HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-10-06, Page 2'TABLE TALKS
New ways of preparing fav-
' 'oche vegetables often add zip
to your mems. So don't be
afraid to add that something
extra when' you're in an ex-
perimental mood, even if you
have to give your family a
sales talk to get your revolu-
tienary ideas accepted.
A
Scalloped Eggplant
:t nnedium eggplant
rt tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons each, of chopped
green pepper and onion
2 cups earned or stewed to-
matoes
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper
le cup bread crumbs
Prepare eggplant' and cut into
small even pieces. Melt 2 table-
epoons butter and brown pepper
and onion in it. Add tomatoes,
salt, pepper and eggplant, Sim-
mer 10 minutes. Pour into
greased baking dish, Melt re-
maining butter and spread with
breadcrumbs over top of egg -
giant: Bake at 350° F., 20 min.
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Colorful carrots may be pre-
pared in many ways and always
add beauty to your dinner table.
Use a' vegetable brush instead
e2 a paring knife to avoid waste
In cleaning carrots; or ' drop
then in boiling water for 5 min-
utes, then douse in cold, and
skins will slip off easily. For a
quick, hot dish. try them shred
ded and braised,
Braised Fresh Carrots
2 cups shredded fresh carrots
X tablespoon boiling water
2 tablespoons butter
A teaspoon salt
Cookfirst 3 ingredients to-
gether until tender (about 5
minutes) in covered saucepan,
over medium heat. Stir in salt.
Serve hot. Four servings.
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Two vegetables in one dish
make a real picture—cauliflower
served with all its natural
bentuy intact, white and tender,
f E'S OFF—Model Pat McGrath,
wearing five sheets of three -
sent stamps., steps out of an
tirpigge. She -was taking part
in a flight to commemorate the
fh•st regular surface mail by air
to 14 Pacific northwest cities.
with colorful yellow cheese
sauce in which Frenohed beans
make pOsitive green accents.
Here is the way to prepare this
dish:
Cauliflower With Country
Sauce
1 medium size cauliflower
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
la pound processed cheese,
sliced
,X cup cooked, French - cut
green beans
Salt and pepper
Cook whole caluiflowtr until
just tender in a small amount
of boiling, salted water, Drain,
saving 1 cup of 'the liquid. Make
a sauce with butter, flour and
cauliflower liquid. When thick
and smooth add cheese and stir
until it melts, Add green
beans and mix lightly. Season
with salt and pepper and pour
over caluiflower.
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Try this unusual recipe for
creamed spinach — it's easy to
fix.
Creamed Spinach
3 cups cooked, chopped spin-
ach
1 cup cream
4 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper.
Combine butter and flour and
cook together over low heat
until smooth and frothy, stir-
ring frequently. Add cooked,
chopped spinach and cook 5
minutes, stirring constantly. Add
cream; salt and pepper to taste;
cook over moderate heat for 3
minutes.
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If you want a creamy, flav-
orful corn pudding, try this one
made with cream of mushroom
soup.
Corn Pudding
3 eggs
1 cup cream style corn
1 can condensed cream of
mushroom soup
Pepper
Heat oven to 325°tF, Break 3
eggs into a 1 -qt, casserole, Beat
well. Add remaining ingredients
and mix well. Place in a pan of
hot water and bake at 325° F,
for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or
until silver knife inserted in
centre comes out clean. Makes
4 to 5 servings.
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Have you ever tried a fresh,
snap -bean ring in which to
serve creamed seafood, mush-
rooms, or chicken? This is the
way to make the ring.
Fresh Snap -Bean Ring
1 pound fresh snap -beans,
Frenched
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon minced f r e a k
onion
ei teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon black pepper
14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Paprika
Chopped parsley.
Slice beans very thin and
cook in smallest amount of boil-
ing water possible. When tender
(7 to 10 mins,) drain and com-
bine with butter, eggs, milk,
onion, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
Pour into a greased ring mold.
Bake in pan of water . at 350°F,
grail firm (45 to 50 minutes.)
Unmold onto warm platter. Fill
with desired filling. Garnish with
paprika and parsley. Serves 6.
