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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-12-09, Page 6Yr. air var. wer In- ' [TrTYTBTT dTA6 clam LE TALKS If you serve a light meal, you'll want a substantial dessert to concluded it; such as, pie, cobbler, or pudding. If you serve a large meal, your last course may be ice cream, sher- bet, fruit, or fluffy cake or whipped pudding. If your family has some spe- cial favorite dessert, it's often a good idea to start planting bour menu backwards. Then alance the dessert with your other courses. * * The once lowly bread pud- ding now comes to table dressed up with meringue top and, in this guise, is sure to become a favorite with both family and guests. Make this with either fresh, frozen, or canned sliced peaches, PEACH MERINGUE BREAD PUDDING 1 pint xs" soft bread cubes 1 pint sliced peaches 2 egg yolks 114 cups milk e teaspoon each salt a n d cinnamon lei teaspoon nutmeg Ira teaspoon vanilla Ve cup each, brown (firmly packed) a n d granulated sugar MERINGUE: 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons sugar Combine bread cubes and peaches in greased 1% -qt. cas- serole. Beat egg yolks and com- bine with milk, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, vanilla, brown and white sugar. Pour liquid mix- ture over bread and peaches. Bake at 950° F. for 45 minutes. (Remove from oven. For mer- ingue, beat egg whites until stiff. Add sugar gradually, con- tinuing to beat until mixture otands in peaks. Spread over lop of pudding and return to oven for 15 minutes, or until brown. Eight servings, * * * Now that you can reach to a shelf in the grocery store and get a can of apple sauce, this version of Heavenly Pie will probably appear often on your family menu. Top it with crush- ed peanut brittle and you'll Gave a "company" dessert. * * ,a HEAVENLY PIE 11 cups graham cracker crumbs lei cups sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon t a cup butter 2 cups apple sauce le pint heavy cream ', teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup crushed peanut brittle Mix 1 cup crumbs, sugar, and Cinnamon. Blend in butter. Press into 9" pie plate. Bake at 75° F. for 10 minutes. Chill. 6 hill apple sauce; add remain. Ing rix cup crumbs. Whip cream Riff. Fold in with nutmeg to Apple sauce mixture Spread over crumb pie shell, Chill. Just tefore serving cover with crush- ed peanut brittle. u a * Almost everyone likes lemon Dessert, and here is an easy -to - make lemon pudding that is Just right to top a heavy meal. LEMON SPONGE PUDDING ve cup sugar m/ cup flour ?/s teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon melted butter lei cup lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 2-3 eggs separated 11/2 cups milk Combine sugar and flour; add r;alt, butter, lemon juice, a 11 d lemond rind, Beat egg yolks well; add milk. Combine with sugar mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold into milk mixture. Pour into greased custard cups or a baking dish, Place in shallow pan of hot wa- ter. Bake at 350° F. 40-45 min- utes. Serve with whipped eream if desired, Six servings. * * * (PINEAPPLE PARTY CAKE 2 envelopes unfiavoreci gelatin 1 cup cold water ' 3 beaten egg yolks e cups milk 1 cup sugar 1 No. 2 can crushed pine- apple 2 cups heavy cream, whipped :3 stiff -beaten egg whites 1 angel cake Soften gelatin in cold water. Combine beaten egg yolks, milk, and sugar, .Cook over hot, not boiling, water, stirring con - gently until the mixture coats a metal spoon. Remove from heat. Add softened gelatin and stir to dissolve; cool. Add pine- apple. Fold in whipped cream and egg whites, Line bottom and sides of a 10 -in, spring -form pan or tube pan with waxed paper. Remove crust from augel cake; tear into pieces with fork or fingers, Fill pan alternately with pieces of cake and spoon- fuls of custard mixture. Chill until firm. Unsold and decorate with pineapple chunks and maraschino cherries. * '1 m You can skip the problem of doubling or tripling your fudge recipe this year. Here's one for five pounds of superb creamy chocolate fudge — enough to keep plenty on hand for Christ- mas company, and to package in pretty gift boxes. It's easy for a brand-new cook to make, too. No worry about such indefinite directions as "cook to soft -ball stage." Just boil 5 minutes, mix thoroughly, and spoon into the pan. BR DE AND GROOM—Singer Vic Damone and actress Pier Angell are cheek -to -cheek as they leave St. Timothy's Church after their Wedding in Hollywood. NEVER -FAIL FUDGE ? c. butter 41/2 c. sugar 1 can (141/2 oz.) evaporated milk 1 e, marshmallow cream 1 bar (13 oz.) sweet ehoc. late, grated 2 pkgs. (12 oz.) semi - sweet chocolate chips • 2 tsp. vanilla 2. e. walnuts, coarsely chopped Combine butter, sugar, a n d milk, Boil 5% minutes. Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients, except nuts. Beat until well :nixed. Add nuts. Spoon into buttered pan. Cool until firm. Then cut. Makes 5 pounds. Thief's Hsu[ Was Judge's Wig Obtaining a lift from a motor- ist, a Slough moulder told a hard -luck story, produced a ring and asked £3 for it. Later he was fined 25 for trying to ob- tain money by false pretences. In court it was explained that the ring was worth only 2s. 6d. and the man he had hoped to diddle was a detective, Crooks are often on the look- out for weak -fibred members of the community who will do al- most anything if threatened or well paid. But they frequently approach the wrong man. It was a detective whom Fran- cisco Mariaini (now in jail) ask- ed to kill his wife "without get- ting any blood on the carpets." And when three armed gun- men raked the underworld for a good get -away driver after a bank robbery, they lit upon a detective in disguise who drove them straight into a police trap. Dishonest dealing of any kind rarely pays. And it can result in tragedy. In one case it led to the death of a man's whole family. "Misadventure" was the verdict at a Lancashire inquest early this year, after husband, wife and two young daughters had been found gassed. The hus- band had so fixed up things that he could obtan gas without its registering on the meter. The crooked fraternity don't by any means get things all XON HELD BY REDS --Mrs. H. L. Baumer holds a picture of her son, Mal. William Baumer, sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the Chinese Reds. their own way. Thieves have had a few shocks recently and their victims have had last laugh. One man who walked away with a suitacase at Hagerstown, Maryland, found inside not the expensive clothes he had hoped to sell, but ten -foot python. "I hope we never come across each other again," wrote an- other luggage snatcher, posting back the bag he had stolen from a train. The man he had robbed %vas a judge on circuit and the ease contained his wig and robes. Burglars Left Note A couple of burglars at Knox- ville, Tennessee, spent quite a time blasting open a safe, only to find it empty. They left be- hind a note: "Why didn't you leave some xnoney in this thing? In Australia a suspect was highly indignant at the sugges- tion that he was in possession of a camera stolen from a fel- low hotel guest. His protesta- tions might have succeeded if the police had not looked inside the camera. Unknowingly, the man had snapped himself in front of a mirror in the hotel room. A thief whose punishment really fitted his crime was dis- covered in a Paris cinema one morning. He had secreted him- self there the previous evening, intending to slip away when the place was crowded again. But he couldn't resist all the choco- lates on the confectionery coun- ter, and it was there the police found hixn — crippled with in- digestion. Caught In The Egg Trap An incident in somewhat similar vein is reported from Essex. A doctor in the local hospital was convinced that one of the staff was stealing his eggs. So he injected something into one of the eggs and laid his trap, In the middle of the night came an anguished appeal from the wife of one of the porters; "Please come. My husband's very ill!" Solemnly the doctor gazed at the man. "You've been eating eggs?" he asked. "Only one," gasped the porter, clasping his stomach. "Eggs," said the doctor, "are very bad for you. Especially my eggs," It's a mercy for the law that crooks appear to be poor psy- chologists, At tines they choose their victims badly. Last July, when an Arab tried to pick the picket of a man doz- ing en a Paris bench, he was caught In the act. Then he dis- covered that his prey was a de- tective especially assigned to protect tourists from pick- pockets, How Can 1 ? Q. How can I