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The Seaforth News, 1953-03-26, Page 61 can remember --.and many of You can do $o too --.when there were about only two sorts of jrie- paste: puff -paste, and the "regu- lar kind." But now there is an almost hrfleite variety in vogue. snaking use of such things as earn tittkes, ginger snaps and so- :forth. u:forth. Which i:; I.11 to the god, be. u a1SO with a new crust an old file favorite takes on fresh ap- peal and avoids monotony. So, while they're not meant to dis- place your own favorite pie -crust recipe by any means, just give the few 'sepecials" a trial some • time. o CORN pi,AICEs CRUMB PIE SHELI, 4 cups torn flakes t ti eup ,sugar Si cup melted butter or mar- garine ('rush omni 11311 OS into fine serumbsi add sugar eed butter sand mix well. Hese mixture evenly and firmly around sides and bottom of pie pat (save2 tablespoons for topping.). Bake still before filling. This shell sibout a minutes .ai 350' F. and may be used without balling if chilled in refrigerator. It is. how - aver, difficult to 1'enuwe from pan without breaking. For honey 4'r molasses lasses pie shell, substitute :1 the ab„ve recipe, 2 table- arpoons honey or molassee for the '!a cup sugar. PEANUT 'BUTTb,1t CRUMB PIE SHELL 4 tablespoons peanut. butter 3 tablespoons melted butler or margarine 1 tablespoon flour 2 tablespoons sugar 4 caps corn {fakes Proceed as :11 rtrethud OA 111 tor Corn k'lakes Crumb Shell ebave. competing al! inr;re dfents thoroughly. -GRAHAM CRACKER file C'RI s'i IN calls rine graham cracker crutnhs z i cup sugar !e eup melted butte: Crush • i hanr moll rs 11)10 Mae crumbs before =nee surirnt, Auld swat. and butter and mix wall. Pr ss into :.;circ ,-.rid hot - For Her?—Pretty Evelyn Dodson displays a pair of new-born chinchillas small enough to aouggle in a couple of coffee raps. A full-grown animal with et coot of the priceless fur prized fly luxury -loving ladies is perch - ad on her shoulder. The animals were shown at a Chinchilla ttreeders' Association conven- tion. tont of 8-heelt pie plate. Chill until set (Reserve le cup of this Inc pie topping, if you like.) ,a � a (UN(IER SNIU? PIE SHELL Pa cups ginger snap ertnnbs to eup confectioners' sugar ei eup melted butter Crush ginger snaps into fine crumbs before measuring. Add sugar and melted butter and mix. thoroughly. Pat mixture firmly into pie pan: place in refrigera- tor and allow to stand for sev- eral hours before using, For the lemon tarts made by' the r e c l p e which • follows you will need plain pastry for your tart Melte These tarts have a tine tangy flavor and a delicate meringue topping, LEMON MERINGUE TARTS lie cups sugar :i tabiesitoons cornstarch teaspoon salt Pi i cups milk or water 3 egg yolks, beaten 1 s cup lemon juice Grated rind of 1 leucon 3 taltlespoons butter or mar- garine Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and milk. Cook until smooth and clear, about 5 minutes. Add beaten egg yolks and cook 5 minutes longer. Remove from heat; add lemon - juice, grated rind and margarine, stirring well, Allow to cool. Pour into tart :.hells. Top with meringue. mER1NGUE :1 eiig whiles 1 teaspoon lemon juice ti tablespoons sugar Bat egg whites and 1001011 juice until stiff; acid sugar slowly. wt:al meringue on top of tarts to peaks, or teem into filling in an "isiand" effect. Hake at 350' F, until golden brown 05-20 nmin- te• 1 This recipe makes 6-8 small tart.;. A jib 0t that wilt prove 'a avorite ielth More who like nuts topping ehee+e• and fruit is this DATE. NUT. CHEESE PIE 2 rues , ottage Ghees» 2 egg, cup sugar 1e cup ;nilk 2 tablespoon, flour teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 cup :'bopped date; 3 tablespoons chopped pecans throe: n:41 ....c - th elect. - r 1 e _e a 1. '11.... rc pan:. rpt ^set) at SO0' F•. This pie Is cpeciatit• ce.rei .'.h p mare ,..to tart.... r:'.... .1., of ire.: traits or fro;-e,n fru. fill cooked sue `s full as pasible with the Len (JO not use much juice) and top them with a pre- cooked meringue and cook until meringue is golden brown. Peach- es, apricot" cherries, blueberries, strawberries —. or any favorite fruit is coed fixed in these: tarts. PRECOOKED MERINGUE 2 unbeaten egg whites - lee cups sugar 14• eup water le teaspoon cream 01 tartar Pinch salt Combine all ingredients in top of double boiler. Place over briskly boiling water and beat with rotary beater until mixture will hold a peak when beater is lifted, This takes 0-8 minutes. Spoon over fruit. spreading to rover. Covk just long U10L1&:h in over to brown meringue-. Ifiz Taylor and Son—Elizabeth Taylor holds her month•old sen, Michael Howard Wilding, as he poses for his first picture. The baby was horn to the movie star and her husband, British actor Michael Wilding, Forefron'.ers at the U.N.