(RIDING HIGH — Some 300 feet above a Miami street, a trio
of German aerialists perform a breath -taking balancing act on
a cable stretched between two hotels. Known os the Zugs-
pltxartisten troupe, they did the act for benefit of crippled
children's society,
Woman's Invention
Starts Lace Industry
It is a' little known tact that
a woman gave Europe one of
lis great industries which flours
fished for nearly three eentur-
les and persists t0 this day, We
can thank her more than any
other single individual for the
contribution ]ace has made to
the elegance and luxuries of
life.
Barbara Etterlein Uttmata of
Annaberg — • a little town in
Flanders — didn't invent lace.
Where or how it originated no-
body knows. For the story of
lace begins far back in antiquity.
What Barbara discovered in the
year 1561 was the first approach
to a mechanical method for pre -
diming lace, Her 'tools were •
meagre -- just a few wooden
bobbins, a handful of pins and
a pillow. But they quickly made
lace a leading article of cam -
coerce in many European coun-
tries and remained essential
tools of the fanny lace industry
until 1824,
Just as word of Barbara 17tt-
mann's invention spread among
the wives and daughters of the
miners in her district, news was
received of the development of
needle point lace in Venice. As
this was the first time the Vene-
tians had produced a lacey fab-
ric completely independent of
embroidery or cutwork, tliey
called it ."stitches In the air".
Evenutally Italy copied pillow
lace from Flanders, and •Flan-
ders adopted the Italian method
of making needle point lace. Al-
though both these methods ap-
pear incredibly simple today,
they produced some of the most
intricate, and beautiful of all
laces. Richly embossed Rose
point is an example of early
needle point designs. As the
manufacture of pillow lace ex-
panded into a thriving industry
across Europe, each community
strove to establish its design and
leadership by giving its name to
a type of pattern. Thus, names
such as Chantilly, Lille, Alen -
con and Val (for Valenciennes)
have been carried over to mod-
ern machine -made laces to de-
scribe different types of patterns
and constructions rather than
places of origin.
For nearly three hundred
years some of the best mechan-
ical minds in Europe tried to
build a machine that duplicated
the intricate designs Barbara
'Littman produced with her pillow
and bobbins. In fact, more in-
ventive genius has been devoted
to lace than has been bestowed
on any other branch of the tex-
tile industry. For lace — that
aristocrat of fabric, •- eluded
efforts to mass produce it longer
than any other type of textile.
So important was the industry
to France that Louis XIV issued
a royal ordinance for the protec-
tion and nurturing of pillow
lace. This enabled France to as-
sume a Leadership she still holds.
While the manufacture of lace
remained primarily a French in-
dustry, the manufacture of lace
machinery has always belonged
to England. Although the first
machine -made lace was actually
a net, the British were so cov-
etous of their trade in this fab-
ric that laws were once passed
to punish by banishment or
death anyone exporting a lace
machine.
Consequently it wasn't until
1909 that the machine lace indus-
try got under way in the United
States. And it was only in 1948
that the 40,000 separate parts of
one of these 17 -ton machines
started twisting "stitches in the
air" in Canada. Though there
are many machines which pro-
duce open, lace-like fabrics,
Only one machine makes real
lace. So closely can this gigan-
tic
engineering feat imitate the
labyrinth of threads found in
the best hand -made lace, it can
fool all but an expert.
The fashion favorite of the
Renaissance and always regard-
ed as the aristocrat among tex-
tiles, lace is no longer the ex-
clusive property of the aristo-
cracy. Modern industrial meth-
ods have brought it into nearly
every home and every woman's
wardrobe. Through the advent
of chemical fibres such as nylon
it recently developed a "set of
muscles" that marks the begin-
ning of a new era in a fabric
that was once the least practical
.of them all. Now nylon or a
percentage of nylon is providing
lace evening and wedding gowns
that resist tears and lace bath-
ing suits rugged enough to
Swim the Channel
SLEEP WALKING CONVICT
Before returning to his cell in
Franklinton, N.J., prison one
evening recently, W, Robinson
hung a sign outside the cell:
"Please let me sleep late today,
"I wesn't able to gel much sleep
last night."
A kindly disposed warder,.
Charles Penny, obliged, and
after allowing Robinson a
longer -than -usual period for
sleep, entered the cell. His
kindness was unappreciated; the
bars of the cell hacl been sawn
through and the prisoner gone.
Fashion min is
R 0
A LOVELY ACETATE gown designed to do attractive things for
your figure. The crepe backed satin is beautifully opaque and
falls in generous unpressed pleats from a midriff of acetate
lace in q daisy pattern.
