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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-08-31, Page 7'THURS., AUG. 3ist, 1944: eseesar— HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICd THE CLINTON NJC VS -RECORD f,I'. 1l' t;11I1 I)1,'EN. COOKING HEALTH PAGE 7 a tstandingly Good By "PEG" 'From -the 'time we open ,our eyes in the morning 'until we close 'them tot sink' into slumber fat night, 'we are :continuallymaking choice between mag a one thing and another. The alarm • clock rings its warning and we (Mt: tide whether we will getup or not; we choose between the dress or suit 'we are going to: wear to business; we decide what we will have for ' breakfast; then are we going to hurry to catch the first car or will we wait for the second one. We reach the office or our place of employment and the same thing goes on there, "What 'will I do?" is a continual question and so it goes on hour after hour. Our evenings are for the most part a matter of chol.:e as is the time we retire, Thus we go through one day, to be followed by another, then on into the weeks and years. There are .many big choices which • we 'must make in our lives. Our early choices are usually made by Mir parents or guardians. They, as a rule, plan what school we will attend. Just at this particular time Mother and Father are taking over the be- ginning of the Education of their little five year olds. Early some September morning the little son or daughter will be aroused earlier than usual, togged out in clothes which were picked out the night be- fore and Mother or Daddy will take the little one by the hand and will walk with him to the big school where he 'will be' introduced to the teacher with whom he will begin his Education. Routine studies are followed for some years, then there is the prob- lem of future studies. Will the youth go into mechanical work, will he go on and matriculate prior to entrance to university to take up a profession or will he take up commercial work? It is just one continual choice after another. At this stage of the' life of. achild yr youth, parents very :often make a mistake, It may he that some parents wish their son to enter a profession. They have the ready money to put him ' through college. At the sane time the son does not want a profession. He may be mechanically inclined : or : vice versa. Quite often just at this period of a youths life a big mistake is Math.. There are peen in the ministry who are not there of^ their own, ehoice. The parents felt they wanted a minister among their sons and John was chosen for it. John felt he was not called to preach the gospel, but rather than be a disappointtnent%to his parents he went through with it It was not his choice and he made a miserable fail re of it. In the same way many girls want to go into office work but it is decided for her that she must teach school. It is all done in good part by the Mother and Father, but it is .a sad mistake. Parents, allow ybur son or 'daughter to have some say in what they want to do. Sonia children just absolutely refuse to take up the plan of their parents and do well along the line of their own choosing. Thebest thing to do is for all •conserned to stake the subject a matter of prayer. God will clear the way for the choice to be made. Then there is the other side bf it. So many children feel that they want to leave school years before they should. Do not be too :determined along this line. A youth or young man or ; woman shouldtake all the education their parents can afford to give them. Do • not be too hasty in your decision to be one thing or another. You have your life before you and you should try' to snake the very best of the years which are ahead of you. Do not imagine becatf- se you are fifteen or sixteen that you know all that is to be known. Spealdng kindly there are many things which youths of that age do not know. Content yourself and -take every particle of education you can get. This is an age when education is necessary. Those who are not well educated must take second• place. As a- rule the young: people who have refused to go on to school have, be- fore many years are. over regretted the stand they have taken. If that be so we do not need to go on uneducat- ed. We can take night courses or correspondence coin'ses. It is harder than if we ,had gone on to school in the f.rst,place, but lie can attain the standing we wish by persevering. There are many things beside education where we need to exercise the privilege of ' choice. We find our young men and women quite early in life, choosing a partner for their future. What terrible mistakes some of thorn are making' in these days of. crisis! Do try and think seriously about these things. It is not matter of weeks, but it is a life time. Some young people are marrying and they have not known ,one another more than a few days. The results of 'hasty marriages in the last war should be