Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-01-13, Page 6�l Jif TABLE TALKS dm, &am Anew, I•low would you like to bake a cake — and then get a cheque for twenty-five thousand dollars for it. Weil, that's just what hap- pened a few weeks ago to a South Dakota woman! She's Mrs. Ber- nerd IKanago, the wife of a painter - paper - hanger, and she was one of a hundred finalists in a big baking contest sponsored by a prominent United States hoar -manufacturing concern, The contest attracted hundreds of thousands of entries from all parts of the States, and from far- away places such as Puerto Rica, Hawaii and Alaska. The "bake -Off" among the fin- alists took place at the famed Waldorf-Astoria In New York and here is the recipe which took down the grand prize. INSPIRATION CAKE (Makes two 9 -inch round layers) 1 cup finely chopped nuts 2 ounces sweet or semisweet chocolate 211 cups sifted enriched flour 41/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 11 cups sugar % cup shortening 11/ cups milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup egg whites (4 large or 5 medium) unbeaten 1. Place nuts evenly over bot- tom of two well -greased and lightly floured 9 -inch round layer pans. 2. Sift. together Hour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into mix- ing bowl. Add shortening, milk, and vanilla. 3. Beat for 11/ minutes, 150 strokes per minute, until batter is well blended. (With electric mixer blend at low speed, then beat at medium speed for 1/ minutes.) 4. Add egg whites. Beat for 11/2 minutes. 5. Spoon one-fourth of batter carefully into each nut -lined pan, using about half of the batter. Sprinkle with the grated choco- late (half in each pan). Spoon remaining batter into p a n s, spreading carefully so chocolate is not disturbed. 5. Bake in moderate oven (350' F.) 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in pans 10 to 15 minutes be- fore turning out. Cool thorough- ly and frost layers, nut -side up, with chocolate frosting. Spread frosting between and on sides of layers, but frost only r:Z inch around top edge of cake and about 1 inch in center. Decorate chocolate frosting with reserve 1 cup white frosting, thinning with water a teaspoon at a time as necessary. I a CHOCOLATE FROSTING 2 squares (2 oz.) baking chocolate rs cup granulated sugar i cup water 4 egg yolks 1 cup butter or margarine 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar Method: - 1, Combine chocolate, granu- lated sugar and water in sauce- pang Coolt over low heat, stir- ring constantly, until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth., 2. Remove ,frons heat. Add egg yolks; beat thoroughly. Cool. 3, Cream butter and vanilla, Blend in confectioners' sugar gradually, creaming well. Re- serve i cup of •thls frosting to decorate cake. 4, Add the cool chocolate to remaining white frosting; beat until smooth, LONG -LIVING ANIMALS Exact figures about the age of animals are hard to specify, We know the age to which men and women live, because the date of their birth is entered in an official register, and the date of their death also is record- ed. Famous animals that are kept by men are registered in books kept for the purpose, so we know the age of prize horses, cattle and so on. The prize for the land animals has to be given to the tortoise. This animal is believed to live, under favourable conditions, for between 300 and 400 years. The crocodile, given fair play in its native Wilds can live for 300 years, It takes an elephant a long time to grow up, and it takes him a long time to wear out. Well treated, he should live to be a hundred. That is the age to which the eagle is supposed to live, but some people put the age he may reach at 200 years. Lit- tle is known about the age to which whales live, for they are seldom, if ever, kept or bred in captivity. They were once be- lieved to reach 500 and even 1,000 years, but 100 years seems a more likely span. In the following table the aver- age ages are given. For instance, we give fifteen years as the ave- rage life of a dog. You may have known of a dog, however, that lived to the fine old age of twenty. Such a case is very rare, though not unheard of. One year of a dog's life is about equal to seven years of a man's, so a twenty -year-old dog would be as old as a man of 140 years! THE NUMBER OF YEARS SOME ANIMALS LIVE Rabbit 5 Sheep 12 Cat 13 Dog 15 Goat 15 Cow 25 Pig .25 Horse 30 Camel 40 Lion 40 Elephant 100 Whale 100 Crocodile 300 Tortoise 350 Down To The Sea -- Ray