,. PLAIN HORSE SENSE ...
By -F. (BOB) VON PILLS
We hear an awful lot about
the farmers of Canada "pricing
themselves out of the market"
by asking a fair price for their
. wheat and other products.
We hear.that the "excessive"
demands of labour •for higher
wages and social security meas-
ures are causing high prices.
We hear the president of the
National Dairy Council decry-
ing floor prices for butter and
cheese as "creeping socialism"
We hear that marketing
boards established for the order-
ly marketing of farm products
are an "infringement on per-
sonal freedom."
What we never hear of read
of is criticism of high- profits
made by manufacturers, pro-
cessors or distributors,
Jupply and Demand
Farmers are constantly being
told by the press, by presidents
of Chambers of Commerce and
Boards of" Trade and all kinds
of "experts" in trade, 'commerce
and finance to leave the regula-
tion of prices to the sacred, law
of supply and . demand.
If we would only forget about
orderly marketing, floor prices
and cooperatives and let prices.
go down and down and down,
eventually they would be so low
that somebody would buy what
we had to sell. .
Nobody, however, has told us
yet how we would pay our
taxes, wages, fertilizer, repair
parts forold machinery, 'not to
speak of the instalments on new
implements, which after all are
needed to work the land, pay
wages to the worker in the im-
plement industry and pile- up
the profits far the corporations.
Excessive Profits
Farm income has gone down
in the last two years by about
25 per cent. In the same time
costsof production have in-
creased by more than 6 per
cent. In other words the pur-
chasing power of the farmer is
down over 30 per cent,
Figures far the national in-
come of Canada show that in
1953 farmers had an even small-
er share of the nation's wealth
than in the past. Farm opera-
tors' share of the ;,total income
was 8.7 per 'cent, while /arm
operators totalled 13 per cent
of the national labour force.
Company reports, however,
show record smashing profits
for 'little firms as well as big
ones. The increase in net prof-
its for ' 1953 over 1952 were
greater than any that have been
seen since the days when price
controls, were lifted. And the
first part of 1954 shows them
higher yet.
Let's Find Out
" We submit that excessively
high profits are the main cause
of high prices, leading to over
expansion and' eventually to a
collapse of the economy,
We suggest to the farmers of
Canada, especially in Ontario,
to raise their voice and demand
a public investigation of the re-
lationship of wages, prices and
profits as a first step to a solu-
tion of the problem of unem-
ployment and shrinking farm
markets 1
This 'column welcomes criti-
eism, constructive (sr destructive,
and suggestions, wise or other-
wise, and will endeavour to an-
swer all questions. Address mail
to Bob Von Pilin, Whitby. Ont
Hi Rot His Shirt
Feeling drowsy, Horace
D e u e 1, of Long Beach, Calif.,
pulled his car into the grass
verge, switched off the engine
Mal settled down for a snooze.
Sometime later, on waking, he
was disgruntled to find that
during his nap, thieves had
sto]eh a his watch, wallet and
ring all without disturbing
him.
He drove to the nearest police
station to report his loss, Having
given the station sergeant de-
tails he returned to his car, hot
Viet, too, was missing! A
car thief bad driven it oft
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H RO I L
LGE► , ARM
Gvfzmaolvn.e Cie„ i.e
Anybody g a t "exhibition
feet"? It is my guess that quite
a few people are so afflicted, in-
cluding myself, for most of us
seem 'to take quite a lot of
punishment in search of pleas-
ure. However, that's the way it
is and I suppose that's the way
it will be as long as there Is
a C.N.E. and people to attend
it. I was down Friday and Sat-
urday but Partner wouldn't go
at all. Last year it was Part-
-ner went and l who stayed at
home,
Friday I slid not do much else
except take in the tea on the
Balcony and sit around and talk
to press club members whom I
knew and a few others that I
met for the first time. If you
pave the same interests it is -
amazing the number of people
you meet with whom you share
mutual acquaintances -- that is
equally true no matter what
your interests may be. That
evening the Women's Press
Club was putting on a cooking
class, demonstrating how to
prepare a club -women's lunch.
And I was awarded two chicken
legs, beautifully fried! I took
them home to paughter but as
there was no one around when
I got -there (Friday night shop-
ping) I sat -down and ate one
• of the chicken legs myself, since
I hadn't bothered with any sup-
per at the "Ex." It was the
first time I' had ever won any-
thing in my life.
