HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-10-27, Page 6A nevoiv tion
in The Kitchen
i' 1,y= to be agood cook, lot
Teel. it recently paid off hand.
early. in the sunt of $20,000
to the whiner of the grand bake-
nif in the Pillsbury contest here
in Washington.
I1 may have been merely co-
ift iclental that Mrs, Frank H.
Selnmelle of Crab Orchard, Neb.,
ie a farmer's wife. Yet, when
you conte to think of it, it
figures.
For what did she bake? Just
a good old, down-to-earth loaf
r f bread. It was glamoured up
a bit, to be sure, but it was the
simplest, most basic of all foods
just the same. And who, after
all, should know better than a
farmer's wife how to bake
bread?
The "breadwinner," they call.
her now, That figures, too. Ask-
ed what site planned to do with
her prize money, she replied: "I
think I71 put some a it into
the farm."
Like most farm wives, she
can pitch in and do 'farm chores
if, necessary. Milk a cow? "Of
course I can milk," she replied
es if the question were absurd.
Then added: "And I use a ane -
legged milking stool, too,"
This, I learn from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, is quite a
trick. It means going about it
the hard way. A sense of bale
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{at.tee is obviously importaut,
one Would indeed be in a poei-
tion to cry over spilt milk,
It nuns out that Mrs. Selirtt-
elle is no "Sunday" baker. She
doesn't bake just for contests.
She makes bread at least once
a week at home, storing loaves
and rolls in her freezer,
That is wiry the selection of
the Nebraska farm wife for
first -prize winner with her loaf
of bread seems to put things
back into perspective again. No
chemicals in her recipe to keep
the loaf soft and prevent it from
molding. No prepared mix to
simplify preparation.
Asa matter of fact, that kind
of bread seldom stays around
long enough to get moldy or
stale. It seems odd that bread,
the commonest of ell foods, is
today such a stranger to the fa-
mily oven. The smell of baking
loaves is something confined to
the area of the commercial bak-
ery. But that, they tell us, is
progress — and of course we
shouldn't wish it away. It is, as
they say, a part of our new
freedoms. "Freedom from kit-
chen chores," according to no
less an authority than the De.
partment of Agriculture.
The department, in a recent
pupblication called "The Food
We Eat" comes up with some
rather startling statistics on the
technological revolution in the
kitchen, writes Josephine Rip-
ley in the Christian Science
Monitor,
Not only does the average
housewife of today not bake her
own bread; she often doesn't
really cook the meals she places
before her family. Such meas
cost more, but save time, and
the department has figured it
all out in dollars, cents, and
hours.
Take three "ready -to -serve"
meals costing $6.70 for a family
of four. If the housewife had
prepared these meals herself,
the cost would have been some-
where between $2 and $4,50. But
it would have taken five and -
one -half hours of her time, com-
pared to only one and one-half
hours to get the three "ready -
to -serve" meals on the table.
This is admittedly an unlikely
situation, since most families
use a combination of foods —
unprepared, partially prepared,
and ready to heat and serve.
All in all, the Department dis-
covered that American families
pay some $4,500,000,000 a year
more today than they did in
1939, just for the convenience
of having some of the work of
f o o d preparation transferred
from the kitchen to the factory
or restaurant.
Even though frozen foods
have become standard equip-
ment in the kitchen, the taste
cf fresh fruits and vegetables is
far from just a memory. The
amount of fresh fruit and vege-
tables shipped into New York
City alone each year "would fill
a train reaching from Texas to
New Yorlc," according to the
Department study.
As for farm wives, such es
Mrs. Schnuelle of Crab Orchard,
Neb., when they want fresh ve-
getables, they just grow them.
And the sound of snapping
beans or the cracking of pea
pods is -as familiar in the farm
ititchen as the smell of baking
bread.
Q. I've been told that it's ime
proper to chew gum in public,
Is this so?
A. Pity the poor chewing -gun,
rearm aclun:r=, if this were true!
If you're the nervous, noisy type
of chewer, it wnu!d loo better to
refrain from public mi r-c•hrw-
in ;. If. however, you ran k; •-p
guar. in your mouth without
being obvious to others, there is.
nothing. wrong with it.
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Yesterday we had our first
rain in six weeks , . and were
the birds ever enjoying it, A
I dozen little juncos were having
a grand time in a puddle near
the back door and there were
mor e varieties of sparrows
around than I ever saw before.
The lawn was black with starl-
ings and the sunflowers bending
and swaying with the weight of
numerous bluejays that came to
harvest the seed. As for the
feeding. station, juncos and spar-
rows were swarming all over it,
inside, outside, and on top of it.
