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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-12-10, Page 6,TABLE TALKS eJarzAra=eas. Today,. instead of recipes, a little talk about the Christmas turkey "— how to prepare it, cook it and, finally, to carve it. Perhaps it might be an idea to show the latter part of it to the one who actually does the carv- ing. N To deal with pesky p i u feathers, a strawberry li u 11 e r does a commendable job, but pair of tweezers is even better For really "all-out" coverage however, try coating the beet with hot paraffin. When nar•d- ened, peel off this coating and most of the pin -feathers, even the little ones, will come right nfi'! If you have that sneaking sus- picion that 'your bird is a bit tough rub It with lemon juice, inside and out betore. stuffing . Tender treatment, this! When it comes to stutlim_ the bird, use a funnel for =t neater, faster job. Generally speaking, it is best to spoon in lightly about 1 cup of stuffing per pound of the weight of the turkey. Dressing expands during rnaetinee, you know. For varied texture and taste interest, try adding a few r'ush- ,'d potato or corn chips to the stuffing, along with the bread crtunbs. Tie a few sprigs of celery un dei the turkey's wings before roasting. This adds moisture to the meat, and flavor to both the meat and the gravy, If roasting the gird. in an open pan, wrap the leg bones • and wing tips with strips of haeon so that they wotit hem char- red. Bacon adds - flavor, too. If you prefer turkey rousted in a covered pan, but lack a suit- ably large container, try this trick: Er ease your gobbler in a Flag of Hope -- Nato's new blue - and -silver flag rises for the first time during the recent Atlantic Exposition in Paris, France, A blue field, symbolizing the. At- lantic Ocean, forms the back• ground for a silver compass, rose, symbol of the common aims of NATO member nations. In the background is the French na- tional flag. large cloth bag whieli has been saturated in melted shortening. Place the "bagged turkey" in an open roaster, and baste through the bag now and then during the roasting period. Another roasting aid. Loose ly cover the top of the turkey With a double layer of cheese cloth, well saturated with melt- ed sliortning. Roast the turkey slowly, keeping this cloth coven ing well saturated with shorten- ing -at all tinges. Automatically, the bird is basted as it roasts. Later, use this same fat-im prepnated cloth to wrap about leftover slices of turkey. It keeps them far more moist and palatable. For a professional look, glaze the turkey with tart ,felly about tz hour before it is completely done. When serving the Turkey give the carver a fair break. Place one of those lacy looking, targe, transparent doilies under and around the platter to protect the cloth, Also provide sharp tools, a linger bowl, and a spare nap- kin. Place a side table or teacart beside the carver to relieve some of the on -table congestion. Re- member, too, when placing the turkey on the table, to have the bird fiat on its back with the legs extending to the carver's right, and the neck, to the carver's left Provide an extra plate tb re- ceive the drum sticks, thighs and wings, which are cut off before the body meat is sliced. What to do with turkey and dressing leftovers is a subject which has been hashed and re- hashed — literally as well es figuratively. Plain sliced turkey sandwiches are hard to beat, and. broth - moistened dressing, reheated and served with gravy is top-flight fare. However, here are new ideas, for good measure: Make balls of dressing and place them around a roast dur- ing the last ?z hour of cooking time. If some of the family objects to giblets in the dressing or gravy, save them out for sand- wich treats for those who really appreciate them. For these, com- bine 1 cup ground, cooked gib- lets; 1 tablespoon each of finely chopped onions, -green peppers and pimientos; it cup•ehopped celery; ?a cup mayonnaise: and salt and pepper to taste, Bias Oooduc is Pied On Boxing Day ' ninety-five years ago Charles Dickens sat in his study in Tavistock Square, London, and wrote a letter to a publisher friend. In it he record- ed that he had just finished his "Child's History," having closed it "because its romantic charac- ter could not be easily preserv- ed,' That yellowing letter has just turned up—in a scrapbook which bus conductor William R. Reis- man, of Maidstone, found while going through the effects of his mother-in-law who died some months ago. "We nearly burned the scrap- book with a lot of other old papers," he said. "What a good job I decided to dip into it!" He also found a letter written by explorer David Livingstone to a friend before he left for his famous trip to Africa, where he was ultimately found by H. M, Stanley. Nobody knows how the letters got into the scrapbook. Gab Monitor -If you have long-winded clients and are pressed for time, this invention by Harold P. Strand ought to be right up your alley. Simply place the receiver in the pickup unit and let phone rest in the cradle. Plunger in rest automatically switches on an amplifier, permitting two-way conversation. At the same time, the hands are free to carry on business or to cup over the ears when the conversation drags. Taking fs'ianhttttan Back?