HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-10-04, Page 2Wkle A Good Cook? May
An old romantic motto has
taken on a new but deadly
xwist lately because scientists
Icaye discovered "that the way
to a man's heart attack is
through his stomach!"
in ewaniining the fact that
widows are three times as nue
tnerous a= widower,, the scien-
tists concluded that many wo-
men start committing culinary
murder early in marriage, but
few they are not alone to blame
because the big point with a
young swain is: Can she conk?
And when he asks himself this
question, he sees in his mind's
aye a dinner table piled .high
with cakes, steaming puddings,
pies, rich graviees and dressings,.
fat fowl and oil -soaked flap-
jacks and other delicacies that
another used to quake. And ima-
gining all these tasty concoc-
r'lens, he heads right for "the
gal, just like the gal that buried
clear old Dad."
Between - her indulgence • and
his fork, the slim young bride-
grooni growls portlier and port-
lier, a prime candidate for many
diseases that shorten and com-
plicate life.
By the time he's forty. the
Colds are astonishingly good that
Ire Will fall prey to high blood
pressure. kidney disease, liver
and gall bladder disorders, dia-
betes, arthritis, hernia, perhaps
even cancer. Statistics show
that the fatter you are. the
'''carder it is to keep out of harm's
way. Whatever medical fate
awaits him, however, authori-
tles. agree solidly that if he lets
his wife overload him with
cookery, he's flirting with arter-
ieaelerosis. This •is the type of
scrterial hardening which is one
of the main widow -makers in
men under 65, It is so prevalent
that in World War II. i, S
eliers of 19. 20. 21 were disco-
vered on entonsy to be loaded
with arterioseleresis, a condition
scant found m Korean soldiers the
same age. -
Arteriosclerosis is most com-
mon 10 overweight men, and
etverirei ht n-enso ccmmen
that the Americo?.ru:hliic Health
Aesecintion recently branded
cbc:;ity 'America Number One
l-tealth problem." • Dr. Norman
,iattl,e es 17. -Sew York, City's De-
railment eif
e -
r t cr Health asserted
that elintieetion o crweight
t'+t:ubd ci i more to lengthen the
We z than wiping eut can -
c . _ Yet in 11 o.,5 of wives still
ist en tickling thcir husband's
p . -yes tot ; ;.t!t. and trillions of
'rtt.-,isatids astively _ :t:nit to ..1.
Just 1- die - isle it is tcl on-
ef thi ,be seen
t sissy y of e h of ir.
lrc r .c: t executive in
ds early thrtics,•i-ocomplained
I:if Itl..:_ite:es .. el peel E: tel the
heart.
lite i:r seesie:Se found
i _ It _.sod. pressure, ineipient
detesee, en...entry arterloscle-
ere,: i . - ili�.: of the artesies
o inch eliiely blood to the
^tc,_rt lielest erolr�
'normal is 180
n .
The seniteti _need his
.emcnt that
Mire '' k.' . .int with
that be?" Mr. R.
i_'c loves nae.
In ct, he
crit i like:'
t," the eotottr replied.
,o death.
en you'll get
t;.
ot. er ritade
Ft-turtints and
F. left.
niter. the pationt
The
up ,,;ae with
The
r .ren. further
angerous
visits and explained to the in-
dignant son the general prob-
lem of diet and heart disease.
"Your father's difficulties
come from a diet too rich in
fats," the doctor said. Ile de-
scribed what happened when
cholesterol, a fatty substance
needed by every cell in the body
is eaten in excess. -The unburned
fat forms huge molecules that
are deposited on the walls of
arteries, especially the arteries
feeding blood to the heart itself.
These arterial pipes become so
narrow and rough that a clot
sometimes tears away from the
wall and plugs it up,
"Now," the doctor warned,
`"the heart is the hardest- work-
ing muscle in the body and
needs food constantly. When a
vessel supplying it with blood
clogs up. the result may be fa-
tal. At the very least, the part
of the heart served by the ves-
sel may be permanently scar-
red. Fortunately, in time new
arteries take the place of the
damaged ones and after a while
the patient usually can resume
normal activities. But the -artery
hardening process picks up again
If he goes back to his old eating
habits."
