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Today, instead of recipes, a
little talk about the Christmas
turkey - how to prepare it,,
Book it and, finally, to carve it,
Perhaps it might be an idea to
chew the latter part of it to the
erre who actually does the care-
ing, qk* *
To deal with pesky p l n
feathers, a strawberry Intl 1 e r
sloes a commendable job, but a
pair Of tweezers is even better,
or really "all-out" coverage,
however, try coating the bird
with hot paraiiin. When hard-
ened, peel off this coating and
most of the pin -feathers, even
the little ones, will come right
oft!
If you have that sneaking sus-
picion that your bird is a bit
tough, rub it with lemon juice,
inside and out, before stuffing.
Tender treatment, this!
When it comes to stuffing the
bird, use a funnel for a neater,
taster job, •
Generally speaking, it is best
to spoon in lightly about 1 cup
of stuffing per pound of the
weight of the turkey, Dressing
expands during roasting, you
know.
For varied texture and taste
interest, try adding a few crush-
ed potato or corn chips to the
stuffing, along with the bread
crumbs.
Tie a few sprigs of celery un-
der the turkey's wings before
roasting. This adds moisture to
the meat, and flavor to both the
meat and the gravy.
If roasting the gird in an open
pan, wrap the leg bones and
wing tips with strips of bacon
so that they won't become char-
red. Bacon adds flavor, too.
If you prefer turkey roasted
in a covered pan, but lack a suit-
ably large container, try -this
trick: Encase your gobbler in a
Flag of Hope -- Nato's new blue -
and -silver flag rises for the first
Hole during the recent Atlantic
Exposition in Parts, France. A
blue field, symbolizing the At-
lantic Ocean, forms the back-
ground f or a silver compass,
rose, symbol of the common aims
of NATO member nations. In the
background is the French no-
tional flag.
large cloth hag which has been
• saturated in melted shortening.
Place the "bagged turkey" In an
open roaster, and baste through
the bag now and then during the
roasting period.
Another roasting aid. Loose-
ly cover the top of the turkey
with a double layer of cheese
cloth, well saturated with melt-
ed shortning, Boast the turkey
slowly, keeping this cloth cover-
ing well saturated with shorten-
ing at all times. Automatically,
the bird is basted as it roasts.
Later, use this same fat -im-
pregnated cloth to wrap about
leftover slices of turkey, It keeps
t h em far more moist and
palatable,
For a professional look, glaze
the turkey with tart jelly about
1/2 hour before it Is completely
done. * *
When serving the turkey give
the carver a fair break. Place
one of those lacy looking, large,
transparent doilies under and
around the platter to protect the
cloth. Also provide sharp tools,
a finger bowl, and a spare nap-
kin.
Place a side table or teacart
beside the carver to relieve some
of the on -table congestion. Re-
member, too, when placing the
turkey -on the table, to have the
bird flat on its back with the legs
extending to the carver's right,
and the neck, to the carver's left.
• Provide an extra plate to re-
ceive the drum sticks, thighs
and wings, which are cut off
before the body meat is sliced.
* * a
What to do with turkey and
dressing leftovers is a subject
which has been hashed and re-
hashed — literally as well as
figuratively. Plain sliced turkey
sandwiches are hard to beat,
and broth -moistened dressing,
reheated and served with gravy
is top-flight fare. However, here
are new ideas, for good measure:
. Make balls of dressing and
place them around a roast dur-
ing the last Vs hour of cooking
time.
If some of the family objects
to giblets in the dressing or
gravy, save them out for sand-
wich treats for those who really
appreciate them. For these, com-
bine 1 cup ground, cooked gib-
lets; 1 tablespoon each of finely
chopped onions, green peppers
and pimientos; 1/2 cup chopped
celery; Si cup mayonnaise; and
salt and pepper to taste.
Bus Conductor's Find
On Boxing Day ninety-five
years ago Charles Dickens sat in
his study in Tavistock Square,
London, and wrote a letter to a
Publisher friend. In it he record-
ed that he had just finished his
Child's History," having closed
it "because its romantic charac-
ter could not be easily preserv-
ed."
