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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-04-30, Page 3THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942, • TFI a S1A 'ORTH NEW THESE DAYS_ BAKING RESULTS COUNT! PREVENT WASTE WITH... Ln rv<Rr �1KES THE WHITEST LI6Nitx MADE IN CANADA Send for FREE COOK BOOK that cuts down food costs,_ Write to: Magic Baking Powder, Fraser Ave., Toronto THE MIXING BOWL My ANNE AAAN Hydro Mown NM••d1M The Cornstarch Desserts Return to Favour Hello Homemakers ! If you ate feeling the pinch and trying to stretch your sugar quota, ,don't forget that cornstarch desserts require leas sugar—and every litle saving counts. In these sterner days, too, we are turning again to the simples foods and among these the cornstarch des- serts are an old-time favorite. So many delicious desserts can be made with cornstarch and fruit—and the fruit can serve as the only sweetener. Then, too, cornstarch is an energy food and has more flavor than flour—so we suggest that you use it oftener. With it, you can be sure of the just -right thickening for pie and cake fillings, and you can even use it for a cake ingredient. Of course, you will need it for the moulding of those sweet dishes that are so tempting when served in stemmed glasses or turned out on dessert plates, and those frozen dishes that eveiy one admires and enjoys. You can make a brilliantly clear sauce with it—or even a meat sauce. Eggs may be omitted in many recipes if cornstarch is substituted as a thickening agent. Delicious des- serts with cornstarch are 'good at any Hine but especially acceptable for Spring meals. 5 * * Here are some suggestions that will help yon to make more and bet- ter desserts with cornstarch: 1. Measure the cornstarch and li- quid accurately. 2. Mix cornstarch with .an equal amount of cold liquid before adding hot liquid, blending together thor- oughly. 3. Stir the hot liquid gradually into the cornstarch and sugar, rather than adding the cornstarch mixture to the hot liquid, 4. Stir aonsta.ntly until thick—then cook until no raw flavor remains. Cover and cook on the retained heat when electric element is turned off. 6. In order to retain the aroma, acid fruit juices or flavoring should be added after cornstarch is cooked. * * * RECIPES Chocolate Blanc Mange 2 ozs bitter chocolate 1% cups milk 1/i tsp. salt i cup sugar 3 tbs, cornstarch 11 cup cola milk. 1 tsp. vanilla Holt chocolate In sauoepau ou electric element turned Low, Adel 11/2 cups stilt¢ and stir constantly until hot. Mix cornatarell, sugar acid salt together with cold mills to stake At paste. Stir into hot mixture and con- tinue stirring occasionally for 10.15 minutes. Adel vanilla when removed from element, Serve hot or pour into greased moulds and chill in electric refrigerator until firm. Varsity Cake 1/(a cup butter 1% pups sugar 4 egg Yenta s/a cup cold water 11 cups,flour % cup cornstarch 1/z tsp, salt 4 tsp, baking powder 4 egg whites Cream butter; add sugar gradual- ly; blend in beaten egg yolks and water. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture. Beat well and fold in beaten egg whites. Pour into greased pan and dust the' top lightly with cornstarch. Bake 40 min- utes in electric oven at 350 degrees. Custard lee Cream 2 cups scalded milk 1 tbs, cornstarch * * 4 % cup sugar 1 egg beaten x tsp, salt 1 tbs. vanilla 2 cups heavy cream Mix flour and sugar. Add milk slowly. Cook on electric element turned to Simmer. Add egg, cook 2 minutes. Cool. Add cream 'and flavor - lug. Pour into ice cube tray and freeze in the electric refrigerator un- til firm, Velvet Salad Dressing 1 tbs. salt 1 tsp. mustard tb, sugar few grain cayenne 1% tb. cornstarch 1 egg beaten ` 2 tsb. butter eel cup milk 14 cup .vinegar Blend dry ingredients, add egg, butter, milk and vinegar very slowly- Stir on small electric element turned to Low until mixture begins to thicken. Cool. * 4 * Question Box Mr's. K.J. asks: "Kindly send me a tasty recipe in which I can use cake crumbs." Answer: We have published Cookie Crumb Pudding and Biscuit Ice Cream recently. This recipe is very good too. Cake Crumble Hermits - 2% tbs. butter % cup brown sugar % cup molasses 2 eggs beaten 11 tsp. soda dissolved in 1 tb. cold water 111 cups flour 1/y cup milk 11 tsp. allspice '4 tsp, mace 1/y tsp. clove 'd• tsp. salt 1/a. cup minced peel 1/z cup raisins 11/4 cups dry cake crumbs 2 tsp. cinnanmon Creast butter and blend in thor- oughly sugar, molasses, and eggs. Beat thoroughly, add soda and wat- er. Add