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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-07-23, Page 2LE TALKS f an¢ Andrews It is some time now since 1 .last passed on to you any recipes from the "old" countries. Norway hs noted for many fine dishes that make for hearty eating and I'm sure that the first two, which stern from that country, will meet with your approval. a * NORWEGIAN MEAT BALLS w Combine 1 lb. finely ground beef 1 lb, finely ground pork Y�4 c. cream 1 tblsp. melted butter 1 tbisp. catsup S4 tsp. ginger 2 tsp, pepper SS tsp. pepper c9 Blend until thoroughly mixed. cp Shape into 24 (1 -inch) bails, ra Melt in heavy frying pan 2 tbisp. fat q Brown meat balls on all sides. •) Dissolve 3 beef bouillon cubes in 3 e. boiling water cup broth over meat i Pour 1 balls, Cover minutes. platter. • Blend until smooth pan. Simmer for 20 Remove meat. balls to ? e. flour. N c. beef broth • Add to gravy in pan. Stir' in .remaining broth. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Serve over meat balls. Serves 6. * * * NORWEGIAN PRUNE PUDDING • Soak for one .hour. 14 ib. prunes in 2 e. cold. water • Cook until soft in• water in which they were soaked, about 20 minutes. Cool. *Pit prunes and remove ker- taels from pits. Chop the kernels, . Add to the prunes 142 c. sugar 1 tsp. lemon juice 2 tsp. grated. lemon rind 1 -inch stick cinnamon 11/2 c. boiling water • Simmer 15 minutes •) Combine 2 tblsp. corn- starch 2 tblsp. cold water • Stir to make a smooth paste and add to prune mixture. Cook 5 minutes more, or until thick- ened. Remove cinnamon. • Add the chopped prune ker- nels and 1.6 c. chopped nuts • four into 6 individual molds that have been rinsed with cold i"1VIy husband is daffy about flowers and sn a*e his clothes." water. Chill until firm. Turn out and serve with cream— "pour- ing" or whipped. • Serves 6. * * SOUR -CREAM RAISIN PIE Prepare pastry for 1 -crust, 9 - inch pie. • Pour hot water over 1 c. raisins % Let stand 20 minutes. Drain, Combine raisins with ? e. sugar 1 tblsp, flour 1 tsp.. cinnamon !-� tsp. nutmeg ?',i tsp. salt - • Add 1 c, sour cream 3 egg yolks, beaten 1 tblsp, melted butter 1 tsp. vanilla • Blend until smooth.; pour into pastry. • Bake in 400° oven 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 325,° bake 45 minutesilonger. • Cool and top with— Meringue; * Beat to soft peak stage 3 egg whites • Add slowly 6 tblsp. sugar • Beat until stiff peaks form, • Brown in 350° oven 10 to 12 minutes. • Serves 6. N N APPLE DUMPLINGS a Sift together 2 c. sifted flour 2 tsp. baking powder N tsp. salt of Cut in 3' e. shortening • Stir"in e. milk Mix until soft dough is formed. • Turn out and knead lightly. Roll 3/s inch thick; cut into 6 squares, • Core, peel .,. 6 baking apples *Place an apple on each square. • Combine ?/,i c. sugar 1et tsp. einna- mon �6 Sprinkle into center of each apple. • Add to each 3i tsp. butter • Moisten edges of dough, Press corners up over apples. Brush with milk. • Place in greased baking pan and bake in 350° oven 30 min- utes. Serve with— Sweet-Sour Sauce: Heat together 2 c. water, 1 c, vinegar, 3/3 c. butter. Mix thoroughly 3/s c. flour, 1 c. sugar, 1 tsp, cinnamon, 3113 tsp. nutmeg, and stir into liquid. Cook over low heat, stir- ring until thickened. Serves 6. * * CHICKEN LOAF— MUSHROOM SAUCE • Chop .. 3 c. cooked chicken • Combine with 1 c. cooked rice 2 e. soft bread crumbs 2 tsp. salt 2 e. chicken broth • Beat and add 4 eggs • Stir in ? c, chopped pimiento • Pour into greased, 9 -inch bak- ing dish. •a Bake in 350° oven 1 hour, or until firm, Cut in squares. Serve with: Mushroom Sauce: • Melt 1 i e. butter • Add and brown. 1 c. fresh, or 4 - oz. can, sliced mushrooms *Stir in '¢ c. flour , tsp. salt tsp. pepper Treats Trees Tenderly --Workmen erecting a canopy over coro- nation stands near Westminster Abbey (background) in London were too lender -hearted to trim off branches of trees around wtic;a stands''ere&At. Sb they went to the trouble. of "tailor - Ina" the canopy to fit around them The Lady and jhe Mau -Mau -Even women are fighting the terroristic Mau -Mau gangs in Kenya Colony, Africa. M c Mau -Mau roundup in Nairobi, Detective Inspector Joon Becker„ seated at the table, questions a young girl victim of a recent Mau -Mau raid at Lori in which 150 persons were massacred. Note arrested suspects seated in background. • Add 2 c. chicken broth !4. e, cream •e Cook until thickened, stirring. la Add ... ;rs tsp. lemon • juice '![,.4 tsp. paprika chopped parsley. Serves y. • * * ,, CHEESE AND HAM CASSEROLE •) Cook until tender in boiling salted water .. 