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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-3-25, Page 2SABLE TALKS Jay Andrews I can remember—and many of you can do so too --when there were about only two sorts of pie - pante: puff -paste, and the "regu- lar kind," But now there is an almost infinite variety in vogue, making use of such things as corn (takes, ginger snaps and so forth. Which is all to the good, be- cause with a new crust- an old pie favorite takes on fresh ap- peal and avoids monotony. So, while they're not meant to dis- place your own favorite pie -crust recipe by any means, just give Mese few 'specials" a trial some •gime, ' ', z* CORN FLAKES CRUMB PIE SHELL 4 cups corn flakes V, cup sugar r�r cup melted butter or mar- garine Crush corn flakes into fine crumbs; add sugar and butter and mix well. Press mixture evenly and firmly around sides and bottom of pie pan (save 2 tablespoons for topping). Bake chill before filling. This shell about 8 minutes at 250° F. and may be used without baking if chilled in refrigerator. 31 is, how- ever, difficult to remove from pan without breaking. For honey or molasses pie shell, substitute in the above recipe, 2 table- xpoons honey or molasses for the ala cup sugar. 4 4 * PEANUT:BUTTER CRUMB PIE SMELL 4 tablespoons peanut butter• 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine 1 tablespoon flour 2 tablespoons sugar 4 cups corn flakes Proceed as in method given for Corn Flakes Crumb Shell above, combining all ingredients thoroughly a n GRAHAM CRACKER PIE CRUST liaA cups fine graham cracker crumbs a✓i cup sugar ea cup melted butter Crush graham crackers into fine crumbs before measuring. Add sugar and butter and mix well. Press into sides and bot - bur Her?—Pretty Evelyn Dodson displays _a pair of new-born chinchillas small enough to snugglein a couple of coffee cups. A full-grown animal with e coat of the priceless fur prized by luxury -loving ladies is perch- ed on her shoulder. The animals were shown at a Chinchilla Breeders' Association conven- tion. tom of• 8-ineh pie plate. Chill until set (Reserve le cup, el this for pie topping, if you like.) GINGER SNAP PIE SHELL lea cups ginger snap crumbs . la cup confectioners' sugar ?a, cup melted butter Crush ginger snaps into fine erumfs before measuring. Add sugar and melted butter and mix thoroughly. Pat mixture firmly into pie pan; place in refrigera- tor and allow to stand for sev- eral hours before using. For the lemon tarts made by the recipe which follows you will need plain pastry for your tart shells. These tarts have a fine tangy flavor and a delicate meringue topping. 4 4 4 LEMON MERINGUE TARTS 1?'L cups sugar 5 tablespoons cornstarch la teaspoon salt. 11,4 cups milk or water 3 et g yolks, beaten ?4 cup lemon juice Grated rind of 1 lemon. 3 tablespoons butter or mar- garine Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and milk. cook until smooth and clear, about 5 minutes. Add beaten egg yolks and cook 5 minutes longer. Remove from heat; add lemon juice, grated rind and margarine, stirring well. Allow to cool. Pour into tart shells. Top with meringue. MERINGUE 3 egg whites 1 teaspoon lemon juice 6 tablespoons sugar Beat egg whites and lemon juice until stiff; add sugar slowly. Swirl meringue on top of tarts in peaks, or drop into filling in an "island" effect. Bake at 350° F. until golden brown (15-20 min- utes). This recipe makes 6-8 small tarts. 4 R 4 A rich pie that will prove a favorite with those who like nuts topping cheese and fruit is this one. DATE, NUT, CHEESE PIE 2 cups cottage cheese 2 eggs la cup sugar ?!c cup milk 2 tablespoons flour s 4 teaspoon grated lemon rind tablespoon lemon juice 1 eup chopped dates 3 tablespoons chopped pecans Press cottage cheese through fine sieve (or beat with electric mixer until smooth). Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sugar, milk, flour, lemon juice and rind. Beat until smooth and thoroughly blended. Add dates and beat just enough to mix. Pour into 9 -inch graham -cracker crumb -lined pie pan. Sprinkle with chopped pe- cans. Bake 1 hour (or until set) at 300° F. This pie is especially good when made into tarts, 4 w a To make tarts of fresh fruits or thawed, frozen fruits, 811 cooked shells as full as possible with the fruit (do not use much juice) and top them with a pre- cooked meringue and cook until meringue is golden brown. Peach- es, apricots, cherries, blueberries, strawberries — er any favorite fruit is good fixed in these tarts, PRECOOKED MERINGUE 2 unbeaten egg whites 1l cups sugar 34 cup water 32 teaspoon cream of tartar Pinch salt Combine all ingredients in top of double boiler. Place over briskly boiling water and beat with rotary boater until mixture Will hold a peak when beater is lifted. This takes 6-8 minutes. Spoon over fruit, spreading to cover. Cook justelong enough in over to brown meringue. 