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The Seaforth News, 1952-12-04, Page 2Your Refrigerator The glistening White relriger- toter which has becente such standard equipment in modern kitchens N an achievement of the last 25 years. It was in the maid -twenties, when skirts barely covered the knees and waistlines bad reached an all-time low, that mechanical refrigerators were first produced in volume. Like milady's fashions, the re- fsigerator has improved a great deal since then, The first refrigerators were unwieldy expensive but compe- *Mon was keen and improve-. merits were quickly developed. rerhaps more. fields of research are represented in the refriger- ator than in any other modern ;convenience except the auto- mobile. Large and small indus- tries worked together to produce attractive, durable units that were mechanically sound and Ness costly. The finish alone required ex- tensive research and develop-. anent. Many of the earlier mo- dels had a porcelain finish. Later, es fast -drying finish which had ten developed for automobiles, was tried out on the kitchen ap- pliance. Although it had high chip resistance it was not en- tirely satisfactory in resisting grease stains. More research produced a mew -type synthetic finish which was a definite improvement. Still more work was needed to make it stain -proof and scratch - resistant, and the three coats which were required slowed down production and upped costs. The chemists kept on trying. Continued research finally re - welted in the improved high bake finish whieh you see on eoday's refrigerators. It is a stain, =retch and chip resistant and protects the steel from oxide - /ion and corrosion. The fact that it can be applied rapidly has weeetlereastaleseteereorreseeesse— yeing Is Easy With Today's Tints! Three-quarters or a century ago it was not unusual to see housewife perspiring over the stemming tub -kettle combina- tion needed to tint dresses and living room drapes. BY EDNA mum • rpiit so-called "good old days" were hard on housewives - .I. }loping for more attractive dresses, drapes and other things that make a home attractive, those. little ladies were forced to go through the over -arduous processes connected with always -messy home dyeing. Rome dyeing in the old days meant muscle -straining ' drudgery over steaming tubs and kettles. Actually it, has only been 75 years since chemical dyes were developed from coal tar. Before that, home dyeing was often disappointing. You could not tell in advance whether you would end up with the desired color or not. For that matter, your color choke was confined mostly to blues, reds and yellows. You could not hope for success unless you knew a great deal about cloth, textures, mordants and dyes. However, today's home dyeing is a cinch, thanks to the development of easy-to-use, all -fabric dyes in 50 colors and an efficient color remover. Widespread ownership of washing machines helps, too, because the washer is ideal for tinting bulky things like curtains, drapes, sheets, bedspreads and -shag rugs. All you need do is dissolve your dye in a quart jar or pitcher of hot water, then pour the mixture in your machine as soon as it fills with hot tap water. Let the pigment sink deep into the fabric, pull the cloth out and hang it up to dry. Home dyeing in 1952 is much. better, much easier, and certainly a lot more successful than 'back in "the good old days," Today, thanks to modern science, there are many good, efficient dyes on the market. You can find theist in almost any drug, dime or department store. Today a cool, crisp, youug mod- ern uses the latest bonae-dyeing process in her own kitchen, tint- ing in a rew minutes what often took a tong time in "the good old days." also helped reduce the cost of the finished product. Research has been responsible, too, for radical changes in the design of refrigerators. Industry has been able to keep one step ahead of householders' require- ments by providing refrigerators and refrigerants which will al- low tor storage of perishable goods at exactly the right tem- perature and will defrost auto- matically in order to maintain the best efficiency and operat- ing conditions. TABLE TALKS :?Jam Anapew6. Time to be at leant thinking *bout that Christmas turkey; for while the weeks race past fast enough, Goodness knows, all the year through, at this season they seem to be jet propelled. The size of the turkey you ;boosts should depend on how many you expect to share the