HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-07-24, Page 7/TABLE TALKS
With fresh fruit so plentiful, the
dessert problem is considerably
simplified during the summer
.months, Still, most families soon
get tired of "just plain intik" to end
a meal; and the dessert recipes
which follow, although all cont-
ptratively easy to prepare, should
be a help. What's mare, included
are some that are equally delicious
whether served :tot or cold.
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Mixed Fruit Deep -Dish Pie
2 lb, prepared ripe fruits .(green-
gage, plum, loganberry, black
currant, pear, apple, peach, apri-
cot, blackberry — at choice)
Sweetening for fruit (sugar, honey,
golden sirup)
S oz, self raising flour
2oz. margarine or other shorten -
1 tablespoon sugar
A little milk for mixing dough,
and glazing pastry
The fruits should be quite ripe,
the largest kinds being cut into
cubes. Put the prepared fruits and
sweetening in a deep baking dish.
Place a pie funnel in the center.
Mix flour and sugar. Rub in
shortening. Add just enough cold.
milk to make a smooth dough.
Grease the edge of the pie dish,
and cover with a pastry band
made by rolling a piece of the
pastry dough into a thin rope
under the hands on a floured
board. Brush this band with milk,
Roll out the rest of the dough to
a sheet that will fit the top of
trice pie dish, and fix to band.
Brush with milk. Bake in a mod-
erate oven, 375° F, for 45 minutes
,or until pastry is well browned.
Take from oven, brush top with
hot milk, sprinkle with sugar. Very
good hot: delicious cold. Serves
4-6
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Lemon Delight
1 oz. flour.
1 oz, cornstarch.
1 lemon.
Yolk of egg.
3 oz. sugar.
1 tablespoon butter,
1 pint water.
Mix flour and cornstarch and
stake into a smooth paste with a
little of the water. Boil the .rest
low of the water with the rind of the
lemon for a minute, then strain
water into the flour paste, stirring
Bring mixture to the boil once
more , constantly stirring.
Now stand pan in another pan
containing boiling water, a n d
double -pan cook for ten minutes,
stirring with a wooden spoon. Off
the stove, stir in the butter a
tiny piece at a time, Next, stir
in the lepton juice, the sugar,
and the, beaten egg yolk. Double-,
pan cook for five minutes more,
then pour into little brown pots.
Serve when cold. A blob of creast
is sometimes added at serving time.
Serves. 4.
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Chocolate Pears
6 ripe medium pears
2 oz. shortening fats
T-�- 2 oz. sugar
1 tablespoon black treacle or
molasses
1 tablespoon cocoa flour
sj pint milk
2 drops vanilla essence
Creast fat and sugar very light.
Stir in treacle or molasses, stir
in cocoa powder. Stir in a table-
spoon of the flour, then stir in the
rest of the flour in small lots, al-
ternating with tablespoons of milk.
Add vanilla essence. Peel, core,
and cut the pears into large cubes,
and spread them on a lightly greased
baking dish. Cover with the choc-
olate mix. Bake 30 minutes in a
moderate oven, 375° F. Delicious
hot or cold. To vary, add an ounce
of ground almonds to the choco-
late mix before spreading on the
' pears, Serves 4 - 6.
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Dessert Cream
2 oz butter or unsalted marg-
arine.
'h teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
5/4 pint of milk
Make a smooth paste of the
Queen of Waves—Chosen queen
of the fourth annual Gold Coast
marathon powerboat race, curvy
txt''MSa Wetz waits ready to - flag
Ole winner of the two-day race.
New Ta
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WY EDNA MILES
e
()NE of the newest trouble
shooters for the Many re-
pair jobs that popup around
the house during the sum.
BIP:.' is a new plastic tape.
Waterproof and impervi-
ous to oils, this tape is thin,
black and pliable, It stick
on contact, is not affected by
prolonged sunlight or in-
tense cold.
Every housewife comes up
against a pair of rubbers,
now and again, that are torn
but must see service in some
w e n c h e r emergency. This
new tape provides the right
solution. And it's equally
good for mending a Jeaky ice-
bag, or for insulating dleetic
wiring.
Because it has a rubber-
like ability to stretch .over
twice its length, this tape is
fine for wrapping the han-
dles of golf clubs, baseball
bats and tennis racquets. It's
just as effective for fishing
rods, tool handles or a leaky
hose. And 11 'turns hi a top
nerformanee in splicing lamp
Handyman' of
Plastic (tpe mends a =eked
thermos tap and leaves It ready
.far use. Tape Is waterproof,
cords, repairing rubber mats,
replacing putty around win-
dows or for stopping up
leaky water pipes.
It's, uses could make a
lengthy list. With it, any
housewife can .turn into an
efficient- Mrsi.Fix-It, thereby
making heir• husband happy.
