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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-10-27, Page 18Citizens News, October 27, 1976 -Page 19 Delicious roast lamb Delicious, delicate flavored lamb is available to Canadian consumers all year round. But, it's in the fall months from September to December that fresh Canadian lamb is most plentiful and most reasonably priced, Because lamb is from a young animal, the meat is tender and most cuts can be cooked by dry heat — that is broiled, panfried or roasted in a 325 degree F oven, Lamb lovers would be quick to agree that roast lamb is a special dish that goes well on the menu any time? Place the lamb on a rack in a shallow pan and season, Roast uncovered at 325 degree F to the desired degree of doneness: 145 degree F on a meat thermometer for medium (pinkish grey) or 165 degree to 175 degree F for well done (brownish grey). Roasting times are basedon the meat being at refrigerator temperature (40 degree F) at the start of cooking. After removing the roast from the oven, let it stand for about 10 minutes, to make carving easier. WIN BOYS H -P CROSS COUNTRY — The senior boys team from South Huron District High School won the Huron -Perth cross country championship this week and Paul Wareing won the individual junior boys title. From the left are coach Joe Fulop, John Stephens, Dan Mittleholtz, Paul Wareing, Francis Hartman, Wes Abbott, Paul Van Esbroeck and coach Carey Unich. T -A photo. Old-fashioned stoves revived Coal and wood -burning stoves have gone the way of buggy whips and high -button shoes. They have all but dis- appeared in most parts of North America. But the era never really ended in the Elmira area, a community in the heart of Canada's Old Order Mennonite population north of Kitchener, Ontario. The Old Order and Amish Mennonites shun modernity 'of all kinds and stick to the old ways, using horsedrawn . vehic- les and ignoring hydro -electric power and the appliances found in most modern homes. The Plain People, as they are called, still use wood stoves but were finding them increas- ingly difficult to buy. National demand for the stoves declined and manufacturers such as Clare Brothers, Wingham Stove Co. and Findlay, stopped producing them. A local hardware merchant, Tom Hendrick, saw the need for the old fashioned stoves and continued to scrounge the manufacturers throughout North America to keep them in stock. • When Findlays discontinued manufacturing the classic Find- lay Oval cook stove about 20 years ago, Mennonite people of Elmira tried to make .other stoves suffice. Their stoves were used, not only for cook- ing, but for heating their farm homes. They needed a unit with low fuel costs able to bake six loaves of bread at a time and capable of cooking the famous Mennonite meals for as many as 10 or a dozen people. Old Order people asked Hendrick Hardware to obtain models similar to the Findlay Oval, the queen of kitchen stoves. The requests became more frequent over the years. Finally, in 1975, the demand became so great that a meet- ing was held between Hendrick personnel and the Findlay people to decide whether or not the famous Findlay Oval could be re -introduced. Findlay officials said they could not manufacture the stoves but would produce the 325 pounds of castings needed to build them. It was then that the Elmira Stove Works was born and the stoves, so popular in Elmira area, are now being built within the community. "Our first run this year will be 50 stoves," said Mr. Hend- rick, "but our aim is for 200 next year. Interest in the Find- lay Oval is exceptional." Although the hardware mer- chant sells every type of wood and coal -burning stove still available, the Oval is the most popular. It is the. model being produced by Elmira Stove Works. This handsome; old- fashioned, nickel -plated beauty is being built with the help of `barnyard' industries in the area. For instance, the sheet - metal work is done by a Menno- nite. The optional, copper hot- water reservoirs are being made by the Plain People. And firebricks for the unusu- ally large firepot, almost 50 per cent larger than any stove built in recent years, are being made by, Mr. Hendrick's family in the basement of his home. "The ingenuity of local people has made it possible to construct the complete Finlay Oval," said Mr. Hendrick whose Hendrick Home Hard- ware is the final assembly point and showroom. "We have been able to make some improvements, too, in manufacturing this `antique'," said Mr. Hendrick. "The original ovens were not enamel- led. Ours are. As well, after more than 50 years of use in some homes, we know the important wear points in the older models, first built in 1908, and we are using heavier gauge material in those places." Not only, Old Order Menno- nite people are interested. The re -discovery in recent years of woods as a renewable resource has prompted considerable in- terest in wood and coal -burning stoves in many homes, especial- ly in cottages and ski chalets. "People who remember tell us the Findaly Oval was the best stove ever built, " said Mr. Hendrick. The stove is said to be unique; nothing made in Cana- da or the United States can com- pare with the handsomeness and durability. The ingenuity of the Old Order Mennonites has mani- fested in many ways in the area such as the.fact that two of the three remaining buggy factor- ies in Canada are located near Elmira. In addition, the Plain People keep more than a dozen blacksmith shops busy shoeing horses. Not far from Elmira are harness shops, an umbrella shop (they prefer the old- fashioned, large, black um- brellas rather than the modern, plastic colour -tinted types), and brass harness factories. Many other basements or barnyards hum with activity to produce articles unavailable anywhere else in Canada. And now, the Elmira Stove Works joins this group of industrious people in producing a stove, familiar to many, and used by those who are aware that maybe—just maybe—some of the old traditions should be -preserved. OPEN DAILY Saturday Oct., 30 Doris at the Org n Green Forest Motor Hotel YOUR HOSTS "PETE" and "CAROLE" DEITZ HIGHWAY 21 — GRAND BEN[) ::`then you see it,we think you'll agree with every wonderful word you've heard about it. Starring MARILYN HASSETT as Jill Kinmont • and BEAU BRIDGES as Dick Buek BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND 'THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN' FRI. & SAT. 2 SHOWINGS 7:30 & 9:15 SUN. TIL TUES. ONE SHOWING AT 8 p.m. Nov 3®6 Harry & Walter G® To New York ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FRESH Chicken FRESH Chicken Fryer BREAST LEGS 1 LB. PKG. 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