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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1948-4-21, Page 3Baker's Dozen Pie - Humble And Otherwise We of the North .lmeriran cont- inent like to claim the pie our uttu special culinary achietetnult. Apple pie and ire cream surely are decplytooted in 001 menu traditions, but the fact remains that pie . . apple or othcrw:se . , , had its birth in sonic ancient tethers' oven ccntyr- ies before Columbus discovered this New Continent. Those tender, flukey pies we choose today are believed to have had their origin in the fabulous Ori- ent of lung ago. Cream -filled tarts and rich pastries were flavorsome attractions at the bazaars of Cathay when the rest of the aiirlrnt world still struggled alone, uu bread and flat cakes. t * Ifowever, as the old ritfcs of Per- sia and Arabia were principally market and trading centres, it didn't take long for their good eating ideas to spread to home, whose progres- sive bakers soon picked up the sec- rets of flukey pastry ... "just lits Mother Persia -used to make." Ronne was one LIP on the rest of the western world in- this respect as it was one of the Iew areas producing wheaten flour suitable for white bread and pastry, Roman gallica car- ried this fine flour across the seas in the path of Caesar's conquests and pastry recipes tints were introduced to Cant, Britain and Iberia. Roman banquets featured in those days a wide variety of pastry, in- cluding light, fluffy patty shells and somewhat heartier dishes of huge, "singing hied" pies. This latter dish proved there's more truth than poetry in our old nursery rhyme about "four and twenty blackbirds baked ill a pie." 4 * Rome -conquered Britain, beset as she was by fog, rain and political unrest, undoubtedly preferred this rib -sticking dish to feathery pastry shells and for many years left that lighter side of the bakers' art to continental Europe.' To this day, when an Englishmen says "pie", lie's usually referring to a pastry -covered meat dish, In his culinary dictionary, fruit and custard -filled pastry comes tinder the heading of "taets." Pic was the dish of the day ht Medieval England. In accordance with public demand, bakers in those days prepared their pies on a lig scale. A favorite pie recipe consisted of venison stewed in ginger and covered with a thick pie crust, stud- ded with dates. About the same time, the Crusaders, returning from the East, brought home the recipe for England's first mince pie. This now famous desert had long been a fav- orite in the Orient where it took the form of a patty shell filled with frnit and nuts. ✓ e o As eating habits become more re- fined, the smaller, more easily -di- gested pie appeared on feast day tables. The present-day tart ... an open-faced pastry shell filled with jam, fruit or custard ... descended from the "Christmas Pie" made so famous by "Little jack Horner.' This pastry measured about three inches across and usually held a tempting filling of preserved fruit or mince meat. The old saying about "eating Iran- ble pie" derives from an eating cus- tom of Medieval England. In that far-off time, the humble folk who sat ubclow the salt" at their Lord's table were served the poorer cuts of venison called "notables." The meat was disguised 'in a sort of stew with a irtstry cover. And so it cane about that the less - favored dinner guest always ate "nomlilc pie" . . a dish which fin- ally acquired its more appropiate title of "humble pie" and eventually evol- ved into an everyday expression of our 2th Century vocabulary, How to Change Oak Finish to Mahog,.&r,.y If you wish to change xn oak finish to mahogany, remove the old finish with paint remover. Then eliminate any traces of wax that may have been left by the remover by thoroughly wiping the surface with mineral spirits of benzene, be- ing very careful to keep the work away from fire or flame. Stain with mahogany stain to de- sired depth of color. When the stain is thoroughly dry, thin paste wood filler with turpentine to the consistency thick cream and brush it on freely, working with the grain of the wood. After the shine has disappeared, rub thoroughly with a coarse cloth or excelsior to remove any surplus filler. The surface then should be well rubbed down with fine sandpaper and thoroughly cleaned of dust. Leave It To Her Its awfully later he remarked to his friend, after a long bout at the club 'What will you say to your wife?" "Oh, I sha'ti t say much, you