T suppose Friday and Satur-
day set another attendance re-
cord but still it seemed easy
enough to get around, and the
weather was perfect. Of course
I took care to avoid places
where the crowd seems to con-
gregate. It is funny, too, how
each building draws a particular
type of people. Car -owners and,
hope -to -be car owners or those
looking for a new model, wan-
der around the Motor Show for
hours. The cattle, horses and
other livestock have their own
following. Music lovers and
those in need of quiet rest ap-
preciate the programme at the
Band Shell. The Flower Show
crowd is not easy to define.
People just seem to wander aim-
lessly in and out—except those
who really appreciate and
understand the beautiful floral
display. There was certainly a
wonderful showing of African
violets, including several varie-
ties I had not seen before. How
the people who had the exhibit
ever grew enough violets to
supply the buying public at the
C.N.E. I can't imagine. Their
supply seemed inexhaustible
and the price very reasonable.
If I had to name any one par-
ticular building at the C:N.E, as
my favourite, I think I would
say the Ontario Government
Building, It has a variety . of
displays, all of them interest-
ing and educational. This year
I thought the model of a min-
ing district was particularly in-
teresting, especially as Daugh-
ter was with me and able to
explain • all the details, Dee
spent a week's holiday a few
years ago at Bourlemaque
where her uncle was stationed
for a while. The man .in charge
heard her telling me this and
that and seemed to be somewhat
amused.As we passed hire Is.
remarked; "This young lady
seemingsabout! to know what she is talk -
Of course we s a w all the
birds,' beasts and fish in that.
same building and one of the
beavers really put on a show.
Two 01 them were sleeping but
this fellow was standing up,
clinging to the wire fence and
accepting bits of cookie from
the onlookers. His actions in
some respects were similar to
those of a monkey but far
more attractive. A girl ' kept
holding a small piece of cookie
in her hand and the beaver
would put his hand through the
wire fence, pick the cookie out
of her hand quite daintily and
eat it, If the cookie was more
than one mouthful he held it
with both hands and nibbled
pieces off it. You couldn't
speak of his hands as anything
but "hands" — no other word
would describe them so well. -
His feet, of course, were wide -
webbed after the style of a
duck, only bigger. And his
tail—well, I suppose no other
animal has a tail anything like
a beaver.
We looked at the Riedel lay-
out of super -highways, particu-
larly 401, but getting any infor-
mation from" the fellow in
charge was like trying to draw
blood from a stone. However, I
suppose we shall know the de-
tails all too soon. Then we had
a little conversation with an
officer in charge of a police
cruiser on display. There has
been quite a bit of discussion
recently .about mechanical
direction,;signals—do they, or do
they not, comply with the law?
This officer said; "Technically,
yes—if they are in proper work-
ing order and used properly—
but don't trust to then entirely"
—use your hand too—and be
sure you have a good set of tail
lights," He seemed so very
much.in earnest I had a feeling
that his experience on highway
patrol may have been pretty
grim.
Of course, we had to see (h.
Coronation robes and regalia
with an R. C. M. P. officer in
charge, I wondered what mea-
sures he would take to raise an
alarm if anyone took any liber-
ties with the display.
We walked through the train
with the glass dome and thought
it very, wonderful: Some of
these"coaches ate already In use
and pulling -in and out of the
_Toronto Union every day..Jay
next year the C.P.R. expects to
have 173 on the rails. Let's take
a trip; shall we?
Poor Josephine!
Whet•tis"the largest 'amount
ever received by a woman as a
dress allowance? Probably the
450,000 francs ($54,000) a year
which the ardent Napoleon.
gave to his Empress Josephine.
Josephine was so keen on
dress that she sometimes spent
more than that annually. In at
least one year she spent $120,000,
One summer she bought 520
pairs of shoes, 87 hats, - 73 cor-
sets, and 980 pairs of gloves Int
addition to many coats, gowns
and furs.
NO FISH STORY -. Little Edgar; and Sherry Lyrih'Siylroh didn't
catch the huge Blue Marlin, but the photographer caught
the record catch. Weighing, from %fit 236, 320 and 176
pounds, it is believed that this is the first time three game"
fish of this si.c- ', e r r ver la'ti't d i.t ono clay off any part of
11"K' United Stater. crest,