HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-11-28, Page 7More Room In
Your Kitchen •
If you need drawer space in the
kitchen, as well as a breakfast board
—and have not much motley for
either—here's a tip .An old-fashion-
ed, three -drawer dresser will pro-
vide the storage space for linens,
towels, cookbooks, and perhaps
even the meat grinder or the waffle
iron. It might also supply room
for silver in the top drawer.
The top of such a dresser has
an overhang of about an inch on
each end. To thls may he fastened
at each end two boards about three-
quarters of an inch thick, as long as
the dresser end, and as wide as you
need for serving snacks—approxi-
mately 10 inches,
Fastened with screws to dresser
end and board, two hinges will al-
low these boards to fold down
when not in use. A narrow slot
in the dresser ends will allow a
thin board, about three inches
wide, to pull out and fit under the
drop leaves, to hold them in place
when in use.
If table work -space is likewise
needed, but not all of the time, a
wider hoard, or piece of wood made
be fastened to the back of the
dresser with hinges. Thus, when
company conies, and you want to
have luncheon or sapper already
on the plates, pull out the dresser
from the wall, lift up the board
at the back, as well as the two on
the ends, and there's plenty of
room for piccrust snaking, and later
setting out plates.
Right angles could he used In
place of slots and wood; screw
short bolts into the dresser at the
place where you need right angles
to hold up the drop leaves, and
place the nuts on the bolts, ready
to be unscrewed when the leaves
are needed. Keep the angles in the
right corner of the top drawer.
When needed, simply unscrew
the nuts, fit the angles over them,
and screw on the nuts again. If
heavy work is to be done on such
an upheld leaf, it 'night be well to
use two right angles for each leaf
instead of one, near the ends, so
the weight is evenly distributed.
Early Bird— Hollywood actress
Julia Adams has her Christmas
menu all planned, even to the
selection of the bit d. She real-
izes there aren't many more
chopping days until Christmas.
Gypsy Lavender
The smelt of lavender always
lingered in our house, for all the
drawers and cupboards were full
of the herb, which was tied into
little muslin bags and placed be-
tween the linen.
Every year the wild, gaunt -look-
ing gypsies used to gather it in
the bills and then come down to
the city to sell laden baskets full
of its sweet perfume. Lavender
grew in a corner of the garden,
too, but we always bought from
the gypsies. I remember a mnerry-
eyed• gypsy girl who used to come
to the house when I Was small.
She would stand in the street sing-
ing her lavender song and then she
would be brought into the house by
Reticle, who -would bargain astutely
for the lavender . , , Sometimes my
grandmother would order Hacer to
give the gypsy a good meal, after-
ward she would be called to the
salon to read the future for my
mother and grandnnotltee, who both
had a childlike belief in such things,
She would be given a cushion and
would sit on this, just inside the
door, afraid to advance too far into
the elegant room, careful not to
pot her bare, dirt -begrimed feet
M the carpets , When this was
finished, my grandmother would
toss her a gold coin which sihe
would catch dexterously ...' She
wore strange exotic garments of
every hue, and •her shining black
hair had twisted through it • many
brightly colored glass beads,
Front "Portrait of .a Turkish Fam-
ily," by Irfati Orga,,
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Today the column features a very tasty noodle -cheese ;lisp ---picture
herewith—tirade with the help of ACCENT, (That should he one
of those little French 'narks over the first "C" rather titan an apostrophe,
but the Linotype on which this is set just doesn't happen to have such
a thing.) AC'CENT, as Many of you probably know, is pure mono-
sodium glutamate which has no flavor of its own, but helps wonderfully
in bringing out the flavors of almost anything to which it is added. And
I might say that several.friends of mine, whose special diets forbid the
use of salt, are allowed to use AC'CENT and find it a real blessing.
NOODLE CIIEESE CUSTARD RING wrrli VEGETABLES
1 8 -ounce package fine noodles Few grains pepper
1 cup milk, scalded ; teaspoon ACCENT
3 eggs, beaten
134 cups grated sharp
Cheddar Cheese
1 teaspoon salt
(pure monosodium glutamate)
1 bunch carrots, sliced and cooked*
2 cups cooked lima beans*
)y cup melted butter or margarine
34 cup chopped peanuts
Cook noodles in boiling salted water until tender; drain; rinse with cold water.
Pour scalded milk over eggs; add to noodles with cheese and seasonings. Pour
into greased 9 -inch ring mold; set in pan of hot water. Bake in moderate oven,
3250 F. 45 minutes. Unmold on serving plate. Fill center with hot vegetables.
Melt butter or margarine; add peanuts; cook until butter begins to brown;
pour over vegetables and top of noodle ring. Makes 6 servings.
"Add / teaspoon AC'CENT to cooking water.
