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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-06-03, Page 3THURSDAY JUNE 3, 1943 THE 1 X I J L BV d'lY. E By ANNE ALLAN Hydro Home Economist RHUBARB, THE 01.D -TIME barb and Sugar with a layer of sugar. FAVORITE, IS' iN SEASON NOW Id'ello Homemakers! Our chilly Spring weather has retarded rhubarb growth, so perhaps You haven't used your sugar dividend yeti The extra pound of sugar for use with rhubarb is secured with Bike Coupon No. 1 (Spare B) in • Ration Book No. 2, which expires May 31st. Along with the amount you can save out of your weekly ration, this extra pound 0 sugar will help you to serve the fam 31y its favorite rhubarb dishes fo quite a while. After June first, o course, "canning" sugar will be avail able to those who sent in their ap 00 top, Pack v017 tightly, using a wooden spoon or masher. Partially seal and process in boiler, gently boiling on electric element 25 min- ates. To Can Rhubarb Sauce Acid enough water to rhubarb to prevent burning. Cook until soft'. Add % cup sugar to 1 quart rhubarb. Fill sterilized jars. Seal tightly, * n * TAKE A TIP: f 1. To prevent rhubarb pies from boiling over, use strips! of wet r cheesecloth or butter -wrapping f out in 2-ineh widths, Press the plications, Rhubarb is grand for pies and desserts as well as preserves, Do plant one or two roots if you have the space- — it's a hardy perennial and easy to grow, It's not only con- , venient and economical to have your rhubarb and other garden- products right at your kitchen door but a time-saver as well. You don't gleed to spend time searching for differ- ent foods to get variety into your menus — just learn to serve the foods you leave at hand in different ways. Good wartime psychology, too! Of course, you know that freshly picked fruits and vegetables have liner flavor and are richer in vita- mins. :k * M' RECIPES Rhubarb Dessert' 4 cups , out rhubarb, 4§, cup sugar OR AA cup sugar and 3, cup honey. Wash and cut rhubarb into inch lengths. Place in upper part of dou- ble boiler, cover and cook with sugar. Do not stir. Rhubarb Shortcake 2 cups flour, tsp. soda, 1 cup thick sour milk, 1 tsp. salt, 2 tbs. shortening. Cut shortening into measured flour, soda and salt. Add liquid grad- ually mixing with a fork to a soft dough. Owing to the difference in sour milk, it is not always possible to determine the exact amount of liquid. Turn dough on lightly floured board and pat out. Cut into circles and make in electric oven at 450 de- grees for 10 minutes. Split and serve with thick rhubarb sauce between and on top. Sauce: 6 cups of cut washed rhu- barb in saucepan placed on electric - element turned Low for 5 minutes, then to High, and add about 2/3 cup of sugar. Cook only a few minutes, stirring frequently. Rhubarb Tarts 2 011p5 thick rhubarb sauce, 2 eggs separated, 1 tsp, grated orange rind, 1 cup fine sugar. Combine the rhubarb sauce, egg yolks and orange peel. Cook in top of double boiler, stirring constantly, until thickened. Pour into tart shells. Beat theegg whites till stiff and add sugar gradualyyy, beating until mix- ture stands in peaks. Place a spoon- ful in each tart and bake in electric oven (350 degrees) about 12 to 15 minutes or until delicately browned. Makes 8 tarts of fairly large size. To Can Rhubarb' Wash 'and trim slender stalks, Do not remdve skin. Cut into a,'e, inch pieces. Use 1 cup ' of sugar; to each quart jar (or 3h cupto a' pint). Put a thin layer or sugar in thebottom of jar, then alternate layers of rint- one edge to rim of pie and let other side fall over fluted pie crust, Overlap enols well, 2, Other Variations of rhubarb des- serts: Upside-down Cake, Rhu- barb Betty, Rhubarb Steamed Pudding, Deep Rhubarb , Pie, Rhubarb Sponge, k * * THE QUESTION BOX Mrs. C. N. asks: My sealer's are not air tight although I have used new rubber and metal rings, They leak waren turned upside down. Answer: Testing sealers by filling then) with water is not always a true test. If your fruit has kept in these Jars before and they are not Citiplie0 or cracked, we believe they should be satisfactory if you use new rings. 00111e jars are off level and it has been' suggested that two rubber rings inight Help. It is important to use force to seal the jars. Raising Healthy. Pullets on Range Best results from the laying hock during fall and winter months are largely determined by the way in which the young stock is handled during the brooding and rearing per- iod. The first essential is to secure good stock. The second, to- see that this stock has ideal brooding condi- tions, which includes good feed and good feeding practices, says B. F. Cheney, Dominion Experimental Station, IKentville, N.S. If reared inside or if the spring has been late with little 'sunshine, the birds should be given additional cod liver oil with their scratch grain. This can be given by adding one cup of cod liver oil to each fifty pounds of scratch grain fed between the third and seventh week: The oil should be mixed with the grain in a barrel several hours before feeding so that the oil dries into the grain in a barrel several hours before feeding so that the oil dries into the grain to allow all the birds to clean up the feed in thirty minutes. Itis important that the birds have a good supply of succulent green feed during the range period. In choosing a range avoid using some run-down pasture land, but one that has been well fertilized and seeded