HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-12-02, Page 6Hunters, and lovers of wild
game on the table, rave about
the deliciousness of wild rice.
Personally. I can take it or let
it alone; but by experience I
know that it is either too hard
to get or too expensive for the
average budget.
Anyway, here's good news!
According to Lucile Fitton,
writing in The Christian Science
Monitor, your worries are over.
Here is what she says:
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Finding yourself with a taste
for wild rice but a very tame
budget seems to be a common
predicament. But serving wild
rice with wild fowl is a must,
for they have more in common.
than the adjective. Maybe even
at the going price for wild rice,
you will want to splurge on the
night you are having your hus-
band's boss for dinner, but for
other times you can turn with
satisfaction to — not resort to —
poor man's wild rice.
* * *
Start with ordinary white rice
—not the fancy, processed type.
You will still be saving, how-
ever, if you buy the best quali-
ty, the longest grains, you can
find. After giving it close in-
spection for dark or discolored
grains, rinse it in a sieve.
k * *
One cup of uncooked rice will
yield three, remember. Toss the
rice up and down while it is
still in the sieve to remove as
much excess water as possible.
Then turn it into a large iron
(or heavy) skillet in which a
quarter pound of butter has
been melted. Keep the rice mov-
ing in the pan so that every
grain becomes amber - colored.
The aroma will remind you of
popping corn, and some of the
rice grains may pop around in
the skillet. It is important not
to let a single grain burn for
this will destroy the subtle flavor
you are trying so hard to copy,
and under -browning will bring
you back to just what you
bought - ordinary white rice:
hence the importance of watch-
ing cooking until you achieve
those golden grains.
m * *
Although the browned rice
smells good enough to eat, the
umber, Please? — While still
in the middle of his lunch, Gus-
tav, the squirrel, decides to call
his girl friend. Just what the
happy tidings are is a big se-
cret. Gus keeps the reason for
his frivolity as well hidden as
he does his supply of , nuts,
buried somewhere in Orebro,
Sweden.
inside of the gr a 1 n s are not
cooked. Therefore, add 3 cups
of bouillon, cover, and let the
rice bake for 45 minutes in a
325* F. oven. The bouillon may
be canned, made from cubes, or
stock you have made yourself,
Add salt sparingly if you use
cubes; otherwise, 1 teaspoon
should be enough.
,< * *
If you are trying for a delec-
table facsimile of the wild rice
gathered by Indians and sold in
the stores for the price of a
reservation, uncover the skillet
the last 15 minutes. Encourage
grain - by - grain fluffiness by
tossing them with a large fork
every few minutes this last pe-
riod of baking. Then, behold.!
You could count every plump,
topaz grain if you wanted to.
* *
Alongside duck or other fowl
is not the only position that can
be occupied by poor man's rice.
It goes under creamed anything
— chicken, turkey, giblets, lob-
ster, crab meat, ham — or any
combination of these. Or chunks
of fowl or fish can be added to
the browned rice before it is
shoved into the oven, destined
as the piece de resistance.. Mush-
rooms, chopped onions or celery,
diced peppers, and slithered al-
monds are good, too.
* *
It is risky, however, to saute
onions or mushrooms at the
same time, and in the same pan
with the rice. Keep both under
control by doing thein as sepa-
rate processes.
4, * *
We all w an t to encourage
activities that center around
home and family, but occasion-
ally we shy away from the
sticky mess which often results •
from a bout of candy making.
Here are two recipes that make
delicious candy w i t h a mini-
mum of fuss and dirty dishes:
The . first one requires no
cooking of any kind and can be
made by quite young children.
It is very rich and good, and
some families always have a
big supply on hand for holiday
callers.
No -Cook Fruit Balls
1 cup figs
1 cup dates
2 cups walnut meats (pecans
are good, too).
Put the stemmed figs, pitted
dates, and, nut meats through a
food grinder. Use the fine cut-
ter, Press the mixture into
small balls a b out an inch in
diameter. Press firmly and roll
in powdered sugar. You will
find it practical t0 double er
triple the above ingredients!
