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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-08-29, Page 7* T URS., AUGUST 29, 1940 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS CARE OF CHILDREN la"•••• 0,TVwC ooI 0Wo4`4+.1.0,6,PJd+d..nn.nun :,Practical Hints For Jam Or Jelly Making It has been said that jellies are the jewels set in a homemaker's pantry: With hone economists on all sides urging the housewife to do down an"extra jar of jam or jelly, to meet the day when Canada will begin to. • feel the pinch of war, one can only conclude that the more of these jewels • the homemaker has stored away on the pantry shelf, the richer • she will be. Now for some practical hints on the proper procedure to follow in making jam or jelly. Jelly is made from juice, and jam - Iron crusher fruit, plus sugar, but they both start the same way. Cook the fruit slowly to the boiling point, crushing thoroughly while it heats. For jam, the fruit and juice together are weighed, before cooking, but for jelly the measurement is taken by cupfuls after straining. If you want really clear jelly, pour juice and pulp into a muslin bag and let it drip m - disturbed until it drops no more. If you try to help it out with a bit of squeezing you run the danger of a cloudy jelly from small particles of pulp that find their way through the cloth, particularly if the bag is made of cheesecloth which drains more quickly than muslin. Second juice extractions may be made but do not makers prefer to use this secondary pulp and juice for jam or butters. The measuring of juice and sugar is important and must be accurate, for it is the reaction of the sugar with the pectin of the fruit that makes the jelly jell. It—is always wisest and easiest to, work with small quantity of sugar used depends upon over four cups. A 'small amount comes to a boil quickly and is not likely to run over the ' kettle top, necessitating stopping the cooking processes. with resulting trouble. The quantity of sugar used depends upon the kind of fruit; juice and whether it is used plain or with extra pectin. Lf you are using pectin, follow the accompanying directions to the letter for success. Imagination has no place in jelly making. The mixture is ready to take off the stove when a drop sheets or tears off from the spoon in a' distinct piece. It is best to remove the kettle from the fire while making the test if it is almost done, for the seconds of overcooking while you are squinting at the drop may be just too much and spoil the finished product. Finally, seal the jelly with paraf- fin while it is still hot, being sure to cover it completely. Jams and butters, however, are safer if sealed give as choice jelly, so many home- with rubbers like preserves. 6. t Juice and Sugar Chart Juice Amount Crabapple ..,.......i., 1 cup Currant ..........•..•....... 1. cup Blackberry ,..,...,......,...... % cup Apple :........... . ... . . 1k cup Under -ripe grape .....,...i 1 cup Blueberry ,. ......i 1 cup Apple ....... , . , ...,...:-.... 1/s cup Cherry ... ........... 34 coup Apple ,..,........i.......;... 1/2' cup Strawberry ,.......,. , 1,( cap Currant 1/o-, cup Raspberry, Red ...... 1/o- cup Apple ..• ....,. VA cup Raspberry, black . 1!o- cup Cups Sugar per Cup of Juice two-thirds M-1 two-thirds M-1 two-thirds two-thirds two-thirds 1 two-thirds 110•MINWALLTICV /...0011:1 L.,...I THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS ° Here They Will Sing You' Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. TO YE OF LITTLE FAITH Come, listen, ye of little faith, Your doubting is a dire disgrace. Think you the beast this war will This brute, whose soul is steeped in sin? Old Britain's cause is for the right, Tho' she alone is left to fight; And she alone now stands between The Christian cause—and a monster's dream. Look then to nature for the sign Implanted by the Master Mind, Look on the blade and you will see, Stamped by His hand the letter B. Scoff not ye doubting' Thomases, For God fulfills His promise. :Mysterious tho' ofttimes His ways, Faith placed in Him He won't be- tray. So with stout hearts, and by His grace, Supreme will stand the British race. Britain shall stand, as in the past, And defend the faith till the very last. WAR CLOUDS The rifles bark, the cannons roar, The bombers cleave the sky, The military band plays a martial air As the infantry marches by. The tanks that rumble through the street And