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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-12-22, Page 2TABLE TALKSIMI., i rli.ttdra.d!:;i elc A . ewe, Plain pudding and mince pie Ore among old favorites for the holiday meal. Other pies and puddings. however, have gred- t:441y entered the holiday des, reit field, and leveret are sug- gested in this column. e • k It's a good idea, In auticipa- tion of a busy day, to make your dessert the day before you want 10 serve, it; or, you may want to buy it to store on your pantry shelf until the dinner hour ar- rives. In either case, there is a Wide choice of delectable sauces from which to choose. Hera are several that are suitable for either plum or 'fig pudding. HARD SAUCE aft cup softened (not melted) butter 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon cream 1/4 teaspoon van11Ia, lemon or almond extract Cream butter and gradually beat in, a little at a time, the sugar. Add cream and extract. Chill. * 4 * Butterscotch Hard Sauce Substitute 1/s cup Firmly packed brown sugar for confec- tioners' sugar in above recipe. . Increase cream to 3 tablespoons, vanilla to 1 teaspoon. FOAMY EGG SAUCE 3 eggs, separated and beaten '/s cup sugar % teaspoon salt Almond extract (te taste) • 44 teaspoon grated orange peel Beat egg yolks until thick and light colored; beat in sugar and salt, adding them gradually. Flavor to taste with almond ex- tract; add grated orange peel. Fold in stffly beaten egg whites. Serve at once. :r * .7 Perhaps you'd like to try a steamed pumpkin pudding. It's simple to prepare; serve with hard sauce or whipped cream. STEAMED PUMPKIN PUDDING 1st, cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon bakfng powder saa...leaspoon each, soda, salt, 'cinnamon and ginger ateaspoon cloves y. ,.cup shortening r cup brown sugar 2 eggs 44 cup sour milk r/ cup cooked pumpkin Sift together flour, baking @'rotection Pllis - Swedish sol- diers will soon be equipped with bullet-proof waistcoats now being tested in Stockholm. Pad - sled with layers of nylon and flexible glass fibers, they're de- signed to protect wearers from shell splinters and bullets of rifle caliber. powder, soda, salt, and spices. Cream together ahortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture al- ternately with milk and pump- kin. Pour into greased 14 quart Melds Steam, (TO atoms, put about2 quarts water into large covered kettle with rack in bot- tom. Bring water to boil. Place pudding on rack and cover with double layer of waxed paper. Cover kettle and reduce heat so steaming is steady but gentle.) Steam 11/4 hours. Remove from kettle and allow to cool 10 min- utes before unmolding. * ,r * Here is an attractive date pud- ding that serves 9.12, It, also, is best served with your favorite sauce. STEAMED DATE PUDDING 14 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon each, soda and baking powder ?z teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 14 cup chopped nut meats 1 cup chopped dates 1 teaspoon flavoring Cream shortening and sugar until soft and fluffy; add egg and bleed thoroughly. Sift flour, soda, baking powder, and salt together. .Md alternately with milk, adding flour first and last. Fold in nuts and dates. Blend in flavoring. Fill 9 custard cups half Pull. Cover each cup with wax paper and tie securely with cord. Steam, having water come halfway up around cups: Keep water at boiling point. Steam 3. hour. Serve warm. a w 4' Perhaps you'd like an entirely new kind of ice cream. You can make this ahead of serving time and forget it while you prepare the rest of the dinner. This recipe serves 8. FRUIT CAKE ICE CREAM 1 quart vanilla Ice cream 1/4 cup diced candied pineapple at cup diced candled green cherries 14 cup diced candled red cherries 14 cup chopped blanched almonds y.cy cup macaroon crumbs 2 tablespoons apple juice Combine all ingredients; place in refrigerator tray in freezing compartment until ice cream hardens. * 4 * If you like a zippy pie, here is one that will fill that re- quirement: CRANBERRY FLUFF PIE 1/2 trip sugar ins cup water 2 stiffly beaten egg whites 1 envelope unfiavored gelatin 31 cup water la teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon almond extract 1/2 pint heavy cream, whipped 1 can whole cranberry sauce 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 baked pie shell Boil sugar and rfr cup water to soft ball stage (235° F.). Beat egg whites stiff; slowly pour syrup over them, while beating. Soften gelatin in e,/4 cup cold water. Dissolve over hot water. Stir into egg whites; beat I min- ute. Add salt, lemon juice, al- mond extract; let cool while whipping cream. Fold both to- gether. Turn into shell. Chill un- til set. Combine cranberry sauce and cornstarch. Heat until clear and thickened. Cool. Spread on pie. Chill well before serving. "Officer, are you sure that this man was drunk?" "Well, judge, he was carrying a manhole cover and said he was taking it home to play on his victrola." CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1 7. Flow back 4. Shun O. Winnow 1". Meadow 78. Harlan island 19. neellne :6. ()peeing in tock 17. Fun 19. Morrhendlse 2n. (load 21. ROY 23. Tattler 27. Venmetrial emguage 2e. 1,"nral 2a. 0010le 8t. Hein 82. Poor H. AttWith. 