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The Seaforth News, 1953-03-12, Page 2ides' .tram areal a,w..,»�':v3reass• GREEN Iw Gal'don Shaft. 1 An Inexpensive Bobby :.tike bird watching, hiking or camping, gardening is an inex- pensive hobby. Golfing, yachting, Or even picture taking require a lot of costly equipment and aey take one a long piece front home. But gardening is just as healthy as any of these other recreations and the initial cost and the upkeep amount to only few dollars. Moreover when vegetable growing is included there is a nice dividend in the freshest hind of food, right at the kitchen door. Equipment One can do wonders with a few cents worth of seed, a spade and a rake. For all the technical information necessary the direc- tions on the seed packet and in The seed catalogue will suffice. These directions tell the gardener when to plant and how deep, and how big will grow the things he has planted so he can allow suf- ficient room, Of course those are minimum requirements and for just a tiny plot. A few extras like a culti- vator or two and a little more variety in the seeds and plants will increase the satisfaction and enjoyment. For extra and de- tailed information too, there are excellent gardening books and government bulletins available. If one is really ambitious, one can expand almost indefinitely. There are literally hundreds of different flowers and vegetables at one's disposal, and more hun- dreds of perennials, shrubs and vines and trees. There are spec- ialties like rock gardening, per- ennial borders, rose gardens and garden pools. There are also power gadgets for cultivating, trimming, spraying, clipping, leaf gathering and such jobs for the person who is mechanically in- clined or who has a really big piece of ground. Better Than Ever Not so many years ago one could not grow corn, squash, roses, fruit and dozens of other plants except in the very warm- est parts of Canada. These things were not hardy enough, or they took too long to mature in our a'elatively short season and the early frosts struck them down. Now over the greater part of the country the gardener has hundreds of flowers and vege- tables from which to choose. And not only have we been given earlier maturing and hardier var- ieties, but also better quality, or :more vivid or striking colors. In the old days, too, the gar- den was sort of a feast or famine proposition, a few days when the peas, corn or beans were ready, m few days of vivid bloom, then nothing else. Today with improv- ed varieties and by using several sorts with different maturing pe- riods of flowering dates one can have a wonderful and producing garden from a few days after frost in the spring until far into the fall. In ordering seeds and plants for the coming season one should remember these changes and im- provements and by selecting carefully insure more satisfac- tion and a fuller return. The Eng- glishman with his flower garden and the Frenchman with his plot of vegetables expects results al- most 365 days in the year. Our climate is a bit too severe in the winter for that sort of contin- uous production, but even in the cooler parts of the country there alhould be six months use and pleasure at least. From the tiny snowdrops and crocusses, which bloom right after the snow, until the chrysanthemums in October sand November, there should be almost continuous bloom. And in the vegetable line by starting early and storing the surplus in the fall, there need be hardly a week without something from one's own garden. (Pensive Miss—Princess Marljke, youngest daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, appears to be In deep thought in this charming photo, It was taken for her sixth birthday. Hobbies for the Handicapped—Giving handicapped children interests as well as treatment is Important in the work done by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. Here three kiddies and their instructors are busy...at a hobbycraft table. The Society seeks $475,000 in its Annual Easter Seals campaign March 5 to April 5. AT, What to do with left-ovor mashed potatoes --except to make them into patties—is a problem that puzzles many home cooks at times. But it won't he a prob- lem if you try using them in some of the ways I suggest herewith, They're fine for thickening a savory stew or creamy soup; mixed into a yeast dough they give a light, feathery texture to your rolls; and when blended in- to the batter, they even add good- ness to a