the flags flown high in air, Bring baek again sad memories Of our boys in graves o'er there. The flower of our youth we sent In answer to their plea, In transport ships waiting for the tide They sailed the angry sea. Now once again war rumors grim Are headlined in our press, And I suppose before they're thru We'll be entangled in the mess. How would those war -mad dictators Like to take a rifle to the front And lie in blood and muck and dirt To help bear the battle's brunt? —Fred J. Roberts, U.S.A. PULL TOGETHER Wo are helped by helping. others; If we give, we always get; Seeing others as our brothers Is life's safest, surest bet! If we give what folks are needing, It will pay us in the end, And we just can't help succeeding In the game of life, my friend. Cheerfulness is always catching— Certain cure for ev`ry rile; Happiness is always hatching In the sunshine of a smile! Banish gloom, by being cheerful; Blaze the trail, and set the pace! And you'll see expressions drearful Swiftly fade 'from ev'ry face! Life gives back just what we give it; Give it smiles—and smiles we get; If we learn this rule and live it, We will never know regret; Give a cheerful word—we'll reap it; It will come back multiplied, And will linger—we can keep it In our "treasure chest," inside. Get Together! Pull Together! Is the spirit that will win! If the gales of life we'd weather, We must .buck 'em with a grin! Help yourself, by helping others; Grab an oar, and join the crew! Pull together With your brothers, And they'll win the race-foryou! —James Edward Hungerford. GOD'S FINGERPRINT I heard a sceptic once declare That God had never been; "For who, in all the world," asked he, "Has the Creator seen?" "Show me," he said, "and I'll believe That what you say is true; That God created earth and sea, And stretched the heavens so blue." I went into my garden, And I saw a flower fair, And. as I gazed upon it, found God's fingerprint was there. The bloom, both leaf and petal, Was painted by Hie skill, And in the perfume of each flower His presence lingers still. And as I went from flower to flower; Wlhere'er my feet had trod, I found, around me everywhere, The handiwork of God. Go to, vain man, and nevermore Dare vaunt thy vacant mind; For he who cannot see his God In nature, must be blind. —Geo. Leader, Petertioro. 1 COOKING PAGE 7 Y�MNMIVMIJJYI, vwn. HEALTH dv^OPPIPPM ear. By "PEG" THE SIXTH COLUMN ..•. . In recent months we have road a great deal about the Fifth Column, with all its fearsome and worrying work, but this is the Sixth Column. One would naturally suppose that the Sixth column would be a degree worse than the Fifth, but thank God, that is notthe case. It is the exact opposite. The story of this new degree was told by one of our leading British statesmen. He had gone to the north- ern part of the country and there had come in contact with a number of elderly people. One man seemed to be the spokesman for the group, and in reply to the question "What are you doing to aid war work-" he answered, "We belong to the Sixth Column". The statesman said, "I have heard of the fifth column, but never the sixth." The old man ex- plained "We are too old to do any active service, so we just gather to- gether and pray for British victory. We know that God in his own good time will answer our prayers, because we are on the side of right so we just keep praying and thanking Him for the help He is giving us". Could I here take the liberty of asking that all who read this article will try and form a Sixth Column Club in their own district. It is not necessary to gather together, but at nine o'clock each night will we just individually and wherever we are offer a silent prayer to God to aid us in this struggle for right. This idea can be brought up in our church meetings and any organizations to which we belong. We ‘cart interest our friends es we write or talk to them until from coast to coast of our Dominion a volume of prayer will ascend to God for our country and for the people young and old who are having any part in this struggle which means so much to the whole world. Will we not begin this to- night? Some claim the war will be won on the sea, Some say it will be won in the air; But the God who rules the universe, Knows it will be won by prayer. Many of us will never see the Battle fields, but when it is all over we can say if' we truly Wish to "I helped to win the war, I belonged to the Sixth Column," Perhaps