—New Yorkers must have thought the old gag about giving Manhattan back to the Indians had come true when they saw Chief Paul Horn riding his horse amid Park Avenue traffic. The chief, a leader of the Mohawk tribe, was just ' on his way to the International Children's Bazaar._ A World doom In Marbles To -day trade is booming in the marbles business, Almost overwhelmed by world orders, British manufacturers are ex- porting to 60 countries at the rate of 100,000,000 marbles a year. It's an all-time record! When cash is tight there is ex- tra scope for simple, inexpensive pursuitsylike marbles playing, That's one reason why the old game his leaped in popularity— from China to Peru -in the last few years. Manufacturers add to the demand by buying marbles for industrial uses, Curiously, people who live in warm climates are the _keenest marbles players. Approaching the Arctic Circle, it's almost im- possible to make a sale, But South America—one of the big- gest buyers — and Malaya and Fiji go for British marbles in a big way. There's one difference in the trade now compared with earlier in the century, when a few clay marbles were found iz every schoolboy's pocket and glass mar- bles were "luxury ,goods," Clay marbles, it seems, had their last fling during the war. Nowadays, the manufacturers sell 8 or 9 glass marbles to every clay one. Just Pugh a &Won, Make Your Own Snow It's going to be a white Clu•ist- mas this year whether the weatherman co-operates or not. Instead of counting on the fickle forecaster to provide a Christ- masy atmosphere, homemakers are planning to create wintry settings indoors with handy decorating aids that spray syn- thetic snow at the touch of a forger. Some are even outdoing nature by ordering their Christ- mas snow in bright shades of red, green, pink or blue. Packed in pressure -powered metal containers, these push- button aerosols can be used with striking results on Christ- mas trees, holly wreaths, par- cels, table decorations, window panes and mirrors. And there is no danger from fire. A Christmas tree can be gaily decorated or completely blan- keted with the snowy material. The ingenious will quickly dis- cover that a few squirts will transform such a simple mater- ials as pine cones and boughs, sprigs of holly or short lengths of birch log into attractive table and mantle decorations: With a little more patience anyone can "paint" a Christ- mas scene or "write" a season's greeting on a window pane or mirror. To "paint" a scene, just prepare a simple cut-out card- board mask for each color area and spray around . it. RReep • the design simple by using broad areas rather than fine lines, be- cause the fluffiness of the resin - nus snow doesn't have quite enough adhesion to hold in fine lines when the mask is removed after spraying. To "write," spray within an inch of the surface. To duplicate closely Nature's downy flakes, stand at least 24 inches from the object being decorated. The greater the distance, the fluffier the deposit. Allow five minutes to dry before handling in all r..ases. Although these indoor snow falls are easily removed with a whisk, broom or vacuum clean- er, areas around items to be sprayed should be protected with newspapers or other cov- erings. Any stubborn flakes clinging to surfaces impervious to water can be dislodged with a hot, damp cloth, Canned snow storms are just one of a long list of recently de- veloped self -dispensing products that spray on everything from paint to perfume. "Freon," a non-flammable, virtually non- toxic and odorless compodtnd which acts as the coldmaking agent in many mechanical ref- rigerators, provides the propel- lent pressure in most of these squirt bombs. The liquified gas propellant takes the place of bulky, expensive air compres- sors to force the contents out of the can in liquid or foam form. Shortly to appear are a num- ber of different preparations for restoring the lustre and color to certain types of faded furs. Some actually dye the fur, others are specifically designed for restoring the sheen to older furs. All, however, require the know-how of a professional fur- rier for best results in shading. An Idea That Other Places MIght Copy We've ever been among those who resent the sometime prac- tice of police authoritity to over- step its bounds in putting the pinch on private citizens. But the combination of Depu- ty Sheriffs and Highway Patrol- men who early Sunday checked outlying whisky joints and nab- bed the drunks before they got behind the wheels of their auto- mobiles, is deserving of endorse- ment, It bears explanation, pos- sibly, that the officers were not after whisky, per se, but after those who swill it until all hours. and then try to drive through a drunken fog to their homes. The drive was successful, even if somewhat embarrassing to those who were caught indulg- ing in b. little private fun. By dawn three were jailed for drunken-driving, eleven for pub- lic drunkenness, two for having no drivers' license and another for maintaining a public nui- sance. But the important part of the success was that not a single traffic accident was reported in the city and environs between 3 am. and 3 p.m, Sunday. All of which goes to show that prevention is still the bigger part of the cure. — Tulsa World. oy Ploughed Up Fortune In Gold i j .1. ,1. Forrest In Rome, one day this sum - mar, lovely, dark -eyed Teresa Francini was sobbing violently as her nineteen -year-old fiance drew away from her. "So you're leaving me for good!" she cried • a'ter him, White-faced, Ciro Maragliano hurried to the street below her flat, Suddenly, a piercing shriek , rang out. And to his horror he saw Teresa plummeting down on to the pavement from an upper window. Like lightning, he stepped forward and took the full shock of her body. Both had minor injuries, but their agonies turned to laughter as they made up their quarrel in the old, old way, as in many of those cases mentioned in the re- cent Tit -Bits article "Suicide Leap Lands Girl in Lover's Arms." Suicidal intentions, twisted by fate into a swirl of happiness. How often joy leaps at