know," was the reply."'Good morn- ing dear,' or sofnetlting of that port. St'e'll say the rest" • �.l men t First Aid For Plants Stricken With Pests I'• <' z,wxii Don't let plant pests get the bent of your house plants and flowers! After all, no plant can blossom and be beautiful when it's sick, Here are svmc first-aid tips to. help you recognize the pests and fight them. reale insects are sucking inserts usually about the size of a Pin-h,ad which cover themselves with a larger waxy covering or scale. The scales may be round, oval, oblong or oyster shaped and often ap- pear on ferns and palms. You can pick them off with a toothpick, wash them off with a soft brnrh and water, or kill theta with commercial sprays. Afcaly bugs which look lila hits of white cotton tr wax usually lodge between leaf and stem (they have a passion for crotons and coleus) and can be treated the sante tvay as scale insects. What to do about white (ties, plant lice, worms, rot, red spider? See the vital chapter on plant pests and how to fight them in the Read- ( Servi:c house plants guide, Also, bulbs, ferns, terrariums, sprays, repotting, summer hoose plant care. Send THIRTY CENTS (in coins) for "Success With House Plants and Flowers" t.. Reader Service, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St., West, Toronto. Print name, ad- dress booklet title and No. 29. Answer to last week's puzzle. I¢713g 1notagno. /_�f� � •C•7 �©0 f� INSIGNE 00 (►11�.L tic sans MIL E:41.. ©MyilIsICAErte.iiMI n N A C 17011017=WI' S 0 II4 EDICT A AT CMADMIN Z,1E7 A paisley print by Alfanclri simply styled with a high, round neckline, short, straight sleeves. The suggested dust ruffle breaks just above the kneeline. English Climate Doesn't Agree With Her -One of last y'ear's epic news stories concerned the accidental shooting of Canon Turner on Baffin Island, and the dramatic air rescue of the mortally injured cleric and itis family from the far North. Flown out along with the Turners was Rebecca, a heroic Eskimo girl who -following the Canon's 'tleath-accompanied Mrs. Turner and her two small children to Engiancl. But the English climate, and the lack of fats she was accustomed to in the Eskimo diet of seal meat and fish, caused Rebecca to suffer from one cold after another -and one of the first passengers to arrive by Canadian Pacific steamship at 1Vlontreal this season will be the 15 -year-old girl. Before returning to the North country Rebecca -will stay for a short time in 1\Iontreal at the home of Mrs. Bildfell, one of those behind the movement to raise a fund of $20,000 to provide a pension for Mrs. Turner and her children, who now number three. The Fund is still far short of its objective, and donations sent to "Turner of Moffat Inlet Fund" at 604 Jarvis Street, "Toronto will he gratefully received. ••• TA LE TALKS ••• Onions, More Onions Fried Onion Slices If you arc inclined to weep easily ` while preparing onions, slice them unpeeled. The dry, outer skin will slip off the slices. Slice large onions (Bermuda are best) in thirds, or about ?a inch thick. Arrange onions in frying pan. Add a few tablespoons of water. Cover. Simmer until just tender. Test with a fork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Now the slices are ready for browning. Add butter, or bacon fat - takes 11 or more tablespoons fat for 0 to 8 onions. Brown to a turn. Dion't stir. Leave lid off pan and brown onion slices gently. Use spatula and pan- cake turner to turn the slices with- out breaking. Perfectly browned onion slices smothering a juicy steak -there's a man's idea of a meal, Serve these tender, slightly browned on?on rings as the hot vegetable with sizzling steak or tender slices of liver, a green salad, and a fruit dessert. Baked Onions 6 large onions 4 slices buttered toast 1ie1 cup grated cheese 1 egg 1 cup milk % teaspoon salt f teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon mild -flavoured fat Peel, slice crosswise and boil onions until nearly tender. Drain well. Place tate buttered toast in the bottom of a baking dish. Ar- range the onions on the toast and sprinkle with the grated cheese. Beat egg and milk and add salt and paprilca. Pour this mixture over the onions and dot with fat. Bake in a moderate oven, 350°F, for about 40 minutes. • CROSSW RD PUZZLE 10. Exist 11. 