00 86 At home 26. inquie,1lres ot 87. Mediterranean satins vaeeel 89. Ties 42. Sell • 42.1'reekn' 41 1we-,leading area 44 Sham 48 (thine name 61, rrpnekoftb• pea 52, t,nderworid 4 i.amin s:r 6. Cantle stroke 86, Pot forth etrnri 57. Starr nowN I. Wild animal 1. )coney gatherer 3. Bind of mahogany 4. Acidity 6, Manservant 8. Unclose 7. Symbol for irtdlum 8. Exhibits 84. Workshop 9. Flowers 86. Related les Ventilate. 11. meat sg, alp6C40. Make into 12. dolt stroke folds 20. Wintergeh fele -41. Large stream 21. European 46. Nuisance country 46. Obese 22. Threefold 47, L9och 24. Stick -like 48. Holland insect commune 22, Burdened 49, 7.ato 26. Finished (comb, form ) 28. Envelop 50, Olden times 23, Pieces out 63. Hewing tool 2 5 `r5£a 4 7 9 10 11 17 14 52 50 4 57 Answer Elsewhere on This Page Hore's a Different Dessert Treat Sy DOEOTTB 1ti ADDOX When eookie - and - fruit flake -satiated guests drop in dur- ing the holidays, perk up their jaded palates with a good cup of steaming tea Or coffee, and a seaving of hot plum pudding topped with delicious, chilled cocoanut hard-, sauce balls. Cocoanut Hard Sauce Balls (Makes 30 Balls) One-third cup butter or mar- garine, I cup sifted confection, eras sugar, Vs teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup shredded cocoanut, cut Inc. Cream. butter, add sugar gra- dually, and continue creaming until light and fluffy. Add van- illa and beat well. Drop by tea- spoon into cocoanut and roll into N -inch balls. Chill before serving with the plum pudding, which should be warmed. Treat your guests_ to an old holiday favourite dressed up with this delicious cocoanut hard sauce. THE FARM FRONT Jd{ur.` ussell Reproduction of the common- ly -planted spruces and pines in the natural forest is accom- plished by means of seeds which are produced in cones consisting of layers of scales which pro- vide protection for the seeds. For the most part the seeds are winged, hut nut pines are an exception. o a •e The steps followed by the Forest Nursery Station, Indian Head, Sask., in obtaining seed and ,producing seedlings . of evergreens are briefly as foll- ows:- • * Cones of spruce are picked in August or September before the, scales separate and allow the seed to escape. Cones of pine are picked later, those of Scotch pine often being picked in early winter or towards spring. Dur- ing warm days in early spring, not only does seed escape from Scotch pine cones, but the cones themselves may fall from the tree. If day temperatures are relatively high in: the fall, cones of Scotch pine may open then. n * * Cones of jack and lodgepole pines, on the other hand, remain firmly attached to the tree, sometimes for years, and no seed escapes from the cones very readily. Cones of other pines, such as limber, red, west- ern yellow and white, open earlier than those of Scotch pine. n • • Having secured the seeds' they are prepared during the winter by careful flailing followed by fanning and hand picking, if for sawing the following spring necessary. Seed is usually sown early in May in well-prepared soil containing a fair proportion of sand and leaf mould or peat moss. * • * The seedbed is kept well - watered for the first four or six weeks while the seeds are ger- minating, and during the first year, protection against damage by sun, wind or other causes is provided. Lath screens are useful for N ove reg seedbeds. Pine seedlings areleftin the seedbed for two years and spruce seedlings for three years, after which they are lifted and given more space in nursery rows, When pine seedlings are four years old, and spruce seed- lings are from five to six years old, they are considered large enough for planting in a per- manent place. • • * If conditions are favourable where mature evergreens ace established, young trees may develop from seeds set free from cones produced by the established trees. * n * Continued research in poultry nutrition has brought about many changes in poultry rations in recent years. One of the most interesting from the point of view of , the practicalpoultry- man is that large amounts of corn or wheat may be substi- tated for oats and barley in the rations of laying hens. Rations containing high percentages of corn or wheat are commonly referred to as "high energy" or "high efficiency" rations. . • e • High efficiency rations are not simple rations. The necessary minerals, vitamins, and amino acids must be present. How- ever, they are low in fibre and hulk and thus they contain more energy per pound than conventional rations. Laying hens respond to the feeding of high efficiency rations by can- suming less feed, Strangely enough this reduced feed con; sumption is not reflected in re- duced egg production, but actu- ally results in increased feed efficiency. - • n Practical laying trials carried out at the Canada Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S., indicate that birds consume less feed when fed "high efficiency" ra- tions than- when fed conven- tional rations. The reason for this appears to be the higher energy and lesser 'bulk of the high efficiency rations. n, w Barred Plymoujj.h Rock laying Jams on high efficiency rations required only 5.7 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs, as colnpared with 6.4 pounds of feed per dozen eggs when fed a conventional ration. This represents a saving of over ten per cent in feed. Single Comb White Leghorn .hens .respond in a similar manner. -n • n The economy of feeding high efficiency rations depends on the price relationship between corn and wheat and the other grains. 