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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-12-09, Page 2If you serve a light meal, you'll want a substantial dessert to concluded it; such as, pie, cobbler, or pudding. If you serve a large meal, your last course may be ice cream, sher- bet, fruit, or fluffy cake or whipped pudding. If your family has some spe- cial favorite dessert, it's often a good idea to start planning -'i menu, backwards, Then balance the dessert with your other courses. * * %k The once lowly bread pud- ding now comes to table dressed up with meringue top and, in this guise, is sure to become a favorite with both family and guests. Make this with either fresh, frozen, or canned sliced peaches. * * * PEACH MERINGUE BREAD PUDDING 1 pint ?2" soft bread cubes 1 pint sliced peaches 2 egg yolks 114 cups milk teaspoon each salt a n d cinnamon 34 teaspoon nutmeg 34 teaspoon vanilla IA cup each, brown (firmly packed) a n d granulated sugar MERINGUE: 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons sugar Combine bread cubes and peaches in greased 11/2 -qt. cas- serole. Beat egg yolks and com- bine with milk, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, vanilla, brown and white sugar. Pour liquid mix- ture over bread and peaches. Bake at 350° F. for 45 minutes. Remove from oven. For mer- ingue, beat egg whites until stiff. Add sugar gradually, con- tinuing to beat until mixture stands in peaks. Spread over top of pudding and return to oven for 15 minutes, or until. brown. Eight servings. % * * Now that you can reach to a shelf in the grocery store and get a can of apple sauce, this version of Heavenly Pie will probably appear often on your family menu. Top it with crush- sd peanut brittle and you'll gave a "company" dessert, * * HEAVENLY PIE 112 cups graham cracker crumbs z cups sp;ex ,h 3'teaspo$n cinnamon cup butter 2 cups apple sauce la pint heavy cream It teaspoon nutmeg 11 cup crushed peanut brittle Mix 1 cup crumbs, sugar, and Cinnamon. Blend in butter. Press into 9" pie plate. Bake at )75°F. for 10 minutes. Chill. hill apple sauce; add remain - tag Ye cup crumbs. Whip cream Ctifi. Fold in with nutmeg to apple sauce mixture. Spread over crumb pie shell. Chill. Just before serving cover with crush- ed peanut brittle. * * Almost everyone likes lemon dessert, and here is an easy -to - make lemon pudding that is dust right to top a heavy meal. LEMON SPONGE PUDDING 3/4 cup sugar ?i cup flour ;s teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon melted butter 14, cup lemon juice 'j teaspoon grated lemon rind 2-3 eggs separated 114 cups milk Combine sugar and flour; add salt, butter, lemon juice, ' a n d lemond rind. Beat egg yolks well; add milk. Combine with sugar mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold into milk mixture. Pour into greased custard cups or a baking dish. Place in shallow pan of hot wa- ter. Bake at 350°F. 40-45 min- utes. Serve with whipped cream if desired, Six ,servings. * .k PINEAPPLE PARTY CAKE 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin ! cup cold. water 3 beaten egg yolks 2 cups milk 1 cup sugar 1 No. 2 can crushed pine- apple 2 cups heavy cream, whipped 3 stiff -beaten egg whites 1 angel cake Soften gelatin in cold water. Combine beaten egg yolks, milk, and sugar. Cook over hot, not boiling, water, stirring con- stantly until the mixture coats a metal spoon. Remove from heat. Add softened gelatin and stir to dissolve; cool. Add pine- apple. Fold in whipped cream and egg whites. Line bottom and sides of a 10 -in. spring -form pan or tube pan with waxed paper. Remove crust from angel cake; tear into pieces with fork or fingers. Fill pan alternately with pieces of cake and spoon- fuls of custard mixture. Chill until firm. Unrnold and decorate with pineapple chunks and maraschino cherries. ;.* * You can skip the problem of doubling or tripling your fudge recipe this year. Here's. one for five pounds of superb creamy chocolate fudge — enough to keep plenty on hand for Christ- mas company, and to package in pretty gift boxes. It's easy for a brand-new cook to make, too. No worry about such indefinite directions as "cook to soft -ball stage." Just boil 5 minutes, mix thoroughly, and spoon into the pan. ww a= BRIDE AND GROOM—Singer Vic Damone and "actress Pier Angell are cheek -to -cheek as they teave St. Timothy's Church after their wedding in Hollywood. NEVER -FAIL FUDGE 1.4 e. butter ° 412 c. sugar 1 can (14% oz.) evaporated milk 1 c. marshmallow cream. , •' 1 bar (13 oz.) sweet choe.. late, grated 2 pkgs. (12 oz.) semi - sweet chocolate chips 2 tsp. vanilla 2. c. walnuts, coarsely chopped Combine butter, sugar, and milk. Boil 51/2 minutes. Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients, except nuts. Beat until well ,nixed. Add nuts. Spoon into buttered pan. Cool until firm. Then cut. Makes 5 pounds. `;thhf's Haul Was Judge's Obtaining a lift from a motor- ist, a Slough moulder told a hard -luck story, produced a ring and asked £3 for it. Later he was fined_ £5. for• toying to• •obe tain''money'"bp ' false pretencds, In court it was explained that the ring was worth only 2s. 6d. and the man he had hoped to diddle was a detective. Crooks are often on the look- out for weak -fibred members of the commtmity who will do al- most anything ifthreatened or well paid. But they frequently approach the wrong man, It was a detective whom Fran- cisco Mariaini (now in jail) ask- ed to kill his wife "without get- ting any blood on the carpets." And when three armed gun- men raked the underworld for a good get -away driver after a bank robbery, they lit upon a detective in disguise who drove them straight into a police trap. Dishonest dealing of any kind rarely pays. And it can result in tragedy. In one case it led to the death of a man's whole family. "Misadventure" was the verdict at a Lancashire inquest early this year, after husband, wife and two young daughters had been found gassed, The hus- band had so fixed up things that he could obtan gas without its registering on the meter. The crooked fraternity don't by any means get things all SON HELD t%Y REDS—Mrs. H. L. Baumer Ti&&ds a picture of her son, Maj. William Baumer, sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the Chinese Reds, ig their own way. Thieves have had a few shocks recently and their victims have had last laugh. One man who .walked away with tie suitacase :at,Haaerstoi, Maryland, found inside not'''the expensive clothes he had hoped to sell, but ten -foot python. "I hope we never come across each other again," . wrote an- other luggage snatcher, posting back the bag he had stolen from a train. The man he had robbed was a judge on 'circuit and the case contained his wig and robes, • Burglars Left Note A couple of burglars at Knox- ville, Tennessee, spent quite a time blasting open a safe, only to find it empty. They left be- hind a note; "Why didnt you leave some money in this thing? In Australia a suspect was . highly indignant at the sugges- tion that he was in possession of a camera stolen from a fel- low hotel guest. His protesta- tions might have succeeded if the police had not looked inside the camera, 'Unknowingly, the man had snapped himself in front of a mirror in 'the hotel room. A thief whose, " nishment i ' really fitted his era -et dis- covered ina a Paris cinema one morning. He had secreted him- self there the previous evening, intending to slip away when the place was crowded again. But he couldn't resist all the choco- lates on the confectionery Coun-, ter, and it was there the police found him -- crippled with in- digestion. Caught in The Egg Trap An incident i n somewhat similar vein is reported from Essex. A doctor in the local hospital was convinced that one of the staff was stealing his eggs. So he injected something into one of the eggs and laid his trap, In the middle of the night came an anguished appeal from the wife of one of the porters: "Please come. My husband's very ill!" Solemnly the doctor gazed at the man. „'You've been eating eggs?" he asked. "Only one," gasped the porter, clasping his stomach, "Eggs," said the doctor, "are very bad for you. Especially my eggs " It's • a mercy for the law that crooks appear to be poor psy- chologists. At tunes they choose their victims badly, Last July, when an Arab tried to pick the picket of a man; dos- ing on a Paris bench, he 'was caught in the act, Then he din- covered, that his prey Was a flew tective especially assigned to protect tourist from pick- pockets, How C n1? Q, How can I dry shampoo the hair? A. If the hair is light mix two ounces