The young man was obstin-
ate. "Dad is too young to have
to worry about cholesterol and
things,"
"No, he's not," the doctor
snapped. "Do you know .that at
least one out of every ten Wren
in the late forties is so loaded
with arteriosclerosis he can suf-
fer a fatal thrombosis at any
time' Between 60 and 65 it's
three out of 10, and between 65
and 70, nine out of ten . , al-
most all the result of faulty
nutrition," .
Confronted with this evidence,
one wife asked:
-"What ate I supposed to do?
If I cut out all fatty foods. there
won't be anything left but
grass."
The answer is you don't have
to cut out all such foods. Fats
are vital nutritional substances
net only needed for the diges-
tion of other fats but for pro-
ducing adrenal and sex hormones
said vitamin D. Dr. William
Heiden points out that the nor-
mal concentration of cholesterol
in the blood- won't be effected
by the- little cholesterol in dairy
products. meat ard eggs. But
fat -soaked fried foods, greasy -
fowl, bacon and pork, rich gra-
vies,-dressirgs puddings, pies
and cakes are a different story.
They can skyrocket the choles-
terol count and crowd the blood
with gangster molecules that
can kill you.
Men should eat sensibly! Go
easy on gravies. rich desserts.
cre m. butter. dressings. fried
foods. greasy dishes and calories
in genera:! A man should get
used to feeling a little empty at
the meal's end. The wife should
let hint know that- she doesn't
like his bulging waist and bil-
lowing chin: After all, she mar-
ried a man not a cowl At the
same time. she should plan wee -
rcunded
And n o matter how he whee-
dles. cut down his waistline fOr
that's a good *sac to measure
your success. -
Chances are the wife will
benefit emotionally as well as
physically. Instead of a torpid.
obese creature always on the
verge of sleep, he may :rind up
trotting her to show some
night.. or taking her dal:
walking or bowline—something
that *;ever h,:rme.'. an:: mar,
r....e.
Modern child has ioner life
s.xpectanry, the health of ..lost
North Americans has so improv-
ed elnring the present century
that a lab:: may be expect- to
live over twerey years i
an one tern in 'eh .
TEAKETTLE MAKES COFFEE --Coffee and tea will go together
In this new ccniraotese. recently displayed et the annual trade
afir in L...az!g, hs the Soviet eerie of Germany. The tea kettle
has a percolator teat fits on the end of the spout,
GOES TO MEETING—Puffing away on his familiar black cigar,
former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill heads for
an emergency meeting of Parliament on the Suez Canal crisis
in London.
dam And w5.
Tiny cream puffs are popular
for special occasions and often
hide a sweet surprise of pudding
or cooked fruit, a cold surprise
of ice cream, or a warm surprise
of creamed chicken or seafood.
If you want to make 12 large
cream puffs from this recipe,
use 1 generous tablespoon of
the mixture when you drop it
on the cookie sheet. For small,
dainty puffs for parties, 1 tee-
2cpoon Is the right amount.
CREAM PUFFS
IS cup water
?.; cup butter
7:43 teaspoon salt
I cup sifted flour
2 eggs, unbeaten
Bring water, butter, and fall,
to boiling point in saucepan.
Add flour all at once and stir
quickly until mixture leaves
sides of pan, forming a ball in
center of pan. Remove from
heat promptly,
Add eggs, one at a time, beat-
ing each thoroughly into flour
mixture. 'With addition of fast
egg, teat until mixture 15
glassy, smooth, and very thick.
Drop batter by - spoonfuls on
baking sheet. Pick up batter
with 1 spoon and scrape it onto
sheet with a second spoon, plac-
ing abut 2 inches apart.
Bake at 450° F, for 15-20 min-
utes, then reduce heat to 325'
F. for 20-.30 minutes (small
puffs require shorter baking
time), Remove to cake rack.
Cut a slit in each puff 50 that
the moisture can es cape. Cool
throughly. Store uncovered if
not used promptly.