That yellowing letter has just
turned up—in a scrapbook which
bus conductor William R. Baia -
man, of Maidstone, found while
going through the effects of his
mother-in-law who died some
months ago.
"We nearly burned the scrap-
book with a lot of other old
papers," he said. "What a good
job I decided to dip into it!"
He also found a letter written
by explorer David Livingstone to
a friend before he left for his
famous trip to Africa, where he
was ultimately found by H. M.
Stanley. Nobody knows how the
letters got into the scrapbook.
Gals`Monifor-.If you have long-winded clients and are pressed
for time, this invention by Harold P. Strand ought to be right up
your alley. Simply place the receiver in the pickup unit and let
phone rest in the cradle. Plunger in rest automatically switches
on an amplifier, permitting two-way conversation. At the same
time the hands are free to carry on business or to cup over the
ears when the conversation drags,
HAS REAL NOT JOB
Charles Tagora is a man with
one Of the hottest jobs in the
world. Now touring in "Chu
Chin Chow on Ice," he is a fire-
eater ---though the .One thing he
tries not to do is to swallow the
enormous flames which he blows
so effectively from his mouth..
There is no trickery attached
to his act, It's as dangerous as
it looks, and his fingers are cov-
ered with burn scars, His chest
is red from continuous exposure
to the hot flames. The enamel
has been seared from his teeth,
He had a new burn on his lips
When we saw him, but the blisters
didn't seem to worry him, He
has got so used to them that he
hardly notices the pain. His prin-
cipal worry is to avoid internal
burns,
The secret of his act is to ex-
hale the whole time. Even the
shortest intake of breath will
cause the flames to shoot down
his throat, That happened once,
five years ago, "My voice band
was burned out," he stated,
"I was bad for three months,
then gradually learned to speak
once more,"
Draughts are a menace to him.
An unexpected wind blowing
through the hall can endanger
his life. One night, he had ex-
haled all the air in his lungs.
IA the ordinary way, the flame
would have gone out, but this
time a draught kept it alive. As
Tagora breathed .in, the flame
whipped back and set Bre to his
costume. Within a few seconds
he was a blazing mass.
He has had his costumes burn-
ed three times; has been serious-
ly burned himself five times, Not
content with playing with fire
he is a sword swallower as well.
Tagora showed us his gleaming
sword which measures nineteen
inches. He had an X-ray photo-
graph taken to And how long a
sword he could use without pierc-
ing the pit of his stomach.
All he is allowed for six hours
before each show is one cup of
tea. The smallest amount of food
in the stomach could interfere
with the course of the sword. As
it is, he has often had internal
cuts and grazes.
Charles Tagora began his act
after a serious fall during his
days as a horse acrobat. He
was in hospital for a year, and
then three months in a leather
jacket. Acrobatics were out of the
question after this, and he deci-
ded to take up fire-eating.
From just a few flame effects,
he developed the sensational act
which has made him one of the
most famous fire-eaters in the
world. He uses a pint and a half
of benzine at each performance.
"And I got burned every day
for three months while learning,"
Alan Ladd Gets
"Done" In Wax
Only the great — apart from
the infamous in the Chamber of
Horrors — find themselves in
model form at Madame Tus-
saud's, The world's leading peo-
ple are there. And it came as a
surprise to Plan Ladd—who des-
pite the swaggering characters
he so often portrays on the
screen, is an astonishingly mo-
dest young man—when he was
asked to join the celebrities. He
has just been added to the ex-
hibits.
A reporter went along to see
him transferred into a wax mo-
del. He was fascinated by the
process, and as meek as a lamb
while they took complicated
facial measurements, ensuring
that his nose, mouth and eyes
should be accurate to a fraction
of an inch in the model. They
took his height, length of body,
arms and legs.
Hands can be tricky to copy
correctly, so Alan was asked if
he would mind a plaster cast be-
ing made of them, The snag
was that the star has a lot of
hair on the back of his hands
and arms, and these hairs had
to be shaved off,
He agreed cheerfully to the
shaving process, and stood there
while his hands were dried,
smeared with oil and then dip.
ped into liquid plaster.