Tissue Of Surfside, Calif., w,iq I$% looking for a new home now that the sea has claimed his old one, Just before falling into the churning sea, the rear of Tissue's home !eons precariously against the front of the house (top). The roof of the house crumbles under the force of the sea as the whole house Iles In the water (bottom). Shortly after these pictures were taken there was nothing left but a few pieces of wood. This was the third home destroyed in three days by high seas. What Is A Sponge? Many people wrongly think that a sponge la a sort of a Sea- weed. This is not surprising, 'for the sponge was once regarded as One of nature's puzzles, 'One 014 writer imagined that spongoe; were made out of the foam of the sea. Another thought they were worm houses, built by worms much as bees build honeycombs and as wasps build nests. The truth is that a sponge is an animal. The dry material that we use as "sponge" Is the horny Skelton. When it is alive this fibrous skeleton of the ani- mal has tiny veils plastered .ail over its surface In such a way that it forms a porous mass, The mouths, and tiny pores on the outside lead into a network of tubes large and small. The cells that are set around the pores and mouths, and lining the passages, have little finger- like processes which all move to- gether, A stream of water flows in at the pores and out again at the mouths, In this way food and the gases in the water are made to circulate to all the cells. Some sponges reproduce their kind by growing buds on the parent animal. Among other species there are males and fe- males, and the female sponges produce eggs that develop into single cells. At first these go swimming through the water, but afterwards they take root and form elaborate compound structures as we have described. There are sponges of all shapes, sizes and colors. Some are the size of a pinhead, some as tall as a man; some are fan- like, some tree -like, some cup- like, and some basket -like; some are built on a horny framework; some are made of lime; some have a glassy frame. Some are snow-white, some grass -green, some sky-blue, some red, . and some yellow. There are, in fact, many thousands of species of sponges. Most of them are not useful to us, but a number of different ones were used as long ago as the time of Homer. The husband of Venus, Hephaestus, or Vulcan, for instance, is des- cribed as bathing with a sponge. Look! She Dances! Cee k t4 4 She's 44 inches tall — and she DANCES! See the elastic strap that holds doll's feet to your lit- tle girl's. You couldn't give her anything that would please better, Easy - to - Make Pattern 649: transfer of 44 -inch doll, cutting chart for dress, Use straw yarn for hair. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly. PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. EXCITING VALUE! Ten, yes TEN popular, new designs to cro- chet, sew- embroider, knit — printed right in the Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book, Plus many more patterns to send for -. ideas for gifts, bazaar money- makers, fashions! Send 25 cents for your copy! POOR UMPS! This concerns the rookie who didn't like a strike Umpire George Moriarty called on him one day while working back of the plate. The player turned around and asked him how he spelled his name. Somewhat surprised, George replied: "Moriarty." The ballplayer sneered his answer: "That'e just what I thought. One eye!" Beauty Tip -A double feature for secretaries is this combination ball-point pen and lipstick. The twin novelty was recently dis- played at the Hannover, Germany, Fair. HOW THE KETTLES "SING" If you have a glass teakettle, fill .it half -full of water and watchit as the water comes to a boil. A small bubble will start to rise toward the surface of the water, but suddenly it will col- lapse. Another little bubble, and more and more and more of them will follow. The sudden collapse makes the walls of a bubble smack each other quite hard; and when there are many hundreds of such smacks, the tone has a high pitch that makes us think of singing, , That . noise stops when the water finally boils. Now the bub- bles do not collapse any more under the surface, hut explode on the water with a low-pitched "plop." How a Great Goalie Started His Career The little village of Chiceuti- 011 in northern Quebec stirred with excitement, On the streets, in the small business establish- ments, in homes, conversation was inevitably centered about, the coming visit of the great Montreal Canadiens hockey