of oatmeal or cornmeal and one ounce of powdered or- ris root. Shake well into the hair, leave for a short time and brush out; this will make the hair nice and fluffy. Q. How should oyster plant be prepared? _ A. Wash it, then cover with boiling' water. Cook 45 minutes to an hour, or until soft. Then .peel, cut into desired sizes, and serve with cream sauce. Q. Ilow can I lengthen the life of rubber overshoes? ' A. A little glycerin rubbed over the overshoes accassional- ly will clean the rubber and pre- vent its drying out. Q. How can I remove choco- late and cocoa stains? A. If they cannot be removed with soap' and hot water, sprin- kle with borax and soak in cold *titer .'.hen:- rinse. .thorqughly nlm''boilzng water, if .material is washable. For silk wool, sponge with lukewarm water. Q. How can I remove grease •stains on leather? A. Turpentine will remove grease stains from leather. The entire surface may then be re- vived by rubbing with the beat- en white of an egg. Q. How can I make a hand cleanser? A. Use a i aste made of vine- gar and cornmeal for removing stains from the hands and keep- ing them in good condition. Q. How can 1 remove dust stains? A. Do not brush too vigorous- ly because it merely drives the stains into the material. When a light brushing is not effective, rub with a soft cloth dampened in cleaning fluid. Q. How can I make use of the vinegar from bottle pickles? A. Save it and use when mak- ing French dressing. It will add a pungent, spicy flavor. Q, How can I make a gargleit for a sore throat? A. Alum dissolved in water makes a very effective gargle for a sore throat. Q. How can I fasten the han- dle of a cooking fork or other piece of cutlery when it has be- come loosened? A. Seal it by pouring melted resin into the hole alongside the metal part, Or, fill the hole with finely powdered resin and push the metal prong on handle, heated very hot, into the resin filled hole, It will be as good as new, Drink Like Fin Fire ° For Your Heath Sea -water bars are being opened at some German resorts, There you can order a pint of water distilled from sea -water, pleasantly flavoured •vith orange or lemon. There are "Neptune" cocktails for adults, and sea- water minerals in many flavours for children. But why drink sea -water, even though it has been treated and flavoured? Because, say German health experts, there's nothing like it for restoring energy and even for quenching ' thirst. It still doesn't sound palatable to most of us, but workers in heavy industrial areas of Ger- many are now regularly drink- ing bottles of special sea -water in their works canteens. The water is said to contain vital matter which, when added to the body's organism, gives it WW1 resistance to disease, C i!r- ANNIKIIP ,ML ,= Must Stay Bachelor Until Sisters Wed A girl of twenty-one and her fiance, aged twenty-nine, left their homes in Holland recently• and crossed the Channel to get married there. Immediately after the ceremony, they return- ed home to the Dutch village where they live—to face the music! It happened because in Hol- land a girl cannot marry with- out the consent of her parents until she is thirty. Nine years is rather a long time for a girl in love to wait, so over they came to England, where parental per- mission is only. needed for the under -twenty -ones. However, -there are always plenty of 'teen-age couples in England, with their heads full of stories about the Gretna Green weddings (no longer legal), who are so anxious to plunge into matrimony that they go rush- ing up to Scotland where paren- tal consent is not required, even to the marriage of minors. Quite often they are amazed to discover, on arrival, that there is a "residential qualification"— you have to live in Scotland for fifteen days before you can marry there! tain rheumatic, gout and stom- ach disorders are greatly re- lieved by sea -water minerals, it is claimed. Thirty years ago a doctor lea uring at the London College of Physiology mentioned the cura- tive properties of sea -water. He explained that the water was of the same composition as the fluid which nourishes our body cells. He describes how sea -water for medical use in England had been collected at a spot in the Atlantic twenty miles from the north-west coast of Ireland. Sterile drums were lowered in- to