The Brussels Post, 1954-11-03, Page 2TABLE TALKS
Ever eat Raisin -Apply Pie --
M ade, with sweet cider? That's
One of the treats old-time "pie
fans" drool at the mouth when
describing. And, personally, 1
can't blame them.
So, with further ado, here's
,,ti�ie recipe— also few more
tested favorites were worth
treasuring. And as a bonus, a
recipe for plain pie crust that
can be made in 5 minutes.
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For a two -crust pie you'll
peed 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon
malt, % cup lard, and 4 table-
spoons water. Measure flour,
add salt, and sift into mixing
howl. Blend in lard with pas-
try blender until it looks like
coarse meal. Measure water
from tap, sprinkle it over flour
;mixture, and mix gently by
pressing mixture together with
knife. Shape portion to be roll-
ed into a ball and roll lightly
on floured canvass to a circle
1 inch larger than pan. Put in
place in pan, and bake, usually
at 425° F, for 2540 minutes.
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Raisin -Cider Apple Pie
2 cups seedless raisins
r4 cups apple cider
sjt cups water
Vs cup sugar
1 cup finely chopped apple
teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
MI teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons cornstarch
Pastry for deep 9 -in crust
and strip top
Rinse and drain raisins. Com-
bine with cider, one cup water,
sugar, apple, salt, lemon juice
and rind, butter, and cinnamon.
Beat to boiling. Add cornstarch
moistened in % cup cold water,
and continue boiling 3-4 min-
utes. Pour into pastry -lined deep
baking dish and cover with
strips of pastry. Bake- at 400°
F. about 45 minutes.
Sour Cream Prune Pie
1i/4 cups cooked prunes
11% cups sour ream
le cup segar
2 tablespoons' cornstarch
teaspoon salt
% teasporfn cinnamon
2 eggs, .separated
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' teaspoon vanilla
1 baked 8 -in pastry shell
Cut prune s from pits into
small pieces. Heat sour cream
over hot water. Blend % cup
sugar with cornstarch, salt and
cinnamon. Stir into sour cream
and cook over hot water 10 min-
utes, stirring frequently. Beat
egg yolks lightly; slowly stir
tato hot mixture and cook 3-4
minutes longer stirring con-
stantlyr Remove from heat and
stir in vanilla. Fold in prunes.
Cool slightly and turn into
pastry shell. Beat egg whites
Until stiff, gradually beating in
:remainhtg % cup sugar. Spread
ever prune filling. Bake at 325°
r. about 15 minutes, or until
lightly browned.
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Pumpkin Pie
1 package butterscotch pud-
ding
Not Unlucky -- Lovely Monique
lambertwill never believe that
"13" is an unlucky number. She
wore the number during the
contest to select the French re-
presentative for the Miss Lin!.
yenta contest. The 17 -year-old
Parisian model won,
1 cup enema punrpkia (spud
pack)
'i cup dark drown sugar
}!s teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1�$ teaspoon nutmeg
% teaspoon ginger
la's cups milk
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 baked 8 -in pastry shell
Empty pudding into saucepan.
Add pumpkin, brown sugar,
salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and
ginger. Add milk gradually,
stirring constantly. Cook over
medium heat, stirring constantly
until mixture boils; bels 1 min-
ute. Remove from heat. Stir
hat pudding slowly into egg
yolks, Return to medium heat
and cook 3 minutes, stirring
constantly. Pour into pastry
shell. Chill 4 hours. Top with
whipped cream; sprinkle with
nutmeg.
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Nesselrode Pudding
2 cups cold milk
Vs teaspoon vanilla
1 package instant coconut
cream pudding
3 tablespoons chopped, mixed
candied fruits
Pour milk into deep, 1 -qt.
mixing bowl. Add vanilla and
pudding, Beat 1 minute. Stir in
chopped, candied fruits, Pour
Into sherbet glasses, Let stand
until set (about 15 Minutes.)
Top with w hip p e d cream,
shaved semi -sweet chocolate,
or extra chopped fruit.