a lesson to our young people of to -day. Will we never learn these things. God grant that we ,will before it is too late. The question of marriage leads us. back to the friends we make.: So many boys and girls. . even pick up with children who lead them' into temptation or visa versa. At this thine of year we find children going into gardens and breaking down limbs trim fruit trees. A little lad recently got into the hands of the law through such playing with bbys belonging to a family where the parents , had little control over the !children. They had all been climbing !the fence and stealing although the first lad had been warned of what • would happen to him if he persisted in playing with the other boys. ' It is easy to make friends either • good or bad. Let us strive to choose our friends among those who will build us up rather than pull us down. A journalist tells of how he seated himself among some soldiers of the Allied Nations. One British Tommy spoke very highly of the leaders .of the ,different armies. He said, "In this war the big boys are right down there in the midst of things with the 'nen—and that guy Mont- gomery prays! My Captain seen 'im rray. My Captain was. going to Mc'nty's unit one morning in Africa. The tont flap was open and the general, we eall 'int Monty, was right down on his knees praying. On a table in front of 'im was e Bible—wine open". "Can you beat that?" cane the eager response of an American. Soldier who was sitt- ing' with us. How wonderful it is for our. Hien in the forces to have leadership such as that. There is a friendship there which means a real fellowship with God. General Montgomery had made his choice. He is a follower of the !meek and lowly Jesus. Does it occur to us that we each have a very great choice to make in 'life? There are two masters either of whom we must serve, one. is Jesus Christ, who died for us and who has made intercession for us in ;Heavenly places, 'the other is His •adversary—the devil Who for os in Heavenly places, the other is His ' adversary, the devil who with his demons tries every way' possible to make us do what is wrong so that We will deny our Lord and will have to spend eternity with. him in his prepared place- of torment. The choice is ours. Christ wants us 'to' join with His angelic host ' but He will not force us to. To -day there are hundreds of our young men and women who are fac- ing an earthlyfoe on the field of battle. Have they made their del cision? It may be they deft Some Young people of the world ' since Then perhaps they have stet thein Saviour, Have their parents bothered to ask them about this important question? Many of these young peo- ple havecome from homes where Christ was never spoken of and it may he the young man .or woman in the forces is just a little shy to tell' them that in some way they have become a follower of the 'Lord. A recent letter from •one of the young men in the forces carries its own message "I will let Dad know that if I do not come back I will'be safe in His kt;eping, All the time and especially now we need the Lord's guidance and aid. He alone willlead us through." One can well imagine that that letter will be prized and kept i, the home. Parents make it a point to find out' just where your son or daughter is in this all important question. It matters not whether they are in the forces or out of it. Acts 16:13 tells us the only way we can be saved, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. We must make the choice but let us da it at once. This second is ours, the next may find us in Eternity. "To every than there openeth A way, and ways and a way, And the high soul climbs the bight way, And the low soul gropes the low; And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro, • But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man decideth The way his soul shall go." Italy; The Allied Assualt n The GuLav Lne 13v' May: 15th'the Fifth and Eighth Armies' had made substantial pro- gress' in the offensive against the =Castav line in .Italy. Santa Angeloe and, Castelforre had' fallen and the rrmbier of l%risoners was beginning ;ridges across he River Gal.. e. to mount. bridges are covered by a heavy. Smoke screen, as they are under Picture stows. M en vehicles and c"ritinuoul enemy fire, rmour as'iti a stead. ' stream over a p Y v THE MIXING BOWL By ANNE ALLAN A Hydro Homo Economise Hello Homemakers! Plump, juicy and :blushing red axe home grown tomatoes and now's the time when they are at their best. Sliced, stuf- fed, or in a cocktail—serve them in every way you'can. You won't have a -chance like this for another year. How to can tomatoes: scald, peel and core. Leave whole or out in quarters. COLD PACK: Pacic raw. Pack solidly in sterilized jars. Add one teaspoon salt per quart. Adjust lids and process in boiling water bath for 45 minutes. Or; for a salad tomato which stays whole, pack peeled ones•into hot sterilized