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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-02-17, Page 7.SOUPS FOR COLD WEATHER BY CAROLINE B; RING. • Row ,often doyou servo soup in Soak a cupful of lentils, -peas or lige , , d? s it an ever ole , beano overnight in'coid water. In the ,�*o+u?: ho s 'hold 'Y' Y, ,� _ occurrence, or sloes it entice lie !ap-'eeceinh drain and, plaee in a gaup psarance just once in a while when kettle with two quarte- of water, a eouia one happens to remember how peeled onion, the ham bone -4f you ;very good Aunt Malay's vegetable soup; have it --a small piece of bay leaf, a Or mot'her's chowder used to be? I teaspoonful of salt, a quarter. te'a- That is very alit to be the case; I spoonful of pepper. Let all simmer believe, in irony households; 'and Yet until the dried vegetable is very ten - how very, good a cup of hot, atimulat- den 'Hien remove the ham bone and ing broth doestaste when roue is so epees the soup through a ;Coarse sieve tired that one's digestion is sulky, and or colander, and return to the fire. bow rieh 'end satisfying on a midi Add a cupful of milk and bring to blustery day is an ample bowl of sav-tho belling point, Season if necessary, cry, heartening soup, � then, thicken witha tablessioonsful of The lteueewife who decides to adopt butter rubbed to a paste with a table - the plan of beginning her dinner with spoonful of flolzr. Serve sprinkled And /etfor anything. iVO'nld she this connection a three-year rotation the planter more available room for ;soup ,a g cold with chopped eesle and accompan have missed placing •a .valentine; for like this, fest year potatoes, second : his designs. - a .cup fi find godulses the ca Pp p Y father and mother and little brother st months will and good uses for all the led by croutons. ' a1 n- year oats, third year clever hay, will There are three things in area, - eat the' . These dried-ve stable soups -ar•e at the breakfast table on St.. V e be found satisfactory. If thought ad-, planned farmstead—a• public set ops and trimmings of meat, , adle inexact the sante wa if the ti'ne's morning. She had one for her poultry caroass�e necks and fejt and m a y y' vi'sable the rotatLon might be extencUed private area and a sear -,rice area. These p° Y > ' teacher at school, too, and one for her are not always divided by plantings also for the left -over vegetables which ham bone is o'mitted.: Sunda -at se 1, teacher,o,and one fora year and a crop of timothy growny would otherwise be wasted,as well as - NOURISIIING' AND ATTRACTIVE. Yfollowed by potatoes. or permanent fixtures, nor is it ad- i granddrnather, and oh, half a down It is not regarded 'as ;good practice, visable to have thelia so except in rare the outer leaves of celery and lettuce' Cream soups are, I think, essential- little cousins.occasionfi. In most instances these and portions too small to be' useful in• ly'midtenn soups. They are nourish-' But it was suali fun to maks vale'- our 'authorities point out, to plant po-any other way. (i, wad ai:t'raetive for the children's)tatoes 'and old sod that has been in areas are separated only by imagin- lug tines. Ethel had a'bi'g.pasteboard box ha or pasture for severalyears an ary lines or by planting arrangements The heavier soups, those, which are midday meal, and make a nip su,'pper. into which she carefully ddropped each Y p that suggest a possible division. hearty enough for 'an entire meal ra- d h h dinner is served 'at noon d d '1 h tin account •of the danger from wire gge A Little Valentine. B,( V. LLORAS, Ethel p'asGsd .a red heart in By :pil)OT P its soft gay fur was ruffled ep lap- cause it was so cold; its blue eyes begged for a warra place by the stove'; .the. its little red tongue wanted some milk middle of 'a square of heavy, cream- to lap; and what it said was "Meow, Ii ISAMIS. tinted paper, and carefully ebose tiny meow," in a tiny little kitten VoiCC, In land'scapin'g a farmstead, or any or in corners, 1~lere their nzis:,ss 1YR'ee1 rosebuds to -dime 'n toward it front' Ethel gathered it right up:and.mrade. kin of resi en e for that matter, will .be more •etrikin and wilt iseeve b x'pi kind a d c, g the four .. corners. That was going to' it :.s cozily 'comfortable as little let- these is no set rule which a wean your lawn open, thus 