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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-11-04, Page 2Swear' te T LE, TALKS Jam Andrews Ever eat Raisin -Apply Pie — rnade with sweet cider? That's one of the treats old-time "pie ;fans" drool at the mouth when describing. And, personally, I can't blame them. So, with further ado, here's the recipe also a few more jested favorites were worth treasuring. And as a bonus, a recipe for plain pie ,-rust that can be made in 5 minutes. . * * * For a two -crust pie you'll need 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, % cup lard, and 4 table- spoons water. Measure flour, add salt, and sift into mixing bowl. Blend in lard with pas- try blender until it looks like coarse meal. Measure water from tap, sprinkle it over flour mixture, and mix gently by pressing mixture together with knife. Shape portion to be roll- ed into a ball and roll lightly on floured canvass to a circle 1 inch larger than pan. Put in place in pan, and bake, usually at 425° F. for 25-30 minutes. Raisin -Cider Apple Pie 2 cups seedless raisins 1�y2 cups apple cider 114 cups water % cup sugar 1 cup finely chopped apple % teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon juice IA teaspoon grated lemon rind 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon cinnamon 4 tablespoons cornstarch Pastry for deep 9 -in crust and strip top Rinse and drain raisins. Com- bine with cider, one cup water, sugar, apple, salt, lemon juice and rind, butter, and cinnamon. Heat to boiling. Add cornstarch moistened in 1/2 cup cold water, and continue boiling 3-4 min- utes. Pour into ,astry-lined deep baking dish and cover with. strips of pastry. Bake at 400° F. about 45 minutes. * <. Sour Cream Prune Fie 11/2 cups cooked prunes 11 cups sour cream % cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch �/4 teaspoon salt % teaspoon cinnamon - 2 eggs, separated Ye teaspoon vanilla 1 baked 8 -in pastry shell Cut prunes from pits into small pieces. Heat sour cream over hot water. Blend '/z cup sugar with cornstarch, salt and cinnamon. Stir into sour cream and cook over hot water 10 min- utes, stirring frequently. Beat egg yolks lightly; slowly stir ;into hot mixture and cook 3-4 minutes longer stirring con- stantly. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Fold in prunes. Cool slightly and turn into pastry shell. Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually beating in remaining Ya cup sugar. Spread over prune filling. Bake at 325° F. about 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Pumpkin Fie 1 package butterscotch pud- ding 1 cup canned pumpkin (solid pack) VA cup dark brown sugar V4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3teaspoon nutmeg T1s teaspoon ginger 13A cups milk 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten 1 baked 8 -in pastry shell Empty pudding into saucepan. Add" pumpkin, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Add milk gradually, diming constantly. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture boils; bOil 1 min- ute. Remove from heat. Stir bot pudding slowly into egg P g yolks. Return to medium heat and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour into pastry shell. Chill 4 hours. Top with whipped creane sprinkle with nutmeg. * Nesselrode Pudding 2 cups cold milk �/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 package instant coconut cream pudding 3 tablespoons chopped, mixed candied fruits Pour milk into deep, 1 -qt. mixing bowl. Add vanilla and pudding. Beat 1 minute. Stir in chopped, candied fruits. Pour into sherbet glasses. Let stand until set (about 15 riiinutes.) Top with whipped cream, shaved semi -sweet chocolate, 4r extra chopped fruit. * : :u Apricot Cream 1 No. 234 can apricot halves 1 cup apricot juice 1 package cherry flavor gel- atin dessert '/ cup cold water IA teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon Juice cup hearty creanti Drain apricots and put through sieve to make 1 cup p u a' a e, Heat apricot juice t0 boiling. Empty gelatin dessert into large bowl. Add boiling ap- ricot juice and stir until gela- tin is dissolved, Stir in water, salt, lemon juice and apricot puree. Chill until slightly thick- ened. Whip cream and fold lightly into thickened gelatin to give streaked effect. Pour into 1 -qt. mold (or individual molds) that have been rinsed in cold water. Chill until firm. Nature's Re w hi The Rocks If, wandering among the green hills of southern Wales, we keep our eyes riveted on