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Apricot Cream
1 No. 2% can apricot halves
1 cup apricot juice
1 package cherry flavor gel-
atin dessert
s cup cold water
14 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup heavy cream
Drain apricots and put
through sieve to make 1 cup
p u r e e. Heat apricot juice to
bailing. Empty gelatin dessert
into large bowl. Add boiling ap-
ricot juice and stir until gela-
tin is dissolved. Stir in water,
salt, lemon juice and apricot
puree. Chill until slightly thick-
ened. Whip cream and fold
lightly into thickened gelatin to
give streaked effect. Pour into
1 -qt. mold (or individual molds)
that have been rinsed in cold
water. Chill until firm.
Nature's Records
In The Rocks
lf, wandering among the
green hills of southern Wales,
we keep our eyes riveted on
every cliff, gully or cutting, we
shall find that we are in a land
of mud. Slaty rocks frown up-
on us frOrn every - side. Slaty
debris, dry or `wet, is beneath
Our feet. Blue, black and purple,
the beds seem to bend in every
direction yet without those con-
tortions which are characteris-
tic of metamorphic rocks; and
if we trace out any particular
bed, we are sure, after a short
,,distance, to find It end in a frac-
ture, where some other rock,
very similar, but not the same,
takes its place.
The similarity of all these
rocks is so great that geologists
were for many decades unable
,satisfactorily to determine their
relations. Now, a man'. in a shop,
with piles of books about him,
issued at various dates, and
wishing to classify them chron-
ologically, would impress on
each some little mark or sign,
to enable him correctly to cor-
relate each pile. That is what
Nature has done with these
slates and shales. She has mark-
ed them, with impressions very
much like those of a pencil, a
different set of impressions are
for each division of time. The
impressions are of small ani-
mals that once swam in the sea.
They are confined rather rig-
idly, each one to aspeciflc age;
and their discovery has made
possible the elucidation of a con-
siderable part of the world's
history. The rocks that they oc-
cupy lie upon Cambrian or old-
er formations; sometimes, by
transition upwards, indicating a
gradual change from the one
age to the next; sometimes there
is a sharp break, indicating that
the ancient land had been up-
lifted, worn down, and again
depressed, , ere . the new age
came in.
In general; the Age of Mud
c•.• •., , iuith a further de -
sea bottom; for
e coarse grits and
sanastane which had accumu-
lated airing, the early Cambrian
shores,' .% We find accumulations of
finer detritus, such as would be
swept away by currents and de-
posited in w at e r 100 to 200
fathoms deep.
Starting ler examination of
this mud in Wales, where it is,
perhaps, commonest, we get a
conception of low islands with
muddy shores, interrupted oc-
casionally by bosses of the old,
pre -Cambrian rocks; shallow
water, with mud on the bottom
New Blouses Reduce Cost of La undering
by ItDNA MIKES
Did you know that women
pay more to have a blouse laun-
dered because laundry machines
ere ;lotted to fit the buttons on
a man's shirty And women's
blouses (until now) button on
the left.
Newest shirt look for women
Is the one that has ail the vir-
tues of a man's shirt. This means
It buttons on the right, has stays
in the collar and gussets at the
41de flap. It also means that the
cost for laundering a blouse can
now be the same as that for a
man's shirt.
But this doesn't mean that
femininity has been sacrificed.
Bow .jabots' ruffled jabots and
belle bows add the little -girl
look to the classic shirt. Further,
these bows and jabots are de-
tachable so that a basic tailored
shirt can be worn with Bermuda
shorts or office wear,
Many of the blouses that stem
from the shirt offer big collars
and soft detailing along with
elegant fabrics. And for the
blouses that are completely
feminine, there are delicate in-
sertions as well as pleating and
tucking.
Most fabrics are lightweight,
crease -resistant and quick -dry-
ing, requiring very little ironing.
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Pleated bib and French cuffs give this satinized cotton shirt
a formal look. It's shown modeled with black velvet pants
for leisure -time wear on long winter evenings, but is equally
suitable and smart to wear at the office.
and at the top, stretching across
the Irish Sea, over the Dublin
district, and north across south-
ern Scotland and the Lake Dis-
trict. Very early in the age, vol-
canic action, which had been
quiescent here for perhaps a
couple of million years, now
burst forth again .. .
Islands which were probably
composed entirely of lava flows,
with relatively little pumice or
ash, reared- their heads higher
and ever higher above the mud-
dy waters. At a relatively early
age, such a volcano came into
being off Milford Haven; Skom-
er Island is its worn-down
stump. 'When at their greatest,
the volcanoes w ere so active
that the heart of Wales liter-
ally took fire; eruptions on the
grandest scale announced the
birth of mountains, such as Cad- '
er I dris and the Moelwyns,
which now form the rough I t
part of the country.—Froin "The
World in the Past," by B, Web-
ster Smith. -
DIVORCEE HAS
ACCESS TO WOEMS
After the judge had granted
a divorce to Mr. and Mrs.