'giving it a sea. be a pretty valentine. Now one nmora, texts can be. can follow, especially if the buildings' cious appearance rind making it easier anti she would have enough for every "I'm going to call him Valentine, and the various a •chiteetural features to take care of. little boy and 'girl on her list, she said, "because he's the very nicest are eiready„in existence. The, perm This public area will gradually Her list waa, a rather' long one, too, merge into the private area. This is this year, Of course .she wanted to t d p li'ta t what is, rightly termed the outdoor throw valentine for her very own living -room, and the atmosphere 'about dearest chums, Then ,several new Speaking rotations a road base his landscape plans en existing it should be that of quiet repose and children had moved into the n'ig°l�'boa' pi R potatoes, atop z O conditions, Minor buildings, ouch as contentment. It is bore that on pleas - hood, and she wanbed to rexniennber Horotpkinon fol potatoes, s Messrs. E. S. Hopkins and W. C. Hopper on crop-,woodsliects, cp.• dilapidai;ad buildings ant.days. the menfolks want to read.. them. She felt euro it would help a i' , i t that have outgrown their ixsefuinees, the Sunday paper. T3ere, tea, the lady rotations and soil management in . little to make them feral lass'strange Eastern Canada in their bulletin; can readily be moved to a more appro- of the house may want to take her "belonmore asif they really ti ad say and alone, and ii h Y y published at Ottawa, is to have it fol" i print place, or done away with alto- seising or spend the afternoon with the low sod and especiall cloves- sod. In gether, Clearing the ground will give children. The furniture of this area Y may be of wicker, or quaint home- made chairs may adorn the place. Often architectural features of stone may be included. These may be in the form of benches, bird -baths or gazing - globes, and are all in very good taste for the private area, IRREGULAR LINES The plantings of the outdoor living room should be such that they afford as much privacy as possible. This can be attained by arranging your plant- ings in bays and peninsulas, so to speak. . The bays would he in the corners and the planting -bed should gradually enlarge as it extends along the sides, taking care that ail lines and curves are:natural and graceful. Wherever there is an indentation in the planting -line, the material going into the bed should' be comparatively smaller in size than that planted' in. the wider portion of the bed. Also the farther end, or the back of the bed should have taller plants than the edge, so that a gradual rise or hill is created whereby all plants can be seen to best advantage. In this area, annuals and perennials can be used is not interested in any specimen quite extensively, as they axe very plants that you may wish to display. appropriate and can also produce cut These can be found in parks- or in flowers. Both may be planted on the arboretums. The eye of the autoist edge of• the beds, where they will Con- or the pedestrian sees a picture of the ceal the legginess of the 'taller shrubs whole as it is assembled by the artist.' and at the same time make a neat valentine I ever did have," A Rotation of Ppta oes. anent bidldings may not be exactly in he place where a •lan d sca •e area • e would like to see then, and one anust is when • bit of gold an silver paper, each y , ther than an introductory course, are Almost any variety of vegetable maty picture of flowers and children, ell worms and white grubs. On such land KEEP THE LAwt Oofte batter. made from fresh materials. .A used in making these soupsupota-!through the ,year. That gave her it p advisable to first grow another The public area, as it is often called, piece of soup meat, or a shin or bili• toles, the outer leaves of lettuce or plentyof the very nicest material to .crop, such .as oats, following with P is naturally in front of the house. lost of beef or veal, er a hen too tough celery, beets, 'carrots, water•cress, work with when Valentine's Day. draw lobose. If the soil is too aced to grow Here will be the lawn, for a nice green and rubbery to be even stewed, wail spinach, anrd so on fhroug+h the whole' near again. With a package or two red clover, 'alsikec may be substituted carpet catches the eye