jars, fill with hot tomato juice' (made by stewing some tomatoes and strain- ing), add 'salt and process only' 35 minutes. OPEN KETTLE: Heat tomatoes to boiling point. Acid one teaspoon salt per quart. Boil 20 minutes. Pack hot in sterilized jars. Seal at once. (There is' more loss of Vita- min C :with this method.) TOMATO: ASPIC 4 cups: fresh cooked tomatoes, 1,4: cup chopped' onions, ' cup chopped celery leaves, 1 bay leaf, 2 whole cloves, 1' teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 2 tabiepoons (3 enve- lopes unflavored gelatine), 1/4 cup told water, 3 tablespoons • lemon juice. Combine tomatoes, onions, celery leaves, ,bay leaf, cloves, salt, and sugar. Simmer 20 minutes; strain. There should- be 31/2 cups. Soften gelatine in gold water; disolve in hot tomato migture. Add lemon juice. Pour into greased ,mold; ehill in electric' refrigerator. Unmold on crisp. lettuce. Serve with old-fashion- ed .potato salad. STUrFED TOIVATO SALAD 6 medium sized timatoes, '/ cup of. peas( (green, cooked), r/�.cup of chopped celery, 1/4' cup of dried cu- munber, salad dressing. Scald and peel the tomatoes. Cut a slice from the top and hollow out with a spoon. Mix,the'' tomato pulp and salad dressing with the ,peas, chopped celery and 'cucumber and COUPON PROBLEMS AS ANSWERED BY LONDON RATION BOARD OFFICE Ration Cards For Army Personnel According to: the regional officers of. the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, members of the armed forces on leave for 48 hours or more must secure short-term ration cards from tli4e orderly office of their own unit before they go on, leave. Those who are on leaves of 48 or 96 : hours ` re- ceive ration cards, RB 189, which are filled out, showing the number of meals that' are served by the hostess. These completed cards are to be left with. her. When the hostess has enough cards' to. show that she has served a total of nine meals, she may fill the tomatoes with this mixture. Lay the slice of tomato on top and garnish with hard'cooked egg yolks, forced through a coarse sieve. TOMATO SAUCE 1/ cups tomatoes, 1 slice onion, 1 sprig parsley, 1 stalk celery, 14 tsp. pepper, 2 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. bacon, fat, 2 tbsp. flour. 0 .. Cook the first six ingredients to- gether ten minutes. Strain. Melt fat, add flour, and when smooth add tomato juice.C'ook five minutes. FRIED GREEN TOMATOES Slice unripe.tomatoes in 1/2 inch slices crosswise. Do not peel. Dip in egg, then in bread crumbs, and saute in bacon fat until nicely brown- ed. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve at once. TAKE A TIP 1. Wringers for washing :machines are valuable. May we remind you of the simple precautions that prevent service work and loss of this labour saver. Wringers should be set at the proper, pressure for the thickness of the clothes. Too heavy a load may lock the rolls and evert strip the gears. As soon as the "wringing out" is finished release the rollers. Oil ruins rubber. Do not spill any on the rubber parts of the :machine— if this happens clean off immediate- ly with soap and water. Do not use any abrasive on stained rubber. Try to take as much as possible -off with baking soda and water. THE QUESTION BOX Mrs. J. H. suggests: a delicious' Tomato Juice Cocktail. 18 ripe tomatoes, 1 cup chopped celery, 1- cup chopped onions, 3 sweet green peppers, 1 sweet red pepper, 2 tablespoons salt, 2 table -- spoons vinegar, 1/ cup sugar. Wash and cut - tomatoes. . Chop the peppers finely. Mix tomatoes, celery, onions, peppers, • and salt together.. Boil for :one-half hour in a :covered kettle, Strain through a coarse sieve. Add vinegar and sugar, Boil 3 minutes,, covered. Seal in sterilized jars. Mrs, A. A. ' suggests; ' Uncoolced Mustard. Pickle. 1 gallon cider vingar, 1 cup salt, 2 ounces white 'mustard' seed, 1 ounce .numeric, 1/4 pound dry mustard 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 2 ems brown sugar, saccharine to taste, cu- cumber, onions, cauliflower, etc. Combine vinegar and flavourings. Cut prepared Vegetables in suitable sizes and place in the liquid. Cover with heavy plate to. keep vegetables under liquid. The longer the vege- tables are left in the liquid, the bet- ter the flavour. Stone or glass jars .are desirable, Mrs. J. C. suggests: Chili Sauce. 