down. The grass should be cut sev- eral times during the summer so that the young grass keeps growing for feed. Some farmers give extra care to their birds up' to six weeks, then when the birds require extra feed turn them loose to rustle for them- selves with the exception of scratch grain. This results in retarded growth with few eggs being laid un - after the new year. Others will • S AFORTIj NEWS leave growing mash and skim milk before the birds,feeding lightly on whole grain, being anxious to have the pullets laying as soot) .as possible. This means too rapid development, small birds laying shall eggs and birds which are likely to give trouble during the winter months. It is bet- ter to follow a middle course by keeping the g'r'owinginafih before the birds in covered hoppers and feeding liberally with 'whole grain. to help build a strong body. Next in importance to good stock, good feed and good feeding practises is sanitation. In order to have sani- tary conditions crowding must be avoided, Hogs Should Not Weigh Over 2201b. George R. Paterson, Canadian An- imal Products Trade Commissioner in London, England, who was in Ot- tawa recently, made some observa- tions on why Britain wants lean bacon. "Bacon production in Canada is now et the highest point on record. This may enable the 4 -ounce bacon ration for the people of Britain to be maintained," said' Mr. Paterson. "While the British bacon ration is not included in the general meat ra- tion, nevertheless it is a very impor- tant part because the official treat ration is not what might be consider- ed generous. It consists of an amount, of meat to the value of 26e per week with average weight of slightly more than one pound. The additional food provided by 4 ounces of bacon should consequently con- tain - as high a percentage of animal protein as is found in any good, lean. meat. "While 'there is a comparative shortage of fats in Britain there are more economical ways of providing fat than by shipping it in the form of fat bacon. "Though it is important to provide the quantity of bacon requested by Britain from Canada -675,000,000 pounds this year—it is equally im- portant that the hogs produced for bacon for Britain should not be overfed—or in excess of a weight of 220 lb. live weigh when marketed." Use H.C. Limestone Only For Poultry Because oyster shell which is im- ported from the United States is be- coming scarce, Canadian poultry- men will have to depend to a greater extent on limestone in feeding poul- try. High calcium limestone, which is relatively cheap and of which there are many deposits in Canada, makes a satisfactory substitute for oyster shell and, if properly graded, may be fed in the same manner. All limestone deposits are 'not considered suitable for poultry feed- ing, the Feeds Administrator points out. Some are low in calcium and high in magnesium. Only a trace of magnesium is required by poultry. Too much may be harmful to chicks. Where limestone is used, the pul- lets should be started on it, because a change later from oyster shell to limestone may result temporarily in reduced consumption and adversely affect egg production. Guest: My dear, where did you get that wonderful string of pearls frons? You don't mind my asking, do you? Hostess: Not at all—they all came from oysters. When asked about his idea of strategy, the recruit replied, "It's whets you're out of ammunition, but keep right on firing." • Want and For Sale Ads, 1 week 25c. WHERE DOES YOUR FAMILY FIT IN? ®6� ARE00FEO CANADIANS 0 '.4 4®5/ 60RDERLINE OF 6 MALNUTRITION 0 ono/ARE I NUER ELY Ar*V0 NOURISHED Government surveys conducted early in the war show that only 40 per cent of Canadians regularly eat the right foods, even though seemingly well fed. Forty per sent are on the, borderline of malnutrition. Twenty per cent are definitely undernourished. That's why you need a sure plan for healthful family meals. 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Al- the nattiest of ih British Government, a Imre lila board is used for the 14.1b, 4111:1011and for all utast shiPphtg eontail01 made in Canada, This pure krait, he cause 01 its long fibres, is the equiv Went of virgin pulp. All earto110 sin shipping containers of Canailledried egg powder bear special salt' age instructions identifying the plat c:ri111 as 100 per cent, kraft. Not onl does every shipment of Canadia dried eggs provide Britain with vital food but the containers elimi ate the necessity of using valuabl cargo space for an equivalent weigh of wood pulp, Much though t and scientific re. search went into the evolution of the two packages now used for the ex- port of the dried egg powder. Britain has two major wartime uses for dried eggs for use in the Homes and public easing places, and for the bakery trade, As the common unit In Britain for distributing eggs to householders was one dozen, it was decided after' C0tlanitation with the British Food Ministry that e live - ounce package, the equivalent 01 0110 dozen eggs, was the most suitable unit for household rationing. This sells to British housewives at one shilling and ninepence (33 cents), and only Grade A powder, Canada's to product goes into it, A larger container was obviously required for distribution to the rest- aurant and bakery trades, A unit to serve the purpose of the standard 30 -dozen -case of shell eggs appeared to be desirable and the Canadian suggestion that this should be one stone, the familiar British