"You've got me! "he crx-
claimed. "I couldn't get at my
gun now if I tried!"
The gun which the model
holds, incidentally, is genuine.
Police permission had to be ob-
tained before this was allowed;
but for safety's sake the stocks
are made of plaster. Just In
case the model should come to
life, I suppose, You never know
what's going to happen in a wax
museum!
The most unusual thing about
the Alan Ladd model is that it
is the only one in the museum
with a double hair style. People
can see him first of alt in the
costume he wears in his new
film, "Shane," with the curly
hair that was adopted by him for
the role.
After a few months this cos-
tume will be changed into an
ordinary suit, with a mackintosh
and slouch hat, and the 'urly
hair will then he replaced by his
normal hair style,
•
Taking Manhattan Back?—New Yorkers must" have thotight the
old gag gbput giving.Manhattan back to the Indians had come
true when they sow Chief Paul Horn riding his horse amid Park
Avenue traffic, The chief, a leader of the Mohawk tribe, was just
on his way to the International Children's Bazaar.
A World Bohm
In Marbles
To -day trade is booming in
the marbles business. Almost
overwhelmed by world orders,
British manufacturers are ex-
porting to GO countries ' at the
rate of 100,000,000 marbles a
year, It's an all-time record!
When cash is tight there is ex-
tra scope for simple, inexpensive
pursuits—like marbles playing.
That's one reason why the old
game his leaped in popularity--
from
opularity—from China to Peru—in the last
few years. Manufacturers add to
the demand by buying marbles
for industrial uses,
Curiously, 'people who live in
warm climates are the keenest
marbles players. Approaching
the Arctic Circle, it's almost im-
possible to make a sale, But
South America—one of the big-
gest buyers .- and Malaya and
Fiji go for British marbles in a
big way,
There's one difference in the
trade now compared with earlier
in the century, when a few clay
marbles were found in every
schoolboy's pocket and glass mar-
bles were "luxury goods." Clay
marbles, it seems, had their last
fling during the war. Nowadays,
the manufacturers sell 8 or 9
glass marbles to every clay one.
Just Push a Button,
Make Your Own Snow
It's going tobe a white Christ-
mas this year whether the
weatherman co-operates or not.
Instead of counting on the fickle
forecaster to provide a Christ-
masy atmosphere, homemakers
are planning to create wintry
settings indoors with handy
decorating aids that spray syn-
thetic snow at the touch' of a
finger. Some are even outdoing
nature by ordering their Christ-
mas snow in bright shades of
red, green, pink or blue.
Packed in pressure -powered
metal containers, these push-
button aerosols can he used
with striking results on Christ-
mas trees, holly wreaths, par-
cels, table decorations, window
panes and mirrors. And there is
no danger from fire.
A Christmas tree can be gaily
decorated or completely blan-
keted with the snowy material.
The ingenious will quickly dis-
cover that a few squirts will
transform such a simple mater-
ials as pine cones and boughs,
sprigs of holly or short lengths
of birch log into attractive table
and mantle decorations.
With a little more patience
anyone can "paint" a Christ-
mas scene or "write" a season's
greeting 00 a window pane or
mirror. To "paint" a scene, just
prepare a simple. cut-out card-
board mask for each color area
and spray around it, Keep the
design simple by using broad
areas rather than fine lines, be-
cause the fluffiness of the resin-
ous snow doesn't have quite
enough .adhesion to hold in fine
lines when the mask is removed
after spraying.
To "write," spray within an
inch of the surface. To duplicate
closely Nature's downy flakes,
stand at least 24 inches from the
object being decorated. The
greater the distance, the fluffier
the deposit, Allow five minutes
to dry before handling In all
rases.
Although these indoor snow
falls are easily removed with a
Whisk, broom or vacuum clean-
er, areas arouhd Items to be
sprayed should be protected.
with newspapers or other env-
Brings. Any stubborn flakes
clinging to surfaces impervious
to . water can be dislodgeo with
a hot, damp cloth.
