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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-08-26, Page 6,74 LE 1ALKS Here are a few summertime desserts that are not only differ- ently delicious but have the ex- tra advantage that they can be prepared well ahead of time. For Mstance, here's one that you can make in the cool of the morning, * * * FAVORITE DESSERT Ye clap gingersnap crumbs 1 lemon 2 eggs, separated '1/2 cup sugar Dash salt 1/4 cup heavy cream, whip- ped. 1 cup well drained cling peach slices 2 tablespoons chopped mara- schino cherries Line bottom of freezing tray with half 'the gingersnap crumbs. Grate rind from lemon a n d squeeze juice. Beat egg yolks lightly; combine with sugar, lemon rind, lemon juice, and salt. Cook and stir over hot water until thickened (a minute eir two only). Cool. Beat egg whites and whip cream. Com- bine these two and fold into lemon mixture. Chop peaches, /old peaches and cherries into mixture. Turn into freezing tray and top with remaining crumbs. Freeze until firm. Makes 6-8 ;servings. * * * Chocolate a n d peppermint, served together, make a popular dessert. This one, also may be made early and chilled. CHOCOLATE -PEPPERMINT DESSERT 1 envelope unflavored gelatin Ye cup cold 'Water 3 squares unsweetened chocolate 6 eggs, separated % cup sugar Y2 teaspoon cinnamon 3 sticks peppermint candy Sprinkle gelatin over water to often. Melt chocolate in top of double boiler Over hot water. Mix egg yolks with sugar, cin- namon and melted chocolate; stir until smooth. Cook gently, tirring constantly, until thick. Reffiole rfort beat and etiz in softened gelatin. Eool. teat egg whites to form peaks, then fold aR,44.77.Frs.M7 Something Afoot — That's her own foot screen actress Anne Baxter is holding. She's show- ing off her latest conceii — pearl ring worn on her toe. She 'thinks it will start a new fad. Her 1953 conceit — smoking a cigar in a night-club — did not start a new fad. into cooled chocolate mixture. Rinse oblong dish (10x6x2) cold water. Pour in chocolate mixture and chill in refrigerator until firm. Slice In squares to serve. Crush peppermint candy and sprinkle generously over each serving. 6 tO 8 servings, tit GOLDEN REFRIGERATOR CAKE 1 can (12 oz.) apricot whole fruit nectar 1/2 cup sugar 4 tablespoons plain gelatin 2 eggs, separated 1 tablespoon lemon juice 14 teaspoon salt 1 cup heavy cream 2 dozen small lady fingers Soften gelatin in Ye cup nec- tar. Heat remaining nectar with 14 cup sugar. Beat egg yolks lightly; stir a little of the hot nectar into yolks, then combine with remaining nectar. Place over hot water and cook and stir until mixture coats spoon. Add soften- ed gelatin and stir until it is dis- solved. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Cool until mixture thickens slightly. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff, and gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar. With same beater, whip cream until stiff. Fold egg whites and whipped. cream into gelatin mixture. Line a 2 -quart mold with split lady fingers. Fill meld with layers of gelatin mix- ture and remaining lady fingers. Chill several hours or overnight. Unmold to serve. Serves 8, * * * Parfaits can be made with pudding instead of ice cream. In this interestingly different version, fluffy tapioca pudding alternates in layers with sliced fresh peaches. Green mint leav- es garnish it. PEACH TAPIOCA PARFAIT 1 egg white 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 egg yolk 2 cups milk 3 tablespoons quick -cooking tapioca tAlesPoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon brown sugar ai teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg Drydocked Diving Board — Beatrice Neal brings "Bossie" in at milking time past a dry pond. The diving board stands high and dry in a drought -disaster area which has been without adequate rainfall for crops, livestock and household uses. Vs teaspoon vanilla 3 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 cup heavy cream, whipped Sliced,. fresh (or frozen) peaches, Beat egg white until foarhy throughout; add 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue beating with ro- tary beater until mixture will stand in soft peaks. Set aside. Mix egg yolk with about 1/4 cup of milk in saucepan. Add tapi- oca, sugars, salt, nutmeg, and - remaining milk, Place over me- dium heat and cook until mix- ture comes to bell, stirring con- stantly — about 5-8 minutes, Pour small amount of the hot tapioca mixture gradually on beaten egg white, blending well. Then quickly add remaining mixture, stirring constantly. (The hotter the tapioca and the faster it is blended in, the thicker and fluffier the pudding will be). Add vanilla, lemon juice, and grated lemon rind, Cool, stirring after 15-20 minutes. Fold in whipped cream. Fill parfait glasses with alternate layers of pudding and sliced peaches. Garnish with ad- ditional peach slices and mint leaves. Makes 8 servings. PLAIN HORSE SENSE .. By F. (BOB) End of June for three days the streets of the Soviet -occupied part of Germany once again re- sounded to the steps of marching men and women, this time the voters who had been called upon by the authorities to register their answer to the following proposition: "Are you in favour of a peace treaty and the with- drawal of the occupation forces Or are you in favour of the EDC (European Defence Community), the General Agreement (between