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Now for a few pie recipes. If
you'd like to make a lepton mer-
ingue pie that is just right in fla-
vor, texture, aitd color—stiff enough
to cut without being 'runny," with
, a deep yellow color and a fresh
tangy flavor that is not too sweet
and not too sour—try this recipe.
LEMON MERINGUE PIE
7 tablespoons cornstarch
1% cups sugar
teaspoon salt
1% cups hot water
3 egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter or margar-
ine
1 baked pastry shell
Mix cornstarch, sugar, and salt
thoroughly in saucepan. Pour in
hot water and cook over high heat,
stirring constantly about six min-
utes, or until mixture is thick and
translucent. Remove from stove
and add heated egg yolks. Return
to stove attd cook at low heat
stirring constantly for six min-
utes. Remove from heat and add
lemon juice and butter. Cool be-
fore pouring into baked pastry
shell. Top with meringue made
with three egg whites, % teaspoon
cream of tartar and 6 tablespoons
sugar. Bake at 400° F. until gold-
-en brown. Cool several hours away
from drafts before cutting,
An unusual fruit pie combines
fresh cranberries and canned peach-
es (pictured. Strips of pastry, twist...,-
ed spirally, serve instead of a top
crust and add a decorative touch to
the colorful contents.
CRANBERRY -PEACH PIE
3 tablespoons quick - cooking
tapioca
3/4 cup. water
154 cups sugar
21/3 cups fresh cranberries
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 No. 2% can peaches, halves
cut into wedges
pastry for Ir/a crusts
Mix tapioca and water; cook to-
gether 5 minutes. Add sugar and
cranberries and continue to boil 5
minutes longer, or until all the
cranberry skins pop open. Cool
and add extract. Prepare pastry
mix and line pie pan with dough.
Pour 34 of cranberry mixture into
shell; top with peach wedges and
remaining cranberry sauce. Put
strips of dough across pie and bake
at 425°F. for about 25 minutes.
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Dried fruits are often combined
effectively to snake a hearty two -
crust pie, and here is one that will
please the man of the family.
Handwriting and
Personality....
by Eileen Blackburn, B.A.
Handwriting is one of the oldest
psychological methods known. Nero
mentioned back in Roman times
that he "liked not the way a cer-
tain courtier made his "pt's" and
"n's" (tops very pointed). They look
too much like prying." Blunt testi-
mony of what the Chinese call.
"frozen motion" for every stroke
of the writing implement is an ex-
pressive movement, the result of a
brain impulse, which leaves a per-
manent trace. -
Just as the heart-beat is register-
ed on the cardiograph and every
tiny break, waver or mark makes its
own permanent record from which
the specialist determines the con-
dition of the heart so the trained
grapho-analyst, in similar fashion
interprets the personality and char-
acteristics of the individual.
No matter what mentality one ,
possesses or quirks of personality,
they are all shown in the handwrit-
ing. Further it is a permanent
record, whether in hieroglyphics
chiselled on stone or on a sign—
board painted with a brush or on
a written page done with pen or
pencil. The most intimate details
of one's character are manifested
in that writing. The writing of a
complete stranger becomes an open
book to the graphologist for hand-
writing analysis actually correlates
between handwriting and person-
ality. Yet, it is so complicated that
the chances of obtaining an iden-
tical specimen is one in utatty bil-
lions.
The need is ever increasing for
this rapid but adequate method. of
'determining personality traits in -all
walks of life—the schoolroom, the
home, in industrial, professional and
military 'services. Ito permanency
serves not only for present records
but fpr the past and future as well.
• "If clinical psychologists lose
their jabs in personality testing in
the near future, it will be because
the' work can be better done, by the
graphologist—the handwriting ex-
pert," was a prediction made by a
New York consulting psychologist
at a meeting of the Montreal Medi-
co -Chirurgical Society, at the Mon-
treal Neurological Institute, on
Wednesday evening, September
26th, 1951. Dr. .Maud Harrower,
one of the only two women Fel-
lows of the Institute said that in
comparative testing by psycholo-
gists and graphologists, "the graph-
ologist had it all. It is the only
method where you can get back
numbers."
Earlier specimens of handwriting
give a clue to changes that have
taken place in the patient's make-
up, years beore he has been sent
for tests. Because the methods of
graphology testing are less com-
plicated than other methods oftnen-
tal testing, the meaning is clearly
understood.
Now,. for a feW quick tests to
-Move YOU, 'too, can be a grapho-
analyst.
Who•writes the heaviest in your
family? Just be sure, then, that that
one rules the roost.
Who starts off his M's, N's, W's,
(in fact any capital letter) with a
large initial loop? That person
craves responsibility,
Who omits initial 'loops on "h's"
and "b's"? A forthright person who
goes directly to the point in speech
or action.
Who writes an i -dot like a com-
ma? Watch out for an irritable soul.