—When the UN Security Council mot to choose a successor 10 Trygve Lie as Secretary-General, these three men stood in the foreground as the most possible candidates. At left is Stanislaw Skrzeszewskil, Polish Foreign Minister, Russia's candidate. The West's candidates are Lester B. Pearson (centre), Canadian President of the General Assembly; end Brig. General Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines. ..Plan Horse Sense.. by BOB ELLIS Dalry Surplescs Rt. Ilon. J. G. Gardiner, Min- ister of Agriculture, made an interesting statement in the House of Commons the other day, When a member asked him to comment on surpluses of dried skim milk and cheese the Min- ister answered: "I am quite sure my hon. friend would not like to suggest to this house or to anyone who knows anything about the situation that there is any troublesome surplus of cheese, When Great Britain wanted to buy 5 million pounds of cheese recently we had more trouble: getting those 5 million pounds than in finding a mar- ket. There is no such thing as a troublesome surplus of cheese in Canada." "In so far as dried skim milk is concerned;" he continued, We have undertaker) to take 10 million pounds off the market at a certain set price provided it can be obtained. This offer has been standing now for some considerable time, and up to the present it has not been accepted, That would seem to suggest that even that market :1 net so troublesome as we had esteemed it might be." Farmers ;tell do well to keep this ,_,formation in mind in their prise neentiations with the dis- tributors and processors, in case: they are told that there ese. t.oa many surpluses around. Vegetable Oils Mr. Gardiner put responsibili- ty for the importation of veget- able oils and their conversion into substitutes for dairy prod - ;sets on the provincial govern- ments. He thought that at pres- ent sevenprovinces were con- sidering legislation dealing with edible oils. As there is no law against it in Ontario, imitations of ice cream are already being manu- factured and sold. Unless farm- ers' organizations devise new ways and means to present their case, instead of protests to the government, they will be faced with ever increasing competi- tion in all markets for dairy products. To speak only of the plight of the farmer is not enough. There are other points to he considered. One is nutrition. We do not know to what extent edible oils can. replace milk and milk products in food value. Recent experiments at the University of Minnesota ehowed that dairy valves fed skint milk with vegetable oils tastes(' uf butter- fat died before they were three 1/4011t141 111(1. Some who were switched to whole milk before three months were :;eed. Another .101(1 is soil c•oneer• 11,1ion, If, dui to a re•ductiun of 'milk consumption, the number of dairy cattle should he reduc- ed, this is bound to have sdverse effects on the land. Mel if farm- ers would try to male up for lost milk 111011(4)1,1 by t;rowumg oil-bearing hoe -crops tike soy- bean); and sunflowers, Ontario farm soil:; would soon be do- pietcd.• There is a danger not to be iindereattd and of import- ance to the nation is a whole. The strongest. argument, of course, is the effect a greatly ,'educed purchasing power of the fanner would have: an all theee whose employment and livens hood depends on selling their products to 1.110 farmer. Support from Labour • It stands to reason that the then who make the things the farmer has to buy like plows, binders, fertilizer, binclertwine ole., have an interest in the fin- ancial position of the farmer. If he cannot buy the things they make, they lose their: jobs. And if they lose their jobs, their wives and daughters cannot buy the milk and bacon and eggs and cheese the farmers produce, The Weil -being of one group depends on the well-being of the other group, Realizing all this the Ontario Federation of Labour has made an offer los the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture. to get to- gether and explore the possibili- ties of co-operation. So far this offer has not been taken up. The writer of this colun.n 1vi11 be pleased to hear from farmers, or others interested in farm SOME TYPES YOU SEE THROUGH A tVINDSHIELD The Highly Organized problems, at any time. Oriti- dents, suggestions for subjects to be dealt with, knocks or boosts — all wiii he welcome Just ad- dress Bob Ellis, Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth St. N1ve Toronto, Ont. Control Of Carpet Beetles And Moths Investigation seems to indi- cate that carpet beetles May he just as injurious in Canadian homes as ,clothes moths. Fortun- ately similar control methods apply to both, says entomologist C. Graham MacNay, Department of Agriculture, Chaim). Although various chemicals are now aveilable to assist the housewife in her fight .gains, these pest, it should not be over- looked that good housekeeping, including the regular use of a vacuum cleaner on rugs, uphol- stered furniture and cracks in flooring, is an important mea- sure in the protection of wool- lens. Long-lasting, residual in- secticides, several of which have been developed in recent years, are very effective in the control of fabric pests, providing protee- tion for several months, A thor- ough spraying, at feast once a year, using a residual insecti- cide such as 5 per cent DDT, preferably in a refined kerosene base, is highly recommended. Residual insecticides should be applied as rather cosrsc-.sprays or by means of a print brush, thor- oughly wetting surfaces on which adult moths are likely to occur. Such ,orfaees include the wails and shelving of clothes doeces, the interiors of dresser drawers, chests, trunks and other places of storage. Breeding areas where the lar- vae of clothes moths and carpet beetles are likely to be located •:should also he thoroughly and forcefully sprayed in order to penetrate accumulations of lint, dust and ether material. These areas include- cracks and crevices in flooring and around base- boards throughout the house, particularly in clothes closets; also cold air ducts in the heat- ing system which should first be vacuumed to remove accumula- tions of