West Germany and the three Western occupation powers) and the continued presence of the occupation forces for fifty years?" How to Fool the People All the wiles and tricks and show of force available to a totalitarian regime were mobi- lized to get the voters to the polls. • A world already jaded by the observation of similar shows in al Soviet -dominated areas, as well as in Germany under Hit- ler, will not be surprised to learn that attendance approached one Spatted As Winners — King and Queen of Freckledom are Robert Hyland, 11, and Kathleen Maroney, 10. They won the crowns by outfreckling rivals in a Children's Aid Society contest. VON PILIS hundred per cent, although the pressure proved noticeably less successful in the Soviet sector of Berlin. Western observers who manag- ed to get to some of the polling places have already reported the absence of any real assurance (a) that voters could register their views unobserved by the representatives of the totalitarian authorities, and (b) that the count was made in loyal con- formity with the actual appear- ance of the individual ballot. Results Under Terror The free world cannot be sur- prised, in consequence, that 93.2 per cent of the voters were offi- cially reported in favour of the first alternative, i.e., the Soviet line. A world experienced in the free determination of opinion will equally note that the choice presented to the electorate of Soviet -occupied Germany was no genuine choice, no more so than the questions presented to a terrorised population on re- peated occasions under the Hitler regime. Results Under Freedom, The timing of this referendum may confidently be associated with the fact that the population of Germany generally was pre- paring to observe the determina- tion of opinion by way of genuinely free elections on no less than five occasions during the current year. The first occasion, the elections to the Diet of North Rhine-West- phalia on June 27, actually co- incided with the commencement of the sham referendum in Sov- iet -occupied Germany, the others are to follow in Hesse, Bavaria, Berli n (West sector) and Schleswig-Holstein, The actual view of Germans on the Soviet line may be de- duced already from the minimum percentage of 3.8 obtained by the Communist party in the North Rhine-Westphalia elections. * This column welcomes criti- cism, constructive or destructive, and suggestions, wise or other- wise, and will endeavour to ans- wer all questions. Address al] mall to Bob Von Pilis, Whitby, Ont. Hyde Park Orator, in strident tmes; "We must co-operate with the Russians, even if they won't co-operate with us. Pawned His Watch To Stage Opera Young Franz Lehar, before he won world fame with "The Merry Widow," was first violin in his father's regimental band in the gay Vienna of the naughty nineties. In a smart blue uniform he would play with all his heart to the lovely women seated be- hind slender beer -glasses in the open-air cafes. Suddenly he threw up the job and went as regimental bandmanster to a re- mote Hungarian town. Why? It was said, to cure a broken heart alter' an unhappy love affair with the daughter of a titled lady, who had herself be- come infatuated with him. Finding a red rose on his music desk, he graciously thank- ed the daughter, but it was the mother who had sent it, and thus arose a jealousy which wrecked his early romance. Later, he composed the oper- etta "Kukuschka" — and had to pawn his watch and rings to put the show on. Proudly he sent the score to the famous Vienese librettist, Victor Leon, suggest- ing that they might collaborate. 'As chief stage director of the Carl Theatre at the time, Leon was busy and made polite ex- eettses. a But it so happened that he had a, charming daughter of thir- teen, Lizzy, who had lost her heart to the handsome young bandmaster. Why, she argued, shouldn't her idol compose the music for one of her father's operettas? When pleas and ar- guments failed, she played, "Ku- kuschka" on the piano all day — until her father capitulated and said Lehar might try his hand at a new one called "The Tinker." That successful collaboration led to the famous one on "The Merry Widow," though Lehar very nearly was not its com- poser. Leon and his fellow -lib- rettist, Leo Stein, had first giv- en it to another composer to score, but his first numbers were so dissapointing that Leon went gloomily to consult the managers of the theatre abhut it. "Send it to Lehar!" their sec- retary declared. Lehar sat up all night reading it, then begged Leon: "Please give me 'The Merry Widow,; I simply must do it!" That evening he played the first number to Leon over the telephone — it was the duet, "Silly, silly, cavalier!" The managers didn't like this new kind of "barbaric" operatic music at rehearsals, and were shy of putting money into It. At the last moment before produc- tion, Leon actually had to run out and buy paper lanterns for Widow's Parisian garden ...At the conductor's desk, Asie went on calmly scrib- ing, last bits of music for it. The critics, after the first night, were lukewarm, but eventually it conquered Vienna — and the world; espeeially the immortal waltz which we all know and lOve to -day. Telling its romantic story in a colourful, illustrated biography of Lehar, "Fiertusee's Favourite" W. Macqueen-Pope and D. L. Murray recall that friends Often played tricks on the simple, good-natured Lehar. Just before his "Wiener