every cliff, gully or cutting, we shall find that we are in a land of mud. Slaty rocks frown up- on us• from every side. Slaty debris, dry or wet, is beneath our feet. Blue, black and purple, the beds seem to bend in every direction yet without those con- tortions which are characteris- tic of metamorphic rocks; and if we trace out any particular bed, we are sure, after a short distance, to find it end in a frac- ture,' where some other rock, very similar, but not the same, takes its place. The similarity of all these rocks is so great that geologists were for many decades unable satisfactorily to determine their relations. Now, a man in a shop, with piles of books about him, Issued at various dates, and wishing to classify them chron- ologically, would impress on each some little mark or sign, to enable him correctly to cor- relate each pile. That is what Nature has done with these slates and shales. She has mark- ed them, with impressions very much like those of a pencil, a different set of impressions are for each division of time. The impressions are of small ani- mals that once swam in the sea. They are confined rather rig- idly, each one to aspecific age; and their discovery has made RQssible the elueidation of a con- siderable part of the world's history. The rocks that they oc- cupy lie upon Cambrian or old- er formations; sometimes, by transition upwards, indicating a gradual change from the one age to the next; sometimes there is a sharp break, indicating that the ancient land had been up- lifted, worn down, and again depressed, ere the new age came •in. • In general, the Age of Mud commenced with a further de- pression of the sea bottom; for in place .Of the coarse grits and sandstone which had accumu- lated along the early Cambrian shores, we find accumulations of finer detritus, such as would be New Blouses Reduce Cost of Lau der ng By EDNA MILS Did you know that women pay more to have a blouse laun- dered because laundry machines are slotted tb fit the buttons. on. a man's shirt? And women's blouses (until now) button on the left. Newest shirt look for women is the one that has all the vir- tues of a man's shirt. This meads," it buttons onthe right, has stays in the collar and gussets at the side flap. It also means that the cost for laundering a blouse can now be the some as that for a man's shirt, But this doesn't mean tiled; femininity has been sacrificada' Bow jabots, ruffled jabots and belle bows add the little -girl look to the classic shirt. Further, these bows and jabots are de tachable.so that a bask tailored shirt can be worn_ with Bermuda shorts or office wear. Many of the blouses that stem from the shirt offer big collars and soft detailing along with elegant fabrics. And for the blouses that are completely feminine, there are delicate in- sertions cis well as pleating and tucking. Most fabrics are lightweight, crease -resistant and quick -dry- ing, requiring very little ironing. 4 Pleated .bib and French cuffs give this satinized cotton shirt a formal Iaok. It's shown modeled with black velvet pants for leisure -time wear on long winter evenings, but is equally suitable and smart to wear at the office. swept away by currents and de- posited in water 100 to 200 fathoms deep. Starting our examination of this mud in Wales, where it is, perhaps, cormnonest, we get a conception of low islands with muddy shores, interrupted oc- casionally by bosses of the old pre -Cambrian rodks; shallow water, with mud on the bottom and at the top, stretching across the Irish Sea, over the Dublin district, and north across south- ern Scotland and the Lake Dis- trict. Very early in the age, vol- canic action, which had been quiescent here for perhaps a couple of million years, now burst forth again . Islands which were. probably composed entirely of lava flows, with relatively little pumice or ash, reared their heads higher and ever higher above the mud- dy waters. At a relatively early age, such a volcano came into being off Milford Haven; Skom- er Island is its worn-down stump. When at their greatest, the volcanoes. r e ,so lactrv;.e `that the heart of Wales liter ally took fire; eruptions onthe grandest scale announced the birth of mountains, such as Ced- er I dris and the Moelwyns, which now form the rougheet • part of the country.