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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-07-04, Page 2Hid Vital Secrets In Apple Core When the telephone rings in a comfortable home in Copenha- gen, Mrs. Oda Ebbesen, house- wife and mother answers it. A few minutes later, her dress and apron replaced by a smart khaki uniform, her young daughter left with a friendly neighbour, Mrs: Ebbesen reports for duty at the local army head- quarters. She is a member of the Danish Lottecorps. These are women volunteers who, without any payment, give up theirr spare time to train for emergency ser- vice with the army. All they re- ceive in return is a khaki uni- form when they complete their first forty-six hours' basic train- ing, and the unbounded admira- tion of the men with whom they work and train. The Danish Lotter were given a contract with the Ministry of 'Defence in 1951 and placed at the service of the army and home guard. After her preliminary training, a Lotto is attached to the unit of her choice, where she is given specialized training to enable her to release a man for active service in an emergency. Married only three days be- fore the Germans occupied Den- mark, Oda Ebbesen begged her husband not to do anything dan- gerous. Like any young bride, she was terrified that he might join the resistance movement. Within a very short time, how- ever, she began to suspect his mysterious absences from home and discovered that, despite his reassuring promises, he was an active member of a sabotage group. She did the most practical thing a wife could do — made up PRIZE FASHION — This young- ster doesn't seem overly im- pressed that she's modeling a prize-winning pinafore which follows the pyramid line. The ensemble, designed by Quiwie Blomgren, won the Helen Lee Silver Thimble Award of the Parsons School of Design. It is the first time the award has been given for children's fash- ton. her mind to go with him into all his dangers. Together they join- ed a newly formed group, which was about to launch a news bureau. Every morning the group for which she and her husband worked in secret, issued -a news bulletin to the sabotage and military groups, to the Swedish radio and to the BBC's Danish programme; on which they had the satisfaction of hearing their reports each evening. News about German military concentrations was also relayed to the Allies, and 'a number of British airmen and resistance workers were smuggled over the border into neutral Sweden on the first stage of the way. home. For the first year or so, the young Ebbesens carried out these highly dangerous activities from their own flat, without arousing suspicion. Then one day a huge military car full of German troops pulled up outside the house. As the soldiers stormed noisily upthe stairs, Oda crept through a window and took re- fuge with a neighbour, while her husband jumped out of a back window into the street below, From then on they had to live where they could - a total of thirty-two different addresses before the war ended. During the persecution of the Jews in the autumn of 1943, their main work was transporting these un- fortunate people out of Denmark into Sweden. Oda also became at one time a member of a group collecting and recording infor- mation about the Danish cola- borators — evidence which was used to bring them to justice at the end of the war. - But the most terrible day of all was October 14th, 1944, when the whole group was arrested. Oda was questioned over and over again with the others, but she "played stupid" and the Ger- mans, convinced that such a silly little woman could not possibly have the courage to be a resis- tance worker, let her go. In fact, she emerged from her questionings at German headquarters with some quite useful information obtained from the enemy — while they got nothing whatever from her. With her husband in prison, Oda set about finding a method of establishing contact with him. On one occasion she talked a German police officer into tak- ing some fruit to him — and hid some vital information about one of his fellow resistance workers, who had escaped from prison, in- side the apple core At this point, Oda took a job as secretary to the military leader of the re- sistance movement in South Jut- land. She worked with codes and issued hundreds of 'false iden- tity cards and travelled as a courier all over the country. Peace has returned to Den- mark but Oda Ebbesen still re- members listening every day to the BBC — "particularly to the speeches of Winston Churchill, which gave us courage to carry on," Nor will she forget the first time she fired a pistol, "I did not like it at all," she says, with a shudder. But it's because Oda Ebbesen and thousands of womenm like her do not mean to go through the nightmare of enemy occu- kation again, that they give up their spare time to the Lotte- corps, whose motto is a simple one, "Serve Your Country." FAIR FORMOSA FIVE—Five Formosa Screen stars pose in Taipei after they were selected to represent their country at Asia's fourth Film Fstival in Tokyo. From left, the gems of the Orient are Mu Hung, Lu Pee Yun, Wu Chin Hung, Chang Chun Von and Hwang Meng. Tomato Aspic Molds Pep Up Those Cold Cuts BY DOROTHY 14IADDOX' T1.HIS. is the season when -cold . cuts snake a welcome meat course for the family dinner. How about giving extra appeal to the cold platter by arranging indi- lvidual' tomato aspic molds in the ,center? But give the aspic extra appeal, too. Combine with the tomato juice, crisp raw cabbage, celery and green pepper—to make a delightful'salad aspic. Tomato Perfection Aspic (6 servings) One envelope unftavored gela- tin, : 14 cups tomato juice,- 7/2 teaspoon salt, r/4 teaspoon pep- percorns, 1 bay leaf, Y4 teaspoon whole cloves, 1 small onion, sliced; 2 tablespoons mild vine- gar, Vs cup finely shredded cab- bage, 1 cup diced celery, 2 ta- blespoons minced green pepper: Sprinkle gelatin on 3 cup cold tomato juice to soften. Heat remaining 1r/4 cups tomato juice with salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, whole cloves and onion in sauce- pan; simmer 10 minutes. Strain into bowl over softened gelatin; stir until gelatin is dissolved., Add vinegar. Chill until mixture is the con- sistency of unbeaten egg whites. Stir in cabbage, celery and