* * *
Next conies a great favorite
of many, a no -cook fudge. It's
rich, easy to make, and very,
very good. At Brownie or Boy
Scout candy sales, it goes like
the proverbial hot cakes. Young
folks like to go out in the kit-
chen, whip up a batch of this
fudge, and be settled in front
of the TV in twenty minutes
with a plate of candy ready to
eat.
Never -Fall Fudge
1 egg well beaten
3 tablespoons of cream or top
milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
?4 teaspoon of salt
1 pound of powdered sugar
4 squares chocolate melted
with 1 tablespoon butter
V2 cup chopped nut meats
1,4 cup marshmallows cut in
small pieces.
Mix the ingredients in the.
order given above, Spread in
buttered 8" x 8" pan. Let cool a
few minutes, If in a hurry set
in the refrigerator. Cut in
squares and pitch int
MOURNING --With his head bowed in grief, a Labrador dog
eps a vigil at the side of a puppy killed by an automobile on�highway. The older clog remained at the side ofhisaompa ion
until the police removed the body.
Christmas Seals Mark
Their 50th Birthday
It's iust .50 years ago, this Christmas season, that the now -
familiar Christmas Seals first went on sale in Denmark. The
1954 seals, fittingly designed by a Danish -born artist, Jorgen
G. Hansen, commemorate that event: It all goes back to 1903
and Einar Holboeii, a Danish postal' clerk who gave his spare
time to sick and poor children. As the great flood of Christmas
letters and packages poured in, he wished that each piece of
mail would mean pennies for the children he loved. The idea
came—a special stamp for holiday mail could be sold to raise
money. King Christian later approved the plan. So, during the
Christmas season of 1904, four million special stamps were sold
In post offices throughout Denmark. The money raised went to-
ward building a sanatorium for children with tuberculosis. At
the same time, Sweden picked up Holbell's idea and issued
similar stamps. in America, the Danish -American philanthropist
Jacob A. Riis heard of the seals and published a magazine article
about it in 1907. The first United States seal sole on a nationwide
basis was sponsored by the American Red Cross in 1908. in
1910 the National Tuberculosis Assqciation became a joint spon-
sor and in 1920, took over the task completely. To date, the seals
have brought in $335,704,044.50. Last year's drive produced
$23,889,044,50. Christmas Seal sales are now held each year
in 45 countries throughout the world.
At left is the first Christmas Seal, bearing the portrait of the late
Queen Louise of Denmark. Four million of them were sold in
1904. The other stamp is the first Christmas Seal issued nation.
ally in this country. It bore the symbol of the Red Cross, which
sponsored it in 1908,
1954 CHRISTMAS
Youngsters in a Christmas dance decorate the 1954 Christmas
Seals. Designer Jorgen Hansen says they are "the healthy, happy
mhlldren Einar Holboeil dreamod of when he proposed a Christ.
mar Real to fight disease."
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Coldest
irt The
se-
orld
Visitors. from all over Europe
are making special journeys to
ancient Hildesheim in Germany
to see and admire the oldest
rose -bush in the world, which to-
day stands 35 feet high.
,For this bush, with its myriads
of pink and white blooms, is at
least 1,000 years old and may
well live another 1,000 years.
It stands, sheltered from all
north and east winds, close to ..
the city's cathedral. In the ca-
thedral are historical art treas-
ures, but it is the fabulous rose-
bush which lures sightseers.
Seventy years ago, in 1884, the
rose -bush was found to be suffer-
ing from old age. Drastic action
was immediately taken to pre-
serve it for posterity,
Specially constructed pipes
were installed so that the roots
could be perpetually watered
in dry weather. A team of gar-
deners "nursed" every new shoot
with loving care. The rose -bush
was saved.
It was threatened with extinc-
tion again in March, 1945, when
fire bombs destroyed much of
the blooms and foliage. But the
roots were undamaged and, al-
though the tree did not bloom
that summer and autumn, new
shoots afterwards appeared. To-
day the bush is taller than it has
ever been.
C (L)ACSE •
AND EFFECT
A Beirut, Lebanon, landlord
has found ;himself in a tough
spot because he tried an old
trick on a tenant of his.