alternately, milk and dry in- gredients. Mix well. Spread IA inch thick in baking pan. Bake in an elec- tric oven at 350 degrees for 10 -12 minutes. Mrs. P.N. asks: "How can paint be removed from hinges and locks, on a freshly painted door?" Answer: 'Use turpentine on a soft cloth. r Anne Allan invites you to write to her, care of this paper. Just send in your questions on homemaking prob- lems and watch this little corner of the column for replies. Private Doaks wanted to slip out of the barracks—unofficially—to see his girl. He went to the sentry to state his case. "Wel!," said the sentry, "I'll be ii2 duty when you come back, so you ought to have the password for tonight, It is idiosyncrasy." "Idio what" "Idiosyncrasy." "—I'll stay in the barracks." Blond—"Men of science claim that women can't change men,' Brunette—"Nonsense! They do it in the divorce courts every day." Dad—"Now, son, what's this 65 for on your report card?" Son (hopefully)—"Maybe it'S the temperature fo the schoolroom." Want and Per Sane Ads, 3 weeks 50c ANIM AkIJS DIAB ED Quickly removed in cleansanitary trucks. Phone collect 219 MITCHELL or Ingersoll 21 WILLIAM STONE SONS LIMITED Time to Get Busy in Flower Garden. It's time to get busy cleaning and tidying op in the flower garden. Auy (lead stems of perennials its the bor- ders should be cut off at the base and dead annual plants pulled up by the moots. A light raking of the bed may be made blit case is necessary so that the tips of bulbs, which r11ay, be Just below the surface of the soil, are not damaged. When the weather be - pontes warmer a more thorough rak- ing or light digging between plants should be done, Plants such as asters, chrysatthentums and phlox, which make big clumps ahould be dug up and divided but itis and peonies should not be disturbed at this sea- son if it can be avoided, advises Iso. belia Preston, Division of Horticul- ture, Central Experrental Farm, Ot- tawa. Planting young perennals from cold frames and dividing old plants can be done as soon as the soil has dried out. To make a good border, careful notes should be taken at var- ious tines during the summer so that the position where a new plant is required aan be easily, found at plenting time, A label placed in posi- tion at blooming time is a great help n spring, Flowering shrubs and trees should be pruned. In the rose garden some of the outer coloring on the bushes should be removed as soon as the weather gets warm and the re- mainder of the mulch at intervals of a few days. It is a mistake to un- cover the bushes too early as the stents may be injured by drying winds before the roots become active - Pruning the bushes can be delayed until the leaf buds show signs of growth. All damaged wood should be cut out end steals pruned to a good strong bud. Central Mechanization Depot At London BY LIEUT, B. M. PEAR,CE On the outskirts of the city of London, Ontario, stands a vital lint in Canada's war industry, a compo ent part ,of the great machine which is rapidly motorizing and mechaniz Ing Canada's army. It is one that has no counterpart elsewhere in the Do minion. Bearing the rather cumbersome and unexciting name' of "Centra Mechanization Depot," it is actually one of the most interesting phases of the entire Ordnance set-up, To this Depot come all the universal carriers, artillery tractors, Iorries and motor- cycles fresh from Canadian war plants for distribution to Camp Borr- I den, Petawawa, Debert and a score of other training centres. The depot : also functions as Canada's largest! garage, with damage army vehicles' from centres across Canada being sent here for repair and rehabilita- tion. It is also the distributiol) point for spare parts needed for all vehicles. We went out to see the C.M.D., as it is familiarly known, and were ush- ered into the office of Colonel Frank Chappell, V.D., who is officer com- manding the depot. He also doubles in the role of 0.C. of the important Mechanics Training centre in Lon- don, but that is another story in it- self. Colonel Chappell Is also a story because for many years he was the Able and widely ltnotvn director of public relations and industrial organ- ization for General Motors. A veteran of the last war with a distinguished record, he offered his services at the outbreak of this war, with little idea that he would shortly find himself the administrative head of a pair of war projects which have an integral role in the armoring of Canada's forces and of which he is justifiably proud. The Depot was started