—From "The World in the Past," by B. Web- ster Smith. Right Way To Wash Men's Tricot Shirts There are many men and even some women who expect a nylon tricot shirt to behave like the family cat. Because the shirt can be described as "iron- ing itself," they half expect it to wash itself, too. A leading manufacturer of men's tricot shirts and the first to develop a knitted nylon shirt with fused collar and cuffs, claims too many men buy the shirts and throw away the washing instructions. Although . the company has increased the size of the instruction card and changed its color to appeal to the masculine preference for blue, it is still tossed unread in- to the waste paper basket. Actually these shirts require Only a normal amount of wash- ing care. But since they are raa de .of a different type of ,fibre and fabric to most woven shirts, they call for different handling. The collar is always 00 per cent of a man's shirt. This manufacturer spent more than a year developing a satisfactory fused one. Since then he has been trying to educate every owner in the correct method of laundering it. The only way, he says, is to lay it flat on the side of the basin and rub it freely with the fingers or the . tail of the shirt. Do this also with the cuffs and other soiled areas. A bar of soap may be used, but never a brush. And neverrub any part of the shirt between the hands as though it were a dirty sock or a fabric glove. Anyone who wants her hus- band's tricot shirt to maintain its smart appearance three times longer than his best - woven cotton ones, should re- sist the urge to dump it into the washing machine. The banging around it will receive from the mechanical action won't injure the body of the shirt, but it can soften the fused collar and cuffs. Always rinse a nylon shirt twice in lukewarm water. When hanging it up to drip dry, select a plastic hanger or an unvarnished wooden one. Never squeeze Or wring the water out of. it asthis wrinkles the fabric. Button the two top buttons and do a little "finger ironing" to smooth the collar and cuffs while they are stili. damp. cry Prize Worth 150 Waves It's very difficult when you. win a large stun of money without knowing what money means. A native in the Solomon Islands was recently persuaded to buy a ticket in the New South Wales State lottery. Later, the results were an- nounced. The native had won a first prize — a fortunes of around $18,000, He seemed un- able to grasp the significance of what had happened. Goods. not money, were the yardstick of affluence within his little com- munity. Then someone explained it to him this way: What is a very valuable possession? A wife. One wife, in the local scale of values in the native's com- munity, is worth about $120. Therefore, the first prize in the lottery was the equivalent of 150 wives. On hearing this, the native jumped for joy, and asked ex- citedly where and when he could collect the "goods." .Not Unlucky: Lovely Monique • Lambert will never believe that "13" is an unlucky number. She wore the number during the contest to select the French re- presentative for the Miss Uni- verse contest. The 17 -year-old Parisian model won. Out of the Ashes, a Mod Ten years ago, newspapers throughout the country were carry- ing headlines about one of the worst disasters ever to hit a crowded city — the East Ohio Gas Co. explosion. A 25 -million - horsepower blow was concentrated in half a square mile near central Cleveland. But out of the jumble of bricks and ashes that resulted when a million and a half cubic feet of liquefied gas blew up, a model community has risen. At 2:30 P.M., Oct. 20, 1944, a crack opened in a giant tank used for storing gas under pressure. With a flame which flashed 2800 feet in the air, it blew. Waves of 2000 -degree heat killed 131 persons, injured more than 400, destroyed 87 buildings. An adjoining tank 'melted and exploded. Even the pavement was afire. Since that day, a group of residents has demonstrated that disaster need not be a fatal blow and that with courage and resourcefulness, the community can be made a better place to live. Leader and inspirer was Anton Grdina, a 60:year-old immigrant. He formed a nonprofit corporation and 26 others joined with him to buy up the seared property. Sixteen houses — modern and pleasant, on much larger lots — have been completed. Built in groups, the money from sales went back to work building more. Most are owned by people who lived there originally. Playground stands on very site of 1114fated storage lank. oranumity Rises Even birds fell flaming from sky when tank blew up in 1944, leaving this scene of chaos, m :. nor• �.,o;oYrc. m r nt•::r Neat community of horns has risen, a tribune to courage. Rehabilitation group built there.