Frauen" (Ladies of Vienna) was produced, they persuaded him to take a walk through a fairground where, to his astonishment, he heard one of the early phonographs play- ing a recdrd of his Nechledil March, the big hit, as he hoped, of the coming show, never yet heard in public! "What's that?" he cried, horror-struck. "Ohl Only some old march or other!" they said. "But no!" he protested. "It's my big number in the new show. How did it get here?" The showman assured him it was a well-known Hungarian melody, so quickly bought the sylinder to hush the matter up. Then, laughing, his friends dis- closed that they had made it secretly and "planted" it On the shdwre an. After the first performance, he was waiting anxiously in a cafe for the arrival of the morning papers when a friend gave him the 'phone number of an agency where early copies would al- ready have arrived, and the manager would doubtless oblige by reading some of the criticisms to him. Rushing to the telephone, he made his request, A polite voice asked for a minute or two in which to fetch the papers, then, beginning with, the most important, read out such a series of slatings as no composer had ever yet endured! Lehar tottered out of the kiosk, utterly shattered, into the arms of the delighted friends who had made him the victim of yet an- other joke. "The Count of Luxembourg," "Gipsy Love," "Frederica," "Pa- ganin," "The Land Of Smiles" — we follow Lehar through all his trials and triumphs in this memoir of an enchanting period in theatre history. COMMON COMPLAINT "Your horse, sir," said the or- derly timidly, opening the door of the Colonel's sanctum, "Well," croaked the Colonel, "what if I am? Everyone's got a cold in this weather," Mendes a, France ponents See Him As A Kerensky (Last of Two Dispatches) By LEON DENNEN NEA Staff Correspondent Paris — (NEA) — Is France's Premier Mendes -France a Ker- ensky, the last man before sur- render to- Moscow? While the young Premier's Vocal partisans believe him to be the FDR Of France, his poli- tical opponents see him more and more as another Kerensky, whd ruled Russia between the Czarists and the Communists. The free world is not likely to know the answer answer for some time. There are still many obscure spots in Mendes -France's private talks in Geneva with Russia's Foreign Minister Vya- cheslav Molotov and Red China's Premier Chou En-lai. What secret commitments has Mendes -France made to buy from the Reds the tragic truce in Indo-China? * And what role did Georges Boris play in the secret nego- tiations? A former leftist journalist, Boris is Mendes -France's chief of cabinet. He is the Premier's only really intimate friend and poli- tical mentot. In American diplo- matic circles Boris is considered strongly pro -Soviet and a foe of the U.S. The truth remains that a large part of Indo-China is now lost to the free world. The Geneva "bargain" involved relinquishing several million people and vital natural resources to a victorious Communist army, Once again the Moscow Peiping Axis, by playing on France's weakness and fears, gambled and won. Judged by the Red press, Mos- cow is taking it for granted that Mendes -France will remain a staunch opponent of the Euro- pean Defense Community. As long as he is af the helm in France — the Reds seem to be- lieve — there will be further delay and confusion over Ger man rearmament. Thus, the Kremlin leaders — who thrive on political chaos — were apparently not too envious to see Mendes -France defeated in the National Assembly. As Moscow's Pravda said edi- torially: "The collapse of at- tempts by U.S. ruling circles to impose their will on other coun- tries is now clear." According to the Kremlin's mouthpiece, the Red bloc Was victorious in Geneva — while the U.S., "imperialist America," suf- fered a serious defeat. This, of course, is partly typi- cal Red propaganda designed to sow more dissension in the West - .ern reeks.. There is no evidence that Mendes -France has agreed to play Mescow's sinister game. Even the Premier's bitter politi- cal opponents do not doubt his honesty and devotion to demo- cratic ideals. The hard fact must be faced. France, fighting alone in Indo- China, suffered grave defeats in the field and more defeats were imminent. The bargain Mendes - France made in Geneva might have been a worse one. Mendes -France was merely bold where other French poli- ticians were timid. What next for France? The Indo-China leak has been stop- ped — at least for the imme- diate future. But other and more serious cracks have de- veloped in the French Union. * Little time is left for France in North Africa if the Arabs, encouraged by Russia, are to be prevented from following in Indo -China's footsteps. For Mendes -France it is still a race against the clock. Will he succeed where others have failed? Much will depend on the support he will get from the U.S. and Britain, But even more will depend on the French National Assembly, where it is as difficult to get a stable majority as climbing Mt, Everest. Deputies who agree on one problem are likely to come to blows as soon as another turns up. The result is an end- less chain of government crises. If Mendes -France succeeds, it will be another French revolu- tion, If he fails, grim days are ahead for France — and the free world. MENDES.FRANCE AND MOLOTOV AT GENEVA: There are lots of obscure spots in his private talks with the Reds. . , er st.wki,14010.41 — . .