1 (5 -oz,) pkgs Atte noodles • Drain well, • Combine 2 c. cooked, cubed, or ground ham 2 e, (% lb.) grated Can- adian. eheese 'os.fs c, diced green pepper 1 e. fresh or 4 - oz. can sliced mushrooms (Ham provides sufficient salt.) *Alternate layers of noodles and ham mixture in greased 9 - inch casserole. * Dilute ...... ,.> (101,-,1 oz.) can condensed to- mato soup with equal amount wateit • Pour over casserole. • Bake in moderate (350°) oven 1 hour. Serves 6. An Island Paradise Where You Can't Live Four hundered and twenty miles from the coast of Australia is an island seven miles by one, of perfect rest cure. It is known as Lord Howe Island. It was discovered by pirates in '3788. There were no inhabit- ants in those days, but several comfortable little harbours where - pirates used to anchor their ships and do running repairs. Several pirate chiefs buried their treasure on the island. One of them, who masked his piracy by doing a little honest whaling at times, hid a huge fortune in gold and gems. Making quite sure, by murd- ering the men who hid the trea- sure, that only he would know where to look for it, lie sailed away. rears later, when he re- turned to retire on his ill-gotten hoard„ ne found that Nature had forestalled him, There had been a huge lands- lide and the site of his cache was buried beneath hundreds of tons of earth and rocks. It is still there. The inhabitants of Lord Howe Island are a living proof that even pirates have souls, for quite a number of men who had sailed under the skull and crossbones were so enthralled by the peace- ful loveliness of it that they re- turned with wives and settled clown there. There are only two hundred inhabitants, and most of them are direct descendants of Eng- lish, Australian and American sailors, For many years they supported themselves by har- vesting palm seeds, In the last thirty years that industry has steadily declined, and to -day the main industry is tourists, Business men and their wives from. Australia, New Zea- land and America fly there for a rest, The temperature averages '10°, It rains mainly in the middle of the night; the beaches are the best • in the world for bathing and surf riding, and fruit can be had for the plucking. There is one general shop and no hotels, telephones, chemist's shop, policemen, magistrates, restaurants or clubs. Tired business men dream of retiring and settling there, but the answer is a polite refusal, Only the detscendants of the original settlers are allowed to live in this island paradise, dn Horse Se se.. by HOB FLUS At the 1929 International Con- ference of Agricultural Edonom.- ists, Henry A. Wallace, later U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, warn- ed of the impending danger to international trade. Speaking of the trouble for the exportable surpluses of ag- ricultural products which would "inevitably" be caused by re- duced loans to Europe, he call- ed for reduced tariffs on manu- factured goods, for international. stabilization of the general price level and for "some scheme of giving to agriculture the moral, legal and economic equivalent of what the corporate form of or- ganization has given to indus- try, and yet remain. the family farm." Sane Situation Today Twenty four years later the world is in the sante position as it was then. Again the U.S. is .1 reducing loans to Europe, again jfarmers are asking for stabilized. rices. and there is no scheme t „which:- Willgive, farmers the badly needed "corporate form .of organization." There are farm organizations like the Federation of Agricul- ture, the Farmers Union, Dairy Farmers of Canada, but it re- mains open to doubt whether any one of them, with the excep- tion perhaps of the unions in the prairie provinces, can claim to really speak authoratively for the farmers. How great the advantages of collective action are should be- come clear to the farmers of On- tario, if they consider the recent accomplishments of the Ontario Hog Producers Association. Undaunted by the attacks of the daily press, which as usual is opposing producer co-opera- tion, disregarding the customary squawks of the this -is -not -the - time -to -do -it boys, the associa- tion stuck by its guns and so far was successful in raising and maintaining prices; although it has to be kept in mind that they started operations at a very op- portune time of scarcity, There is even talk of a strike by the producers who might be asked by the association to with- hold their hogs from the mar- ket. In view of the lack of strongly knitted farm organiza- tions and the uncertainity as to the full support of their mem- hers, this columnist has always held that no strike action by primary producers could