in July, 1940, in the outbuildings of London's Fairgrounds, with a staff of two of- ficers and five civilians, truly a small beginning for this now gigantic enterprise. Until that time Canadan motor car companes, while producing large number's of trucks for direct shipment overseas, were limited In their output of vehicles for use in Canada, Besides, there was always the possibility of confusion due to the diversity of the source whence the many component parts of milit- ary vehicles were supplied, The gen- eral idea was that London, bein mid- way between Windsor and Oshawa and close to many other cities In. Western Ontario where factories were already turning out parts, would be the ideal location for all assembly plant. Today the Central Mechanization depot is housed its one of the most modern and spacious buildings in Canada's industrial war machine, Where once you could count its staff on the fingers of two hands, it now employs between two and three hun- dred manually and clerically skilled' tradesmen. They include motor nte011at1i05, welders, sheet )petal workers, blacksmith and woodwork- ers, as well as aec0ult.tauts, technical etoremell and spare part clerks. TheDepot's functions nave under. p 11 ns 1 ve gone many changes from the original conception. It 10 no longer lu'miarily a assembly 1n, 'Universale et, n a m a talti t Yp and the other army machines are now rolling oq the assembly lines of the motor plants, complete in every respect. The year 1941 witnessed a tremendous development in that 1'e. gard. We Know that the companies have already delivered upwards of 200,000 army vehicles of all kinds. Where then does the C. M. D. fit into this picture? Simply this, that every such velicile for use in Canada goes through this Depot for inspec- tion find servicing. They arrive at C.M.D. from Ford, Chrysler and General Motors plants by rain and by highway convoy, Lat- er they Inc speeded on their way to • Borden, Petawawa or other ar'niy centres, What happens in between? A staff of skilled mechanics gives them a complete checkup, sees that every part, bolt and nut is correct and services them when necessary. The depot is in essence the distribut- ing point for all mechanized vehicles used by the Canadian army through- out the Dominion. That is not all, Te depot houses an enormous store -room of spare parts for each nad every one of the 160 different types of army vehicles pro- duced by Canadian factories, A staff of trained men is constantly on the jump to 'fill the demand for spare parts from a score of Canadian army training centres, In the storeroom are just 25,000 different parts, valued at close to one million dollars. There is still another important phase of the work at C. M. D., that of repairing and replacing parts in Worn and damaged vehicles. Into the Depot comes a procession of 1n0- tor'oycles, carriers and lorries that have seen beeter days. Once they were new and lustrous, 100 per cent perfect. An accident, a fire or the constant gruelling strain to which they are subjected by Canada's t brawny, intrepid young soldiers has n- taken its toll. The boys are doing tricks with motorbikes and carriers that would make your hair curl. Night manoeuvres take their toll, - too. It may be just a damaged fender or a missing motor., It may be a 1 valve -grinding -joor b .'the replacing of a shattered frame. Some of the trucks have suffered severe damage in crashes and practically require ' re- bticit6. C.R. 0. has many D ingenious devises for straightening lenders, taking bumps oat o1'' bodies, washing and cleaning parts end applying new paint jobs. We saw some n,o101'- cycles that had received serious pun- ishment, The depot tradesmen go to work in bueinesslike fashion. 16ach has a 101) to do. Damaged parts are replaced from the slole•rocilt, After rebuilding, tuning up and a brief road test, a fresh coat of paint is applied: Even the motorbike's leather seal re- ceives (t new finish. The pedals are fitted with new rubbers, but the old ones are not discarded, They go on other pedals leis frequently used. Thus while a vehicle may be be- yond reclamation some parts may be saved for valuable use elsewhere, We saw pile upon pile of used parts carefully segregated on the Boor of the workshop. Colonel Chappell is very proud of the skilled artisans who forts the depot's staff. The fact is that many of then were former garage mech- anics in civilian life. "They required little or no mechanical training," he declared. Soon they were experts in dis-assembling