of- the passer- make fire soups. list. of hearts and white cards front the or the potatoes can follow grass. It by almost instantly, If there are The dried ' e tables split eas Pec YI ten -cent store, she was readyto begin; is inadvisable to apply lime to acid , p Cheam of Beet Soupis es i'all shade -trees of a desirable type already Lima or navy beans,'lentils and the nice and veryprettyas well. To malas spoils in order to be able to grow clover lamed and well located,so much the like make wonderfully .. appetizing Some of the valentines went out by as scabby potatoes may reault. If, p it, scrape and chop. very fine:or grate mail. It was fun to get them ready, however, the potatoes are grown net better; if not, plant a` few. k keep pre - soups. They may be matte with er four medium size raw beets. Cover;,and' address and stamp thercri,'and drop oftener than once in four years lime veiling idea should be e p the without meat, and will. be delicious with a pint of boiling water and cook; them `in, at the post of ce. But it was lawn as•open as possible and free from and satisfying either wa can be applied three years before with Y quickly twenty minutes. In a separ- I still more fun to gd gaily o•ut with any plantings that may tend to break ate saucepan heat a lint of milk al-: less danger of scab. up this openness. F' them herself on St. V'alentine's morn: - mos i ing tag. rip ing a doors Or ringing most or two slices of onion, a blade of mace' bells, she would quickly' drop her A FenceofGrape. if not in this area where they can be t ' Wishing to start 'a..,few grapevines seen by the public?" you may `ask. and not wanting them to interfere Let me say that the public in general with the rest of the garden, we de- cided to put them along the fence, which now acts sus pan arbor. From the start w'e kept up a judicious prun- ing and cultivation program, until MOST POPULAR. Vegetable Soupis perhaps the t to the boiling point, adding one R Knocking t "But where do the shrubs come ire ge• P P popular of all the hearty soups; i is and a very small piece of bay leaf. white envelopes and scamper away. -the same scop that hi Prance, goes by When the beets' are tender, add Of course she tried to hide somewhere the name of pot au feu and forms the them `and the water in which they first course or the whole dinmer sixnear if she could, to watch the children seven in hundreds of were cooked te, the milk. Thicken come out and find their gay mien - days out ofslightly with a tabl oonful of butter household's. The French woman al- YP tines. That was part of the fun of ways prepares a stock for her souprubbed to a paste with one of flour, it all. masin and so gets rid of the resase and cook gently until creamy. Theft Nobody would be out earlier than g, g season with salt and pepper to taste, 'would she the next morning. we now have a very promising arbor nese which is unpleasantly oionspicu-; and press through a sieve. But, this time, somebody was! of grapes. We also give them a top Where the painter uses a canvas for border for the bed. ons in many of the best of Canadian- Serve the soup at• once in bouillon Anway, when Ethel opened the dressing of stable manure frons time .a background, the landscape designer The service area will be that pose sited* soups. cups accompanied by small toasted front door her hands full of valen- to time.—G. B M. uses a background of grass Upon tion of the grounds which can be I am an ,advocate of this _method myself, and can strongly recommend crackers, tinesb d S 1 termed the' back yard. Here• are the this background he arranges his trees, it. Stock may be made in rather large m s arm , , • keptfor or any of the cream vegetable soups her at her owit door was the queerest Pard same system of putting water clumps or sometimes as singe spect- be found here the back door and the quantiti_ , and canned and except_tomatoare made in the same ,aitjd the dearest little valentine you into the house; at the very least, mos,- mens where the occasion permits. many weeks ready to form the basis way. ever saw. ing, the pitcher pump from the yard Arrange these materials around the outside basement door, both opening of any one of half a dozen .good coups.. Chowders make the best of dishes It oras gray, and red, acid blur—but into the.kitchen. base of