'Whenever the price of oats and 'barley is running equal to or higher than corn ors -wheat, then more corn and wheat should be used in the ration. Where the reverse is true, the gains to be made in feeding high ethdiency rations must be balanced against the extra cost of .the corn . and wheat. High efficiency rations do not give increased egg production. The only saving to be made is in the increased"' efiltiency of egg production -on the high efficien- cy rations. Pretty Cagey '` Jay Steven Fine is taking no dunces on` getting that free-handart work all over himself as cm illustrated invita- tion for a spanking from Mommy. The two-year-old entered his behind -bars art in a contest for small -fry residents of the Share - haven Apartments. • Amazing Story Of Grace Kelly If there 7s' one star you are going to find it difficult to avoid during the next few years, it is an elegant young blonde named Grace Kelly, The movie folk have dubbed her Hollywood's "Golden Girl." It seems that she just can't go wrong. Producers and directors alike are clamouring for her. Ever since she played two small parts in "Fourteen Hours" and "High Noon, she has been in constant demand. But the film that really set the ball roll- ing was "Mogambo," in which she appeared as Donald Sinden's wife. It was her first big role; and it seemed to knock Hollywood dizzy. She has also appeared m "Dial M for Murder" and "Rear Win- dow" (now on release). Both were directed by Alfred Hitch- cock, The veteran "Hitch" has described her as "The best ac- tress I know to come up in Holly- wood since Ingrid Bergman." she is the only actress' ever to appear three times running in any of his pictures. Apart from these Hitchcock productions, Grace Kelly has yet to be seen in three tither films - opposite William Holden in "The Bridges Of Toko•Ri' ,with Bing Crosby in "The Country Girl," and as Stewart Granger's lead- ing lady in "Green Fire," And it has already been 'announced that she is to star in 34 -G -M's "The Long Day," and with Rob- ert Taylor and Lana 'furrier in "The Cobweb." It's gaffe a remarkable record, and semehew er ether she has managed to work in a stage pro, duction se weld, taking Over *,e lead for a time in the Brgadway production of "The Moon is Blue." Perhaps the 'most unusual thing about her success is that Hollywood hasn't waited for•the public's verdict on her. The box-office' is 'the usual baromet- er to decide an actress' fate, but Grace Kelly has gone shooting ahead without this guide. She was, in fact, a star before you saw her. One thing you can be sure about is that her dizzy spell of activity hasn't flurried her in any way, On the screen she always looks as cool as the proverbial cucumber, and it isn't a pose; No one has ever seen her look any thing but cool, calm and collect- ed. Donald Sinden's description of her appeals to me. I was talking to him about her after he had returned from, filming "Mogan, bo," in Africa,. "Most of us felt hot and look- ed hot," he remarked, "But what- ever the weather was like, Grace Kelly never lost her champagne - out -of -the -ice -box air." Her physical appearance Inas something to do with this, of course. Her hair is.eorn-coloured, and her eyes are a light, clear blue. She looks as• though the mountain air is playing around her the whole tithe, And she has the sort of temperament which rarely gets ruffled. Why her raped success? The answer seems' to be that she really Is different tram the conventional' run of aotressea. Cary Grant has been quoted as saying; "It's refreshing to find an actresa who is a lady," Col- umnista have used very much the Same estprBSsten, The word "le- dy ` crop() up again and again. '*hllywood, as a result, Stands eamea;(hat in awe of her, at the Pane time acknowledging that she can radiate a complete nat. urainess, On her part, she is frank enough to admit that her father, before becoming a pro0- Paraus bttilding contractor, was an Irish bricklayer. But she her- self hale, never known anything but luxury. One thing on which there seems to be general agreement IS that she takes her acting more seriously than almost any .other star, and that she is a perfec- tionist One of the possessions she 'took to Africa with her on the "Mogambo logation-was a book on how to speak Swahili. She had spen>,t the previous few' weeks studying it, and had already picked up a smattering of the difficult language by the time she got out there. And she was nev- er without