New plastic tape is•waterproof and impervious to oils, acids, pro-
longed sunligh.tzor'cold. It's ideal for patching an fee -bag.
cornstarch and a little of the cold
milk. Boil the rest of the milk,
pour it unto the cornstarch paste,
then cook gently for two minutes,
stirring with a wooden spoon. Let
this cornstarch mixture cool till
lukewarm.
Meanwhile, create the butter or
margarine with a fork till very
light, add the sugar, and cream
up again. Gradually add the luke-
warm
uke-
warm cornstarch mix to the
creamed butter or margarine, beat-
ing with a fork. Then whip
briskly for 2 minutes, The result-
ing cream is thick, light, and deli-
cate in flavor. It is an excellent
garnish for fruit salad, pie, jellies,
and light cakes. Serves 4.
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Apple Slices
I% Ib. apples
Pastry dough as in recipe above
for Mixed Fruit Deep - Dish
Pie
Sweetening for fruit (sugar, hon-
ey, or golden sirup)
A little flour for sprinkling.
Milk for glazing.
Peel core, and slice apples, put
in pan with sweetening and very
little water. Stew gently until
apples are done; do not overcook.
Roll out three quarters of the
dough into a sheet to cover a
tin about 10"x6"x14". Grease tin,
line with rolled pastry, sprinkle
with flour, fill with cooled apples,
moisten with apple juice. Roll rest
of dough into paper -thin sheet and.
cut into half-inch. strips.
Fix strips slantwise %inch apart,
over apples, then brush with milk.
Bake in a moderate oven, 375° F.
35 minutes. Excellent hot or cold.
To vary, dust cinnamon and dot
butter on apples before fixing. strips,
Makes about 12 slices.
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Sponge Gateau
5 oz. self raising flour.
1 heaped teaspoon baking pow-
der.
Tiny pinch salt.
2 oz. butter or margarine (or a
mixture of both).
3 oz. fine sugar
1 egg.
4 tablespoons milk.
2 drops each, vanilla essence,
lemon essence.
Line a greased 7 x 7 x 1 inch
tin with greasproof paper. Sift
together the flour, baking pow-
der, and salt. In a nixing bowl,
cream the butter or margarine
very light, add sugar and cream
up again. Beat the egg and stir
in. Gently stir in a quarter of the
flour etc., then stir in a tablespoon
of the milk. Add the rest of the
flour in similar lots, and the rest
of the milk alternately. Stir in the
essences. Do not beat after all
the flour is added. Turn the bat-
ter into the prepared tin,
Bake 25 minutes, top shelf, in
moderate oven. When the cake,is,..
cold, take from tin carefully, and
remove paper. The .cake keeps- well
and is best used the clay after
baking.
For Chocolate Cream Gateau
Split the cake, sandwich with jam,
cover top with Dessert Cream,
grate eating chocolate over,
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Raspberry Trifle
1 large sponge calve or several
small ones °
'h ib, ripe raspberries.
1 pint thick setting custard.
Dessert cream (as in the recipe
above). .
Split the sponge cake and sand.
wick with crushed raspberries, re-
serving a dozen large berries for
decorating the top. Put the fruit.
filled sponge cake in the bottom of
a glass bowl, Pour the cooled
custard over. the cake then stand
the howl till the custard is firm
and cold,' Spread ,the Dessert
Cream over the custard. Decorate
with the reserved raspberries ac•
cording to taste.
Note:
To make the thick, setting aus-
A Terrifically Big Job
In a government office in the sha-
dows of Westminster Abbey an ex-
ecutive leafs through a thick book
Containing every detail of the -Coro-
nation of King George VI, fifteen
years ago.
To -day it is like a pilot's book
charting a nighty river of pomp
and pageantry, an encyclopaedic
"inquire within" to the most solemn
and elaborate ceremonial of church
and state.
It shows that the last Corona-
tion took eleven months to prepare
and cost the Ministry of Works
alone nearly half a million. On this
.evidence officials know that the pre-
liminaries of our new Queen's
crowning will take at least a year
and wistfully they explain that
in these days of labour shortage
and scarce materials, its going to
be a rush even at that.
Yet already the first swift memos
are changing hands: "Dark blue
and saver -grey hangings used as
Abbey background for Ceorge V,
blue and gold for George VI. Sug-
gest rose and silver for. Queen El-
izabeth?"
The British n a tion a 1 flair
improvising gorgeous royal occa-
sions must now be harnessed to an
intricate meshwork of historic pre-
cedent, and from relative obscurity
emerge all manner of officers and
dignitaries to discharge traditional
duties or claim hereditary privi-
leges.
Heralds, pursuivants, swordbear-
ers, ushers of the Red Wand and
the Green, Gold Stick, Silver Stick,
the Clerk of the Cheque , . on the
great day these functionaries will
appear in their magnificent entproi-
dered costumes, an cssentiel part
of the spectacle.