the buildings, by the fences into this area, will make the house For pxeparin.g the stock one will' for winter days; they may b'e made available far anything that maybe going on in connection with the out - require •a shiiii or brisket of beef er a from fish or vegetables. Fish chow- der how side. Screen the service yard from piece of soup neat weighing three and does calls for 'One pound of salt cad, a half to faun pounds, a tablespoonful two slices of salt pork, three medium the other portions of the lawn if it is of salt, one large onion, two cloves, a� carrot, a celery stalk and a .sprig of faze potatoes, a cupful of canned to - parsley. A bay leaf may be included for 'add'itional savoriness. Wipe the meat well and cover • it with five quarts of cold water, add the salt and place on the back of the wangle. Insert the cloves in the onion potatoes- "•and cut them into cubes; and cut the rest of the vegetables into" chop the onion fine, cut the pork in small pieces. Add them to the liquid small pieces, then fry them crisp.Ar- and bring slowly to the boiling point, range a layer of potatoes.in the bot - then simmer four hours or even as lit- tom of a kettle over the bits of pork, tle longer. place a layer of fish next, sprinkle. Now strain the liquid .enol set it with the chopped onion, salt, pepper away to -become quite cold, when the and thyme, then repeat the layers grease will have formed' a hard cake until all the ingredients`•have been over the s+urfaoe and may be removed used. Then pour in the water, cover in one piece and reserved for frying the kettle closely and simmer gently purposes. The stock is now wady for half -an hour. Heat the tomatoes and Lyse, and may be canned or made into .acid a pinch of soda to thein, then pour soup as required. . them into the chowder, heat the milk Then if you are thrifty you may to the boiling point and add it after make a second stock from the neat the chowder has been removed from and vegetables that remain. Cover the fire. Serve on hard crackers. them with three quarts of water, add- ing any bits of bone or meat scraps that may be available, and simmer again for three or four hours, season - and for Mabel and Bob y ,and ns arae woodshed and the necessary Cream of lettuce, cream of spinach and the rest, right there waiting for, Al' o t any f home can now of shrubs and flowers in masses in garage, 1 • driveways. The clothes -line, too, will matoes, a pinch of soda, a pint each of milk 'andrater, a large onion, a pinch of thyme, a teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoonful of pewee. Cut the, fish in squares and soak in cold water for half on hour; pare the 1 Watch My Chances. When I go to public sales I try to ing with salt and pepper. This second ,keep my speculative taunt active. stock will 'answer nicely for making Ido not believe in buying worth - gravies, sauces, and ,also for light less things .at a sale but I.do buy when soups.• se heavy farm tools that are worth In preparing the vegetable soup double the money after useful parts front either stock, allow one pint of are taken away are sold et junk water to three of stock, and to this prices.' quantity of liquid you will require half ! A binder and manure speeder were a cupful each of coarsely chopped po- bid off. I got the first for $3.50 and tatoes, carrots, turnip's, ,cabbage ,and the last for $2.50. The parts, includ- onion, with such other ,vegetables as ing two gond tongues, were worth you like ----say half a cupful of green much nore than the purchase price, string beans, half a cupful of small The iron I sold for $17..25. - Linas or peas, and half a cupful of • Again, when two nice -appearing tomatoes. cowls to be fresh in two to three Vegetable seep is an acconinitodat- months were sold 1 bid then off, -one ing dish; one may add what one has at $42 and the other at $44 Both to it es long' as it is n ce y were kept until flesh. One mug and cooked slowly, ,Simmer all the $ $ 1 vegetables but the potatoes in the ; liquid for two hours, then add the po- tatoes and cook slowly half an hour longer. Season with salt, pepper and celery salt, or scatter a few celery seeds in the kettle with the vegetables. With your stock at band you may. make several other delicious and ratlt er novel sgups; one of the heartiest and best of these