5 5 R -Banana whipped cream tarts eh Taylor and Son—Elizabeth Taylor holds her month-old son, Michael Howard Wilding, as he poses for his first picture, The baby was born to the movie star and her husband, British actor Michael Wilding. Forefron:ers at the U.N.—When the UN Security Council met to choose a successor to Trygve Lie as Secretary-General, these three men stood in the foreground as the most possible candidates. At left is Stanislaw Skrzeszewski, Polish Foreign Minister, Russia's candidate, The West's candidates are Lester B. Pearson (centre), Canadian President of the General Assembly; and Brig. General' Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines. are fluffy and sweet. Use corn flakes crumb crust for these. BANANA WHIPPED CREAM TARTS 2 cup whipping cream 18 marshmallows, sliced 2-3 telly ripe bananas, sliced 2 tablespoons sugar la teaspoon vanilla Whip cream; beat in sugar and vanilla; fold in marshmallows and bananas. Spread lightly in crusts. Serve immediately. Making Movies Down In Mexico There is just no chocolate in the world as good as the chocolate in Michoacan. Whether it's in the bean, or the processing, or the cinnamon, or the egg, or the whirring movement of the hand- somely carved swizzle sticks; or whether it's only tradition, no matter — there is no chocolate as good as the chocolate of Micho- acan. I think we were on our third or fourth cups when a group of youngsters, Ave to eight years old, struggled across the square, lugging crude wooden tables and chairs for our outdoor school scene. The town was cooperat- ing. As far as I knew, Pablo and Rosario had not left us since1°the planning of the night before, but somehow .our actors and props came out of nowhere and set themselves up scenewise. The little fellows in their little white suits, little scrapes, and little straw hats knew that our film dealt with education. Education meant school. School meant tables and chairs... . Then the problem struck us right between the eyes. I had to give directions in English to Carlos. Carlos had to give them in Spanish to Pablo. Then Pablo translated them in to Tarascan. The two translators went well beyond the bounds of their prim- ary functions. They posed like D. W. Grffith or C. B. DeMille of the early '20's— legs spread apart, bodies leaning forward. They cupped their hands, and megaphoned their own artistic interpretations, but the results were all the same. Our cast saw a camera (they had posed for still pictures before) and were determined that the,technique of grinning and watching the birdie was the all-time high in histri- onics. Time out. Nacho told them the whole story of the picture. It was a re-enactment of what had actually happened a few months before. Over thirty per cent of Mexico's population spoke some one of more than fifty distinct languages — no Spanish. To in- corporate these people into the Mexican Democracy, they had to be taught to read and write the national tongue. Experiments had been many, but the most suc- ressful means of accomplishing this end was the indirect ap- proach.First, tenchthem to read and write their own languages. Since there were no alphabets, a system of phonetirs was de- veloped, ... This, Nacho told them, was the story of our film. Yes, they wanted to cooperate. By all means, Maestro.. . I got nut a can of randy and passed it around. It's remark- able how children of all nationa- lities lose self-consciousness over a piece of candy. It may be that the very naturalness of the pro- cess of eating draws them out of any momentary mannerisms, It may have something to do with concentrated energy in sugar. It may he that they just like candy, and fix their agile little minds upon it until all else is forgotten. But no matter what, it turned the trick. --. Pablo,' by Alvin and Darietl Gordon. A Paris fortune teller who com- mitted suicide left a note explain- ing he hadn't the heart to rope with the tragic future he had foreseen for himself. What If She Gets Hungry?—Two-year-old "Schnurri," a feline pet of an Augsburg, Germany, schoolboy, is especially fond of the three mice whom she met a few months ago, and didn't show the slightest appetite for the tiny creatures. The cat even lets the mice play hide-and-seek in her fur. ..Plain Horse Sense.. by BOB ELLIS Dairy Surpluses Rt. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Min- ister of .Agriculture, made an interesting . statement in the House of Commons the other day. When a member asked him to commenton. surpluses of dried skim milk and cheese the Min- ister answered. "I am quite' sure my hon. .friend would not like to suggest to this houseor to anyone who. knows anything about the situation that there is any troublesome surplus of cheese. When Great Britain wanted to buy 5 million pounds 01 cheese recently ye had more trouble getting those 5 million pounds than in finding a mar- ket. There is no such thing as a troublesome surplus of cheese in Canada." "In so far as dried skim milk is concerned," he continued, " We have undertaken to take 10 million pounds off the market at a certain set price provided it can be obtained. This offer has been standing now for some considerable time, and up to the present it has not been accepted. That would seem to suggest that evert that market is not so troublesome as we had expected it might be." Farmers will do well to keep this information in mind in their price negotiations with the dis- tributors and processors, in case they are told that there are too many surpluses around. Vegetable Oils Mr. Gardiner put responsibili- ty for the importation of veget- able oils and their conversion into substitutes for dairy prod- ucts on the provincial govern- ments, He thought that at pres- ent seven provinces were con- sidering legislation dealing with edible oils,, As there Is no law against it in Ontario, imitations of ice cream . are already being manu- factured and sold. Unless farm- ers' organizations devise new ways and means to present their case, instead, of pretests to the government, they will be faced with ever increasing competi- tion in all markets for dairy products. To speak only of the plight of the fanner is not enough, There are o t'her points to be considered. One is nutrition. We do not know to what extent edible oils can replace milt and milk products in food value. Recent experiments at the University of Minnesota showed that dairy calves fed skint milk with • vegetable oils instead of butter- fat died before they were three months old. Some who were switched to whole milk before three months were saved. Another point is soil conser- vation. If, due to a reduction of milk consumption, the number of dairy cattle should be reduc- ed, this is bound to have adverse effects on the land. And ie farm- ers would tryto make up for lost milk markets by' growing oil-bearing hoe -crops like soy- beans and sunflowers, Ontario farm soils would soon be de- pleted. There is a danger not to be underrated and of import- ance to the nation as a whole. The strongest argument, of course, is the effect a- greatly reduced purchasing power of the farmer would have on all those whose employment and liveli- hood depends on selling their products to the farmer. Support from Labour It stands to reason that the men who make the things the farmer has to buy like plows, binders, fertilizer, bindertwine etc., have an interest in the fin- ancial position of the farmer. If he cannot buy the things they make, they lose their jobs. And if they lose their jobs, their wives and daughters cannot .buy the milt and bacon and eggs and cheese the farmers produce. The well-being of one group depends on ,the well-being of the other group. Realizing all this the Ontario Federation of Labour has made an offer to the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture to get to- gether and explore the possibili- ties of co-operation, So far this offer has not been taken up. 4 s ° Tire v'riter of this colonwI,ll be pleased to hear 1 m farnters, or others inter'eSted ill farm problems, at any time. Criti- cisms, suggestions for subjects to be dealtwith, knocks or boosts — all will be welcome Just ad - times Hob Ellis, Hoe 1, 123 Eight- eenth St. Nwc Toronto, Ont. Being a young man just start- ing out in life you probably will be interested, even eager, to know what size town supplies the greatest percentage o£ prom- inent men, A study of Who's Who in America reveals that cities of about 8,000 inhabitants lead all other communities in produc- ing prominent people. Control OfCarpet Beetles And Moths • •. . Investigation . seems to indi- cate that carpet beetles may be just as injurious in Canadian homes .as clothes moths. Fortun- ately similar control methods apply to both, says entomologist C. Graham MacKay, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Although various =chemicals are now available to assist the housewife in her fight sgainst these pest, it should not be over- looked that good housekeeping, including the regular•use of a vacuum cleaner on rugs, uphol- stered furniture and creeks in flooring, is an important mea- sure In the protection of wool- lens. Long-lasting, residual in- seeticides, several of which have been developed in recent years, are very effective in the control of fabric pests, providing protec- tion for several months. A thor- ough spraying, at least once a year, using a residual insecti- cide such as 5 per cent DDT, preferably in a refined kerosene base, is highly