Yes, it was a great morning for
the birds and I spent quite a bit
of time just watching them en-
joy it. Ditto was the only one
who was worried — watching
birds from inside the house
wasn't her idea of fun. But you
can be quite sure I didn't let her
out while there were so many
birds around.
Well, last week was a week
to remember—and a week in
which we were very glad to
have a TV set. We wouldn't
have missed all the U.N. speeches
for anything. We didn't always
know when they were coming
on so it sometimes happened
Partner would just nicely be
starting into a job outside and
I would call to him—"Come and
hear Diefenbaker, or MacMil-
lan," as the case might be. They
were wonderful but we were
stunned beyond belief at Khrush-
chev's violent and ill-mannered
interruptions which were only
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j>eeible for tiro t rtt±.cd Nations
t0(Make any headway while
dealing with such an outrageous
character?
Moet of the time I was listen-
ing to speeches in between curie
zting and pickling; peeling a few
onions and then running back to
hear more. Strange, isn't it, that
we can be so intent on keeping
up with our own little chures
while the peace of the world is
being verbally threatened? You
would think making mustard
pickle was frightfully important.
And so it was, at the moment.
That and canning grape s,
plums, peaches and piokling
beets, straight from the garden.
Before I was through the house
was reeking with the odor- of
vinegar and pickling spices.
Partner thought I was crazy.
"Why don't you give it a rest,"
he said, "you don't have to get
it all done in one week." He
also offered to help. Can't I peel
the beets or something, he would
say. My answer was always the
same—"Thanks, the best way
you can help is to keep out of
my road." Any woman will
know what I mean. Slippery
beets were hard enough for me
to skim, I don't know how Part-
ner expected his stiff, arthritic
fingers to handle the job.
My goodness, did you ever
know the days to draw in so
fast? For the life of me I can't
see what purpose daylight sav-
ing serves at this time of the
year. There isn't any daylight
to save anyway. We might just
as well all be back on standard
time and thus save a good deal
of confusion.
Last week, if you remember,
I mentioned Partner having a
little extra wiring done, And
have I been glad of that night -
light in the hall. That started
me thinking about entertaining,
especially elderly folk. Have
you ever wondered why people
getting on in years, are not too
anxious to stay overnight away
front home? One reasciu, I ern
sure, is because they are wake-
ful and restless at night, often
haling to visit the bathroom at
night for fear of disturbing the
rest of the household; perhaps
not quite sure where the light
switches are and afraid to put
then on anyway. A night light
in the hall might help a lot.
And here are a few other sug-
gestions. Put a clock In the guest
room, A restless person natural»
ly wonders about the time. Ile
ar she wakes up . , , is it just
after midnight, or is nearly
morning? Sometimes it is want
of a drink that keeps a person
awake. Or perhaps longing for
a little nighttime snack, The
remedy is simple. Fill a small
thermos with whatever your vis-
itor may like to drink, A small
glass jar of plain cookies might
also be appreciated. Generally
speaking a poor sleeper nearly
always dozes off towards morn-
ing so assbre your visitor it will
be quite all right if she should
sleep in. She might welcome a
cup of tea first thing in the
morning, Make sure of that
overnight so as not to disturb
her unnecessarily. I say "her"
but it applies equally well to
"him", Grandpa may have rest-
less nights too. At home he may
have formed the habit of sitting
in the livingroom for a while,
maybe smoking a pipe. Not a
good habit but a man is surely
entitled to do what he likes in
his own home. Away from home
decency demands that his noc-
turnal habits be more restrained
—and thus adds to his restless-
ness. His hostess, whether friend
or relative, can make his stay a
lot happier by giving a little
thought to his creature comforts
—and thereby lessen his fear of
disturbing other folk at night.
One thing the new compact
cars have done is get families
closer together.
ISSUE 43 — 1900
Moderntiquefte
flay Anne Ashley
Q. I know I should, as it wo-
man, offer my hand first In
greeting to a man, but if the mart
happens to make this gesture
first, what should I do?
A. You must by all means acs
rept his hand -- and without
hesitation.
Q. Is it considered proper now
for a bride to telephone her
thanks for wedding gifts re-
ceived?
A. Never, under any circum-
stances, should a bride substi-
tute telephone or verbal thanks
for that handwritten note of ap-
preciation!
Q. Is it proper for a family
to follow its usual onstotn of
speaking a blessing before the
meal when there are guests at
the table?
A. There is no question of
"propriety" here. Devotion to
one's religious principles is a1 -
ways in perfect order.
Q. Should birth announce-
ments be mailed to everyone, Ln -
eluding those whom you have
already told Jver the telephone?
A. No; only to friends and
relatives whom you have not
already told.
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