is what is known in my fancily as Fried Onion Soup. ANOTHER kAVO1ITR. Friedt Soupcalls for three tie Onion four medium size onions, three pints of rich stock, a cupful of grated cheese --be sure that it is sharl--and a slice of crisp, freshly made toast for each nerving. Slice the crams and cook them in a tableepoonful of butter, stirring all the bine until they take on a rich brown. Heat the Stock to boiling ,and peer over the fried onions, then slin mer about five minutes. Pour theetot soup over the toast and scatter 'the cheese, thickly over the surface; *rankle with paprika. Split pea, lentil and whit bean sou are made in extctly t ssanie The flavor of ham a,ddts much to vi>'tty. their tastiness; se it is well to plan your soup just about the time the last elle° h'a's been mit from a raw ham, or' eve truly ttsa a boiled ham bone II ere sateen ient. $82 and the other &5,'a gain of . At one time some years ago (and it caused some aniusetnent .and, a few comments) I .purchased an old spin- ning wheel for 36 cents. It was sold the sanse week for $5.—J. E. R. • Pig Notes. Prigs 'make amore economical gains early in the feeding period, or in other words the young and growing hog makes the most economical gains, al- though not always the moat rapid., Measurements of pigs taken .at two weeks intervals during the feeding period iridbeated- that there was no me- relation between external body meas- uiements and length of intestine. When feeding in outside .runs or cold pens the percentage of milk or water should 110 kept dgwn to the minimum as • it requires too much ani- mal heat to bring cold liquid in quan- tity tip to body temperature in cold weather. A close study of breeds at the 0. A. C. shows that there is ,a great deal more ,difference between individuals of e breed than between breed's. In two years' work, with outside winter feedlindg of ho'g+s, every pig has shown a profit. • It took approximately 00 pound's mere grain to' snake 100 pounds of gain with pigs fed outdoors than with pigs fed lndooas. THE. CANADIAN HOMEMAKER ,series f weeky artic%s . ccr✓ering PLANNING . BUILDING . FINANCING DECORATING . FURNISHING . ,GARDENING ..mss Copyr , Rt 1326. . ;e ce , ".e..e,:' i ail J nz %D ervmlt ;4141,,s tau,;: �,, V I des .f • .{ �Crs.:{. a hi 'r — 'lam.- �•i rel tI J�ii- �r � . ' Y , 'r'-"ur--.�+�'- 'ri" it �rw�„_•— —�� `-'-' ,-••��a�_' �. -�t Com. , ,�""' , /�r�3F_-__-_•+ems-°-� _ f 46 t'-� xrrr�l "i' AN ENGLISH BUNGALOW OF MODERATE COST • Here' is a sensible little bungalow of English design which will =doubt - 1 appeal to a great many readers. Items which will be sure to contribute to its popularity ase the moderate cost, su.iltaTtlity for narrow lots, ease and convenience of plan, and the ,simple beauty of interior and exterior. Analysis will show the principle rea- sons for the latter to be the good gen- eral outline and proportion of breadth to height, aided by the rasp of materials ar appropriate colors and textures, comprising grey stucco walls, brown shingle roof and grey and white wood- work, The detail work also plays its, part in the general harmony of the whole, for while it has be -en reduced to a minimum, thus avoiding unneces- sary expense, the entrance hood and the emblematic device in tho gable are pleasing objects which lend individu- ality to the dwelling. On examining the plan we, Ond the same spirit of simplicity and straight- forwardness prevailing, and the result a praiseworthy- and convenient atr• ran.gemient. The living room, which is entered directly from the small front hall, is cheerful and cosy, and has a well de- signed fireplace. A very wide door- way eonnects the dining and living roma; an arrangeanenf which in ad'd1 tion to the 'recogntzed advantage of using the two rooms • together when desired, also allows the cheer and warmth of the hearth to pervade tate dining room, when it is serving its usual funetlons, The. kitchen Is of very satisfactory size, Ilan built -hs cabinets, and Is as- Spred . of Crass- voiitilatLon by the pro - By Vend P. Blakey, F.R,I.B.A. vision of windows in two walls. Notice, too, the splendid location of the bas ment stairs in relation to the kitchen • and rear door. A verandah the rear door, and assures convenient 1 passage between the side garage door and house during all weathers. Returning