weight, or 14 lb. was accepted by Britain. This is equivalent to about 45 dozen eggs. 31 1. rr To Pay Bonus ori Clips of Wool In order to promote the production of clean, marketable wool and dis- courage the marketing of reject wools, the Dominion Department of Agriculture has offered to co-operate with the Provinces in the payment of a bonus of 4 cents':,per pound on all clean clips of wool marketed 131 1943. In the past a large amount of Can- adian -grown wool has been unsuit- able for manufacture due to the ex- cessive amount of foreign material such as seeds, chaff, straw and burrs. The wool must be dry and in good condition not damp, wet, or musty, and the hairy and black and gray leg and face clippings must be kept sep- arate and not rolled with the fleece. Work of Years May Be Lost by Grass Fire In the spring it is a good old farm custom to institute a general clean-up around the buildings, and as often as not, advantage is taken n1 many localities to burn the dry grass around the ]rouses and along the fences and roads. When this is done great care is necessary. A small grass fire under control may be a useful servant, but, unfortunately as has happened in the past, it may be- come a demon of destruction. A small grass fire fanned by an un- expected wind may become a roaring furnace beyond control, bringing dis- aster in its trail, If it is necessary to burn grass, every precaution should be taken to avoid accidents. Before starting the fire, care should be taken that the surroundings of nearby buildings had been swept clean, and that there was no danger of the fire reaching the woodlot or the bush uncontrolled. Urges Farmers To Plant White Beans Hon, James G. Gardiner, Doinhuon Minister of Agriculture, to -day has called for increased planting of white beans in areas where they are a commercial crop, Arrangements are being worked, out so that the farmer rill), get a return. of $2.50 a bushel' for Number One grade.. The minister mentioned three. sources of increased' demand for this year's crop:' the "(hilted Kingdom, which has asked the Agricultural Food Board to supply substantial quantities of white beans; the United States, which is :prepared to buy tiny surplus available for export; and the dbmestio market, where beans . are expected to be in greater demand be- cause of meat rationing, Apart from this request to emu - VETERANS GUARD ON PARADE A company of the Veterans Guard of Canada takes up its caressing on the parade square; somewhere in Canada, with all the snap and sparkle bred 1n them by their service in two wars. The Veterans Guard•of Canada, which celebrated the 111110 anniversary of its founding on May 24. has more than 11,000 veterans in its ranks, and is expanding daily. inertial growers, the Minister urges farm and city gardeners to grow all the white beans they will require for their own use, Beans, he points out, are an excellent food, the crop re- quires little care, and dried beans, if harvested properly, can be success- fully stored, How To Control Cabbage Maggot Cabbages, cauliflowers, turnips, and radishes are the favorite vege- tables for attack by the cabbage maggots which are now emerging. The maggots can be controlled ` by the use of corrosive sublimate, states the Dominion Department of Agri- culture. The , sublimate may be bought at most seed houses, but in view of the fact that it is a deadly poison to human beings and animals, great care must be exercised in its use. Corrosive sublimate is used dilut- ed in water at the rate of one ounce to 10 gallons of water. As the subli- mate loses much of its strength when in contact with metals, it should be nixed in and applied from glass, earthenware or wooden ves- sels. This point is very important. Two or three days after the plants have been set out in the field the solution should be poured over the stem and around the base of each plant, using about half a cupful of solution per plant. Care should be taken to wet the stem thoroughly, as well as the soil immediately surr- ounding the base. Two more applica- tions should be made, the second application '7 days after the first, and the third 7 days after the second,• making three applications in all. It is important to make the first applic- ation early, as success of control de- pends very largely on that point. In the case of radishes, the solu- tion should be poured over the young plants about three days after they appear above ground, and a second application made a week later. Radishes must ,not be treated when they are nearly ready for use,. because of the danger of poison to the consumer. Mother: Sonny, go over and find out how old MTS. Harris is this morning. Sonny (on return): She says today she's 73 years, 6 months and 2 days. On belt work, such as silo filling, reduce the cutter speed to a mini- mum to accomplish the most work with the least fuel. Two noted Canadians, one in tate Royal Air Force and one in the Royal Canadian Air Force, were among those recently decorated by His Majesty the Icing at Buckingham Palace in London. At the right in this picture, just received by bomber from Britain, is 'Wing Commander A. Coatsworth Brown, D.S,O„ D,F.C„ of Winnipeg, a former commanding officer of the famousRCAF Demon Squadron, of Coastal Coitmraucl, Talking to him is plying Officer Hrnest F, Paige, D,F,C., of Bridgeport, Ont.,, who received his decoration for his part in an attack on a convoy. Ile brought his aircraft back, despite sari-. sus wounds.