Canned snow storms are just
one of a long list of recently de-
veloped self -dispensing products
that spray on everything from
paint to perfume. "Freon," a
non-flammable, virtually' non-
toxic and odorless compound
which . acts as the coldmaking
agent in many mechanical ref-
rigerators, provides the propel-
lent pressure in most of these
squirt bombs. The liquified gas
propellant takes the place of
bullcy, expensive air compres-
sors to 'force the contents nut of
the• can in liquid or foam form.
Shortly to appear are a num-
ber of different preparations for
restoring the lustre and color to
certain types of faded furs.
Some actually dye the fur,
others are specifically designed
for restoring the sheen to older
furs. All, however, require the
know-hnw of a professional fur-
rier for best results in shading.
An Idea That Other
Places Leight Copy
We've ever been among those
who resent the sometime prac-
tice of police authoritity to over-
step its bounds in putting the
pinch on private citizens.
But the combination of Depu-
ty Sheriffs and Highway Patrol-
men who early Sunday checked
outlying whisky joints and nab-
bed the drunks before they got
behind the wheels of their auto-
mobiles, is deserving of endorse-
ment. It bears explanation, pos-
sibly,. that the officers were not
after whisky, per se; but after
those who swill it until all hours
and then try to drive through a
drunken fog to their homes.
The drive was successful, even
if somewhat embarrassing to
those who were caught indulg-
ing in a little private fun. By
dawn three were jailed for
drunken-driving, eleven for pub-
lic drunkenness, two for having
no drivers' license and another
for maintaining a public nui-
sance. But the important part of
the success was that not a single
traffic accident was reported in
the city and environs between 3
a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday,
All of which goes to show that
prevention is still the bigger
part of the cure. — Tulsa World.
Boy Ploughed Up
Fortune In Gold
By A, J, Forrest
In Rome, one daY this sum-
mer, lovely, dark*eyed Teresa
Francini was sobbing violently
As her' nineteen -year-old fiance
drew away ,from her, "So You're
leaving me for good!" she cried
alter him, White-faced, Ciro
Maragliano hurried to the street
below her flat,
Suddenly, a piercing shriek
rang out, And to his horror he
saw Teresa plummeting down on
to the pavement from an upper
window, Like lightning,' 'he
stepped forward and took the
full shock of her body. Both
had minor injuries, but their
agonies turned to laughter as
they made up their quarrel in
the old, old way, as in many of
those cases mentioned in the re-
cent Tit -Bits article "Suicide
LeapsLands Girl in Lover's
AXms,�
Suicidal intentions, twisted by
fate into a swirl of happiness,.
How often joy leaps at us un-
expectedly. You never can tell
how, when or where happiness
may, hit you. An ear-splitting
thunderstorm can bring you a
wife; a frisking rabbit lead you
to treasure trove; a smack in the
eye from your partner's tennis
racket can reward you with
romance,
If Fate's exploits are in-
scrutable, so no less baffling is
the sudden way in which the
minx bestows her favours and
graces,
Manfred Stuehrer, a refugee
from Silesia, lived for a year in
a Bavarian camp, but hard as
he tried he failed to get per-
manent work. He fell in love
with Annerl, a local girl, but
without money or means his
idyll seemed but a mocking
dream. So, a few weeks ago, he
decided to emigrate. Cafnada ap-
peared a land of golden prom-
ise.
Loose Pools Coupon
Bidding his girl farewell, per-
haps for ever, he hitch -hiked to
Pforzheim, a popular halting
place for cars travelling along
the autobahn to Frankfurt. For
hours he waited. No one offered
him a lift. Then a glamorous
and pretty, though hardfaced
girl motored towards him. But
when he "thumbed" her, she
laughed scornfully, and tossed
him a newspaper, saying:
"Something for you to read."
Infuriated, he settled clown to
wait again.
For want of something better
to do, he scanned the news-
' paper. A loose football pool
coupon fluttered out of it. He'd
once won a small sum in the
pools, and he casually filled in
a line, Then along swept a very
elegant car, whose driver, a
wealthy factory owner, offered
him a lift, Manfred scrambled in-
side, clutching the'`footbali pool
coupon. As they travelled, he
told the other of his ambitions
and disappointments.