us un- expectedly. You never can tell how, when or where happiness may bit you. An ear-splitting thunderstorm can bring you a;. wife; a frisking rabbit lead you to treasure trove; a smack in the eye from your partner's tennis racket can reward you with romance. If Pate's exploits are in- scrutable, so no less baffling is the sudden way in which the minx bestows her favours and graces. Manfred Stuehrer, a refugee from Silesia, lived for a year in a Bavarian camp, but hard as he tried he failed to get per- manent work. He fell in love with Annerl, a local girl, but without money or means his idyll seemed but a mocking dream. So, a few weeks ago, he, decided to emigrate. Canada ap- peared a land of golden prom- ise, Loose Pools Coupon Bidding his girl farewell, per- haps for ever, he hitch -hiked to Pforzheim, a popular halting - place for cars travelling along the autobahn to Frankfurt. For hours he waited. No one offered him a lift, Then a glamorous and pretty, though hardfaced girl motored towards him. But when he "thumbed" her, she laughed scornfully, and tossed him a newspaper, saying: "Something for you to read." Infuriated, he settled down to wait again. For want of something better to do, he scanned the news- paper. A loose football pool coupon fluttered out of it. He'd once won a smallsum in the pools, and he casually filled in a line, Then along swept a very elegant car, whose driver, a wealthy factory owner, offered him a lift. Manfred scrambled in- side, clutching the football pool coupon. As they travelled, he told the other of his ambitions and disappointments. At Mannheim, were they stopped for petrol, the factory owner noticed a lorry which was just about to leave for Bremen. "Quick," he said, "take it and get to your port for Canada." So Manfred scuttled off. Finding' himself left with a completed football pool coupon, the factory owner posted it after first writing his name and address on the bottom. Then miracles began t0 happen. Manfred had filled in a winning line! Policeman's Good News The factory owner traced the lorry which took Manfred to Bremen, found out it had dump- ed him at a shipping -Office, and 'phoned that office. Then as Manfred, still waiting for a boat, lay huddled in his day elothes on a rough bed in one 4 the eity's homes for the desti- tute, a policeman shook him vigorously. "Wake up, cheer up and get up," said the law. "'You've won 17,300 marks (about 111,500) in a football pcoll" Stunned by the good luck fate nad bestowed on him, Manfred tried to persuade, the factory owner to accept a half share. No, he must keep it all. And imagine Annerl's joy when, out of the blue, he returned to her, feeling like a millionaire — and rich enough, indeed, to lead her to the altar. When Great Yarmouth came in for bombing by the Luft- waffe, four-year-old Arthur Rice was evacuated to Woking, Like any youngster suddenly uprooted, he felt unhappy at first. But he was befriended, quite by accident, by an Abys- sinian lady. She took him to her home on several occasions, gave him tea, and played with him in her garden. His Fairy Godmother "Now seventeen years old, a machinist assistant employed by a local timber firm, Arthur had a shock when, the other day, a Yarmouth official handed him a savings bank book, Yes, all the money in it was for him, put aside diligently in his name by his Woking benefactress, a real princess, though he never guess- ed it. Though she is dead now, Princess Asfa Yilma will live for .ever in Arthur's memory as a real-life fairy godmother. Fate also smiled kindly on an- other Norfolk lad, Ray William- son of Heacham. Employed by Sir Stephen Green as a tractor driver, he was ploughing a field beside Ken Wood one Novem- ber clay five years ago, when he suddenly turned up some scraps of old metal, "bits of derelict brass bedstead" he supposed`^"""I them to be. The farm's foreman, raking them over, thought dif- ferently. He asked an archaeolo- gist from King's Lynn to exam- ine them. Then, as experts pored over these pieces, their eyes glinted. Here, they saw, were sectors of tubular gold necklets, beauti- fully fashioned chieftain's wear in the Iron Age, 2,000 years ago, rare treasures indeed. Happiness in Disguise Though his chance find was declared "treasure trove," and as such the Crown's property', the British Museum rewarded Ray with cheque for £400. Two years later, another Of Sir Stephen's ploughmen, twenty - two - year - old Tomniy Rout, turned up in the esss, treasure "seam" an even finer hoard of gold necklets. And his reward from the British Muse- um was a cheque for £7,850! Happiness often assumes a craftily • masked, even painful disguise. Sybil Thorndike, as a young girl, had set her mind on becoming a professional pianist. But a broken wrist cut short her ambition, "I must now study for the stage," she told herself. And so, a magnificent career was launched, one hold- ing all lovers of classic act- ing in its debt to -day. A woman told her doctor she was sure she had an obscure ill- ness. He advised her not to be foolish, that she couldn't possib- ly know whether she had it. The 'disease, said he, carried with it no discomfort whatever. "But, doctor," she protested, "that's exactly how I feel," Old Names Revived — Here is ap artist's impressipn of the first of two new 22,000 -ton luxury ves- sels now under construction at Clydebank, Scotland, and designed for the service of The Cunard Steamship Company Limited between the United Kingdom and Quebec and Montreal. The Cunard Line announced today that for the two new ships it has been decided to revive the names of two former Cunarders that were famous during the early part of this century, the "SAXONIA" and the "IVERNIA."