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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-09-15, Page 2TJMLF,ews TALIfS There are dozens of different recipes for the popular "bread and butter" pickles; but in case you have lost yours, or would like to try a different one, I don't believe you can do bet- ter than this. Bread and Butter Pickles 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon each, salt and white mustard seed 1'i teaspoon each, dry must- ard and turmeric 1 tablespoon celery seed 3 cups cider vinegar 1 cup water 9 medium cucumbers, sliced without paring 9 medium white onions, peel- ed and thinly sliced Mix together the dry ingredi- ents; blend to paste with part ce the vinegar, then add re- maining vinegar; add water. Boil for about 5 minutes. Add sliced cucumbers and onions; boil 3 minutes. Seal hot in small jars. * * .Jam made of green tomatoes may sound rather incongruous, but those who have tried it say it's simply delicious. Easy to prepare, too! Green Tomato Jam 5 pounds green tomatoes, slic- ed thin 3 pounds sugar 3 tablespoons lime juice Combine sliced . tomatoes and sugar and allow to stand over- night. Boil gently until mixture begins to thicken. Remove from heat and add lime juice. Place in sterilized jars and seal. * * * In my part of the Province we don't seem to see many quinces nowadays; which is rather a pity because I can re- member how good they used to taste when I was a lot younger. In case they are available where you live, the following recipe comes highly recommended. Quince Money 4 large quinces, grated 2 pounds sugar 2 quarts water Combine sugar and water and Taring to boiling point; add DIP TRIP — Diane Williams loses no time on her trip from Miami to the Bahamas for swimming. She's "Miss Florida Sunshine" and travels In a bathing suit when she flies to the island re- sort. grated quince and boil until thick. Place in sterilized jars and seal with paraffin. * Some time ago a reader wrote to The Christian Science Monitor asking for a recipe for making an oId - country deli- cacy known as "parkin." Many replies were received and in a recent issue two of the recipes were published. I'm passing them along to you, with the comments, just in case any of you are of Cornish, Yorkshire or Lancashire birth or descent. * * . With her recipe for parkin, Mrs. Elsie G. Howe, Ottawa, Canada, writes: "Recently an English frierri from London did a repair job in our home far me arid whan I asked what I could do in return, replied, 'Make me some parkin.' I tried several recipes, but none came up to my memories of parkin, so I wrote to Lancashire cous- ins and asked them to send me a family recipe. I haVe used it several times — and my English friend seems to approve! "I have always been under the impression that parkin is traditionally Lancashire," con- tinues Mrs. Howe. "A quiz ar- ticle in a recent English maga- zine seems to confirm this, for in answers giving the tradition- al food for various counties, parkin was the answer for Lan- cashire. It was described as a gingerbread made wtih oatmeal. I suggest that for baking park- in, you line a tin or glass bak- ing dish with heavy brown paper — and don't overbake. Use an 111/2 x 9 x 2 -inch baking dish." • Mrs. Howe's Parkin 1/2 pound flour (11/2 cups) %, pound medium oatmeal (1% cups) 3i pound brown sugar (2/& cup) 3 ounces butter (6 table- spoons) 10 ounces treacle (1r¢ cups molasses) 1 teaspoon ginger era pint milk (I/s cup) 1 teaspoon baking soda Melt together butter, sugar, and treacle with a little of the milk„ Combine flour, oatmeal, and ginger and add to melted butter mixture, Stir well. Dis- solve soda in remaining milk and add. Pour quickly into well - greased tin. Bake at 310°F. for an hour and 20 minutes. * * * Mrs. Phyllis D. Hamilton sends a recipe using cornmeal instead of oatmeal. "This park- in is heavy and chewy when done, so don't cook until dry looking. Store it in a closed con- tainer when cool," she writes, Mrs. Hamilton's Parkin 2 cups cornmeal 1 cup flour 1 cup light sirup 1 cup sugar 2 cups shortening 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ginger Pinch salt Milk -- a little Sift together the flour, corn- meal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and ginger. Heat shorten- ing and sirup; add dry ingredi- ents. Beat eggs slightly, add milk, and mix with first mix- ture. Beat well. Pour ' into greased pan and bake at 375°F. for about 1 hour. Pleasure is necessarily recipro- cal; no one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased one must please. —LORD CHESTERFIELD REAL COWGIRL -+ That's 16 -year-old Mena Wood, taught her pet Slack Angus cow, "Congo" to carry her in a saddle. NASHUA ALL THE WAY— Eddie Arcaro drives Nashua under the finish line to win the $100,000 winner -take -all classic at Washington Park, Chicago. Swaps, with Willie Shoemaker up, trails by six -and -one-half lengths. Proving Theory Almost Killed Her When the police were investi- gating the murders by "prides in the Bath" Smith .in, ;1.915 there arose some doubt' -about whether a young and healthy woman could be forcibly drown- ed in her bath. It was alleged that immediately after "mar- riage" Smith persuaded the bride to settle her property on him. Then induced her to take a bath, and while she was doing sto seized her legs andraised them, forcing her head under. To test whether this could be done effectively a nurse volun- teered to act as victim. She donned a bathing costume