be ef- fective unless it were supported by the packinghouse workers unions of the plants concerned. It would be up to the workers in the plants to refuse to process any hogs delivered by possible strike breakers. This support should be secured before a strike is called. Voluntary Check -off The resolute stand taken by the hog producers of Ontario is sharply contrasted by the dis- pirited attitude taken by the Board of Directors of the Toron- to Milk Producers Association who are refusing to support the Special Committee set up by the Annual Meeting ofthe associa- tion to establish a producer own- ed plant to h.andle all surplus milk in the Toronto Market. When the committee recently decided that the „time had come to purchase land for the plant, the directors declared that they could not advance the funds ncessary for the down pa,y ent as ,they had entered into a "gentlemen's agreement" 'witty, the distributors that the tees col- lected by therri from the !)roclu. cess were "not to be used to gc• into the dairy business in any way." It is hard to understand why the leaders of one of the impor- tant groups of producers should tie . their own hands instead of using them to fight for the rights of the farmers they represent. Association fees collected by the dairies from the producers ,are in the same category as union dues deducted by a company from the pay of its employees. The voluntary check -off is a common demand of industrial workers. The times when they had to strike for it are past. To- day it is commonly accepted in all negotiations between com- panies and unions. The agreement between The Steel Company of Canada. and the United Steel workers con- tains the following clause: "It is understood and agreed that Union dues will be deducted and remitted by the Company from the pay of the employees repre- edited by: the Union as the' bar- gaining agency, who have signed an authorization as hereinafter provided." It outlines further the pro- cedure under which the deduc- tions are made and how and Shipshape — The prefabricated bow section of the S.S.' Golden Mariner is seen above being lowered into place at the ship- yards. Once in position it was shored up and welded to struc- ture. when they are to he paid to the unless Nothing is said as to the use these .funds may or may not be put to, There is no reason why producers should riot have similar provisions written into their agreements with processors and distributors. As .a matter of fact Western wheat growers are doing it. Marketing Agertc'y In view of the great impor- tance of the producer owned milk plant in Toronto as a big step towards the "corporate form of organization" which farmers still, have to strive for, all means should be used to secure its realization. Ontario Milk Producers are lucky to have in the Ontario Milk Control Act provisions for marketing agencies. They should make use of them, The surest and most direct way for the Tor- onto milk producers to get an organization which can take care of their interests, is to instruct their Special Committee to apply to the Minister of Agriculture for the establishment of a mar- keting agency in the Toronto market and for the appointment of the committee as its first Board of directors. this column welcomes sug- gestions, wise or foolish, and all criticism, whether constructive or destructive and will try to answer any question. Address your letters to Bob Ellis, Box 1, 123 - 18th Street, New Toronto, Ont. His Jab — Moth Swatter The Budgetary Committee .of the Danish Parlament recently approved the appointment of one of the world's oddest wor- kers—an official moth -swatter. His job will be to chase moths out of the wardrobes in the Na- tional Museum's collection of ancient costumes. Museum etxperts thought that the use of chemicals to kill the moths would probably damage valuable garments. They de- cided that the .safest method would be for a man to chase the moths out of them and kill as many as possible with his bare hands! Cindy Begins—Beautiful 17 -year- old Cindy Robbins won a chance to start a TV career, She was selected from 2,000 contestants and will begin video work soon. Buck To The Saddle Again—This old oldster, discovered by. CNR officials partially buried in a Belleville, Ont„ sandpit, is a saddle tank switcher which came out of the Grand Trunk's Point St, Charles shops in Montreal in 1894. Last of its type to be built there, it has been reconditioned and added to the museum train. Its designers, in an effort to produce a compact engine, straddled the boiler with a water tank and eliminated`ihe tender by making provision in the engine itself for the coal supply.