festive meal. If there are to be only three or four, one of those "miniature" birds is for you. (They are now available in many places from four to nine pounds). If your table is to seat a large number; a large turkey is the. best answer. Stuff him well. Roast him to perfection. Then tell the Man of the House to sharpen 'ten his carving knife, and go to nrk ! ROAST TURKEY Prepare for roasting by first removing all pin feathers with seaveezess and if necessary singe- ing the bird. Wash turkey under fold running water inside and out. Drain well; dry thoroughly. Make up stuffing, allowing 1 cup per pound ready -to -cook weight or le imp per pound dressed weight, This amount fills body and neck cavity. Do not pack stuffing for it expands during cooking. Close body cavity with skewers and lace with twine or sew' with needle and thread. Close neck cavity by pulling skin over stuffing and skewering to back of turkey. ,Bend wings close to the body. 'fie legs to- gether. Place turkey breast -side up on rack in open roasting pan. Brush with melted shortening. Cover breast and wings with cheese- cloth dipped in shortening. Roast according to the follow- ing direction table. DIRECTION TABLE Ready -to -Cook Oven Total cooking Weight Temperature Time (Hours) 4-8 325° F 3-4 8-12 325° F 4-41 e 12-16 325° F 4g-5 16-20 325° F 514-e 'so going to give you a choice of three different stuffings for your turkey. The first one hap- pens to be my own personal favorite, but that doesn't mean that my taste is better than yours. All three of these are good, and 'you can't go far wrong, no matter which you select. NUT STUFFING (1 lb.) loaves day-old white bread. 2 cups shelled nuts (Brazils TEST YOUR INTELLIGENCE Score yourself 10 points for each correct answer in the first six questions. 11. One of the following four does not mewls the other three. Can you find it? --Potato -Turnip --Carrot -Tomato N. Where was the outpost of Little America built by Admiral Richard Byrd, the well-known explorer? -North Pole --Sahare Desert -Smith Pole -Rocky Mountains 35 The annual Rose Bowl event is a --•-• ................. -Football game -Flower show --A bowling match -Display of vases for roses 4. The V -II was a -World War II victory -A size for buckshot -A bomb -A vitamin oil B. One of the following flowers apparently has been bred by roan ies no fossil remains of it have ever been found. Which one is its -Rose ---Sunflower -Chrysan thomu -Daisy (1 The Mountains of the Moon are found in -----------. -Switzerland -Africa -South America--K.entueky 7. Match the following inventors with their inventions. Score y our - :self 10 points for each correct choice. (Al Pelson -Telephon (73) Marcoei -Forerunner of the machine elm (C) Catling • -Phon ograph (D) Bell Total your points. A...seers of 0-20 N poor; 30-60, an erase ; 70-80, rior; 00-100, very superior . ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE 'J'EST 'etroedarase (a) lune austranisi ren eauisnasegie el) !a/Pell-eta) nefeeeouotisl (17)-e elet.1317---9 rantreasetrassenle -...e 'estuors y --e 'aurae frecpoon-g 'aper Tees,- s; ireranes-T SALLY'S SALLIES w Brie ',Please don't be disturbed now, Ma Popper. Jest wait till she grows up." are best) 2 medium onions 4 stalks celery ei cup butter or margarine 1 tablespoon salt le teaspoon pepper lle's teaspoons poultry seasoning le cup boiling water Remove crusts from bread. Cut into small cubes. (About 3 qts.) Place the nuts in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain well. Cut in thin slices. Chop the onion and celery in fine pieces. Melt butter or margarine. Add onions and celery and cook until tender but not browned, Stir in salt, pepper, poultry seasoning. Add seasoned vegetables to bread cubes. Stir in nuts. Add water and mix thoroughly. Enough for 12-16 pound turkey. MUSHROOM -RICE STUFFING 1 small onion 6 sprigs parsley lei pound mushrooms* 4 stalks celery and leaves lee cups packaged pre-cooked rice 134 caps water Ph teaspoons salt ?