Sweet pineapple filling be-
tween layers of coc nut is at-
tractive for entertaining. This
recipe makes 24 cars.
PINEAPPLE FILLED
COCONUT BARS
Filling:
Si Cutts granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
?:i teaspoon salt
1 cup crushed pineapple, not
drained
1 tanleapoon lemon juice
I tablespoon butter
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CRUMB MIXTURE
1 cup Drown sugar, friniy
packed
yup butter
1 cup sifted floor
Is teaspoon salt
lr • cups shredded ctt:'onut
Cee, D '':Atter ..:id to-
gether Add ttaur, salt, and co-
eenut: mix thLrouphiy until
crumb,, - Piss one -halt 0:0111b
mixture firmly into a greased
sec: t!c.ured 9 -inch square ink-
ing pan.. Spread pineapple fil,-
ing evenly over surface. Cover
with remaining aining cr obs and
press top Iyer down fi ray.
Bake in preheated 350' F oven
for 35 minutes or until can -tan
brown. Turn out en wire eeee
rack to cool. Cut into 24 bars.
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If you're doing any of the
' lighter type of enter t;lining, the
oracee- in -toast -cups are easy
to fix. Top with whipped enc ant.
ORANGE TOAST CUPS
12 thin slices bread
6 oranges
Cut crusts off bread: butter
both sides of bread and work
into muffin tins to make cups.
Bake at 375° F. 5-10 minutes,
or until brown. Peel oranges
and cut into chunks; spoon into
cooled toast cups. Pour spicy
orange sauce over oranges. Gar-
nish and serve, Serves 12.
SPICY ORANGE SAUCE
1 cup brown sugar
le teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1r cups water
cup orange juice
eup lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter
teaspoon allspice
Mix sugar, salt, and corn-
starch together in saucepan.
Add water gradually, bring to
boil quickly, reduce heat and
boil 3 minutes, stirring con-
stantly. Remove front heat. Add
fruit juices, butter, and allspice;
blend well. Makes 21s cups.
Qizoen Of Sheba
Nen G Iasaaoaar
Was the Queen of Sheba the
glamour girl that legend would
have us belive? Did she rank
in good looks with those other
historic beauties, Cleopatra and
Helen cif Troy?
When the Queen first entered
King Solomon's g or go o u s
throne -room with its highly
polished marble floor, it was so
glossy that she thought it was
wet and involuntarily lifted her
long skirls — to display to the
whole of the distinguished
company gathered at the King's
court that she had hairy Iegs!
That. at leant, is the story told
by the scattered tribes which
still live in that part of the
desert that was once the realm
of the famous Queen. I lived
for some months with these•
Arabs and was the- Best white
mien many of them had seen.
Although none of these tribes -
en ear, t _ad or write and they
have no written history, they
know the story of their people
for ninny centuries• back. It is
handed down from father to
son in story form and they have
astound:ng memories for facts,
name and even dates.
On.e fact they all relate -is
that the Queen of Sheba had a
deformed :loot. She concealed
this Uv always Wearing her
:arts leovn to the ground, The
;wtnen having ehanpcd
little, her female subjects. fol-
lowed the royal fashion and
w:.: e thcirs to the ground too,
se. the Queen was not conspicu-
eels in what wes then an un-
usua, !t' t, th for an Arab wo-
ni[in's =i[II't.
I was assueed. however. that
mart !cart her legs -end foot
she reedy Vias beantlfui, bay-
ing an abundance of jet-black,
geese trier and classical fea-
tures ‘t efil hw a smooth, coffee-
cc Icur d skin, writes Gilbert
• Ir tic it "Tit Bt„,”•
Het' figure the tribesmen
w,.nt .ntr, raptures.it. about, judg-
ing by the demonstrative des--
eriptte s they gave rale of it. I
gathered to at her vital statistics
Must neve been something like
40: 237 So proud w'aa •he
of her sleri! r waist and splen-
did to)s., ties she frequently
Went ..:_at ut. . tIIUd trent the
waist up. This fashion was also
quickly followed by the other
women
I was told that shapely figures
have always been a feature of
the Sabaeans. The men proudly
point to their own womenfolk
of to -day, who are the only
Arab tribes I know who wear
no clothing but their veils above
the waist.
