HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-02-28, Page 3New Provinces To Be
Reclaimed From Sea
One slay round about the year
975 they will hoist flags on fine
buildings in a new capital city the
site of which is at present covered
by the sea, To -day a buoy marks
the place where the capital -to -be
of Holland's twelfth province, now
being reclaimed from the former
Zuider Zee, will be established.
This.amaaing scheme, which be-
gan in 1950, will cost Holland's
taxpayers at least a quarter of a
billion dollars and will take a quar-
ter of a century to complete. An
area half the size of Lincolnshire
will be won from the sea.
Part of the new province, on
North-East Polder, has already
been reclaimed and 7,800 people
have settled in. Fifty farmers who
were dispossessed during the war
at Walcheren — where R.A.F.
bombers smashed the dykes—are
among those operating virgin acres
where. waves were lapping not long
a g o. The Government • parcelled
the land out to them on 30 -year
leases; it is too expensive for the
farmers to buy.
This reclaimed land is enormous-
ly fertile. Crops are being sown
although •it lies about 12 feet be-
low the level of the water lapping
at the dykes around it. But the
Dutch, undismayed by difficulties,
are slowly pushing ahead, and a
queue of farmers who want land
patiently await the day when they,
too, can start farming on the re-
claimed acres. There are at least
50 applicants for every parcel of
land freed from the sea.
Holland, among all European
countries, has been for- centuries
t h e greatest victim of the sea's
ravages, The sea swallowed up
more than thirty villages and des-
troyed much of the fertile penin-
sula near the mouth of the Ems
in the 'thirteenth century.
Flooding opened an immense
chasm in Northern Holland and
created the Zuider Zee, causing
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But, They're So-So—Sewing expert Ann Necchi teaches the wonders
of the sewing machine to a class of wide-eyed boys at the Madison
Square Boys' Club. Free classes for boys ranging, in age from
seven to 10 are conducted each week at the club. Once they master
the art of machine draning and button replacement, the boys will
go on to the more artistic subjects of embroidery and applique
work.
more than 80,000 deaths". But
worse was to follow. •In 1921, a
great gale so swelled the waters
of the Meuse that in one night 72
villages and 100,000 inhabitants
were overwhelmed.
Similar catastrophes followed in
later centuries; flourishing •cities
vanished under the waters. There
was an immense loss of life and
countless animals as well as men
and women perished.
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There was a time—believe it or
not—when the word "hamburger"
brought ,us visions of the trips to
the Exhibition Midway, the local
Fall Fair, or something of the kind.
In other words, hamburgers just
weren't considered as a regular
item on the family menu.
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But those •days are gone, per-
haps forever. ` Ever since the price
of meat started its present upward
journey, families who irever'before
used ground beef 'patties` as the
meat for dinner are now b u s y
learning new ways to prepare then
and new names to call them.
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A buying tip for hamburger-
always insist on freshly ground
beef, or have chuck, round, flank,
plate, brisket, shank, or neck meat
ground before your eyes. If meat
is very lean, add 2 ounces of suet
per pound of ground meat. Cover
ground meat lightly with waxed
paper and store it in the coldest
part of the refrigerator, and use
it within 2 days.
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The all -Canadian hamburger is
made of this ground beef seasoned
with salt and usually with chopped
onion, pan -browned in a small am-
ount of fat' in a skillet and served
on a bun. To broil this meat pat-
ty, place in a pan and broil 3
inches from heat source (make
hamburgers thick for cooking),
and turn once to brown on each
side.
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When ready to serve, spread
with two tablespoons of butter
mixed with one of the follow-
ing: 2 tablespoons Worcestershire
sauce; 1 tablespoon prepared mus-
tard,; 2 tablespoons blue cheese;
2 tablepoons chopped chives; or
2 tablespoons catsup and 1 teas-
poon chili powder.
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To make broiled hamburgers
into cheeseburgers, before you re-
move them from the broiler, top.
each with a slice of cheese and
broil 2 minutes more, or until
cheese begins to melt.
* * *
A variation of the hamburger is
called Salisbury steak. It is usu-
ally simply seasoned with salt and
pepper and pan-fried. Onions are
served on the side.