In the oak -panelled library of the
College of Arms, with its vellum
scrolls and glowing heraldry, the
early inquiries pour in. A Norfolk
squire is anxious to prove itis an-
cestral right to cook the Queen's
wafers, Fur is indispensable to his
crimson cape. There's a silver-
smith eager for a dispensation to
market a coronation spoon.
Despite this busy undertow, for-
mal preparations officially began
only when the Queen announced
the day and signed an Order in
Council establishing a Coronation
commission. This, in turn, dis-
charged its first responsibility by
setting up the Court of Claims,
that curious tribunal which meets
only before the crowning of the
Soverign solely to judge those who
claim a right to take part in -the
ceremony, Writes Harold A: A.1-
bert in "Tit -Bits."
. The Dean: and -Chapter of West-
minster, for instance, enter their
claim "to instruct the Queen in the
Coronation Rites and Ceremonies."
The scholars of Westminster
School --111 urge their privilege "to
be present in the Ahhey to acclaim
the Queen," a relic of mediaeval
cheer -leading that sees sixty seats
reserved for -schoolboys.
Then there are the claimants tra-
ditionally privileged to carry the
orb and sceptres, to hear aloft the
crown on its velvet cushion, to car-
ry the Bible and chalice or the var-
ious Coronation garments.
The clerk of the Crown enters
Isis claim to record the proceedings
and to receive five yards of scar-
let cloth as his rightftd fee. 13y
tard, use 2 putt -size packets of
custard powder to 1 pint milk,
then follow the directions printed
on the package. While the cus-
tard is cooling, beat' in n tea•
spoon of butter in tiny pieces.
GVlien ripe fruit is not available,
canned, bottled, or frosted rasp-,
berries are sttitable. Serves 4-6,
long usage, the governor of an
Edinburgh hospital claims a place
as hereditary poulterer, but tact-
fully forgoes Isis right to "every
other cock bird within the Queen's
yard."
Learned judges in wig and gown,
and counsellors in the breeches
and gold braid of Court uniform,
solemnly hear these pleas in the
Privy Council chamber in Downing
Street. Each petitioner must be
heard afresh for every new mon-
arch,
The title of Lord High Chamber-
lahi carries with it a claim to livery
and lodging with the Crown at all
times in return for taking the sov-
ereign a bowl of water to wash in
but five peers are competing
this year for the honour. The right
to provide a glove for the mon-
arch's hand invariably sees a duel
of wits between the Duk: of New-
castle and Lord Salisbury, the peer
protesting his right o ancestry but
the former usually providing his
claim by his tenture of land as
lord of the manor of Worksop.
Before the court are unrolled
yard -long pedigrees, while solici-
tors pursua the tortuous blood re-
lationships. Some families still
enter claims as a matter of forst
for an office perhaps long extin-
guished. On the last occasion, an
elderly lady vainly urged her plea
as a herbstewer. "My family last
performed the -"Mee for William
IV," she admitted. "But you never
can tell—it might have won me a
front -seat view."
A Lincolnshire farmer, too, caus-
ed a sensation with hi- 500 -year-
old fancily claire as Champion of
England, an office which empow-
ered hint to ride into Westminster
Hall in full armour and challenge
any who disputed the Crown to
mortal combat. When the Court
of Claims decided this was outside
its province, the farmer entered
his right to carry the Standard
and won.
It is small wonder if the num-
ber of Coronation guests tends to
increase. In 1937 the Ministry of
Works successfully increased the
Abbey seating accommodation
from 2,000 to 9,600. This time it
is hoped to pack in at least another
400 places.
Tiers or seats must be built for
1,500 peers and peeresses, for mem-
bers of the House of Commons and
the erre diplomatic corps, for
enormous overseas contingents and
other spectators. Thi' alone neces-
sitates 11,000 yards of felt floor
covering and 1,500 yards of carpet.
At the last Coronation, great
curtains of shimmering silk divided
the sanctuary an„ Erb*'ard the Con-
fessor's Chapel, and the Ahhey
decor also involved 2,500 yards of.
blue velour, 18,000 yards of gold
braid with bullion fringe, 1,000
yards of hrocatelle and some 6,000
yards of muslin. None of this is
available for re -use to -day.
Adults of 60 years or more con.
sunte 10 per cent of all baby foods,
a trade survey short's.
'It's called 'a budget hat' dar-
ling, It's so unbalanced!"
TO SUIT EVERYBODY
A man who had been very poor all
his life made a fortune almost over-
niglrt and began to splurge in almost
every direction at the same time.
One of his greatest joys consisted
in inviting old cronies up to see his
sumptuous new estate. "Come and
see the grounds," he boasted to one
of them. "I will show you my three
swimming pools."