dry shampoo the hair? A, If the hair is light mix two ounces of oatmeal or cornmeal and one ounce of powdered or- ris root. Shake well into the hair, leave for a short time and brush out; thiswill make the hair nice and fluffy. Q. How should oyster plant be prepared? A. Wash it, then cover with boiling water. Cook 45 minutes to an hour, or until soft. Then peel, cut into desired sizes, and serve with cream sauce. Q. How can I lengthen the life of rubber overshoes? A. A little glycerin rubbed over the overshoes occassional. ly will clean the rubber and pre- vent its drying out. Q. How can I remove ehocO- late and cocoa stains? A. If they cannot be removed with soap and hot water, sprin- kle with borax and soak in cold water. Then rinse thoroughly in boiling water, if material is washable. For silk wool, sponge with lukewarm water. Q. How can I remove grease stains on leather? A, Turpentine will remove grease stains from leather. The entire surface may then, be re- vived by rubbing with the beat- en white of an egg. Q. (low can I make a hand cleanser? A. Use a paste .made of vine- gar and cornmeal for removing stains from the hands and keep- ing them. in good condition. Q. How can I remove dust stains? A. Do not brush too vigorous- ly because it merely drives the stains into the material. When a light brushing is not effective, rub with a soft cloth dampened in cleaning fluid. Q. How can I make use of the , vinegar front bottle pickles? A. Save it and use when mak- ing French. dressing. It will add a pungent, spicy flavor. Q. How can I make a gargles for a sore throat? A. Alum dissolved in water makes a very effective gargle for a sore throat, Q. How can I fasten the han- dle of a cooking fork or other piece of cutlery when it has be- come loosened? A. Seal it by pouring melted resin into the hole alongside the metal part. Or, 1111 the hole with finely powdered resin and push the metal prong on handle, heated very hot, into the resin filled hole. Ili will be as good as new. Drink Like A Fish — For Your Health: Sea -water bars are being opened at some German resorts. There you can order a pint of water distilled from sea -water, pleasantly flavoured -vith orange or lemon. There are "Neptune" cocktails for adults, and sea- water minerals in many flavours for children. But why drink . sea -water, even though it has beet, treated andflavoured? Because, say German health experts, there's nothing like it for restoring energy and even for quenching thirst, It still doesn't sound palatable to most of us, but workers in heavy industrial areas of Ger- many are now regularly drink- ing beetles of special sea -water in their works canteens, The water Is said to contain 'vital matter which, when. added to the body's organism, gives 12 Mere resistance to disease, Coe - Must t .a chef Until Sisters A girl of twenty-one and her fiance, aged' twenty-nine, left their hoaxes in Holland recently and crossed 'the Channel to get married there. Immediately after the ceremony, they return- ed home to the Dutch village where they live --to face the inusiol It happened because in Rol- land a girl cannot marry with- out the consent Of her parents until she is thirty. Nine years is rather a long time far a girl in love 20 wait, so over they came to England, where parental per- mission is only needed for the under -twenty -ones. However, there are always plenty of 'teen-age couples in England, with their heads full Of stories about elle Gretna Green weddings (no longer legal), who are so anxious to plunge into matrimony that they go rush- ing up to Scotland where paren- tal consent is not required, even to the marriage Of minors. Quite often they are amazed to discover, on arrival, that there is a "residential qualification"— you have to live in Scotland for fifteen clays before you can marry there! tain rheumatic, gout and stom- ach disorders are greatly re- lieved by sea -water minerals, it is claimed, Thirty years ago a doctor lea uring at the London College of Physiology mentioned- the cura- tive properties of sea -water, He explained that the water was of the same composition as the fluid which nourishes our body cells. He describes how sea -water for medical use in England had been collected at a spot in the Atlantic twenty miles from the north-west coast of Ireland. Sterile