recommended. Residual insecticides should be applied as rather coarse sprays or by mans of a paint brush, thor- oughly wetting surfaces on which adult mothsare likely to occur. Such surfaces include the walls and shelving • of clothes closets, the interiors of dresser ' drawers, chests, trunks and other places of storage. Breeding areas where the lar, vae of clothes moths and carpet beetles are likely to be located should also be thoroughly and forcefully sprayed in order to penetrate accumulations of lint, dust and other material. These areas include cracks and crevices in flooring and around base- boards throughout the house, particularly in clothes closets; also cold air ducts in the heat- ing system which should first be vacuumed -to remove accumula- tions of dust and lint. The under - surfaces of rugs, carpets, and scatter mats should . be well sprayed. Upholstered furniture, if in- fested, should,be lightly sprayed, particularly between cushions, or should be treated with a moth- profiting material. Sodium •fiuosi- licate (silicofluoride) dissolved in hot water at the rate of two ounces per gallon and applied when cool to fabrics untiy they are thoroughly wet, provides protection for many months. In- fested blankets and other wool- lens may be lightly sprayed or exposed to either sub -zero tem- peratures inwinter or strong sunlight in summer. Woollen garments not in use should be dry-cleaned before storing; they are then much less attractive to fabric pests. The felts in pianos should be SOME TYPES YOU SEE THROUGH A WINDSHIELD a;ll7�il *,lot The Highly Organized treated with a residual kneed-, tide, preferably DDT as it re- mains effective for a long period, The regular 5 per cent DDT household spray having a kero- sene base is suitable, ,Emulsions of water -base sprays should net be used as they may cause rust - Ing of piano strings and other metal parts. Mothballs, naphthalene flakes and .paradichlorobenzcne MDich- loricido) are effective only when confined with woollens in a tight- ly enclosed, practically airtight space that will retain their va- pours, They afford practically no protection in the ordinary clothes closet as they are not re- pellents as is commonly believed, and the average clothes closet will not retain their vapours sufficiently to permit the build- up of a lethal concentration. Box- es, paper bundles, garment bags,' and stroage chests, in which these 'materials are used for the pro- tection of woollens, should be sealed with strips of adhesive paper or other material to. en- sure the destruction of ally insect present. Mr. Mullett, cautions •,that DDT is poisonous to humans and pets, as well as to insect(, It should not, therefore, be ,tiermit- ted to come in contact with food materials, dishes and cooking utensils. If the insecticide is spill- ed on the skin, it should be wash- ed off with soap and water, Why Not Crochet That Spring Hat? Women with some experience crocheting, and a little imagina- tion, can mak: their own varia- tions on a basic spring hat style,. utilizing imitation straw. Put six or seven single crochets in a small circle of chain stitches, depending upon how tightly you crochet. Then work in single cro- chets around in each row, ad- ding as many stitches, evenly spaced, as you started with. Work until the circumference of your work is 22 inches, or whatever hat size you want. It will take 16 or 17 rows. Then work evenly to give the crown as much depth as you desire. To start the brim for a cloche, increase either one stitch in every four, or two in every seven, de- pending upon the tightness of your work. Then work evenly until the brim is as deep as you want. A turned up brim, for a hat with a shallower crown, can be made the same way. If you want a rolled brim, work the last row with a hook one or two sizes smaller than you use for the rest of the hat, causing it to pull in. For a piercrust brim, increase one stitch in every eight to start. In the next row, increase one stitch in every other stitch, then work evenly until the brim is the desired width. For the commonly sold straw substitute (Belastraw) you use anything from a No. 1 to an 00 steel hook, or the corresponding bone hooks, If you have a small amount of another colour, you can make the last row in contrast. The hat also can be dressed up with cords around the crown, or, for a cloche, h. ribbon. Thieves broke into a New .York apartment and stole the tenant's • uninsured diamond ring, Jeaving the fully insured ring untouched. O.K., So It's Art—This may look like something your child might bring home from kindergarten, but you better have a second look, because it is Henri Matirse's "Composition On a Green' Background," A French girl t'thni:es the work of the world famous painter at the Galeria Bergruen in Paris.