to the dining room we may enter a small inner ball from which 'access is had to a bathroom b•ec1•roeatns both of which are and two , well lighted and ventilated, and pro- vided with •anmple size closets. Heating is accomplished with a hot air gas heated furnace, an unusual tea - tun for a house of this size, but one which is quite economical where na- tural gas is available, and which even when manufactured gas must be used, offsets the higher fuel cost by its great c*ouvendence and cleanliness. The approximate cost of this home iwould he. $4,400 exclusive of lot. Readers desiring further information regareilig the plans and specifications of this house should communicate with the architect, direct. Address Mr, sage is the demand for haat. Some, of at all possible. You ,can do this by planting tall -growing shrubs such as lilacs in front of objectionable views. As a rule, these tall -growing shrubs are coarser in their foliage and gen- eral appearance and will fit in quite well in the back yard. 1 Sell My Hogs as 1l�ieat,_ Five years ago in November I but, cherecl a hog and drove 22 miles into the city to try to sell it by retail. I didn't have a bit of trouble in dispos- ing of it, so I butchered and sold six mare that season. I had been selling vegetables through the summer -and fall and had sold butter all the year atr•auncl to the sane trade, so had pat- rorbs who were very willing to try "nye meat. The second season I butchered 24 hogs and disposed of every bit of tha meat except a ermall quantity retained for -se .at home. The twenty-four were all the hogs I had grown. i coukl have sold nvore but as I do not butcher any except the ones I have grown and fed myself I had to stop before my trade was satisfied. The third year I raised 22 head and disposed of all 'without 'difficulty. Then I increased a little -and raised 29 head of nice, smooth porkers. All of these I but- chered and peddled out as before. I butcher two hogs each week, slaughtering the first two about Thanksgiving time end continuing until my hogs .are heed up. I do the slaughtering on Wednesday and roem- piete all the work of dressing the same day. On each Friday I deliver; usually. I ani home by noon T deliver cur, homemade butter the sane trip, so do not charge all the time and expense of the trip to the pork. My trade has a liking for sausage. So I made 60 or '70 pounds of it from two hogs weighing 200 pounds each and mora from larger hogs. I use thing but neat in the sausage. This is one reason why I have meld nay trade from the start. My customers know that when they buy my sausage they are not paying for a high per- eentage of water or cheap filler. I. usually put all sides into sausage and very frequently use the shoulders for this pterpose and sometimes have ground up a tram or two. Next to the preference for 'eau - Richard I', Blakey, 7!.11.I,13.A., 417 Eire Aire Block, l clinontou, Alberta. Question: With a $3,000 capital, how Galt I proceed to build a $5,000 house? You woad be justified in putting your $5,000 house on a lot costing in the neighborhood of $1,000. That would make 3'otir whole investment $6,000. YYoti have enough cash to cover half of this total expense. Yon should be able to secure the balance of the needed money oe a first mortgage at a favorable rate of interest. Investment companies consider a risk of this Mind very high class if the house is of good my customers take whole hams at regular intervals. Some prefer tend- erloin,. The desires vary to mach that I am enabled to dispose of the entire amount of meat from each butchering. My prices have varied somewhat with the price of ' pork on foot. Last year I charged 80 cents per pound for hens ::laid tenderloin, 25 eines eke - shedder and for sausage, The prkes enable ane to clear about 15 more from a hog weighing between 200 and 300 :thee I would i eceive if I sold on the shipping market. The biggest hog : I have btrtehered retziiled for ex. actly $78. He would have,brou'ght ni materials and design. The larger the between $50 end $60 if I had sold him portion of money .. you borrow, the bn foot. --J'. E greater the risk become to the onewho leucie and. therefore the larger the Calves may caich tuberculosis fron+ interest and ooumnissions an ilio loan.' citickeiis, accosdlhi'ti t `s.tve atil;ators.