never in the history of the world have the people of every eountry come together in prayer the way they have done in the past year. Still we must keep praying. The victory for which we are striving requires a 'continuous effort. It must not be a spasmodic plea, which in- creases in intensity as some special calamity is upon us. We should never pray to God without telling Him that we wish the answer to pur prayer to be in accordance with His will and that we will do all we can to make possible the fulfilment of our plea. Before we can pray earnestly to God we must be in the spirit of prayer. We must be co-partners with God. We must have an understanding with Him. We must believe that we are talking directly to God and that God hears us. A little lad was say- ing his prayers one night. He was speaking quite low and his mother said "I cannot hear you John." "Well mother," replied the child, "I was not talking to you.' How true that should be of us all. We so often talk to those about us instead of ad- dressing our supplications to Christ. We would be heard for our "much speaking." God's delays are not denials. Even in connections with the present world situation we sometimes in our pray- ers ask God to bring this war to a speedy close. For some reason, which we cannot fathom He is not answer- ing our prayers in the way we would want Him to. It took twenty-five years for this war to reach the stage it is in now and yet we expect Him to overlook our wrong doings, which are responsible for this condition, and clear the whole thing up in a few days. God will straighten things out but we must give Him His own time. Wo must be patient just as He has been patient with us. On of the most beautiful ways of speaking about prayer is to refer to it as talking with God. How we enjoy talking to our Mendel Does itever occur to us that we can talk to Jesus Christ in just the same Way. The difficulty is that di we talk to our friends we give them a chance to john in the conversation, but when we present our petitions to our Heav- enly Father we want to do all the talking. Another thing Jesus Christ, out of Has goodness many times an - ewers our prayers to our satisfaction, but on numberless occasions we neg- lect to come back and to thank Him for His goodness' to us. What in- gratitude-that n-gratitudethat is! So many times w." look forward to thefuture with fear. Why? Just simply because we have made a mis- take and have joined the Fifth Col- umn instead of the Sixth. We have allowed the powers of evil to come into our lives and thus treachery has became part of our being. These powers have tried to influence us not to put ourtrust in God contend ing that there are plenty of Earthly friendships which are just as profit- able. rofitable. To our ultimate sorrow we have cut off our line of communication with Jesus Christ. Our Holy Com- munion with our Saviour has been broken and in the end we will have• no one to help us. Instead of that we. should join with those who make up the Sixth Column, and thus allow nothing to interfere ;with our daily tasks with our Sav- iour. If we would only do that we would have no cause whatever to fear for the future. If we keep in touch with God in prayer we can always have the assurance that as trouble arises God will take care of us and will deliver us from all harm. He has kept us up to the present and will do so for the remainder of our sojourn on Earth. He has promised us that when we are no longer able to care for ourselves that He will look after us for "underneath are the everlasting arms." A few years before the death of Phillips Brooks a friend was crossing the Atlantic with him. Ono day he missed him and went in search of him, not finding him on deck. he went to_ his room and quietly opened the door. There kneeling by his bed was this wonderful preacher and he was saying "0 God, give Inc power!" David Livingstone was found after his spirit had departed to the better land kneeling by his bedside. Death had claimed him as he prayed. These men belonged to the Sixth Column class. Such stories could also be told of many women. Sons and daughters have on countless occasions been brought into the Kingdom by a pray- ing mother or father. John G. Paton tells of an instance in his boyhod home of where so often his father's handkerchief was seen lying outside his bedroom door sig- nifying that the head of the home was in communication with his God and