and rebuilding all types of army vehicles. In May, 1941, the Depot was mobil- ized by the department of )rational defence and about one half of the sten were either unable to make the required physical category or for family or other reasons could not en- list: "We went through a difficult period," Colonel Chappell remarked. "We were decidedly short.staffed and it was essential to secure experi- enced sten quickly. One day I called in two Sergeants, provided them with a car and told them to scour the dis- trict for garage mechanics who were willing to enlist for the duration, Three days later they wette back with eight first-class sten and others fol- lowed afterwards es a result of the contacts made by our representatives, Gradually the staff was built up again to take cure of the ever-increasing demand," It is an o(ld coincidence that the great Mechanics Training centre with hundreds of soldier -students at Queen's Park (London) commenced its operations at the Central Mech- anization Depot, while the latter or- iginated at Queen's Park. Colonel Chappell bas seen them grow from infancy and while separate and dis- tinct in every way, he has fathered the pair and remains the officer commanding of a team that is doing things for Canada's war industry. Senrl us the names of your ricitnr PAGE.' T0'IR pIItlpos$ MEDICINE Hits CATARRH Misery assr When acute catarrh makes breathing difficult -causes stuffy head, watery eyes, nasal irritation and distress, put a few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol in each nostril and enjoy the relief it brings.. Va-tro-nol is so successful because it does three very important things: (1) shrinks swollen membranes of the nose, (2) clears out discomfort - causing congestion and (3) soothes irritation. Many catarrh sufferers say it's the best re- VICKS lief they've found. Try it! VAIRO-NOL Govt. Pays Bonus Eggs for Britain For the purpose of encouraging Canadian egg producers to supply the maximum quahtlty of .the best quality eggs for Britain during 1942, the Agricultural Supplies Board has been authorized to pay a bonus of 3 cents per dozen on all Grade A eggs purchased for export under the pre- sent agreement with the British Min- istry of Food. Existing contracts with the British Ministry call for the delivery of at leas 1,272,000 cases of eggs in 1942. At the present time egg dealers sup- plying eggs for Britain are receiving , the contract price of 29 cents for grade A large. plus the three -cent bonus paid by the Canadian' Govern- ment. Exproters are, in effect, receiv- ing 82 Cents for grade A large eggs et seaboard. The question is often asked—"Why is the bonus not paid direct to the producer?" The answer is twofold, First, It is impossible in a product as widely produced as eggs, to deter- mine which producer's eggs have gone into export packs, Secondly, if the bonus were paid to producers It would go only to those whose eggs went for export. The majority, whose eggs are sold at home, would, there- fore, not benefit. Under the present method all producers, whether their eggs are sold at home or for export, receive the benefit of the bonus. The bonus will be limited to grade A since the British Ministry is ask- ing that no less than 87 per cent of the eggs under the spring contract be of that qualty as contested with 60 per cent last year, "THE HOARDER" Loyal citizens do not hoard, They buy only for their im- mediate needs. They cheerfully adjust their standard of living, realizing that their country's needs must come first. They do not try to gain unfair ad- vantages over their neighbours. Are you a hoarder or a loyal citizen? Are you hampering Canada's war effort by un- necessary buying'aa Or are you People who buy more of any- thing than they currently need, and merchants who encourage them to do so, are sabotaging the war effort and are therefore public enemies. co-operating to the best of your ability to save Canada from such horrors as Hong Kong? If Canadians do their duty, there will be no more hoarding Everyone will get a fair share of the goods available. More food can be sent to Great Britain, More raw materials — more manpower — will be available for making guns, tanks, planes and other armaments to back up our armed forces. In cases where it is advisable for you 10 buy In advance of your immediate requirements—such as your next season's Coal supply --you will be encouraged to do so by direct statement from responsible officials, WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD OTTAWA