Keller, of Covington, the learn-
ed man gave the ex-husband
access to the fishing worms he
had been carefully nurturing in
the back garden.
Right Way To Wash
Men's Tricot Shirts
There are many men and even
some women who expect a
nylon tricot shirt to behave like
the family. cat: Because the
shirt can be .described as "iron-
ing itself," they half expect it
to wash itself, too.
A leading manufacturer of
men's tricot shirts and the first
to develop a knitted, nylon shirt
with fused collar and muffs,
claims too many men buy the
shirts and throw away the
washing instructions. •Although
thecompany hasincreased the -
size of the instruction card and
changed its color to appeal to
the masculine preference for
blue, it is still tossed unread in-
to the 'waste paper basket.
Actually these shirts require
only a normal amount of wash-
ing care. But since they are
made of a different type of fibre
and fabric to most woven shirts,
they call for different handling.
The collar is always 90 per
cent of a man's shirt. This
manufacturer spent more than
a year developing a satisfactory
fused one. Since then hehas
been trying to educate every
owner in the correct method of
laundering it.
The only way, he says, is to
lay .it flat on the side of the
basin and rub it freely with the
fingers or the tail of the shirt.
Do this also with the cuffs and
other soiled areas. A bar 'of
soap may be used, but never a
brush. And never rub any part
of the' shirt between the hands
as though it were a dirty sock
or a fabric glove.
Anyone who wants her hus-
band's tricot shirkto maintain
its smart appearance three
times longer than his best
woven cotton ones, should re-
sist the urge to dump it into the
washing machine. The banging
around it will receive from the
mechanical action won't injure
the body of the shirt, but it can
soften the fused collar and
cuffs.
Always rinse a nylon shirt
twice in lukewarm water.
When hanging it up to drip
dry, select a plastic hanger or
an unvarnished wooden one.
Never squeeze or wring the
water out of, it as this wrinkles
the fabric. Buttonthe two top
buttons and do a little "finger
ironing" to smooth the collar
and cuffs while they are still
damp.
PIRATES STILL
ROVE THE SEAS
Pirates still pillage and plum-
der
lunder On the high seas. Ruthless
imitators Of notorious blaak-
fiaggers like Blackbeerd, Long
Hen, Captain Kidd or the ruth-
less Avery, their tactics are es-
sentially underhand,
Less bold in their approaches
than old-time buccaneers in
their powerfully gunned sailing
ships, tO-day's desperadoes and
eut-throats swear by sneak raids
and furtive after -dark assaults
and murder,
In place of hooks, peg -legs,
eye patches and eutlesses, they
pack automatic weapons,' chiefly
tommy-goons and stens, .end use
wireless. They put to sea in fast
motor launches, Sometimes crash
boats, Or even converted mine-
sweepers
to effect surprise.
French sea patrols only re-
cently ran toground a danger-
ous gang responsible for a meat
impudent act of piracy off the
North African coast in October,
1952. As the Dutch steamer
Combinatie went about her law-
ful business„a launch sneaked
up alongside her. Out of the
dark, four white -hooded men,
their tommy-guns at the alert,
scrambled aboard. Before the
startled crew could recover, the
pirates were in full command.
The captain understood pret-
ty clearly that his head would
be blown eff ;if any of his men
tried any "funny business.” For
a week the pirates, sailed with
their prize, never once relaxing
their command. Then they van-
ished with their booty �- $100,-
000 worth of American cigar-
ettes.
I am not surprised that
Lloyd'r, continues to describe
ship's captains ee "masters un-
der God" and to insure their
ships, "good ships" all, against
"men-of-war, pirates, rovers,
jettisons, letters of mart and
counter marto surprisals, taking
at sea, arrests, restraints, detain-
inents of all kings, princes and
people."