dust and lint. The under - surfaces of rugs, carpets, and r.vat.tvt' mats should be well sprayed. Upholstered furniture, of in- fested, should be lightly sprayed, particularly between cushions, or should be treated with a moth- proffing material. •Sodium truest - !lento (silicofluoride) dissorved in hot water at the rate of ttgo ounces per gallon and applied when cool to fabrics untiy they are thoroughly wet; provides protection for many months. In- fested blankets and other wool- lens May be lightly sprayed or exposed to either -sub-zero tem- peratures in winter or strong sunlight in summer. Woollen garments nut in use should be • dry-cleaned before storing, they( are then much less attractive to fabric pests. The felts in pianos should be treated with a residue] msecti-• cide, preferably DDT as it re- mains effective for long period. The regular 5 per cent DD'T' household spray having a koro 0 0 sene base is suitable. Emulsions of water -base sprays should not he used as they may cause rust- ing of piano strings and other metal parts. Mothballs, naphthalene flakes and paradiehlorobenzene eDieh- ' loricidel are effective only when confined with woollens in a tight- ly enclosed, practically airtight ' space that will retain their va- pours. They afford practically no protection in the ordinary clothes closet as they are not re- pellents as is commonly believed, and the average clothes closet will not retain their vapours sufficiently to permit the build- up of a lethal concentration. Box- es, paper bundles, garment bags, and stroage chests, in which these materials are used for the pro- tection of, woollens, should be sealed with strips of adhesive paper or other material to en- sure the destruction of any insect present, Mr. MacNay cautions that DDT is poisonous to humans and pets, as well as to insects. It should not, therefore, be permit- ted to come in contact with food materials, dishes and Booking utensils. (1 the insecticide is spill- ed on the skin, it should be wash- ed off with soap and water Making MOViee: Down In Me,.'xecl There is just 110 cliocolat1 in the world its good as the ehoCelate in Michoacan. Whether ire in the bean, or the proeessi14(2, or the - cinnamon, or the egg, ex' the whirring movement of the hand- somely carved swizzle sticks; or whether it's only tradition, no matter "-. there is no ellocnlate as good as the chocolate of 'Miclto- acarn. I think 13'0 were on Lem third or fourth caps when a group of youngsters, five to eight years old, struggled across the square, lugging crude wooden 4ltbfcs and chairs for our outdoor school scene. The town was ix'operai- ing. M far as I knew, Pablo and Rosario had not left us since the planning of the night before, but somehow our actors and props carne out of nowhere and set themselves up seenewise. The little fellows in their little white suits, little serapes, and little straw hats knew that our film dealt with education. Education meant school, School meant tables and chairs.... Then the problem struck us right between the eyes. I had to give directions in English to Carlos. Carlos had to give them in Spanish to Pablo, Then Pablo translated 111011 in to Tarasean. The two translators went well beyond the bounds of their prim- ary functions, They posed like D. W. Grflith or C. 13. DcMille of the early '20's— legs spread apart, bodies leaning forward. They cupped their hands, and megaphoned their own ertistie interpretations, but the results. were all the same. Our cast saw a camera (they had posed for still pictures before) and were determined that the tecluti$iue of grinning and watching the birdie was the all-time high in histri- onics, a Time out. Nacho told 1110.1 the whole story of the picture, It was a re-enactment of what had actually happened a few months before. Over thirty per cent of Mexico's population spoke sons. one of more than fifty distinct languages — no Spanish. To ie - corporate these people into the Mexican Democracy, they had to be taught to read and wl-he the national tongue. gxperiments had been many, but the most suc- cessful means of accomplishing this end was the indire,t ap- proach.Flrst, teach them to read and write their own languages. Since there were no alphabets, a system of phonetics was de- veloped.... This, Nacho told them wes tri:: story of our film. Yes, they wanted to cooperate. By all means, Maestro... I got out • a can of candy passed it around. It's remark -- able how children of all nationa- lities lose self-conseiousncss ove:• a piece of candy. It may he -that the very naturalness of the pro- cess of eating draws them out of any momentary mannerk'os. I" may have something to do with concentrated energy in super, 11 may be that they just like Bend'', and fix their agile little minas upon it until all else is forgotten. But no matter %vhat, it turned the trick. — Pablo," by Alr'ir arra Darley Gordon. Being a young man just shirt ing out in life you probably w be interested, even eager, to know what size -town 't:pplies the greatest percentage of prom- inent men. A study of Who': Wks in America reveals that ` cities of about 8,000 inhabitants lead all other communities in pr, 4uc- ing prominent people. O.IC., So It's Art—This may look like something your child might bring home from kindergarten, but you better have a second! took, because it is Henri Matisse's "Composition On a Green. Background," A French girl admires the work of the world). famous painter at the Galerie Bergruen in Paris.