cake. Indeed, instead of worrying about mashed potato left -overs, I often wish I had more of them on hand. • o BEEF -POTATO POT PIE • Cut in 2 -inch cubes 2 lbs. stewing beef • Combine in paper bag yes e. flour 2 tsp. salt • Shake beef cubes in bag until thoroughly coated with flour mix- ture. • Melt in Dutch oven, or other heavy kettle , 2 tblsp. shorten- ing' • Brown beef in hot shortening. • Add to beef slowly 1 c. vegetable stock or water 3 medium onions, quar- tered • Cover and cook 1 hour. Add more water if necessary. • Add 1 c. mashed po- tatoes xg tsp. marjoram • Cover and simmer gently for 1 hour. The mashed potatoes will thicken the stew so that no other •thickening is necessary. • About 15 minutes before stew is done, add 3 carrots, cut in strips 1 c. fresh or frozen peas 1 c. chopped cel- ery cut in f- inch pieees • Pour into 2 -qt. casserole. • Cover with rolled pie dough (recipe using 1 c. flour will be sufficient) or biscuit topping. Brush with melted butter. • Bake in hot oven (450°) 15 minutes. Serves 8. • a CREAM OF POTATO SOUP • Chop 4 large stalks celery and leaves 2 medium-sized onions • Add 11/2 c. water • Simmer 30 minutes. • Strain through sieve or food mill. (Should be about 1 cup.) • Stir in 2 chicken bouil- lon cubes * Pour hot stock over 14 e. mashed potatoes • Stir until dissolved. Rub through strainer to make sure no lumps remain. • Acid 1 tblsp. butter 2 c. milk clash of paprika • Heat through, Serve with chopped chives or parsley, Serves 4 to 6. • 5 POTATO PUFF BUNS • Dissolve 1 pkg, dry gran- ular (or 1. rake compressed) yeast in 1/2 c. iukewvarm ivater • Scald 1. c. milk • While milk cools to lukewarm, cream together well ?(J C. shortening y:'•2 e. sugar 11/2 z tsp. salt • Blend in 2 well beaten eggs e. mashed po- tatoes • Add dissolved yeast to luke- warm milk; then stir into cream- ed mixture: • Stir in 6 c. sifted all- purpose flour (Should be a stiff dough.) • Place on floured board and knead thoroughly. Place in large bowl; cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulls, about 2 hours. • Punch down; knead again. • Brush with 1 tblsp. melted butter • Cover tightly and place in re- frigerator until ready to bake. (Will keep over night, but be sure bowl is large and well cov- ered, because dough rises again in refrigerator.) • About tui hours before baking time, pinch off dough' and form into small loaves or pan rolls. Place two inches apart in pan (9x13x2 inches). * Cover and let rise again in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours.. *Bake in hot oven (400°) 20 minutes, Or until lightly browned. Makes 22 dozen rolls. a e a POTATO CHOCOLATE CAKE • Heat ? e. milk • Add and melt 3-(1 oz.) squares unsweetened chocolate • Set aside.- • Cream 1 c. shortening • Add gradu- ally lA c. sugar • Cream until Iight and fluffy. • Add some of the hot chocolate mixture to 1 c. hot mashed Potatoes • Blend into creamed mixture. • Beat in well 4 egg yolks • Sift together 2 e. sifted cake flour 3 tsp. baking powder . salt 1 tsptsp. vanilla • Stir into batter, mixing well. • Beat until stiff" 4 egg whites •Add gradu- ally c. sugar • Fold into batter and pour into 3 greased, waxed -paper -lined 8 - inch layer cake pans. • Bake in moderate oven (350°) 30 minutes, or until toothpick in- serted in center comes out clean. * Turn out on rack, cool, and frost. ONE OF US An orthodox Jewish lady on Delancey Street was deeply dis- tressed when her only son fel) in love with a girl with red hair, a turned -up nose, and an Irish brogue. She grumbled about the situation for weeks, but one day turned up for her weekly pinochle game in high good humor. "That girl my boy is making eyes at," she anounced, "is Jewish after all. I got a look at her compact. last night when we all went.to the movies together, and there was her name plain as day: HELENA ItU13INSTIIN." TJy't ask. what's good for a A. SINGLE SiP TELLS WHY Amp Trap — Dr. Harry Shar- baugh sets his electronic rat trap to catch some "amps." Once sprung, the trap operates so as to sweep across a series of contacts seen at left. Am- peres of current are thus meas- ure by the scientist in General Electric's laboratory to study ef- fects on certain insulating materials. Mammoth Pies For 164 years Denby Dale hes been famous for its mammoth pies. In 1928 no fewer than five bullocks were baked in one pie, which weighed just over five tons, and in order that their reputation will not b tarnished by niggling economies, the people of this