30 large ripe tomatoes, 4 green:' peppers, 10 medium sized onions, 6 large apples, 3 cups vinegar, 4 table- spoone salt, 1 cup white` or brbwn sugar,:1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon: 1 'Wash and '.peel tomatoes and onions; peel -and core apples; remove, seeds from .peppers. Cut tomatoes and: chop onions, apples and peppers. Add, vinegar; salt, sugar and spices and boil for 2 hours. Stir frequently. Seal in sterilized jars. Anne Allan invites you to write to her % Clinton News -Record, Send'in suggestions 'yourtions o , ho gg memo ' n km' g problems and watch this column for replies. announced ,that Lea and coffee ration coupons in Ration Book 3, numbered 14 to 29 and El' to E6, will not be valid for 'eonsu iei' purchase of these products after ',August 31. Beginning September' 1, the only valid tea - coffee coupons' will :be those in exchange, them for ration coupons Ration book 4, green in colour'and which entitle her to two week'' sup- numbered from T30 upwards. ply of any one rationed commodity.1 Suppliers: of tea and coffee hare This exchange may be made at the. I been granted an additional two local office of any ration Board, weeks .in ;which they may use any Those who are on leaves of more tea or coffee coupons, numbered 14 than 96' hours are 'supplied .with a to 29 and El to E6, to replace their', tedporary ration ear& by the orderly,' stocks of these commodities. They office of their unit.' The officials of are also being granted an :additional no temporary ration documents are week in which to deposit these cou issued' by local ration Boar?s to 'Pons to their ration coupon bank or' service personnel on leave. to 'exchange them for a bank trans'. Members of the armed force;: who I fen voucher. v Due Dates for Ration Coupons Ration coupons now due are: pre., selves 01 to D28; butter 70• to 75; books to discharged Service parson tea -coffee T30 to T39' sugar 14 to nel. 41; canning sugar P1 to'F10. V Tea -coffee coupons 14 to• 29', E1 t0 have been discharged front. thee, Ser- vice apply for ration books at their nearest, local ration Boards. Since August 1 loealB'oards have •been to-• sponsible far the issuance of ration Expiry;Dates of Tea -Coffee E6 in Ration book 3 expire August` 31: Beginning Se September 1 Coupons P only those tea -coffee coupons. in Ration The ration administration of the book 4, numbered T30 upwards, will Wartime Prices and Trade Board has be valid. 1 i 19 ie SNAP NOT S GU I LD PICTURING OUTDOOR'ACTIVITIES �-7b Take advantage of the summer months to picture outdoor activities. S' UMMER is the time for swim- ming, Boating, fun on the water; and wherever there is fun these days, there's room for your camera, ' to record the activities. Let nue caution you, however, about your picture taking. Film, as you know, is hard to get now be- cause war needs require so much. Conserve it. And, by that I mean, don't waste it. If you have a box type, camera, for example, don't try to take a picture of a diver zoom- ing through the air, people playing leapfrog on the beach, or any other even moderately fast action pic- tures. You'll simply be wasting your film because your subject will be blurred. ,If you have a folding type camera with, a shutter having vari- able speeds, watch your exposures and be sure to change the settings when moving from a brightly lighted. area to one in the shade. In other, words—think before you shoot. However, I want to give you a few suggestions on taking pictures at the swimming pool or beach, pic- tures while sailing, and hints on making more appealing water views and scenics. • The main thing to remember about beach: and water 'pictures 18 that open water is bright. It reflects an immense amount of light, so you. must take care not to overexpose, your film. Toprevent overexposure, use a smaller lens' opening or 'a higher shutter speed than you do on ordi- narysubjects. For scenic pictures on the beach, in brilliant sunlight with average -speed filth, the proper ex- posure is 1/25 of a second at f/22. This would be equivalent to the small lens opening on a box camera. Better still, use 1/50 at1/16 to avoid any chance of camera or subject movement causing a blurred picture. When there are people in the pic- ture, or areas of shadow, it is better to use 1/50 at f/11. This would. be about the same as the large lens opening on the box camera. 1/100 at f/11 is recommended if the action is fairly rapid. These lens openings, too, give you a decided advantage. The smaller - the lens opening, the more "depth of field" or range of sharpness,. you have, and the easier it is to get all objects in your picture in focus. There are scores of picture oppor- tunities at the beach—snapshots of beach games, members of your crowd splashingaround in the water, duck- ings, water fights, medicine-balltoss-,'- ing diving pictures; children dig- ging; adults being buried in the sand or napping under newspapers; surf pictures; close-ups of sand' castles; "pattern pictures" using shadows in sand ripples; even the puppy yipping at starfish or scam- pering away from an inrushing wave. Around a swimming pool, you will also find interesting picture chances, especially atthe diving tower. There is one particular point to watch in these pictures. You go to the beach or pool to have fun, and so fun should be emphasized in your pic- tures. The people you picture should be busy amusing themselves. That's the type of snapshot that has real human interest appeal—the kind of snapshot to send to your man in the Service. John van Guilder