Who leaves "a's, o's, g's" open
at the top? Alt, a real chatter-
box. Do not trust all your( secrets
there,
And finally, are the t -bars too
low on tine stein or are they too
near the top or, perhaps, above
the stern. Too low, that person
suffers from en inferiority complex,
Too high, a dreamer of breams, one
who builds castles in the air,
WINTER FRUIT PIE
1 cup dried apricots or peaches
(or half of each)
1 cup raisins
34 cup peach juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons flour
3/2 cup sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons butter or merger.,
ine
Pastry for 2 -crust pie
Simmer dried fruit and raisins
in water until tender ( about 15
minutes). Combine fruit juices and
rind and pour over drained fruit.
Add remaining ingredients, stir-,
ring lightly until well blended. pour
in pastry -lined pie plate and dot
with butter. Top with pastry that
has steam vents pricked in it. Jialtc
at 425"F. for 10 minutes, then at
350°F, about 35 minutes,
If your family is tired of plant
pumpkin pie, serve them a coco-
nut puntpitin chiffon pie topped
witih a wreath of whipped cream
on which is sprinkled toasted dired-
tled coconut. They'll say they've
never known pumpkin pie rtut he
so good. o
PUMPKIN CFIIFFON PIE
1 envelope of plain gelatin
'/n cup cold water
11/4 cups mashed, cooked pump-
kin
3/q cup evaporated milk
;i cup water
2 egg yolks slightly beaten
3/a cup brown sugar, firmly pack-
ed
14 teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon ginger
IA teaspoon each, nutmeg and
cinnamon
2 egg whites
1 cup shredded coconut, toasted
1 baked 9 -inch pie shell
ye cup cream whipped and sweet-
ened
r/ teaspoon vanilla
Soften gelatin in % cup water,
Combine pfmtpkin, milk, 3' cup
waver, egg yolks, % cup of the
sugar, salt and spices in top of
double boiler. Cook over boiling
water 10 minutes, stirring con-
stantly. Add gelatin and stir until
dissolved. Chill until slightly thick-
ened. Beat egg whites until foamy.
Add remaining sugar gradually,
beating until stiff. Fold in pumpkin
mixture, vanilla and y of toasted
coconut. Turn into cold pie shell
and chili until firm. Just before
serving, top with whipped cream
sprinkled over with remaining co-
conut.
Your Speed At A Glance—This oversize speedometer, developed by traffic safety specialists may
soon appear on police curs throughout the country. The 31 -inch half-moon speedometer registers
exact speed in lights, and motorists are invited to check their own speedometers by it.
How Can 1?
liy Anne Ashley
Q. How can I clean parchment
Lamp shades?
A. Dip a woolen cloth into cold
water and wring fairly dry. Then
moisten with linseed oil and rub
over the shade, repeating until all
the dust has been removed. Dry
with •t woolen cloth. If the shades
are shabby, give them a coat of
white shellac.
* * *
Q. How can I prepare a simple
furniture polish?
A, A furniture polish that can be
used on the finest woods can be
made of one part vinegar, with
equal parts of linseed oil and tur-
pentine.
* * *
Q. Flow can I treat a head cold?
A. Try snuffing powdered borax
up into the nose; it will aid con-
siderably in drying out a cold.
* * *
Q. How can I make a substi-
tute sizing for plastered walls and
ceilings that are to be painted
with oil paints? -
A. When no commercial sizing
is available, these walls may be
sized with carpenter's glue, diluted
with a large quantity of water.
* * :.
Q. What can I do if the metal
tips of a shoe string come off?
A. Dip the ends of, the strings
into mucilage. This will stiffen
them and make it easy to put them
through the eyelets.
* * *
Q. How can I make the task of
removing old paint easier?
A. Dampen the sandpaper with
benzine, and it will lighten the
work of removing old paint.
* * *
Q. How can I clean woodwork
or furniture that is oiled or var-
nished?
A. Clean with a soft cloth mois-
tened with• lemon oil. Then rub
this briskly into a polish, using
a clean, dry polishing cloth. Or
you may use kerosene attd linseed
oil, mixed; but lemon oil dries
more rapidly.
* * *
Q. How can I revive a fern?
A. Often a fern that is considered
dead can be revived by standing
the put in a tub of hot water for
an hour, or until the water be-
comes cool.
* *
Q. How can I
flavor to prunes?
A. A delicious flavor will be
the result if a small stick of cin-
namon and several slices of lemon
are added to the prunes while they
are simmering.
* * *
Q. How can I mend broken
marble?
A. Make a very stiff paste of
Portland cement and water. Clean
the edges of the marble thoroughly,
apply the cement to both broken
edges, press tate edges together very
tightly, and tie securely until the
cement has set.
*
give an added
To keep his 5 -year-old son out
of his barn a Bloomington, Ind.,
farmer told the boy there was a
bogy than inside it. Several hours
later the lad informed his father
they need no longer worry about
the intruder. "I just bursted him
up," he explained. He had, too—
barn and all.
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