At Mannheim, were they
stopped for petrol, the factory
owner noticed a lorry which was
just about to leave for Bremen.
"Quick," he said, "take it and
get to your port for Canada." So
Manfred scuttled off. Finding
himself left with a completed
football pool coupon, the factory
owner posted it after first
writirig his name and address
on the bottom. Then miracles
began to happen. Manfred had
filled in a winning line!
Policeman's Good News
The factory owner traced the
lorry which took Manfred to
Bremen, found out it had dump-
ed him . at a shipping office, and
'phoned that office. Then as
Manfred, still waiting for a
boat, lay huddled in his day
Clothes on a rough bed in one
�P the city's homes for the desti-
tute, a policeman shook hint
vigorously. "Wake up, . Cheer UP
and get up," said the 'leW.
"You've won 17,300 marks
(about /e1,500) in 'a football
pool!"
Stunned by the good luck fate
nad bestowed on him, Manfred
tried to persuade the factory
owner to accept a half share.
No, he must keep it all, And,
imagine Annerl's joy when, out
of the bine, he returned to her,
feeling like a millionaire — and
rich endugh, indeed, to lead her
to the altar,
When Great Yarmouth carne
in for bombing by the Luft-
waffe, four-year-old Arthur
Vice was evacuated to Woking.
Like" any youngster suddenly
uprooted, he felt unhappy at
first,,. But he was befriended,
quite by accident, by an Abys-
sinian lady, She took him to
her home on several occasions,
gave him tea, and played with
him in her garden,
His, Fairy Godmother
Now seventeen years old, a
machinist assistant employed by
a local timber firrn, Arthur had
a shock when, the other day, s
Yarmouth oMcfal handed 'him a
savings bank book, Yes, all the
money in it was for him, put
aside diligently in bis name by
his Woking benefactress, a real
princess, though he never guess-
ed it. Though she is dead now,
Princess Asfa Yilma will live for
ever in Arthur's memory as a
real-life fairy godmother.
Fate also smiled kindly on an-
other Norfolk lad, Ray William-
son of Heacham: Employed by
Sir Stephen Green as a tractor
driver, he was ploughing a field
beside 'Ken Wood one Novem-
ber day five years ago, when he
suddenly turned up some scraps
of old, metal, "bits of derelict
brass bedstead" he supposed
them to be. The farm's foreman,
raking them over, thought dif-
ferently. He asked an archaeolo-
gist from King's Lynn to exam-
ine them,
Then, as experts pored over
these pieces, their eyes glinted,
Here, they saw, were sectors of
tubular gold necklets, beauti-
fully fashioned chieftain's wear
in the Iron Age, 2,000 years ago,
rare treasures indeed.
Happiness In Disguise
Though his chance find was
declared "treasure trove," and
as such the Crown's property,
the British Museum rewarded
Ray with cheque for £400.
Two years later, another of
Sir Stephen's ploughmen,
twenty - two - year - old Tommy
Rout, turned up in the same
treasure "seam" an even finer
hoard of gold necklets. And his
reward from the British Muse-
um was a cheque for £1,850!
Happiness often assumes a
craftily masked, even painful
disguise.- Sybil Thorndike, as a
young girl, had set her mind on
becoming a professional pianist.
But a broken wrist cut short
her ambition, "I must now
study for the stage," she told
herself. And so, a magnificent
career was launched, ono hold-
ing all lovers of classic act-
ing in its debt to -day.
A woman told her doctor she
was sure she had an obscure ill-
ness. He advised her not to be
foolish, that she couldn't' possib-
ly know whether she had it. The
disease, said he, carried with it
no discomfort whatever.
"But, doctor," she protested,
"that's exactly how 1 feel."
Old Hann Revived -- Here is an artist's impression of the first of two new 22,000.ion luxury ves-
sok now under donstruotlon at Clydebank, Stotland, and designed for the service of The Cunard
Steamship Company Limited between the United Kingdom and Quebec and Montreal, The Cunard
Line announced today that for the two new ships it has been decided to revive the names of two
!termer Cunarders that ware famous during the early part of this century, the "SAXONIA" and
the "IVEPNIA."