2121te (Scot.) 17. Tops 10, Burden 32. Roman urban official 24. Geological ACROSS , Pleasant odors formation 1. Senatorial robe , Assert wrongly 25. Oceans A. Wise men 6, Eow 20. Young dogs 0. Sunken place 7, Young woman 27.00 a historical 12. Winglike . Perfect period I8, Iris plant 0. nether 28. Convalescence 14. Mouths 115. Cotton fabric It So, American bird 100. Universe 3.. Trimming Poker stake a. 21.Poker device Induce Fcett Poet cheing mist omint ranee crossing Moceaslne Balsas •l2laekthorn .. adfate ulls alt meats 1 _�ass Y t i lltltlog `Tune r'rift totlaCqq. lapttoor lsh ( ~' leaseter r�r• tsy0w1N) qopstool liy'fJ4161d1 A„ . QeSSj`i 1t11R: lsn m' t Tha ahawer to thio pwstio la e)aowhera on thlu page. '25. First nein- elutes 88, wickedness 30. Crystal gazer 83. Kettledrum 40. Spirit or evil 48. Crescent 45.1-Tarsebock atno 46. Dominy 47. San tr•h-Trtah 43. Paddle 40. ay way of 00. Steen 11©1111®11111 SikWAIIIIIN illill�� ° AEON 111111111 1111111111111111 Mil NUN ill 1111111111016 �r MW 'IIIIIIIWilli 411111111111 Onion Shortcake 10 medium-sized onions 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons fat Biscuit dough 1 cup medium creme sauce '.i cup chopped parsley 14 teaspoon paprika Dash of nutmeg ;ii cup grated cheese 1 Egg Peel and slice onions and sprinkle with salt. Melt fat in frying pan and add onions. Cover and simmer until tender. Drain well. Prepare a biscuit dough using 1 cup flour as a base and adding 2 tablespoons tomato catsup with the milk. This should be a drop batter rather than a "roll -mit" dough. Prepare 1 cup medium cream sauce, add paprika, parsley, nutmeg and cheese and beat an egg into it. Place cooked onions in bottom of a deep greased casserole. Pour sauce over onions and drop dough from a spoon on top. Bake in a hot oven, 423"F, for about 20 minutes or until dough is cooked. Scalloped Onions In Tomato 0 large onions, sliced 3 tablespoons flour teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons mild -flavoured fat ?i teaspoon salt 11d„ -caps tomato jni,:e Arrange half of the onions in a casserole, sprinkle with half of the flour, the salt and pepper. Dot with fat. Repeat ingredients in a second layer. Pour over the tomato juice. Bake at 400°F, for 35. to 40 minutes, Six servings. Creamed Fried Onions 2 tablespoons mild -flavoured fat 4 cups sliced onions (4-6 medium) 4 tablespoons flour 2 cups hot milk Salt and pepper to taste Melt in frying pan. Add onions, cover and cook slowly until tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in flottr and cook 1 minute longer. Pour in the hot milk and cook until thickened. Season to taste. Serve with sliced hard -cooked eggs, liver or meat. CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke May 24th hoe Ow ay-, been as tradititn,al date ort %shitII all good farmers "tura out" lh, ir cside to gran. !f the rattle are turned Gut snonrr it Means one ..1 tiro things - either the farmer i; ant of lute and rousafered it unprofitable to buy it, or he is inexperienced and doesn't know ally Lct(rr. Cottle are 3I it i- ly kept in until that date to give the; pasture a shame to develop a sturdy growth before bring nctwed off by grass -hungry rattle. A1,0, until 11ay 24, there is usually a bit of rain, and if rattle are allowed to run in wet pasture a great deal of fodder is tviolet] by bring trumped down into the maul. Po, this May 24th cu tom is. 1 believe, quite usual it, Twiny parts of Ontario, although the 01 -thing tits=x' Thr}:=. is to keep the ,,.tile iu even longer. zit, tr.dar. and (hi,. is early i••. April, .'.c (:151' glibly a;utntmrc,l, "it 'z. 1-,;pecled the butter !Aloft.. gr,: will b.• greatly relieved diem rattle, are turned out to grass, '3131.13 It u wally about April nth!" Sometimes one wonders where its the world. the hill; digs. lip it; in- formation -or rather rte rids -inform- ation. * 5 5 True. the batter shortage may be somewhat relieved by that time - only for a very different reason. At least, that is how a "dirt farmer" views the .situation. Calves have a way of arriving fast and furious in early spring, and with the calves there is naturally an increase in the milk supply -often far exceeding the milk shipper's daily quota. The extra milk, must of course, be sold somehow, some 'fere. On some farms it is separated and sold to the creamery. More butter! On other farms the extra milk goes as "surilus" to the city dairies -and what they do with it is anybody's guess. The farmer would often like to l:ttOw. * 't * Bet why, out why, should a short- age of anything be advertised? We find out roan enough when we can't get wliat we wast. To broadcast the rri,tence of a shortage of any- thing is one sure and certain way to create Patio buying. 