and climbed into a bath of water. An offical seized her legs ' and her head went under.' She proved the truth of the theory almost too well—they had to give her artificial respiration! In another case' a..senior Scot- land Yard officer was ca44 to view the body of an unknown man who was found head down- wards ownwards in a waterbutt outside a country cottage. At first sight it looked• like murder because the man had an ugly wound on his forehead. The detective carefully ex- amined all the ourroundings, in- cluding the garden fence, and. then gave his opinion. He thought that it was accidental death. The man had hurt his head climbing through the fence and went to bathe it in the water -butt. As he lowered his head he over -balanced and fell in. Another man refused to be- lieve the detective's explanation. He strode to the water -butt to demonstrate how impossible it would be for such an accident to occur. As he bent over the butt there was a muffled ':yell, a mighty splash . and two legs waved wildly in the air! Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. Is it considered necessary to repeat a person's name when being introduced? A. Just "How do you do" is sufficient, but it is always nicer if you do repeat the otherr per- son's name after this greeting, It seems to indicate that you have really paid attention to the in- troduction. Q. When eating a baked po- tato, is it correct to take the po- tato from the skin and mash it on the plate? A. No; the proper way is to split the potato and then eat it directly fromthe skin. Q. Is it necessary to write anything on the card that gocom- panies a wedding gift? A. No, The card with your naive on it is sufficient, as good wishes and congratulations are offered at the reception, Q. Whose plaee is it to set the date of the wedding, the bride or. the bridegroom? A. After the prospective bride and bridegroom have decided be- tween themselves that circum- stances are favorable for their wedding, it is up to the bride and her mother to decide the exact date° Q. Should asnaragus be eaten with the fingers? A. No. It is ill-bred to take up this dripping vetable with the fingers. It is properly eaten with the fork. Q. What type of stationery should be used by people .In meurnin*? A. White stationery of good quality is correct, and this is now generally preferred to black - bordered stationery. Q. When one receives a for- mal engraved invitation to some social affair, and is very busy, wouldn't it be all right to tele- phone the hostess one's accep- tance or regrets? - A, Never. A formal invita- tion alwaysrequires a formal reply, handwritten on note paper - and expressed in ,the third person. Q. Please suggest a toast a man can propose to his wife on her birthday? A. "To my wife. May we love as long as we live, and live as long as we love." Q. Whoprovides the bouton- nieres for the best man and the ushers at a wedding? A. The bridegroom_ . When introducing two per- sons, it is proper to say, "Mrs. Smith, this is Mr. Jones; Mrs. Sones,Mrs. Smith?" A. No; it is altogether unnec- • essary to mention the names twice.' Heartbroken Swan Killed By Grief Country folk living deep in the heart of Essex will long remem- ber the story of the swan with the broken heart. Some time ago he was found, amid the weeds of a disused sandpit, standing guard beside his snowy -white mate. She had died and he was, ob- viously grief-stricken. Kindly animal welfare experts called to the spot feared that he would pine to death. Said one: "A swan has only one mate and is faithful to. her always." In the end the broken-hearted swan was persuaded to leave the spot for a spell in hospital to help him to forget. It was then planned to set him free on a big lake in another part of the country, far from the disused pit end its memories. Naturalists say that many creatures do experience grief and that some even shed tears. Some years ago there was a giraffe at Sydney Zoo which wept for several days following the sudden death of its mate. The founder of an animal wel- fare organization declared, "I can unhesitatingly say that ani- mals do sometimes die from grief." She quoted the case of a monkey which, having lost its mate, was in a state of collapse. It would eat nothing and just sat brooding over its loss. Then, after a few hours, it died. But if animals feel grief, some also have a sense of humour. A famous observer of animal con- duct maintained that many can actually laugh. "Some dogs raise the upper lip and show their teeth clearly with a curious grinning expres- sion," he said. "When this is accompanied by wagging of the tail, it may be regarded as what, in a human being, would be called a broad smite," An orange-outang at London Zoo used to show every sign of pleasure when its practical jokes excited laughter. Gilbert White, the groat naturalist, told of a pet magpie which had a laugh so hearty, joyous and natural that no one who heard it could help joining in. SUOCES: STORY "My garden was such a suc- " cess this year," boasted a gentle- man farmer, "that my neighbor's chickens took first prize at the poultry show." Lost Forty Topt Hats to Souvenir Hunters The Royal Family's oldest in ern b e r, eighty-two-year-old Princess Marie Louise, returned from an amazing tour of central Africa, a journey that took her through jungle areas that were untrodden and unexplored ter- ritory only a few years ago. The Duke of Edinburgh, too, recently returned from a visit to the French Riviera where he was