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Spices and their places of
aright always suggest far -oft
colorful lands, pungent odors,
strange customs. And to be more
practical, we would be hard put,
even amid today's plenty in food,
to serve even the most familiar
dishes without pepper — the
world's most popular spice —
from India, without cloves from
Madagascar, cinnamon from In-
dochina, ginger and allspice
from Jamaica, nutmeg from In-
donesia, and paprika from Spain,
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The Ainerican Spice Trade
Association reports that there
are now 50 spices available to
American consumers,. This fig-
ure includes not only the so-
ealled "true" spices, such as
those named above, but also
members of the herb family,
aromatic seeds, blends of spices,
and seasoning salts — all of
which are classed under the
general terns of spices,
* 5 5
As to their primal origin,
legend suggests that Mr. Cave
Man one day used some leaves
that grew nearby to wrap the
meat he was burying in a pit
of glowing embers to cook. Later
on, when he reasoned that the
leaves must be responsible for
the new and pleasing flavor in
bis meat, the art of seasoning
was born.
* 5 *
From earliest records, in cune-
iform and hieroglyph, we know
that spices were used in ancient
Assyrian and Egyptian civiliza-
tions. The Bible relates that Jo-
seph of the coat. of many colors
was rescued by a company of
I_shmeelites from Gilead "with
their camels bearing spiky and.
balm and myrrh going to carry
it down to Egypt" ,Gen. 37:25?,
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We leek with increased tespeet
at our hardy spie.e shelf when
we consider that in the frith cen-
tury.. 1T rte e ceneuering
Goth. exacted 3.000 po end. of
pepper as part of ,he ransom of
Rome By the e eve h century.
ry,
many towne towwere keepi_n.g their
acro •n it pepper, and peest of
us remember 'earn albeit
dimly. that the diseevery of Am -
trim was an incidental reel
of the search, for better spice
trade reuses.
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RAPS RHEE — P es:nent Serg-
i/len t"res 'hang ieade-ship of
the '.'-en" oecale s andee tare
free- P. H. 5r`:r kky, above, head
of the newly fc-rned Demo -
est cnaore t in tee May D3
sratic nertg. He is Rhee s ss-,.n„g-
slec' Declaring Rreeis.
lean.^g Ko-ee aep a ore -way
scree'- 5r,r'cate caned that
Rhee has become `so se' .n his
wave' that ee cant save Kc
rens cereert tee—able—re.
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A laboratory in a university
has recently emphasized the fact
that virtually all spices will re-
tard rancidity in foods. This is
what the ancients knew without
benefit of laboratory. During
the centuries when refrigeration
was unknown, when sugar,
lemon, and chocolate were yet
to become a part of man's fare,
both the preserving power of
spices and their ability to trans-
form dull food into something
appetizing were highly valued,
* 5 5
What is the difference between
a spice and an herb? Botanical-
ly, the Spice Trade Association
says, spices are the roots, bark,
buds, seeds, or fruit of aromatic
plants which usually grow in the
tropics. Herbs are the leaves of
plants which grow only in the
temperate zones.
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It's a good idea not to keep
spices on the pantry shelf for
much over six months, since
they tend to lose their potency,
Buy in small quantities, and
keep them tightly covered in as
dry and cool a place as possible
— definitely not near the stove,
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Most cooks have tried-and-
true recipes for gingerbread,
spice cake, molasses cookies and
similar dishes which use the
"true” spices. Here are a few
dishes which may be new to
you, or which will suggest end-
less variations to be achieved
with the aid of your spice shelf.
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APPLE SOUFFLE
la cup quirk -cooking tapioca
cup sugar
le teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
le. teaspoon cinnamon
xs teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter
P2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup grated raw apple
3 egg yolks, beaten until thick
3 egg whites
Combine tapioca, sugar, salt,
and milk in top of double boiler.
Place over rapidly boning water,
bring to s a ding point tallow
3te5nn ess. and ceek5ntin-
utee, stirring frequently. Add
butter, - sp.e ea, lemon juice. and
apple. Ceol slightly while beat-
ing eggs Add egg yo: • and r.:ix
well. Feld into the stiffly beaten
egg whites. Turn hto greased
baking dish. Race in pan of hot
water and bake in moderate
oven ialle)'F .^ii to 60 minutes,
or nn _.eis fire Serve hot
with w pedcrca... serves S.