famous Yorkshire vilage intend baking an even bigger pie for the Coronation. Because - of rationing, a com- mittee of six have decided to ask the Ministry of rood to waive regulations for this one occasion. The custom of baking mammoth pies began in Denby in 1788 to celebrate the recovery of George III for a serious illness. The de- feat of Napoleon at Waterloo gave the villagers another glorious chance,though that pie contained only half a sheep, twenty fowls and half a sack of flour. But their pies increased in size, and on the night of Queen Vic- toria's Jubilee one weighing two tons and costing $1,000 was baked. The dish was eight feet in diameter and weighed fifteen cwt. The pie of 1928, the biggest, had a crust that weighed half a ton ' and 28 pounds of lard powder and 224 pounds of lard went into it. Served to '20,000, it raised funds for a Huddersfield hospital. Incidentally, such pies take two or three months of planning, mix- ing, and designing; for a special dish as well as the outsize oven must he made. YOUR CHILD MAY CE A VICTIM yleeplles, night', 11009000B and Gigos.g t' may be signs of pmwor,na and intestinal worms , , ugly parasites ChM infect children of ail ages, leaving them run- down and nervous. Pleasant -tooting MUJ V'ENIBY's Moa'n's FRIEND dimwits then posts ... reotoree: appatJM. children noon. Peal bettor again, MULVENEY'S MEL!. (For lidtdts) A natural hurbnl 1,n11iu I:hat gallon upset stomach, .tones 00 the liver and kidneys, also expel' pinworms and intestinal worms, MULVENEY'S REMEDIES Available at Alt Drugltlets Have You Booked Your Trip To The Moon Yet? If Not, There Are Plenty Ahead of You In the i'layden Planetarium, New York, are twenty-flve thou- sand completed applications for interplanetary journeys by rock- et ships to the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars. They come from all over the world. It started two years ago when the Planetarium presented "Con- quest of Space." This was an ima- ginary journey to the planets demonstrated with the Planetar- ium's projection unit, To strike a realistic note "Interplanetary Tour Reservation" slips were printed. The response wa`s immediate and startling. Within a short period of time 25,000 of those slips had been returned to the Planetarium, duly completed. About a thousand letters also arrived. "Curiosity, adventure, insecuritended tog`etherya enrefle ted all eine these letters," writes Mr, Frank H. Forrester, t h e Planetarium's Supervisor of Guest Relations. Those reservation slips and the letters remain on the files, point- ers nevertheless to the future. And week by week more corres- pondence arrives from others eager to beon one of the first rockets to leave ofd Mother Earth for outer space. Incidentally, intending passen- gers for the Moon were given a few details about their personal comfort and security, "Prior to take -off," the information sheet read, "passengers will be strap- ped into standing positions against the especially designed take -off supports. "Passengers will experience a gradual diminution of earth gravity, At 2,000 miles from the earth, loose objects will 'float' in the air, "Upon arrival (on the Moon) passengers will find, due to the vacuum existing on the Moon's surface, conversation impossible, absence of winds, 'weather' and clouds. "Walking will be made more difficult since the Moon's surface is covered to a depth of two or three feet with dust -like pum- ice." No commercial company has thatyet t a rocket set will take men tocthe Moon, but obviously there will be no shortage of potential passengers when they do. When will interplanetary tra- vel be possible? A Russian maga- zine, "Ogonek," recently pre- dicted that the national flag of the U.S.S.R. will be flying on the moon in fifty years time. Dr. Wernher von Braun, the man who developed Hitler's V-2, and who is now in America, has predicted that "within the next ten or fifteen years the earth can have a new ,companion in the skies, a man-made satellite which will be a man's first 'foothold in space." This man-made satellite would be over one thousand miles above the earth. It would 'move in an orbit around the earth and provide the launching ground for rockets en route for outer space. The cost? Von Braun's esti- mate for the satellite is .four bil- lion dollars. The satellite would circle the earth in such a way that every inch of the earth's surface would come into view periodically. 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