-k teaspoon pepper 11 cup butter or margarine or 2 (51/2 oz.) cans mush- rooms, Cut onions, parsley fine; mush- rooms in slices. Cliop celery and leaves fine and mix celery with rice, water, salt, pepper. Place over high heat and bring to a full boil, uncovered, fluffing rice several times with fork. Do not stir. Cover. Remove from heat; let stand 10 nunutes. Melt butter or margarine. Add onion, mush- rooms and weir until tender. Add with parsley to rice. Mix together with a fork. Cool. Enough for a 5-5 pound turkey or duck. OLIVE -ONION STUFFING 2 large onions 4.1arge celery stalkand leaves t51'e oz.) bottle stuffed' olives tie cup butter or margarine lee bay leaf, crumbled 1 tablespoon salt le teaspoon pepper 2 quarts dry bread crumbs Chop the onion, celery in small pieces. Cut olives in thin slices. Melt butter or margarine. Add onions, cook until tender. Aad celery and leaves, sage, thyme, bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Cook all together for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Re- move from heat and mix with bread crumbs. Add olives and mix thoroughly Cool. Enough for 10 pound surkey. 15115411 CritgEN !Orb. tlogarty condoled wilts Mrs. Devlin after the demise el the latter's husband. "And what dicl he be dying of?" asked Mrs, Gogarty, "Gangrene," sighed Mrs. Dev lin, "Well," said Mrs. Gogarty, ''thank God anyhow for the color of its" Handy Hints For Indoors And Out Use your pressure sauce pan for an easy, no -stick method of cooking quick oatmeal on the electric or gas range. Bring salt- ed water to a hard boil in pres- sure cooker Then turn off heat, and stir in oatmeal, Place lid on pan immediately with pres- sure gauge on, and let pan sit on hot burner until time to serve. Quick oatmeal will done in three minutes, still be hot 15 minutes later. Cut drying time of heavy cro- cheted table mats in winter. Stretch washed, starched mats out on clean cookie sheets, and dry in a 250° oven. Be sure your oven is one. that will maintain this low temperature. To open a sugar sack without a hitch, place sack with the ;straight line of stitcbing towards you ,(rather than the "chain" side), Start pulling the thread from the right-hand side. Use a steam iron to raise the nap on a carpet that has been matted down by furniture legs. Hold iron close over the spot, but not touching, and watch the steam bring the nap up! Wear rubber gloves ever Liget- weight gloves sv-lien hanging wet clothes in finger - freezing weather. Rubber gloves keep the cloth gloves dry, and add to their warmth. The two pairs together are less bulky than heavy gloves. s s Store small matching buttons on a fine hairpin. Twit ends to- gether to keep buttons from sliding off. You can keep safety pins the same way, sorted by sizes. Keep a chamois skin handy in the kitchen drawer, for polishing up your bright appliances -like waffle iron, grill, and toaster. it'll keep them bright and shiny. Stow another chamois skin in your sewing machine drawer, too, so that you can give a quick polish to the machine head. * 4 * Place cellophane tape over the tuckin bottom of your child's cardboard crayon box. Keeps crayons from falling 'through the bottom and scattering over the floor. Makes box last longer, too, Melt shortening for a cake right in the mixing bowl, set in a pan of hot water. While short- ening melts, measure and sift dry ingredients, then add them to the shortening. Saves time and dish washing. To untie bawl -to -open /mots In wet shoe laeee, slip bobby pin* through the knot in Opposite di- rections, and pull apart, Easier on the fingernails -and disposi- tion --than the usual struggle. • .1. * Paper baking cups, set in the rims of self-sealing jar lids and placed on a cookie sheet, provide extra containers when you are making more cupcakes than your muffin tins will hold. Rime of a matching size will keep bat- ter -filled paper cups from spread- ' ing. Use matching scatter -pins with safety catches in place 01 orna- mental buttons when making a dressy frock. Saves making but- ton holes and removing buttons, for washing or dry cleaning. Sew a few stitches to marls per- manently the spots where you want the pins. Chopped By GOP -These lovely four -foot tresses belonged to TV entertainer, Penny Olsen, were cut to poodle -cut size cts soon after Ike's victory as she could get to a beauty shop. Her hair waited 20 years for clip- ping because as a small girl she cut it during a Roosevelt cam- paign. Her father claimed she jinxed the Republicans when her hair came off. She promised to let it grow till a GOP victory. mama Fine Art On The Move -Travelling art exhibitions and tours of the Ari Gallery of Toronto by students from all parts of Ontario are making Ontario school children mare conscious of art than their ancestorl. Here, Dr, W. J. Dunlop, the Minister of Education for the Province of Ontario, explains some of the finer points of a painting from France on display in the Art Gallery of Toronto to two young schooi