The landlord asked the tenant
to sign three leases ,which he
himself had already signed: one
25 per cent. higher than the rent
she'd actually agreed to pay
which he wished to show any
prospective buyers of the prop-
erty; one showing the actual
rent --- intended to be the valid
lease; and one 25 per cent. low-
'er than the rent she'd agreed to
ay b-• ter the income tax col-
eetbr.
The tenant signed all three.,
*MI tore up the first two; She
Crow peye 25 pet tent, less rent.
T h e Columbia Broadcasting
System, on its interesting pro-
gram, We, The People, once
trotted out the world's greatest
salesman, Jame's Moran, Here's •
a fellow who has sold every
thing from airplanes to adver-
tising space on a barber shop
ceiling.
"Probably the only thing you
couldn't sell, Jim," a friend re-
marked one day, "would be an
ice -box to an Eskimo,"
,Tim Moran grinned. "Bet you..
five hundred dollars I can do
it!"
"You're on," said his friend,
"I can use five hundred dol-
lars."
Moran f 1 e w to Vancouver,
bought a shiny new ice -box and
shipped it to Juneau, • Alaska.
When he arrived in Alaska he
hired a dog -team and some
guides, loaded the ice -box on
a sled and started out to find an
Eskimo, B u t there wasn't an
Eskimo to be f 0 u led around
Juneau.
For seven days Moran and his
guides travelled north with the
ice -box. When they had gone
five hundred miles they finally
arrived at an Eskimo village.
Moran went from igloo to igloo,
trying to explain itis ice -box to
the Eskimos. Somehow the idea
of buying a box to keep things
cold didn't impress the Eskimos.
Moran conceived another idea.
He called on an Eskimo named
Charley Pots -to -Lick, "Char-
ley," he said persuasively, "this
box is good to keep .food warm!
See, how much colder it is out-
side the box? You 'need, this
box to keep your food warm."
That sounded reasonable to
Charley. He bought the ice-
box for fifty silver dollars and
a wolf -skin.
SAME AGAIN? NO THANIS
On December 4th, 1905, a man
threw a bottle at the judge at
Leeds Assize Court when sen-
tenced for stealing. On Decem-
ber 4th, 1925— exactly twenty
years later — the same man
stood again in the same dock. 'in
the same court charged with
the same offence,
This time, however, there was
no bottle — he had been search-
ed beforehand and four warders
stood around hind
Is He The World's
WorstHusband?
Prince Ali Kernel Fahmy Bey
had all that the world can give.
Young, handsome, with a charm
that fascinated women, he had
inherited from bis father bound-
less wealthand all that goes
with it — a palace at Zameek on
the Nile, yachts, racing boats,
limousines, slaves — but fOr all
his charm there was something
about Fahmy Bey, a hint to lat-
ent cruelty,
In Paris he fell in love with
Marie Alibert and pursued her
with all the ardour of an Eas-
tern wooing. Even when he re-
turned to Egypt he wrote to her
— "The torch of my life" —
begging her to come to him. Ev-
entually, when she received tele-
grams that he was ill, she went
to Egypt only to find that his
"illness" was a ruse tO bring her
to his side.
He was delighted that she had
come, and showered on her ev-
ery extravagance that Oriental
infatuation could devise. At last,
won by his fervour, she consent-
ed to adopt his religion and to
marry him. The festivities in
Cairo were like a page from the
Arabian Nights. Sheep were
roasted whole, and for days and
nights the guests feasted on the
choicest wines and food.
But an Eastern wife exists
simply to do her husband's bid-
ding, and as Bernard O'Donnell
vividly reveals in "Crimes That
Made News", Madame Fahmy
was soon to realize it. If she
failed to submit to her lord there
were blows instead of caresses,
She had none of the freedom to
which a Western woman is ac-
customed, but was guarded night
and day in his house by Nubian
slaves who terrified her.
When Fahmy deigned to take
her out with him, he abused her
and struck her in public. He ev-
en insulted her in the presence
of menials.