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SOUR CREAM SAUCE
2 tablespoons flour
/ cup water
/ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon horse -radish
1/4 teaspoon thyme
When Salisbury steaks are cook-
ed, remove to •warm plate and stir
flour in drippings in skillet. Add
remaining ingredients and bring
to boiling point, stirring constantly.
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For a "South of the Border"
tang to your ground meat patties,
snake meat balls Mexicana a n d
a terve with a hearty tomato -corn-
chili sauce.
MEAT BALLS MEXICANA
1 pound ground beef
5. cup rolled oats uncooked
sji cup tomato juice (use liquid
from' tomatoes for sauce)
4 tablespoons chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
/ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
SAUCE:
/ cup chopped onion
1 No. 2/ can tomatoes
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 No. 2 can whole kernel corn,
drained
Combine all meat ball' ingredi-
ents. Shape into 12 balls. Pan-fry
in hot fat until brown, Add sauce
ingredients. Cover and simmer 25
minutes. Makes 4 servings.
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A cheese crusted hamburger pie si
makes a party dish of ground meat.
Serve it for lunch with a tossed
green salad.
CHEESE CRUSTED
HAMBURGER PIE
1 garlic bud, sliced
3 tablespoons fat
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons chopped green
peppers
TA cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 No. 2 can tomato juice (21A
cups)
/ cup chopped celery
2 teaspoons Worcestershire
sauce
Fry garlic in fat in heavy skil-
let for about 5 minutes. Remove
garlic and place beef and green
pepper in, skillet and brown well.
Stir in flour and salt. Add tomato
juice and cook until thickened,
stirring constantly. Stir in celery
and Worcestershire• sauce. Pour
into 8 -inch square baking dish and
top with cheese pastry.
CHEESE PASTRY
1/ cups sifted uour
/ teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
3/ cup shredded Canadian
cheese
3 tablespoons cold water
(about)
Sift flour and salt together and
cut in shortening; add cheese.
Sprinkle with water. Mix lightly
until dough begins to stick to-
gether. Roll out about / inch
thick. Cut into 8 -inch square and
cover hamburger mixture. Cut re-
maining pastry into strips / inch
on top of 8 -inch pastry square.
Bake at 400°F. about 30 minutes.
Makes 4 servings.
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• Most people have favorite meat
1 o a f recipes in which they use
ground beef. Make your favorite
loaf and use the following sugges-
tions for an extra touch.
Glaze your loaf by inverting it,
after it is baked, on a baking sheet
and brushing it with a mixture of
mustard and catsup. Return to
hot oven for 10 minutes. For a
white -capped loaf, 30 minutes be-,
fore it is done cover loaf with; a'
row of overlapping onion cliees
and continue baking. To make.'
midget loaves, ,bake loaf mixture
inmuffin pans. For meat loaf ring,
pack mixture into a ring . mold . and
bake 45 minutes. Let stand in
warm place a few minutes then in-
vert on a platter and fill center
with buttered vegetables.
SALLY'S SALLIES
"Don't look so worried, sir. The
fourth is not expected until an- •
other half hour!" .
Real "Model" Wife
The first tailor's dummy was in-
tended to represent the Virgin
Mary;
Its inventor was Bartolomeo Bac-
cin della Porta, a 16th -century
Italian monk who was attached to
the inonastery of San Marco, in
Florence.
He liked t'o paint scenes from the
life of Christ, A central figure in-.:
most of these scenes, as the ar-tiat ,
saw them, was the Virgin Mary, birt "
ther% was no woman•who could sit
for 'heiint.
O day the artist had an idea.
He�parved pieces of wood into,
s14, fashioning head, trunk ands:,
limb's', and wired them together. r
Next he adapted a monk's habit :in
to titdress and clothed the model.::
".-N,e'vvs of this. brought Tonino,
dressmaker to the Italian Court,
Exa ;:filing the model he soon re
aliz'et"-jhow such a model could, help
hirtii his work. He went home and'
m , onefor himself. He called it
chino," ' or dress holder.
ere was no living mannequins
unt t the 19th century, Charles
Fick Worth, a ladies' tailor
wrt$ an exclusive clientele, used to
mak occasional journeys to Paris,
to Pee the latest models. His method
was;.'to stand in shops and memor-
i be dresses of the customers.