The Queen's name was Bil-
quis. Sheba was the name of
the country she ruled, Although
the tribesmen lilted to talk
about the beauty of Bilquis,
what they considered even
more worthy of mention was the
smart business methods by
which she amassed her fabu-
lous wealth. By to -day's stand-
ards she might qualify for the
title "Queen of Spivs."
In the Bible we are told she
gave Sing Solomon "a hundred
and twenty talents of gold, and
of spices great abundance, and
precious stones." She made her
money out of frankincense by
cornering the market. Frankin-
cense is a sweet-smelling gum
resin, much used in those days
In religious rites and cere-
monies throughout the whole
Arab world. Practically the
only source of this much -
sought -after incense was the
trees grown at Cana, on the
south coats of Arabia, where
they still grow to -day.
Cdna was only a small com-
munity, and to market the prod-
uct to the great Arab countries
to the north the merchants had
to take it by camel caravan
over a narrow mountain pass.
It was the only route north.
Unfortunately for the mer-
chants, the other end of this
pass came out close by the city
gates of Shabwa, Queen Bil-
quis's capital city.
It was here that the only wa-
ter supplies for many miles
were available. The next wells
ahead on the route were too
far for either man or camel to
make without replenishing at
the SI -lab -we wells, It was also
too far to go back without first
replenishing the water -skins.
Bilgais was able to make her
demands with ease with the
merchants so beautifully trap-
ped. They either sold the whole
Of their frakincese to her at her
price or they were refused ac-
cess to the wells. Their only
alternative to selling to her was
to die vhf thirst.
By these harsh methods she
filled nor great storehouse with
frankincense. Then, as the Cana
merchants were not permitted
to travel north, merchants from
Egypt, Syria and many other
countries carie south to buy.
They met the sante treatment.
They either paid the price
Queen Bikinis asked or no
water. There was no argument
about it and even the most
stubborn merchants could find
no other answer to the prob-
lem and eventually paid the
price asked. ,And what a pric'e it
was! Bilquis was able to clear
a piea_ant six hundred per cent
profit.
It's little wonder That his-
tory overlooked the well -con-
cealed fact that her legs were
not alt that they in. have
been when she had such a mag-
nificent figure and such g won-
derful business head to be re-
membered by.
Silent ,Jail Break
In Johannesburg last year, a
native was on trial for murder,
It was not an ordinary trial, for
the •accused was completely
deaf and unable to understand
the usual sign language of the
deaf and durnb alphabet,
But the native had attended a
school for the deaf, where the
pupils had developed their own
sign language. And Father Er-
nest Green, the chaplain of the
school, had learned their pecu-
liar sign language and now he
carne forward as interpreter.
During the two-day trial he
translated every word of evi-
dence for the accused, and then
gave the court the fan's ans-
wers to the charge. The native
was acquitted.
But the deaf and dumb al-
phabet has other uses. In 1033,
a mur'der'er serving "life" in a
Swiss jail escaped with the. aid
of a woman prisoner with
whom lie was in love.
The windows of their cells
faced each other across a court-
yard and for months they held
silent conversations by sign
language from the windows.
Messages mutual love led to an
exchange of ideas on how to es-
cape. So in complete silence,
and separated by the wide
courtyard, they finally agreed
on a plan.
The beauty of it was that no
other prisoners could find out
the details of the plan, so the
woman was able to get out of
the female prisoners' wing, go
over to the men's quarters and
free her lover without arousing
suspicion,
LONG WAY UP—There's a lot of
steps for tiny tomcat before he
reaches the top. Kitty's taking a
breather before he goes all the
way. The steps lead to Rome,
Italy's Altar of Heaven Church.
'TONGUE-TEAR—"Beaucaire," a five -month-old bulldog, found
New York's heat too much for him after arriving from London.
As befits an English thoroughbred, he disdained water and
found relief in cr glass of ked tee,