the book. Of course, there was a laugh against her when she spoke to the natives in laborious Swahili, only to have them answer her in English, but she took it well ' Ag an actress, she is just as conscientious. She becomes en- tirely absorbed in her own char- acterisation, and hardly seems to be 'aware that anyone else exists. The result is that her fellow - players see comparatively little of her during. a production, She is too intent on studying her part at every available opportunity. She says: "I don't think I have ever wanted to be anything ex- cept an actress." She was only eleven when she made her first stage appearance for an amateur group in Phila- delphia, where she comes from; Later on, she played leads for the same group. So, by the time she left school, she had made up her mind to become an actress, and studied at the American Academy of Arts. I doubt very much whether any young actress has ever bounded to such rapid stiacess. She made Broadway with ,one leap from the drama school, playing- the part of Raymond 'Massey's ' daughter in "The Father." Then - she did another Broad- way -play, followed, 'by a few television and radio parts, which led her straight to Hollywood. Grace herself is an excellent swimmer, but she says she real- ly prefers skiing and riding. As you can guess, she does both su- perbly well. She is also an adept at pastel sketching. In fact, it seems that she can thine at anything to which she puts her shapely hand. Oluite`a girl; MODERN PIED PIPER NEEDS NO FLUTE Heinz Wald, champion rat- catcher of'the century, is un- like his famous predecessor, the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Hedoes not need the ajd of a silver flute to catch rodents, He does so with inimitable skill, not by a trap, but with his bare hands. The other day Heinz, who has practised his profession for the past 18 years, caught his 300, - 000th rodent by hand. The secret of his skill is known only to himself. Not even his brothers have the slightest idea of his method. The .first thing Heinz does is to study the condition of the soil. All human beings within 50 yards around have to move away from the vicinity. Then he makes a proper study of the weather conditions. He digs a hole in the earth, and up comes his hand holding a kick- ing mouse, rat or mole. There have' been bets as to his ability. Peoplehave offered ten shillings for any rat or mouse he catches with his hands, But when sometimes he happens to catch 300 a day, Heinz cannot be made to accept the huge sum o due to him according to the bet. "I don't want to do people more harm than the rodents do to them," he smiles. MY SCOOL. LESSON By floelt. farelay Wat'ren, The Whole Duty et Man' Ecc)estastea 1:3-3, 13; 2:1, 18; 3:16; 4:1; 510.12; 12:1, 13-14. ltxemory Selection: Let us hear the conclusion of the wheal matter: Fear God; and keep His conunandinents: for this is the whole duty of lean, Ecclesiastes 12:13. A school principal said re- cently, "People say that the most deadly foe of Christianity is Communism, but I think it is Matesialisin", I think be's right. Communism will be defeated not by bombs but by our people awakening to a sense of God. This is our hope. Solomon sought o u t knowl- edge and wisdom but these did not satisfy. Then he went after pleasure, This did not. satisfy. He wrote, "1 . said of laughter, 'It is made': and of mirth, ':What doeth it?". Then he made great works, houses, vineyards, pools of water, and gathered much wealth, He wrote, "Then I look- ed ooked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I hadlaboured to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, a n d there was no profit under the sun." To the youth he said, "Re- joice, 0 young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God shall bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from they heart, and put away evil from they flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Things do not satisfy. The soul came from God. We can only rest as we rest in Him. Solomon, now a man advanced in years concludes his phil- osophy of life as follows; "Let us hear the conclusion .of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every sec- ret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." New Kid of "Break" Memo posted at the Pappas Refrigeration Company in Hous- ton Texas: TO ALL EMPLOYEES: Due to increased competition and a de- sire to stay in business, we find it necessary to institute a new policy. We are asking that some- where between startitlg and quitting time, and without in- fringing too much on the time usually devoted to Lunch Per- iods, Coffee Breaks, Rest Periods, Story Telling, Ticket Selling, Va. cation Planning and rehasbirg of yesterday's TV -rograms, each employee endeavotts-And some time that can be set aside and known as a "WORK BREAK". Upsidedown to Proven Peeking 13406sed-In Ox * Over 2300 pieces of colored glassintnaks tl mosaic "hide" for this ox, sculptured by Italian -both Sahl Sware. The sculptor states that he added the unusual treatment fo give "color and surface vibrancy" to the figure.