drums were lowered in- to the sea and filled at a depth of five fathoms. After being filtered, the wa- ter was diluted with spring water to bring it to the same specific gravity as blood. It was then administered by hypoder- mic injection. The doctor said he had suc- cessfully treated with sea -water people suffering from anaemia, catarrh, neuritis, neurasthenia and chronic headaches, GRAVITY AND RECORDS How much do variations in the force of gravity affect athletic records? This is not as fantastic a question as ft , seems; and scientists at the National Physi- eal Laboratory are looking into it. The force of gravity is not the same everywhere in the world—It is weaker nearer the equator. An athlete weighing 200 pounds at the North Pole would weigh 199 pounds at the equator. Near the equator, therefore, an athlete might be able to jump a little farther or higher or hurl a javelin slightly better. After all, athletic re- cords are set up more often than not by very small differences. Melbourne is the site of the 1956 Olympic Games and Mel- bourne is twenty-two degrees closer to the equator than Hel- sinki, site of the 1952 Gaines, Will many of the 1952 records he broken at Melbourne in 1956 simply because the pull of gravity is less there? In Alberta, Canada, to ,narry between the ages of eixteen and eighteen, you need the consent Of both parents, but of only one if you are between eighteen and twenty-one. On the other hand, a girl over eighteen who is self-supporting and. living apart front her parents can marry without their permission. 'YUKON BRIDES OF TWELVE The youngest you can marry in Ontario is fourteen, but the parents' consent is required if you are under eighteen. In Quebec and Yukon a prospective bridegroom must be fourteen and a bride not less than twelve. Saskatchewan expects both. par- ties to wait until they are fifteen to go to the altar. In Prince Edward Island, where the banns are only published in church once instead of three times, boys require parental consent if un- der twenty-one and girls up to eighteen. Western Australia does not permit marriage for boys under fourteen and -girls- of less than twelve. But, if you break the law and marry before that, you get the chance to "affirm" or "disaffirm" your vows when you reach the minimum age, (One of the only marriage laws which gives both parties a second chancel) South Africa demands that the bridegroom should be eight- een and the bride sixteen; Paki- stan stipulates eighteen and fourteen; India sixteen and thirteen for native Christians. If you get married in Barba- dos, the police magistrate hangs a copy of the notice outside his office for fourteen days, during which time any objector is en- titled to write "Forbidden" against your names. If that hap- pens, there is liable to be con- siderable delay while the objec- tion is thoroughly investigated. CEREMONIAL FIRE A Mohammedan bridegroom must get the consent of the bride's next-of-kin before he can arrange. the wedding. The Chinese favour "a respectable elderly man" for the ceremony, which should be witnessed by "a few persons," and a Hindu wedding is conducted by the priest before the ceremonial tire and witnessed by relatives of both parties. One of the strange innova- tions introduced into marriage by the Soviets is the right of both parties to choose which name they will use. Since the couple are absolutely equal in law, the husband can take the wife's name or the wife keep her own—or the bride can, of course, be thoroughly old- fashioned and take her hus- band's. In some parts of Greece a very strange custom concerning mar- riage is still observed: the man or men of the family cannot marry until all the sisters have found husbands. So the poor un- fortunate brother of a lot of ugly sisters is condemned to be a bachelor — or must x'esort to sororicide! And Sassenachs who rather fancy the idea of wearing a kilt may like to know that they have only to choose a Scottish bride and xnay then wear the tartan of her elan. KEEPING THE WILL SECRET -Mrs, Irene Perez holds a will written on the back side of a 1954 bank calendar, after it was filed with the Los Angeles county clerk. Walter C. Wylanel's last testa - anent left $30,000 estate to a neighbor friend, Doris Vroubal, who found the will when she was cleaning Wyland's room,