of been able to get one. They the garments had little hand are very simple to knit — no made buttons of the same heel to turn — and are the yarn. We would be interested rage with the teen-age to know how these are made. crowd, especially if knitted Mrs. B. E, in all those wild colors. Timmins, Ontario Instructions for the heel - Dear Mrs. B.W.: less spiral socks and a cable I'm glad you enjoyed look - and eyelet design with heels ing in on those boutiques are given on Leaflet No. 6812. along Sherbrooke Street, they do have some extreme- ly elegant hand -knits. You too can have the same results, with just that little extra care and attention. Hand made buttons are fasinating, because you can use your imagination and work all sorts of variations. Space. will only permit me to give one or two in this week's column. First select small bone rings, the size you wish the finished button — these can be purchased in the dime. store. Using matching yarn (or contrasting if you wish), with a medium sizecrochet hook, work one row of double crochet over the ring until it is completely covered. If the ring is larger than average, you will have to work a second row, working into every third stitch. Fasten off the crochet loop, but leave a 10 -inch length to thread through a darning needle. • Roll the chain edge of the double crochet to the centre of the ring, and - with the darning needle, work blanket stitches around to fill in the centre. Use the re- mainder of the end:to sew the buttons to the garment. If you would like a fancier button, cover the centre portion with contrasting colors. Another suggestion, use sequins, fastening them by a French -knot in the centre — work from the out- side into the centre of the button. This makes them very elegant for evening wear. As I say, you can use, your imagination and dream up all sorts of ideas. If you have an original or special from Sears Portrait Studio 23 color portraits for only 95 1 includes 950 deposit Photographic package includes two 8x10's, three 5x7'a„ fifteen wallet size and 3 portrait charms. No appointment necessary. 954 for each additional subject. Poses our selection. Studios located in most larger Sears retail stores. Also available in addition to package: Black Background &.Double Feature Portraits Instant Passport Photos . Offer for portraits taken Mon. Dec. 24 thru Sat. Dec. 29 ) your money's worth ... and more Sears Maybe you have been promising yourself a sweater, so why not take the time and knit one for your- self in the New Year? This elegant style will flatter all sizes and keep you warm and cosy through the rest of the winter. To order Leaflet No. ° 0182 sens 75 sents plus a stamped self-addressed stamped envelope. If you do not have a stamp or envelope, please enclose an extra 59 cen*. to.,. cover the cost of handling, and print your name and address. Send to: Louisa Rush, "Craft Talk", 486 Montford Drive, Dollard des Ormeaux, PQ, H9G 1M6. Please besure to state pattern number correctly when ordering and to enclose your stamped return en- velope for faster service. • MICROWAVE MAGIC A New Year's resolution By Desiree Vivea I'll admit that I go a bit overboard during the holi- days. I rush around doing those million little things that simply must be done — like buying an extra bag of stick -on bows and making sure there's enough mistle- toe to go around. I spend money (most of it plastic — oh, the temptation. ) like New Years Day isn't going to show, and I overindulge in just about everything. Cookies, can- dies, fruitcake, turkey with lots of dressing and spiked eggnog. After all, the holiday season comes but once a year, right? The trouble is that some- time around the third of January I wake up broke and fat. By then, I've recovered from the revelry of two nights before and- am ,forced, to face the wreckage with clear eyes and a lucid mind. If I'm feeling brave, I'll check the bank balance and the bathroom scales. If not, I set the clock to "snooze" and catch a few more winks. There's almost .a whole year to get things back in order, • so why hurry? But this year things are going to be different. New Year's Eve will find me only half-debalanced, and with Jan. 1, 1985., will come a resolution to live life in a slower lane. At least until the bankbook and the bathroom scales are decently in balance. My 1985 New Year's resolution will include a more down-to-earth diet. There really is something in- spiring about a brand-new year, a chance for a new be- ginning and, if not a new figure, at least a return to that of the B.H. (Before Holi- days) period. If the new year finds your own girth less than girlish (or boyish), give up the goodies for a while and switch to lighter fare. Poultry (sans skin), lean meats -and fish, and lots of veggies. And not -too -sweet desserts like Honey -Nut Ap- ples. Change your pace and under -indulge for a few months. Happy New Year! FLAVORFUL POACHED FISH 3 cups water 1/4 cup vinegar 1/4 cup each minced carrot and onion 6 whole peppercorns 1 tbsp. dried parsley flakes la tsp. salt 1/e tsp. each celery seed and thyme l bay leaf 2lbs. frozen fish, thawed Place all ingredients except fish in 2 -quart oblong glass baking dish. Stir to blend. Microwave until boil- ing, 16 to 18 minutes. Strain, then return broth to baking dish. Place fish in dish, with thicker portions toward out- side. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave 8 to 10 minutes, rotating dish 1/2 turn after 5 minutes. Test for doneness: fish should flake easily with fork. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes, then re- move from broth and serve. Serves 4. — FAVORITE:. . STUFFED TOMATOES 4 large or 6 medium tomatoes 1 (17 oz.) can corn kernels, drained 2 tbsps. minced onion 1 tbsp. fresh minced parsley, or 1 tsp. dried parsley flakes 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper 2 slices bread, torn in small pieces 4 tbsps. butter or margarine melted 5 large black olives, sliced Parsley sprigs for garnish (optional) Cut small slice off stem end of each tomato. and dis- card. Carefully scoop out seeds and pulp from tomatoes, leaving fairly thick wall. Turn cut side . down on paper towels to drain. To prepare filling, in small bowl, eombine corn, onion, parsley, salt, pepper, bread crumbs, melted butter and olives. Stir gently to mix. Fill tomatoes evenly with mixture and place in glass baking dish or serving plate, arranging so that they do not touch. Microwave 4 to 6 minutes. Garnish with parsley, if desired. Serve hot. Serves 4 to 6. HONEY -NUT APPLES 4 baking apples (Pippin, Jonathan, etc.) About 1 cup chopped walnuts 4 tbsps. honey Cinnamon Wash apples and core, not quite all the way through. Cut each apple into eight sections, slicing almost to bottom but leaving intact. Fill apple cores with chopped walnuts. Drizzle 1 tablespoon honey over each and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon. Place apples in 1 - quart glass baking dish, or in individual dessert cups arranged in circle in oven. Microwave 9 to 10 minutes. Serve warm. Makes 4 servings. 0--0-0 'WHAT IS A, PACEMAKER? The heart has a natural. pacemaker that consists of a small mass of spe- cialized cells producing electrical im- pulses that cause the heart to beat. Ag artifical pacemaker is an electri- cal device that can substitute for a defective natural pacemaker and • control the hearts beat by a series of rhythmic electrical discharges. An ar- tifical pacemaker is a small birttery- powered unit usually implanted under the skin. It sends electrical impulses through tiny wires to the heart to control the heart's rate and rhythm of contraction. Contact your local Ontario Heart Foundation for more information. ONTARIO HEART FOUNDATION Mate lly Yours BOXING DAY SALE to y2 PRICE on Winter Fashions Only Today, Dec. 28, 29th WESTMOUNT PLACE. WATERLOO 746-1822 9:30 A.M.-6 P.M. THURS. & FRI. 9:30 A.M.-9 P.M. 120 CUMBERLAND ST.. TORONTO 416-922-0636 9:30 A.M.-6 P.M. ,THURS. UNTIL 8 P.M. t Each year around _this .. time I set up a new garden diary for the coming season so I can both plan for and re- cord the year's gardening activities and results. My 1985 garden diary will be housed in a school notebook — one with wire coils holding, the pages together. I divide my record book into four sections: Plans, Seed and Plant Purchases,: Seed Inventory and Planting Guide; Planting Recor The first section, Plans, is just a few pages long. Here I sketch or write out plans for each garden area that re- quires planting. For the vegetable plots, I draw out the rotation plan that we follow at the top of the page, and sketch out the previous year's vegetable garden on the left side of the notebook before planning the coming year's planting to the right. This gives a quid( visual comparison between the years and aids the orderly movement of ' different families of vegetables around the garden. In this first section, I also sketch or note all the dif- ferent areas for planting flowers so I can begin deciding what to grow in each. Planters, hanging baskets and other container plantings are planned for here also. The second section, Seed and Plant Purchases, is the place to write out -all the seed orders as you send them. In- clude the date and the amount of the order, and note the date of the order's arrival. With a list of what you've ordered, it's a simple matter Backyard Gardne.r ByPatrickDenton indicate with a cross or a tick that each packet of seeds, or each plant, has arrived. List here all local purchases as well. The Seed Inventory and Planting Guide section is not one that will be needed by' every gardener. I include it because I usually wind up with a fair amount of seed left over from the previous. year. I list the still usable seed, along with newly purchased seeds, by month, and use this list as a planting guide to help me remember what I'd planned to plant and at what time. This section begins with a "Late Winter" page, for seeds like onion, leek and early cabbage and lettuce. "Early Spring" would list peas and broad beans, let- tuce, spinach, radish, corn salad, kohlrabi, bunching onions and poppies. This section, designed as both an inventory of seed and a planting guide, flows through the planting year and should include, if you live in a mild winter area, an early summer seeding of winter pansies, forget-me- not, and wallflowers for bloom the following spring, and flowering kale for' fall and winter color and eating. August will list lettuce for fall and winter crops. Sep- tember and October will list bulbs to plant, perennials to move or divide. I find this a useful "reminder" section. The last, Planting Record, section, is by far the largest. Here I use only the right hand pages to record actual plantings. The left is re- served as space to record what's happening- in the garden at the corresponding time period. For example, the first entry here in my 1984 diary on the right hand, "Plan- ting" side was on Jan. 30, when 1 seeded indoors Ails Craig onion, Alaska leek, pansy and larkspur. The seed company is noted for each, along with when they germinated and when trans- planted. Recipes in this column are tested in 625- to 700 -watt microwave ovens. Foods are cooked on High (100 per cent power) and uncovered unless otherwise specified. Store leather and suede in a cool place. Allow air to cir-` culate around them and never use plastic bags for storage: Which One Has High Blood Pressure? There's no way of knowing by just looking. There are no symptoms, and even if you are calm and relaxed you may still have it. Have your blood pressure checked by your doctor or another trained health -.professional and follow his advice. Take the medication he recommends. High Blood Pressure Treat it . , . and live.