team, The Canadiens had accorded the small town a signal honor by scheduling an exhibition game with the ,local team, and festive preparations were made for the celebrated event. There was, of course, no spec- ualtion about the outcome' of the .contest, It was conceded, without' argument that the Canadiens 'would vanquish the local (earn with little trouble, There was, however, a great deal of antici- pation as to how the Canadiens would handle the pride of the Chicoutimi outfit, Georges, the town carpenter, Georges spent his spare time tending goal for the local biadesters, and was recognized in that neck of the woods as a competent goalie with big -league ability. • When the great day arrived, Georges was probably the only unruffled gent in Chicoutimi. His fellow citizens could barely contain their excitement, but Georges went about his day's work as usual, ate a light dinner, and walked unhurriedly to the local rink. When the game start- ed, he was a formidable looking figure in front of the Chicoutimi goal. He looked as big as a house, and in a few minutes proved himself just as invulnerable. As expected, the professionals skated rings around the local boys, and they were peppering the big carpenter almost contin- ually during the game. Time af- ter time, Georges turned back their savage shots with deft Melts Of his stick. When his atiolt wouldn't reach, he threw hitt body in front Of the pnek, block- ing every Welty abet. lie seem-, eel to know by instinct exactly what the hard -rubber puck was up to, and his timing was per - feet, In short, he made more, amazing saves that night than the ordinary goalie makes in a lifetime, The townspeople were. amazed by the fact that Montreal couldn't .whip the • local amateurs that night, but the Canadiens, with the philosophical attitude eom-. mon to professional player a, shrugged all the defeat, There was to come a time, in fact, when the Montreal management was to be thankful for the poor show- ing at Chicoutiini, for the Can- adiens signed the carpenter to a contract as their regular goalie, and while they didn't win that genie, they won an even more important victory. The pride of Chicoutimi not only made the grade that season, but became the league's outstand- ing net tender as well, remain- ing with Montreal for fourteen years, piling up record"after rec- ord, and finally giving his name to a trophy .which today stands as a reward for the league goalie who comes closest to approxi- mating his greatness. Today, the old timers, and the new crop as well, agree that no more appro- priate name could identify the cup awarded to the best goalie of the year than that of the Chi- coutimi goalie who made the transition from small-town car- pentry to big-time goal -tending, the Montreal -Canadiens' Georges Vezina. If you can remember back when the 5 and 10 advertised "nothing over 10 cents,", brother, youain't no chicken. Vt1\14% \18SM; VAIW%A1RES6182m� 30,000 Miles of Goodwill for Canada NORTH AND sou'rx of the Equator... on both NORTH of the Atlantic ... in half a dozen different languages ... the Seagram Collection of Paintings of Canadian Cities is making front page news for Canada. Spanning three great continents, the International Tour of the Seagram Collection is telling Canada's story of achievement as it never has been told be- fore—interpreting our country to the_ peoples of other lands In the graphic idiom of a language always and universally understood. And everywhere this airborne art gallery has touched down—for a brilliant formal preview and R One -to -two week public showing— the response hes surpassed the moat optimistic hopes held by The House of Seagram when it commissioned the painting of fifty-two portraits of the Canadian cities by .distinguished Canadian artists and planned to send the canvases on their 30,000 - mile goodwill flight. Hundreds of columns of newspaper comment and pictures, scores of radio and television broad- casts, newsreel trims and animated public and pri- vate discussions all testify to rapidly mounting interest in Canada and friendly receptiveness towards all things Canadian. Already more than 60,000 persons have studied the paintings and carried home brochures reproducing the paintings of the twenty-two Canadian cities in full colour. More important, these new foreign friends have carried away vivid personal impres- sions of Canada as a great and grow- ing country—a land of tremendous natural and industrial resources and remarkable human resourcefulness, ouse of $eaaram