1 was et -en guilty of it myself last week without even realising what 1 was doing. Bob was going to town and I ueeden hu .ter -aur usual two pounds. But .hen the radio spread its Aire news alit :ul I said to Bob --"Maybe atm h. 11 better bring hack three poutt1.--perhapsthere won't be any nest week." See what I nttatl In rite country? Ah, yes! Do wean ,ii, ,LV the miracle of sprin t is beginning all over again? Sr ow - drops are blooming; green shouts of daffodils and narcissi are several incixs high-ecnnc even have buds just altpeering. There is also a light- er shade to the willow branches, and shrubs have pitt-pointe of color on their tightly twisted buds. But alas. it is precious little time I have for seeing it all just at pres- ent, as 1 amt completely bogged by extra work in the house. We are in the process of hiving a few :,iter- ations done arotnil here. First the carpenters arrive; they pull dower one partition and insert a new one; rip out the door and pttt in a win- dow: and, although the work is in one corner of the house yet old pla- ster. shavings and sawdust get tramped into every room. After the carpenters, a couple of brick- layers and plasters arrived. Now their work is also finished which means there is plenty of painting for ere to do before the plumbers appear on the scene. And having a ben- around on crutches doesn't help n cry notch. Ily the way, I have suddenly discovered a non with one foot tracks in more dirt than one with two. There are no railways ir. Afghan- istan; merchandise is carried either by email or pony. Skin Eruptions stere In it dean, stainless. nenetrn tine ontlsrptte nil that brings &nerdy relief from the (telling and diseonfmrt. Not only does this healing nntiernlle nil nranste ennui nod hetillhy healing in mien owes ental ,v ttllinls belt t,olis old simple alerts oro ohm relteted. fn *kin nf(rolisnp the {trillion of Perrone le enneldr attained. Pommes-stein eruptions dry no raid scale oft la a eery May days. The same Is true of rinrber's 11th. Snit Sheilah Itching Tars- find Vert and other hnlanvnntmre stein disorders. Yon Son obtain Stsmre's Emerald 011 (n the nriektN bottle nt nor modern dens store. Satisfaction or money back, ANSWER TO THIS WEEK 5 PUZZLE B1,ghdad, 3.1Ilicd Mohammedan of culture, learning and ro- mi nee, '113,1 buil, b'tweeil 762 and 701 A.D., by Abu Jaffar. CHOICE FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS Ornamental Trees, Shrubs ItrsrR r+ s ficeea, Perennials, ti lads 1,5000 k ego, t is of Htnrk of All Lrr,d•sg t7u iet ire pp0 Acres ...ler cultivation Ste our 0.n.:,1 sa•%•u1 r.r write for free Condos -no 3 fainting Outdo 0. 1;. PRI DITOMIieE 1, SONS, LTD., BEAMSVILLE, Ontario. "An important pare of my diet ever since my first bottle has been Crown Brand Corn Syrup. Now, that may be all sight for a little character like myself, but let me tell you, these grown-ups sure are lucky what with Mom serving them Crown Brand Corn Syrup with so many of their dishes. And she uses it in her baking, too, as a sweetener. I can hardly wait until I'm old enough to have some hot waffles or pancakes smothered with delicious Crown Brand. If it's 2s good as it is in my cereal- Dlmmmm !" For years doctors have recom- mended the use of Crown Brand Corn Syrup as a satisfactory carbo- hydrate acting as a milk modifier for bottle-fed infants. CR NI Et C k.!i, E 4t SYRUP NE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LTD. MONTREAL - TORONTO Also Manufacturers of Canada Corn Starch cat "I'll raise with of package of sumer-delicious Post's Grape -Nuts Flakes" "OK, pal. That's a blue chip if I ever saw one -speaking delici- onaly, of course." "And these malty -rich. homy - golden Post's Grape•Nuts Flakes are a whole stack of good nourish- ment." "A spadeful of carbohydrates for energy,' "And minerals for muscle and growth and rich blood." "Using two grains instead of one in making Post's Grape -Nuts Flaltes is a pair that really pays off --in double breakfast enjoyment and rosy -cheek Nourishment" "Fcilahs-I think I'll pop over to the grocer's right now and buy up enough Post's Grupe -Nuts Flakes for a full house." LITTLE REGGIE Ay Margarita THE WEDDING MARCH IS ,ABOUT TO START,,, REMEMBER .. REGINALD BE POISED !, III 1 PI? 58 �I •... , II��f I r ^ d 5 i Z l�% i 14•i,•. . e'-. j I Ili'!1'•.'' `' j !iT:r. st• t.t. 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