HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-06-14, Page 7How Mama Made
Apple Strudel
The other evening, while dining
sit a friend's home, 1 was singled
out when dessert arrived,
"This strudel is not the kind you
are accastpined to," lily hostess 00.
marked hitt. it's 11e best 1 could
manage Staring al 111e from Be
plate was this so „rtexttred con-
coction, wrapped around some htilr
caused apples. 11 would not be otter
to consume this facsimile..
Since my friend is a lop -level
writer and not that kind of a cold;,
X nettle no comment. WIth Ile aid
of generous Mounds of whipped
cream, 1 begin to struggle willh
the 01rerlug.
This was the petered spat ter
me to MU) 1tb0t1 -Alam t s V10).
nese apple strudel, for how could
I ever forget it?
Mama Im(1 a way with an ftp
ple strudel. !laving acquired the
culinary ingenuity of making One
in Vienna .as a young lady, she
never forgot the recipe. Papa al.
Ways remarked that it was perieet
and just as good as his own moth-
er's, which was the height of a
compliment.
I never wearied of observing her
prepare the ingredients, of watch.
tag her toss and stretch the dough
and then form it into a horseshoe
and bake it. I used to think, even
when I was only six years 01(1, Um
Mania was wonderful. Especially at
making strudel !
I would watch In patience and
wait for her to asst me to help.
Eventually, she always chid.
"Now you Can peel and core the
apples . . and see that you keep
the skins thin," she admonished.
This order made me feel import-
ant, 1 had learned, through per-
slstenee, to peel apples with such
transparent skins that 1 could a4
most see Mama .through. them. The
Intricate part arrived when 1
reached the core of each apple and
began t0 slice them. No apple meat
could be wasted, yet no core he in
eluded in the strudel's tilling.
Mania mixed sifted flour and
salt, then added the beaten egg
and butter and a cup of lukewarm
water. This mixture was tossed on
a floured board several times with
great vigor.
Mania was an expert at tossing
the dough onto the board. Although
I held my breath watching her, the
dough always missed the floor and
Landed on the board unmistakably.
A wondered if Manta would ever
allow me to toss the strudel (lough
in this fashion. I had a secret yearn-
ing to perform this feat.
I
often practiced tossing my doll
and my rubber ball, but I never
clip hit the board properly. My
tossing allempts landed on NM
floor, every- time.
I continued to watch Minna
transfer the tossed mixture onto a
plate, heat an earthenware mixing -
butyl In the m eu, and then 1illtce
this bawl over the dough for ahem
451 montes, 1'I'1(18 was the sperm
for the perfe(4 ['oasis' envy of the
dough,1 A Viennese seefe1
Neter Almon haul examined the
apples 10111011 I had peeled 1)ud
sliced, she covered them up 101111
cold Willer and 101111 about On,
paring the tilling l'or the strudel,
nest she :dirty)] 11 cup or bread
ernn81s w1111 smile sweet butler.
111)111 it turned gulden brown, Af.
ter selling this misttn')' aside, she
begat) 10 blciml ohlaimtou and sugar
with grated lenem rind- and nut
meg, a dash oe rosemary, and a
cupful each of raisins and ellopmel
ahno1ds.
Afrer dunning lite apples, rile
added the browned crumbs and all
the spbi.v, raisins nod Inns; text
she added the beaten whits of tin
egg. She tossed these ingredients ill
go) her 101111 pram Iced gestures,
Tion site snilde.nly stopped and dip-
ped a spoon into 1110 mixture and
landed it to me, ''Open month 1"
she sold tu1(1 snlileri,
I smm01011 my lips. '1'11ese
thoughtful little gestures always
made me feel so good. Minna was
the 101 !
But the part t111tt rennins the
shiniest or 1111 was the stretching
and pulling of the t -a 1(1(101.
Altana w'11islked 00) a gleaning
white linen 010!1 which she waved
throigh the air and over the kit.
010')) table, She sprinkled it getter
ousl,y with lots of 1100x. Next, she
removed lite 110 401 from beneath
the heatedbowl tad placed It in
the center of the floured cloth, Dip
ping the tills' of her lingers 111 more
dour, she began slowly hurl gently
to pull and 81reteh the Gough, it
bit at a time, eonxi)gly and with
caro, to avoid 11'n nc4. I knew, af-
ter Watching this slime 1)0120rm
ranee, week after week, that the
(1011411 ,just. had to be as twinspmr
ent Its isinglass,
'Mama had to work fast aid tim-
procednr1 was exciting, I could
scarcely sit still, so had to get tilt
aid stand 11081(10 the table. At times
I had to leap aside, for Mama kept
raving around tite table, pulling
the (101141 here mid there and
everywhere, just so it was stretched
over the entire table.