Saviour. What a wonderful thing it is to have a praying father and mother! Alas, in many homes to- day the members of the family have never seen nor heard their parents pray. What a tragedy it is! A helpful thought to keep con- stantly with us is "not to let the grass grow on our path to prayer." Someone has said that the best pray- er is the simple cry "Lord help me." That signifies that we have forgotten self and our feeble efforts and are putting all our trust in Him. "Let go, and let ' God." "0 Thou of little faith, God hath not failed thee yeti When all looks dark and gloomy, Thou dost so soon forget— Forget that He has led thee, And gently cleared thy way; On clouds has poured His sunshine, And turned thy night to day. And if He's helped thee hither to, He will not fail thee now. How it must wound His loving heart To see thy anxious brow! Ohl doubt not any longer, To Him commit thy way, Whom. in the past thou trusted, And is just the same to -day." Tested ' PZGn 4?: Recipes PICKLED BEETS Snail beets 2 cups vinegar 2 cups. water 11/4 cups sugar 1 4 -inch stick cinnamon 1 teaspoon whole allspice 1 teaspoon whole cloves 1 teaspoon mustard seed, Make a pickling syrup by combining the vinegar, water, sugar, and the whole spices tied in a bag. Bring this mixture to a boil and allow to boil for 5 minutes, then set aside o vernight. Next day, cut off all but Telegram RReceived Toronto, Ont., Aug. 27, 1940 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, Clinton, Ont. Robin Hooci Flour winsagain stop in open competition with all other flours at Can Nat Exbn Toronto today first second third and fourth -prizes for white bre ad were all won by Robin Hood.. Evangeline. Robin Hood Flour Mills. NO WONDER THEY CALL ROBIN HOOD "THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS!" about 2 inches of the stems from the beets. Wash the beets thoroughly and then cover with cold. water. Heat to the boiling point and cook until the beets are tender. Now drain these and place in cold water, and slip the skins. Bring the pickling syrup to boil and place the skinned beets in this and bring the syrup just to the simmering point. Simmer the beets in the syrup for 15 minutes. Pack the -beets into liot sterilized jars, remove the spice bag from the pickling syrup and fill the jars to overflowing with the liquid. Seal the jars as tightly as possible at once and store when cooled in a cool, dry place, PEACH STONE SALAD 3 whole canned peaches Lettuce leaves lb. stoned dates 1/r lb, chopped nut meats '�•� I small btl, maraschino cherries. Cut a peach in half, remove the stone, and lay on a bed of lettuce leaves with the cut side up. Mix the nut meats, stoned dates and the maraschino cherries to make a stiff paste. Form into balls the size and shape of a peach stone and fill the centres of the canned peaches, Top with mayonnaise. Serves six. PEACH SHORTCAKE 2 cups pastry flour 3 teaspoons baking powder a teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons butter or'lard % cup milk 10 peaches M. teaspoon nutmeg Sift flour once; measure and add baking powder and salt; sift again into mixing bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender; add milk, cut- ting in with broad handled knife. Turn on to a slightly floured board and knead very lightly with the tips of the fingers, which must be well floured. Divide dough into halves and roll gently into two rounds not more than1/,-. inch thick. SPICY FRUIT SAUCE 5 apples 5 peaches 5 plums 5 pears 5 tomatoes 5 cups sugar 3 cups vinegar 1 tablespoon salt 2 tablespoons preserved ginger 2 sticks cinnamon Cook all together until thick. Remove cinnamon. Pour into sterilized jars, Seal while hot. PEACH CHIFFON PIE 1 tablespoon gelatin % cup cold water 1/a cup boiling water 3 cup sugar 1 cup crushed, fresh peaches and juice 1 tablespoon orange juice 1/4 cup sugar 2 stiff -beaten egg whites 1 baked pastry shell. Soften gelatin in cold water, add boil- ing water and stir mail gelatin is dissolved. Add sugar and salt; chill until mixture begins to thicken. Add fruit and orange juice. Fold one- fourth cup sugar into egg whites and add to peach -gelatin mixture. Care- fully fill pastry shell and chill about two hours or until firm. Serve with sweetened whipped cream if desired. FROZEN TOMATO CREAM Four cups strained tomato pulp, 16,, teaspoon salt, 1 sprig of parsley, 1 stalk celery, 1 teaspoonmixed spices, '/s teaspoon paprika, 1 cup sweet cream. Heat