LOUISIANA NIT BREAD
4 cups sifted flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
r; teaspoon allspice
is teaspoon ground cloves
t_ teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecan; or wal-
nuts
1'. cups milk
2 tablespoons shortening
melted
Sift teeetherflee- laking
powder. seizes. sugar, and
Aadeh:gene rr sliced e�.
tee alr.elynets.
1 anci raisine. Bleat eggs
•-a xy : a± .-'i
and stir • on dry =•ee:te-• s
Add melted shortening,
to two greased small leaf pans
(sew a x5 Allow to rise le
het: bake . a'.e even
en
(35.a* ) 45 to 0 minetes. Stage
fcr a day Inefer.e - — :o
,e^ Net • ''?:is is a sweet:eat
If .. ice used:: sand:vi± breaa,
stniar to. -a cr even ls cap.
Geened ceanze rind may be ad-
ded also as f.. .. Se-
sieed.
LOOK, MA, NO HANDS — ''Standing in the de -ores -ay means
Just that to 12 -'ear -cid 3ayce Furyeor. Witnesses say the girl
can stay ua ''-,e-e ofirest indefinitely, cr until someone slams
the door. For va= elv Joyce suspends herself r'aidveay in site
doo-v,ciy with her hands, letting her feet dcngle,
A COOL CAT AND HER CRAZY BROOD — Meet a cat that doesn't "have kittens" every time she
sees little chicks. Tinker adopted three chicks brought home by Michael Karns, 10. Whenever
Karns separated the cat from the chicks, Tinker would play retriever, Left, and bring them
bock kitten -style to her box, The Karns family finally gave up the separation idea, and the
Tinker family, a cat and three chicks, snuggled happily together.
SMOKED BEEF TONGUE
with Sweet and Sour Sauce
1 smoked beef tongue
1 teaspoon allspice
Soak tongue several hours or
Overnight in cold water. Cover
with cold water, add allspice,
and simmer, covered, approxi-
mately three hours, or until very
tender. Trim off roots and slip
off all skin. Save 2 cups stock.
Keep hot,
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SAUCE
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 medium onion chopped fine
2 cups beef tongue stock
1 lemon, finely sliced and
quartered
21 cup sliced, blanched almonds
ee cup raisins
2 whole cloves
u teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 tablespoon maple syrup
4 tablespoons sugar (caramel-
ized)*
Put fat in saucepan. stir in
flour, add onion and cook, stir-
ring, five minutes. Add stock
gradually and boil five more
Minutes. Add lemon, almonds,
raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and
vinegar, Sweeten with maple
sirup and caramelized sugar.
Cook 45 minutes, until sauce is
well reduced. Place tongue in
sauce, boil together, basting
tongue, 'for 20 minutes. Remove
tongue, slice, and serve covered
with the sauce.
*To caramelize, cook over low
heat until sugar is liquefied and
brown.
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Spice Tips
Imagination and a sense of
adventure will guide you to
many appealing ways of using
true spices. Here are a few tips
to start you off:
Allspice — try adding a dash
to tomato sauce.
Nutmeg — it's delicious on
firm slices of buttered summer
squash.
Cinnamon simmer grape
juice, sugar, a touch of lemon
juice, and cinnamon (stick or
ground) tor a delicious drink.
Ginger—some folk like a bit
in pot roast,
Paprika — sprinkle It on
broiled fish for color.
CANNED GROUND HOG—This ground hog, got his front end
stuck in a tin can whi:e eating out of it. After being relieved
from his embarrassing position, Tinnose loped off, none the
worse for wear.
Tossed a Coin For
Which To Marry
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enr gh for hen: :o propose and
for her to accept. Joan congrat-
ulated *them bele. when they
• the news -o her little
gueeeing that the torn of a coin
had settled the me ler.
Ever' matters of liZe and -
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When Will Moa
Break to Pieces?