"Three swimming pools," echoed
the friend. "Isn't that a bit exces-
sive?"
"Not at all," the host assured him,
"One has cold water, one has hot
'water, and one has no water at all."
"One with cold water I can under-
stand," conceded the guest. "I can
even see a reason for one with hot
water, But what's the idea of a
swimming pool with no water at all?"
The host shook his head sadly.
"You'd be surprised, Joe," he con-
fided, "how many of my old friends
can't swim."
Bird's Nest In Roof
Makes Eana x Ziek
Have you evea`r-Teel 'poisoned by
sa lily? Do strawberries bring you
out in pink spots? Are you allergia
to oysters?. If so, specialists of a
new Liverpool hospital clinic may
be able to help you. They've opened
a special department to inquire in-
to some of the world's quaintest
ailments,
They want to know why some
people cannot handle tulip bulbs
without fingers swelling, whys others
sneeze at sight of a tomato or gasp
if a mouse has breathed the same
air in a room,
The doctors are inquiring into the
conditions of allergy, the strange
sensitivity that in one way or an-
other affects one person in every
three, sometimes with alarming re-
sults. The discomfort of hay fever,
with its watering eyes and sniffles
caused by floating pollen, is the
best-known of allergic symptoms, In
one instance, a woman's skin peeled
and her life was in danger merely
because she had taken Monte a
bunch of chrysanthemums, Another
patient collapsed on smelling a ball
of musk in a museum. These were
cases in a million.
Many asthma victims cannot
sleep on a feather pillow, and over
00 specific causes of asthma have
already been traced, ranging from
pork chops to the smell of seaweed.
Many people, however, can with-
stand feathers, dusts, hairs and
antipathies that cause trouble in
others.
A puzzling case was that of an
entire family suffering front asth-
ma. Face powders, tomato fungus,
certain paint lacquers and other al-
lergy causes were tested on them
without positive results. Then the
clinic doctor brought a box of spar-
row's feathers into the roost and all
the fancily gasped for breath. The
trouble was a sparrow's nest. under
the eaves of their house!
Due to an allergy, there are pretty
blondes who cannot wear fur coats,
One girl sneezed whenever 'her boy
friend cuddled her on the sofa.
The trouble was horsehair, Test-
ing foods, the specialists found one
man apparently allergy -proof. He
could drink noodle soup, swallow
all types of strawberries by the
pound... and then trouble came
when he ate a radish.
The doctors are finding that the
condition of allergy can be here-
ditary through at least five genera-
tions, but descendants of one fam-
ily are not all allergic to the same
thing. Your grandmother may be
hypersensitive to strawberries, but
you may be troubled by kippers:
Margaret Meets Winnie—Margaret Truman and Winston Church-
ill pose for photographers in London where Miss Truman was a
luncheon guest of the British Prime Minister at his famed quarters
in 10 Downing Street.
BAND CONCERT
—Prom Countryman's Year, by Haydn S. Pearson
WANY men and women now living and working in cities remember
the band concerts •that were an expected part of the summer social season
in the country, Every Wednesday evening during July and August the
Centerville Town Band climbed into the circular bandstand on the village
common and gave a concert. For ten months its members had been
working and rehearsing. In their blue coats with yellow braid and big
yellow•buttons, freshly pressed white duck trousers, and snappy visored
caps that reminded one of a high naval officers' headgear, they presented
an imposing appearance. It was hard to realize that the handsome,
dignified man blowing the tuba was Jeff Smith who ran the grain mill,
or that the tall, distinguished -looking conductor was Eben Jones who
published the local weekly. Soft, golden light front the kerosene lamps,
with big reflectors made a beautiful contrast with the darkness outside.
Not that the men needed light; they knew the pieces by heart.
Farm families cane from utiles around -whole families in two-'
seated democrats: elderly couples in fringed -top surreys; young folks
who sat holding hands in stylish top buggies. Sometimes the teams
were put in the horse sheds behind the church and the town hall, and
the people sat on blankets around the common. "Not too close," Father
used to say. "Music is better at a little distance," However, young mets
of eight 05 ten summers believed that the nearer they got, the better
the concert. The applause was generous, and Eben always, gave his
famous bow. an incitation of the bow he had seen at a big concert in the
city.
It dict not matter that the audience also knew the pieces by heart.
The music the band played was the kind that could bear repetition—
stirring marches, waltzes, and the folk songs that will live forever:
"Annie Laurie" "Seance River", "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton," and
"Old :Black Joe," And when at last it grew late ( little after nine), the
band always played "Good Night, Ladies," ft was the custom for every-
one to sing with then:. Out through the peaceful night floated the sweet
music, slow in ammo, but gloriously melodious, as several hundred ultra
and women, boys and girls joined in. The band concerts may not has e
been great tr usic, but they were music from the heart