tomatoes in spices, then cool, stir in cream which has been whipped. Pour into paper lined mold, Put in ice and ,:salt for two hours or in tray to freeze in refrig- erator, Vegetable Canning Rules Can vegetables no longer than two hours after gathering. Gather and can only small quan- tities at one time. Spoilage often occurs before canning. Clean thoroughly, removing all particles of soil, Use pint or quart jars or cans. Two -quart jars must not be used. Pre-cook until thoroughly heated through. Work quickly and do not let vegetables cool after pre-cooking. Pack vegetables loosely. Caution: Discard vegetables when there is the slightest indication of spoilage. Bury very deep or burn. Da not throw to chickens or pigs. Caution: Before tasting, boil for 10 minutes all home -canned vegetables not pro- cessed in a pressure cooker. THE TRUTH ABOUT MOTHER HUBBARD A long -forgotten manuscript iden- tified by the Bodleian Library, Ox- ford, England, proves that Mother Hubbard, of nursery -rhyme fame, really did exist. Miss May Stubbing - ton came across the original manu- script of the famous nursery rhymn while going over some old family papers. It was written in 1804 by Miss Sarah btarthi, daughter of Sir Henry Martin, of Lckynge. So the rhyme, which is world-famous and thought by many to be centuries old is quite young. The inspiration of it was Mother Hubbard, housekeeper to the famous old West Country family of Bastard—whose present represen- tative is Colonel Reginald Bastard, of Kitley, Devon. She had a dog she was fond of, and had gone to find it a bone when,Miss Martin arrived. So the dog's unhappy dilemma was handed down to history Cake Making Rules Use level measurements. Too much baking powder makes a coarse tex- tured cake. Too much shortening makes at heavy, greasy cake. Too much sugar makes a heavy leathery cake. Brown sugar gives a moist cake and is especially good for fruit cakes. For general use a fine grained gran- ulated sugar is best, Too much flour makes a solid, tough cake. Pastry flour gives a cake a more tender texture than when bread flour is used. If butter is hard, work it with a. spoon before mixing. Measure dry ingredients flour and sugar first, then butter, then liquid, using the same cup to save dish- washing. cik=SNAPSR' IrrARSIVSSIZO GUftD SETTINGS FOR PICTURES Maybe boys shouldn't climb trees—but here, the tree makes a nice snapshot setting. Choose good locations for your subjects. WHEN you're taking pictures of V V a person, there are two "most important" elements iu each shot— first, hotfirst, the subject, and second, the setting or location. Many snap - shooters give all their attention to the subject, neglecting the back- ground and surroundings ... and as a result, the picture is often not as pleasing as it might have been. The proper setting greatly helps a picture. For example, a shot of your small daughter just standing by the house may be all right; but a shot of her by the flower bed, pluckinga bouquet for the table, or a picture of her wading in a pretty brook, will generally be much bet- ter. Here, the settings give a reason for the pictures—and at the same time provide attractive surround- ings for the subject. If you can, imagine a theater movie without scenery—just char- acters acting their parts on a bare stage! Think how much would be lost. Proper surroundings are es- sential for fine pictures—still or movie—and if you take care to Se- lect them, your pictures will be far more effective. ' Choose a setting that is familiar, and in harmony with the subject's daily activities. Get a shot of Grandpa tending his garden; snap Dad at the basement workbench where he works on his ship mod- els. If Johnny insists on climbing the tree by the back porch—which he shouldn't—at any rate get a snapshot of him there before you order him down. In brief, picture people in surroundings they like, and you'll get natural, true-to-life snapshots. Before taking a picture, look be- yond the subject and study the background. Make sure that spots or objects in the background don't interfere with the subject—for ex- ample, don't let a prominent tree appear to bo growing out of the subject's head. Often, a shift of a few inches to right or left will solve such problems. Form the habit of putting your picture subjects into appropriate settings — see that backgrounds don't interfere — and you'll get clearer, more interesting pictures. 20 John van Guilder