Scientists are planning to give
closer study to the moon this
year in a new attempt to an-
swer the question that has puz-
zled them for centuries: When
will the moon break up?
Many astronomers predict that
in the next fifty million years
mankind will witness the slow
disintegration of the moon —
the earth's closest neighbour
and only satellite, w h i c h is
about 238,857 miles away from
us.
One famous astronomer has
said: "We believe that the moon
will break into pieces — first
into two pieces, then four, then
eight and eventually into count-
less particles. When this hap-
pens, we shall have continuous
moonlight, reflected from the
particles."
When our first spacemen land
on the moon, they'll find it com-
pletely covered with a dust as
fine as face powder and vary-
ing from 20 ft. thick to enor-
mous troughs 6,000 ft. deep.
This startling prediction is
made by a British astronomer.
Reviewing the results of the
latest research concerning the
moon's surface, he says it is
calculated that there are 25,000
grains of dust in a line measur-
ing Iess than an inch.
At the bottom of the moon's
valleys and in the flat regions,
the moon explorers will find a
loose layer of this dust, rather
like fine, deep snow, not less
than 20 feet deep. It may be
impossible to walk on it. There
Is no water on the moon, so the
dust would not pack tightly ex-
cept under its own weight.
Only on the high ridges of
mountainous ground will the
spacemen find little dust, says
the astronomer.
The moon's dust was caused
by the impact of huge meteor-
ites which in the last '7,000 mil-
lion years blasted great pits in
the moon's surface, it is now
believed. Some of these pits are
500 miles across.
The first men in the moon will
therefore have to find some way
of preventing themselves from
sinking into the dust with their
gear.
STRONG SPIDER
It takes a 14 -ounce pull to
open a trap-door spider's door
when he's holding it down. If
a man were proportionately as
strong, he could exert a pull of
ten tons,
Let Them Eat Pills.
The medical profession has a
low opinion of us who never
carved up a cadaver or figured
a hematocrit. It has succeeded
in •narrowing our freedom to
pick our own pills at the corner
drug store. And now it is sup-
porting in grand fashion the pro-
gram to snake us take the pills
it thinks we ought to.
This refers to that lively con-
troversy, the fluoridation of
municipal water supplies. The
overwhelming medical opinion
is that this is a good thing to do.
It is a good thing to do, it seems,
because this is one way to make
us take our medicine.
This comes out in lively fash-
ion in the fight now going on in
New York City over fluoridation.
The water commissioner there
is against doctoring the water
supply. He urges instead that
New Yorkers be allowed to de-
cide the question individually by
the simple expedient of buying
fluoride tablets. Then those who
wanted it could have it, and
those who didn't needn't.
The tablets, said the commis-
sioner, would cost only 25 cents
a child for three years.
WeI1, we put the question to
a man who represents the pub -
lie health views of the medical
profession: What's the matter
with letting people take their
own pills instead of forcing
them to by fixing the water sup-
ply?
First he said the cost estimate
was off. The New York Health
department figures fluoridating
the water supply costs nine cents
per person per year, bottled
fluoridated water $18.25, fluoride
in milk $2.14 and tablets $3.65.
But what really counts against
the tablets, he said, is that peo-
ple can't be educated to take
one every day. instead of a dozen
today and none for a month.
Though these are not his tvords,
the implication is that the less
the dumb herd is trusted with
pills, the better.
Maybe.
But couldn't just a ,mall, little
voice be lifted in favor of letting
people do more of their own
self -doctoring, if that's their
willful desire? Educatiot, about
pills is harder and more uncer-
tain than withholding them or
stuffing them down as the good
humec:tarians decide. And yet
we simple people do have our
pride.—Boston Herald.
Drive With (are
ACCIDENTAL FUN — Child psy-
chology invades the bandage
business with marketing of
these new, cartoon -decorated
first-aid bands. Tears disappear
in a hurry, the manufacturer
claims; when small fry spot il-
lustrated bandages.
DOWN AND OUT -- Heavyweight Coley Wallace is shown be-
ing helped to a sitting position by his handlers after being
knocked out in the 10th round by Bob Woodall. Wallace. was
tct,en to a hospital for treatment.
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