green pepper. Turn into individual molds and chill until flrm. Un - mold in center of cold meat plat- ter, or unmold on lettuce and serve with mayonnaise. For a warns. weather novelty, Give cold cuts extra appeal with this appetizing warm -weather platter. Centered are individual tomato aspic molds. try this unusually good chiffon pie. Mint and Molasses Chiffon Pie (One 9 -inch pie) ' One envelope unflavored gela- tin, % cup sugar, divided, n/a teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, separated, '/ cup cold water, ' cup un - sulphured molasses, s/4 cup evap- orated milk, 3 teaspoon pep- permint flavoring, one 9 -inch pastry or crumb crust shell. Mix together gelatin, ih cup of the sugar and salt in sauce- pan. Beat together egg yolks and water: add to gelatin mix- ture. Plade over low heat, stir- ring constantly, until gelatin is thoroughly dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in un -1 sulphured molasses, evaporated; milk and peppermint flavoring: j Chill until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a' spoon. Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Gradually add remaining 7 cup sugar and beat until very, stiff. Fold into gelatin mixture. Turn into prepared pie shell; chill until firm. If desired, gar-- nish'with whipped cream. A8LET eia- iando2WS. It's sandwich time and some principles suggested by the .American Institute of Baking may help you with your future sandwich making. Select sand- wiches to suit occasions and conditions under which they are to be served. Serve hot sand- wiches immediately following preparation. To keep open -face or unwrap- ped sandwiches moist, cover with moisture -proof material. Refri- gerate. Do not cover with a damp cloth. Carefully 'made sandwiches may be stored for 12 to 24 hours at temperatures under 50° F. Spread a coating Of soft butter, peanut butter or cheese spread to edges of bread slices to avoid the picking-upof moisture from gala d -type fillings. Use these coatings, too, with honey, jelly or preserves. Before starting to prepare sandwiches, make fillings and garnishes; refrigerate them if necessary. To speed up the mak- ing of more than 6 sandwiches, line up matching. bread slices in pairs On a work surface for easy cutting and wrapping. Spread fillings evenly, using a flexible spatula. Stack 2 or 3 sandwiches and cut all at once with sharp knife. Wrap sandwiches indivi- dually to prevent flavors from mingling. Label each variety of sandwich for easy selection at serving time. * * * Try one or several of the fol- lowing spreads either with or without additional fillings for summer sandwiches. To one-half cup of butter— add, For Orange Butter — 2 tea- spoons orange juice and s/4 teaspoon grated orange rind,. For Lemon Herb Butter-% teaspoon ,ground basil, 1. teaspoon minced parsley, 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind. . For Honey Butter — 1 cup honey — honey and butter both slightly warm, Date Butter — z cup finely chopped pitted dates, .1 tea- spoon lemon juice. Curry Butter -1 teaspoon cur- ry powder, ih teaspoon salt, few drops onion juice. * * * Same bread=different spread; same spread—different bread, is a good slogan for home sand- wich makers to adopt. Whether you choose white, rye, whole- wheat, pumpernickel, nut, ba- nana, orange or any other vari- ety of bread, you'll like some of the following fillings to go with it. * * * Cream Cheese Cucumber '/i cup chopped cucumber 1 teaspoon celery seed Y4 teaspoon dill seed. 2 (3 -ounce) packages 'cream cheese 14, teaspoon salt Combine all ingredients. Fil- ling for 7 sandwiches. 4. * Sardine -Egg 1/4 cup mashed sardines 1 cup strained hard -cooked egg yolk 1 tablespoon chopped sweet pickle; 1 tablespoon mayonnaise or salad dressing 2 teaspoons olive oil - Dash of salt Combine all ingredients: Fil- ling for 3 sandwiches. Prune. -Peanut Butter 1/4 cup chopped cooked prunes y cup peanut butter 1/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing • teaspoon salt Combine all ingredients. Fil- ling for 4 sandwiches, • * * * Egg -Bacon 2 hard -cooked eggs, chopped y/s cup chopped, cooked bacon 3 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing Combine all ingredients. Fil- ling -for 4 sandwiches. Cheese 1 cup grated, process cheese (4 pound) 1 tablespoon prepared horse- radish 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion 3 tablespoons chopped stuffed olives r/ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 3 tablespoons chili sauce Combine all ingredients. Fil- ling for 5 sandwiches. 6 M * Are you going to have a big crowd? Here are fillings that will make 50 sandwiches. Chicken Salad Filling 21/4 quarts cooked, diced chicken 1/a cup lemon juice 2 cups mayonnaise 2 cups chopped celery 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish Combine all ingredients. * * * Salmon or Tuna Salad Filling 7 one -pound cans fish Ia. cup lemon juice 2 cups mayonnaise 2 cups chopped celery Flake fish and sprinkle with lemon juice, Mix well with other ingredients. * * a Frankfurter -Pickle Filling 0 frankfurters, cooked and ground 2 cups pickle relish 1 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup prepared mustard 21 cups mayonnaise Combine all ingredients. ',JUliiil3®iZING' A TANKER. The shutdown of the Suez Canal spotlighted the great need for larger oil tankers and sparked off such odd "ship sur- gery" as the "Jumboizing" operaton pictured below. The ship was cut apart and a new 354 -foot midbody Inserted between bow and stern. It added 48 feet, 6 inches to the tanker's overall length and 7 inches to its beam. The enlarged Gulfineadows, a T-2 tanker, goes into dry dock ... ship, renamed Gulfbeaver, is now 572 feet long and 75 feet wide. It can carry an additional 30,000 barrels of fuel (such as gasoline). Full load is more than seven million gal- . Ions, The "Jumbolizing," which took 36 days, is expected to add 12 to 15 years to the ship's life. Company, which says the operation insures bigger and better tankers at minimum cost, plans to jumbolize more of Its T-2 tankers. When stern is cut from midbody ... it remains in dry dock as rest of tanker is floated out... . The new, 354 -foot midobdy,(already welded to bow) is Floated in and hooked to the stern . Enlargement completed. Gulf meadows renamed Gulfbeaver. 4' ..