the sea and filled at a depth of five fathoms, After being filtered, the wa- ter was diluted with spring water to bring it to the same specific gravity as blood. It was then administered by hypoder- mic injection. The doctor said he had suc- cessfully treated with sea -water people suffering from anaemia, catarrh, neuritis, neurasthenia and chronic headaches. GRAVITY AND RECORDS kow:much de variationsin the force of gravity affect athletic records? This is not as fantastic a question as it seems; and scientists at the National Physi- cal Laboratory are, looking into it, The force of gravity is not the same everywhere in the world—it is weaker nearer the equator.' An athlete weighing 200 pounds at the North Pole would weigh 199 pounds at the equator. Near the equator, therefore, an athlete might be able to jump a little farther or higher or hurl a javelin slightly better. After all, athletic re- cords are set up more often than not by very small differences. Melbourne is the site of the 1956 Olympic Games and Mel- bourne is twenty-two degrees closer to the equator than Hel- sinki, site of the 1952 Games. Will many of the 1952 records be broken at Melbourne in 1956 simply because the pull of gravity is less there? In Alberta, Canada, to marry between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, you need the consent of both parents, but of only one if you are bet'veen eighteen and twenty-one. On the other hand, a girl over eighteen who is self-supporting and living apart from her parents can marry without their permission. YUKON BRIDES OF TWELVE The youngest you can marry in Ontario is fourteen, but the parents' consent is required if you are under eighteen. In Quebec and Yukon .a prospective bridegroom must be fourteen and a bride not less than twelve. Saskatchewan expects both par- ties to wait until they are fifteen to go to the altar. In Prince Edward Island, where the banns are only published in church once instead of three times, boys require parental consent if un- der twenty-one and girls up to eighteen. Western Australia does not permit marriage for boys under fourteen and girls of less than twelve. But, if you break the law and marry before that, you get the chance to "affirm" or "disaffirm" your vows when you reach the minimum age. (One of the only marriage laws which gives both parties a second chance! ) South Africa demands that the bridegroom should be eight- een and the bride sixteen; Paki- stan stipulates eighteen and fourteen; India sixteen and thirteen for native Christians. If you get married in Barba- dos, the police magistrate hangs a copy of the notice outside his office for fourt ran days, during which time any objector is en- titled to write "Forbidden" against your names. if that hap- pens, there • is liable to be con- siderable delay while the objec- tion is thoroughly investigated. CEREMONIAL FIRE .A Mohammedan bridegroom must get the consent of the bride's next-of-kin before he can arrange the wedding. The Chinese favour "a respectable elderly man" for the ceremony, which should be witnessed by "a few persons," and a Hindu wedding is conducted by the priest before the ceremonial fire and witnessed by relatives of both. parties.. 'One of the. 'strange innova- tions introduced into marriage by the : Soviets is the right of both parties to choose which name they will use. Since the couple are absolutely equal in law, the husband can take the wife's name or the wife keep her own—or the bride can, of course, be thoroughly old- fashioned and take her. hus- band's. In some parts of Greece a very strange custom concerning mar- riage is still observed: the man or men of the family cannot marry until all the sisters have found husbands. So the poor un- fortunate brother of a lot of ugly sisters is condemned to be a bachelor — or must resort to sororicide! And Sassenachs who rather fancy the idea of wearing a kilt may like to know that they have only to choose a Scottish bride and may then wear the tartan of her clan. KEEPING THE WILL SECRET—Mrs. Irene Perez holds a will written: on the back side of a 1954 bank calendar, after it was filed with the Los Angeles county clerk, Walter C. Wyland's last testa• meat left $30,000 estate to a neighbor friend, Doris Vroubat„ who found the will when the was cleaning Wyland's roaP(t.