This was the state of affairs
when, in July, 1923, the couple
were staying at the Savoy Ho-
tel, London. Madame Fahmy had
consulted a doctor who advised
an immediate visit to France for
an operation, but Fahmy Bey
flamed into rage when he heard
about it.
As they sat at luncheon in the
hotel, the leader of the orches-
tra paid her the compliment of
asking her to choose her favour-
ite piece of music.
"Thank you," she replied, "But
my husband is• going to kill me
in twenty-four hours and 1 am
not very anxious fOr music."
The heat and tension of that
July day increased, building up
to the greatest thunderstorm
Teondon had known for years,
And when at last the fury of the
thunder had passed, it was
Fahmy Bey who lay dead •— and
his wife stood arraigned fOr mur-
der. She had shot him as he
savagely attacked her in their
hotel suite.
The law of England knows no
ouch excuse as the "crime pas.
sionel," but the law will not per-
mit the accused to stand de-
fenceless, Indeed, Madame Fah -
my had the greatest advocates of
'the day to her defence. But in-
comparable as were Sir Edward
Marshall. Hall and Sir Henry
Curtis -Bennett, the lady was in
many ways her own best advo-
cate.
She gave evidence from the
witness box through an inter-
preter, and the court listened as
she told of the sudden change in
her husband after marriage. She
related how he had fired a re-
volver over her head to cow
her: how on another occasion he
struck her a blow which dislo•
cated her jaw; and how he had
sworn the terrible oath that she
should die by his hand.
Then, with dremetic effect,
Marshall. Hall produced a docu-
ment. It was datedsix month1�sa
before her husband's death and
showed how she had feared fOr
her life, It read:
"I, Marie -Marguerite Alibert,
of sound mind and body, formal-
ly accuse, in the case of my
death by violence or otherwise,
Ali Bey of having contributed UP
my disappearance. Yesterday,
21st January, 1923, at three O'-
clock in the afternoon, he took
his Bible or Koran — I do not
know what it is called — kissed
it, put his hand on it, and swore
to avenge himselfupon me to-
morrow, in a week, a month, or
three months; but I was to dis-
appear by his hand . , , I desire
and demand justice for my
daughter and my family,"
The drama was not yet over,
however. In vivid words Mar-
shall Hall drew a picture of
Madame Fahmy's life with her
husband — surely one of the
worst husbands in the world —
of the threat to disfigure her with
acid and sand, of the crescendo
of cruelty and humiliation 1,0
which she had been subjected.
He described in powerful phrases
the terror of that night when,
with lightning intermittently
flooding the darkness, the grim,
relentless figure of the Oriental
advanced on his terrified wife.
Marshall Hall held the little
pearl -handled pistol in his
grasp. As he uttered the words,
"to her horror the thing went
off," the weapon fell from his
fingers with a clatter to the
floor.
In little over an hour the
jury returned with their ver-
dict. Deathly pale, with trem-
bling, black -gloved hands grip-
ping the ledge before her, Ma-
dame Fahmy never raised her
eyes. At the pronouncement,
"Not Guilty," her lips framed
the words, "Oh! Merci . "
as the thronged court burst into
cheers.
Mr. O'Donnell has been a
crime reporter for more than
twenty-five years during which
he attended mor e than three
hundred murder trials. In his
gripping book he not only
speaks of the great Yard detec-
tives with whom he was on
familiar terms, but throws a
fascinating light on the sombre
details of many crimes which
were never known to the pub -
110.
He has helped`± find the vital
Blue which cleared an innocent
woman; he spent the eve of exe-
cution with a woman distracted
with terror over her husband's
coming ordeal; and he writes
touchingly of a woman's noble
love for an ignoble murderer
and Of her insistence upon see-
ing him after execution,
o
i
2 , si
"It's your own doing, dear. You
told the to take up a hobby and
my hobby is bargains."
in. ;ADM. $Mill` -Prince Charles, the Duke of Cornwall, smiler
in this official court photo in honor, of his sixth birthday. This is
a:7e of the birthday studies of the Prince taken by photographer
• Marcus Adams in London,