Even, British ships, despite
their unrivalled prestige, are not
absolutely safe as they coast
through Mediteranean 'waters
to -day. Gun -runners, a q ti v e
thereabouts, fight like trapped
killers if surprised in their busi-
ness of smuggling fire -arms and
ammunition from Spain, Sicily
and Italy to African hotbeds of
unrest, including Mau Mau
agencies, Other crooks find it
profitable to sneak out Of their
hiding places in Mediterranean
coves and pounce on unsuspect-
ing pleasure yachts. And once,
at least, -the British Navy was
craftily victimized.
A pirate "chief;' notorious in
Mediterranean shady spots, "bor-
rowed" an Admiralty pinnace
and with a crew disguised like
himself in naval uniforms, pres-
ented a batch of forged requis-
ition forms to the manager Of an
Italian wine store. The size Of
the orders, the choicest brands
Of liqueur included, made the
Italian start. "Surely you Brit-
lsh officers are not so expensive -
thirsty?" he commentedr The
pirate explained that -their .4,0-
miral wished everyone 10 stoke
up for a wild spree.
SO the heady bottles were
handed Over and packed in the
Pinnace.Then it made off smart-
ly, straight fer two destroyers
lying in the roadsteads nearby.
But immediately Out Of sight Of
the Italian's warehouse it 'did a
smart turnabout and dumped
all its hooch in a roeky haven,
A concealed three -ton lorry was'
quickly loaded. Selling his haul
then On the black market, the
pirate gat himself, as he put
it, an Admiral's ransom entirely
at the Navy's expense,
in quiet waters, free of Navy
patrols, pirates will even attack
craft in broad daylight. Such
effronteries cause dismay at
Lloyd's. A repent example
comes from the Malacca Strait,
Malaya. Here a gang, manning
a speedy motor launch, sallied
int° a native fishing ileet Of
about 100 small boats. Mount-
ing a coaching -gun fore, they
threatened to sink a dozen boats
if anyone resisted their com-
mands.
Then they commandeered
eight boats and forcedthe fish-
ermen into line, "Now dismantle
your outboard motors and no
m on k e y tricks," roared the
pirate chief through a loud hail-
er, So, at the gun's point, the
wretched fishermen had to strip
these valuable auxiliaries from
their boats and transfer.. them,
after they had been 'carefully
Inspected, to the pirate craft.
Lottery Prize
Worth 150 Wives
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It's very difficult when you
win a 'large sum of money
without knowing what money
means.
A. native in the Solomon
Islands was recently persuaded
t0 buy a ticket in the New
South Wales State lottery.
Later, the results were an-
nounced. The natiee had won
a first prize — 'a fortune of
arpund .$18,000. He seemed un-
able to..grasp the significance of
what had happened, Goods, not
money, were the yardstick Of
affluence within his little com-
munity.
Then someone explained it to
him this way: What is a very
valuable possession? A wife.
One wife, in the local scale of
values in the native's com-
munity, is worth about $120.
Therefore, the first prize in the
lottery was the equivalent of
150 wives.
On hearing this, the native
jumped for joy, and asked ex-
citedly where and when he
could collect the "goods."
Out of . the Ashes, _atModel Community Rises—
Ten years .ago, newspapers throughout the country were carry-
ing headlines about one of the worst disasters ever to hit a
crowded city the• East Ohio Gas Co. explosion: A 25 -million -
horsepower blow was concentrated in half a square mile near
central Cleveland. But out of the jumble of bricks and ashes
that resulted when a million and a half cubic feet of liquefied
gas blew up, a model community has risen. At 2:30 P.M., Oct.
20, 1944, a crack ,opened in a giant .tank used for storing 'gas
under pressure, With q flame which flashed 2800 feet in the air,
1t blew. Waves of 2000 -degree heat killed 131' persons, injured
more than 400, destroyed 87 buildings. An adjoining tank
melted and' exploded. Even the pavement was afire. Since that
day, a group of residents has demonstrated•that disaster need
not be a fatal blow `and that with courage and resourcefulness,
the community can be made a better place to live. Leader and
inspirer was Anton Grdina, a 60 -year-old immigrant. Heformed
a nonprofit corporation and 26 others joined with', him to buy
up the seared property. Sixteen houses — modern and pleasant,
on much larger lots — have been' completed. Built in groups, the
money from sales went back to work building more, Most are
owned by people who lived there originally.
Playground stands on very site of ill-fated storage tank.
Even birds fell flaming from airy when tank blew up in 1944, leaving this scene of chaos.
Neat Community of homes ha
icon, a tribu a to courage, Rehabilitation group
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