On one occasion he wandered in-
to ;;,haberdasher's shop and his at-
tentpn was caught by one of the
saki, girls. To help a customer to
judge the looks of a shawl this girl
slipped it across her own shoulders.'
paring the next half-hour Worth
wat hied her do this several times
and slowly it dawned on him that
if a girl could do that with a shawl
and *effect a sale as a result, what
could she not do with an exclusive
dre?
1'-f: waited until the shop had
close, and when the sales 'girl left
the remises he spoke to her. Hav-
ing',;Convinced her that his proposi-
tiotlwas genuine, he asked her if
she_ would leave her shop, go with
hint to London and wear his dress
creations. Eventually the girl ag-
reed and some weeks later London
flocked to see the latest novelty —
a mannequin parade with only one
mannequin!
It was so successful that Worth
arranged another a few weeks later.
This time the mannequin was Mrs.
Worth, He had fallen in love with
his model and married her!
New and Useful
World's Loudest Noise
This handy gadget will liven up
any dull party. Powered by 180
hp engine, a three stage compres-
sor drives air through six giant
hornsat speeds exceeding 400 mph,
Maker , claims resulting sound
(rated at 173 •decibels) is "the
lou d est mechanically contrived
,, noise ever devised by man for
sustained output." Designed for
civil defense use, the siren revolves
on its base. In good weather is
said to be heard in a circular area
with 16 -mile diameter.
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Winter Comfort on the Job
,Propane gas is used in this
handy portable heater which is
said to raise room temperature by
50 degrees in less than half an
hour. Also useful for outdoors.
* * *
Window Insulation
Mounted on custom-built frames
that fit individual casings, two
sheets of .0 light, transpar,
plastic insulate glass and ars
to be 6/% .clearer as no condensa'
tion will form. Guaranteed againall
yellowing, they will not crack, ell
light and easy to store, Applie$
to pane's inside surface.
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Salt Without Shaking
New table salt will pour eve*
when water is added. ContaliMf
calcium silicate to do the trick,
* * *
Pine -Odor Oil
A special ingredient gives a pilots
smell to oil for use in kerosen
lamps and for strting charcoal!
fires. Packaged in quart cans.
* * *
Safe Money Chest
Engineered to give maxiriuuta
protection for cash collections, ver-
satile depository has wide applies.:
tion for companies using rout
salesmen and collectors. By unique/
rotary hopper, removal of cub
after deposit has been made Is
physically impossible, the maks
states. Stands four feet high, witlf
upper and lower doors.
Gamma Corn—Dr. Ralph Singleton examines genetic changes, or
mutations, in kernels of corn which have been exposed to varying
amounts of Gamma rays. The kernels in the Targe piles remained
unchanged. Those in the small piles, being closer, were changed.
Some of the mutations were for color and some for sweetness.
CaB1C0.1Xt TELLS THE WORLD
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V V V A A • -�� Cid
"'Say 'Canada' and you think of
.sparkling -clear air; of icv, teeming
.streams; of sun -drenched farms and
orchards. It seems only natural, then,
that there should be an especially clean
taste to so many of the'goodathings
from this favoured land."
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The above illustration and text are from an advertisement
now being published by The House of Seagram throughout
Speckled trout.,.
The thrill of•the day's catch—
the clean taste that's unforgettable
—for this, fishermen come thousands
of miles to Canada every year,
the world—in Latin America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. This
' is one of a series of advertisements featuring Canadian
scenes and Canadian food specialties. They are designed
to make Canada better known throughout the world, and
to help our balance of trade by assisting our Government's
efforts to attract tourists to this great land.
The House of Seagram feels that the horizon of industry
does not terminate at the boundary of its plants; it has a
broader: horizon, a farther view --a view dedicated to. the
development of Canada's stature in every land of the globe.
the touse of Seal ram