held up by speed cops and yet :sti11 outpaced reporters at the wheel of his supercharged car. Soon he is to go with the Queen on their State visit to Norway and already he is plan- , ning his Olympic Games trip to Melbourne next year, The Royal Family to -day is travelling the world with a speed and facility never before known. The Queen Mother's trip to New York, Princess Marga- ret's tour of the Caribbean, the visit to Canada of the Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra are all to be capped shortly by zestful new globetrotting ex- periences. Yet not so long ago, when Queen Victoria went to Nice, she insisted on taking all her serv- ants—and a household of over 100 people had to be transported overseas. Water specially boiled for the Queen had to be ready at every station along the line. Courtiers telegraphed ahead whenever. the Queen wanted something to drink but equerries complained that they could scarcely get a jug of hot shaving water. It was even worse when the old Queen went to Balmoral— a venturesome journey for those days. Men were posted every 200 yards along the rail route, while the Queen sat with her hand on a semaphore signal marked Slower, Faster and Stop. On one occasion the . Queen went up by sea, the royal yacht had to be towed and the Queen was sick all the way! It's a good many years since Edward VII, as Prince of Wales, inaugurated modern -style royal travel by visiting Canada and the United States. In order not to offend republican America, he travelled incognito. as Baron Renfrew. Even then, so many ardent republicans wanted to grab the royal topper as a sou- venir that • the Prince actually lost and had to replace forty top -hats. A .generation later George V as a youngster cruised the world in the Bacchante. The ship was a 4,000 -ton corvette but states- men were so anxious for royal safety that the captain first had to cruise the ocean in search of a storm to discover whether the vessel would capsize. ° All was well, but when the Bacchante was 400 miles from Australia she ran into rough weather that tore the rudder sideways. The steering gear re- fused to function and the ship began drifting in a hurricane towards the Antarctic. For three anxious days and nights the skipper had no sleep . until he was at last able to efect repairs and turn the vessel northwards. By comparison, Perhaps the worst nautical experience of our own Queen was when she last left Canada in the. teeth of a Newfoundland gale. The light- er conveying her to the waiting destroyer almost stood on end. Almost everybody aboard was sick—except the Queen. Though she used to dislike the sea, she swung aboard the de- stroyer saying, "I'm famished, I'd like to eat right away!" As comparatively recently as 1939, the visit of King George VI and his Queen to Washing- ton caused an extraordinary flurry in the White Ipuse, Be- cause Washington tlt.inkin g- water does ;not make good tea, the experts had samples of Lon- don water sent over. These were analysed and then gallons of 10- cal water were filtered and "re- built" to be like the sample from London. According to Mrs. Nesbitt, President Roosevelt's housekeep- er, a confidential memo from the British Government stipulated that tea should always be ready, even at midnight. The King's bed was to be placed with the head against the wall, never with the side against the wall, and even hot-water hopes for the ladies- in-waiting were specified be- Jorehand, Despite these careful prepara- tions, a secretary checked the King's room, at the last mo- ment—and noticed that the pic- _ture above his bed showed Bri- tish forces surrendering to George Washington after the battle of Yorktown. The offending picture was hastily replaced with a harmless flower study! Similarly, when the King and Queen visited Paris, the Queen's bed was that of Marie Antoi- nette, and every item of bed - clothing, including the blankets, was specially woven for the oc- casion. Cudly Bears Saved Australia's cuddly, lovable little koala bears have been saved from extinction. It is re- ported from Victoria that since animal -lovers and the Govern—. ment stepped in twenty-five years ago in a determined effort\ to save the koala bear, there has been an increase of more than 100 per cent in their numbers, and that the threat of extinction has now completely disappear- ed. - The koala bear is a fastidious little animal, eating only the tips•of a special kind of eucalyp- tus, the manna gum. If he can't get these tips, he doesn't eat, and starves to death. When this was discovered, the Government hurriedly sought tips to keep the koalas going while a special re- serve was set aside for them and plenty of manna gums planted. The food problem has been solved and the koalas are thriv- ing. NICE CATCH — The way Spike Jones, shown here, tells it, the big one didn't get away. He was "deep sea" fishing in a Las Vegas swimming pool and came up with a mermaid (named Ida Mercier), So he posed in the typical fisherman's stance with his five-foot, nine-inoh, 135 pound catch. "SOMEONE WELCHED ON US" — Playfully tossing a beach- ba 1 in happier days are Joan Rawlings, right, and Carol Singleton, winner and runner-up hi the "Miss Bikini U.S.A. of 1954" 'beauty pageant. But the shapely lassies were not so happy in Miami when they filed $10,000 and $5000. damage suits against contest sponsor, Pierre M. Andre, who they claim welched on the promised seven -week cruise and tore up their .$107 -a -week contracts.