"New:" she exclaimed, and I
knew this meant the tilling was to
be distributed evenly over the
transparent dough. With handfuls
she deposited the tilling over the
dough, adding additional pats of
sweet butter and a sprinkle of snit.
When the tilling was 1Ul gone she
picked lip one 010 of the doth and
said : "Yon may help now. Lift the
cloth with care," I lifted the cloth,
its 111011411 I were in the garden
will I'apa and he 1818 asking me to
hold n full-blown rose so that he
Could fasten 10 with a fragile bit
of silk.
I stood at 000 end of the table
while llama was at the other, 111 -
perv181n4 the predurti,nt ; 111081,0
Kit [EN-SITTER—These kittens didn't lose their mittens, but they
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SOME CLASS — In Top photo, you are looking at the entire
eludent body and faculty of the River Bend school in the Bates
Hole area. River Bend is probably the smallest of many small
schools in the sparsely populated state. The teaching "staff" of
the one -room school is Mrs. Gladys. M. Johnson, second from
right. The "student body" consists of Thelma Watson, 11, left,
her 13 -year-old brother, Murray, and Sherolyn Minchow, 14,
right. Lower picture shows the schoolhouse. Authorities recently
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frequently surround the building and poke inquisitive heads in
the door and windows.
we rolled the dough by propelling
the cloth and at last we had it ac-
ross the table.
"Good!" Mauna exclaimed, her
eyes shilling. She buttered a large
white enameled baking dish gener-
ously and sprinkled more bread'
crumbs over the bottom
!ellen she transferred the long
roll, horseshoe fashion, into the
greased pan, nal t'ith a hand -braid-
ed goose -feather brush site patted
melted butter over the strudel. Then
she slipped the masterpiece into
elle waiting oven and slammed the
black nickel -plated door. She plac-
ed our black find gold sugar bowl
on a chair before the oven.
"Do not move this," she ordered
and waved her hand 01 the chair
and sugar bowl. This was to remind
her there wits something going on
iii the oven which she must remem-
ber , . not to forget. She glanced
at the clock and then began to pick
up pots and pans.
1 always helped wipe the coolt-
iug dishes, for this made me a
coalplete part of the entire enter
prise. While Mauna supervised the
simmering of rich beef soup which,
sire 1818 cooking for Papa's din-
ner, I thought there 110000 in all
the world was a nicer,-mu•iner,
friendlier place than our kitchen.
The sunshine broke in without
knocking; the sparrows fluttered
about the window sills, eyeing
Maina'S many potted plants; 1111(1
the tangy fumes of skillfuily c11m-
hined ingredients permeating the
a tmosphere.
When the dishes wore dried rind
properly -restored to their cull.
board niches, when the soup sim'
meted clown to its exact capacity
and strength, Manta removed the
strudel from the oven. It WOs 0ilin
ar;y art, perfeetly prepa'e(i in a
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perfect setting. Crisp and golden
brown, with little spirals of escap•
lug steam that brhntued with the
ting of cinnamon, lemon, and well
cooped apples. '
The highlight for me occnred
When Manila nodded and 1 sallied
forth to sprinkle the strudel -with
powdered sugar, flavored with 010m
ilia sticks that Hama kept en-
sconee(1 in the porcelain centniner.
"That is enough !" Manta aciinon'
2shed as I continued to smother
the strudel with powdered sugar.-
- So When my good friend anl.
hostess, glancing at my empty des
sett plate, remarked, "Well, yea
managed to get through that pre.
position!" 1 merely nodded fuel
smiled wistfully, but she knew and
1 knew she lutea 111111 neither of us
were kidding each other. She had
partaken of Mama's strudel often
at 11111' 1101110, 8(1 she was convinc-
ed as 1, that nobody, but nobody
could concoct au apple strudel that
had the crispness, the taste, and
1118 eye: appeal of Mauna's strudel
Minna had a way with apple 8tru.
del -- after the 'Viennese fashion.
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ISSUE 24 — 1956