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Zurich Herald, 1950-06-22, Page 7Between early spring and late autumn most "boys”—ages ranging from 6 to 60—get the chance, or make the chance, to go fishing. 'Which is all right too, and just as it should be. But when they bring home their "trophies' 'and expect the woman of the house to turn out—ort short notice—a tempting fish dinner, it's —well, it's well to have a little knowledge, as well as plenty of patience. So I hope these hints will be help- ful. They refer, of course, to fresh- water fish — products of ponds, creeks, lakes, rivers and brooks— a:ather than the .salt -water varieties. Some of the hints, by the way, go der the men -folk too. First responsibility for the suc- cess of the fish dinner that may follow such trips rests squarely on the person who catches the fish. Fish should be cleaned soon after they are caught, except in coldest weather, and not carried around in creel or boat uncleaned. If a fish is cut open, the gills and entrails reliroved, and the blood along the backbone scraped out with the . thumbnail, it will keep . even in midsummer. Ignore those experts who say water should never touch a cleaned fish. Use all the water you wish, but wipe the fish dry - with grass or cloth. Never let one fish touch another, if you want to preserve natural markings. SCALING THE FISH '.Grout need no further prepara- tion for cooking, but other fish must be scaled or skinned. It's a wise man who scales the neatly cleaned fish he brings home, because his wife then won't object to future trips. Most fish are easy to scale, but the brilliant yellow perch is an ex- ception. Dip it briefly in boiling water, and it will shed its scales as a molting chicken does feathers. Catfish (a country favorite in many places) must be skinned. There's -more than one way to skin a cat- fish, but the easiest method is to put the fish in a pan and pour scalding water over it. The skin then strips off like tissue paper. It beats nailing the fish to a board and pulling offthe skin with pliers. DO'S AND DON'TS IN COOKING Cooking fish is more a. matter of don'ts than following any intricate recipes. There are only. a few basic ways to prepare fish—baking, broil- ing, steaming, pan-frying, with their several variations of planking, poaching, and frying in deep fat. Please Don't. There are three en- emies of success in cooking fish— too much heat, too much cooking, and too strong sauces, There- fore. Don't turn an the heat full blast. Fish is a delicate protein food and needs gentle heat. Smaller fish (trout, blue -gills, bream, perch, sunfish, which• some call panfish, and catfish) should re- ceive a protective covering before being fried. A personal favorite is ,made thus: Roll the fish in flour sea- soned with salt and pepper; dip into a beaten egg which has been diluted with half an eggshell of milk; then roll again in another seasoned mix- ture of half flour, half bread crumbs. This serves for ordinary part -frying or deep -fat frying. In pan-frying, I like the fat hot for the first few ruinutes. Putting in the coated fish cools it quickly, and then the heat should be turned down. When the sheath browns nicely, the fiih usually is done. Don't smother mild, delicate freshwater fish in hot and heavy sauces. Creole and similar sauces are 'fine for stronger -flavored, salt- water fish, but plain lemon butter (4 tablespoons butter melted with I teaspoon lemon juice and Ys teaspoon pepper added) is better for fresh -water species. A very mild sauce for baked fish cin be made by blending into a cup of plain white sauce one of the following: 1,$ cup diced cooked celery, or 2 teaspoons prepared mus- tard, or ;,� cup grated Canadian cheese. Tartare sauce is delicious with Gsh of any sort. One of the best recipes for it: 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons chopped pickle, 1 to blespoon chopped olives, 2 tea- spoons minced onion, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, mixed immedi- ately before serving. Here is an easily made fish sauce: %• cup sweet: cream whipped and mixed with % cup freshly grated horse -radish or carefully drained prepared horse -radish. Chill in re- frigeraior and serve cold on hot dish. PLEASE DO. If you really like a lemon flavor with fish, sprinkle lemon juice on the fish after it is cleaned, before storing in the refrigerator, The flavor penetrates nicely. If pan-frying and you wish to elminate the small bones some, fish possess, matte scoring cuts length - from tail to near head, inch apart and deep enough to touch the larger rib bones. When fried in fairly deep fat, the tiny loose -bones will crisp so that they can be eaten. .Well, my "fish story" seems to have strung itself out, longer than 1 thought it would, so I won't have space to tell you. anything about these recipes I'm passing along—except to say that they've ail been tried and pronounced good. Springtime Pie; 1 Cup Finely Diced Rhubarb 1 Cup Diced Pineapple, Fresh or Canned 1 Cup Cooked., Pitted Prunes 3/a Cup Sugar 1 Tablespoon Quick -Cooking Tapioca 3/2 Recipe Plain Pastry 2 Tablespoons Butter or Marg- arine 2 Egg Whites 4 Tablespoons Sugar Combine the rhubarb, pineapple, prunes, % cup sugar and tapioca. Four into a pastry -lined 9 -inch pie pan. Dot with butter. Bake in a hot oven (425° F.) for 15 minutes. Re- duce heat to 350° F. and- bake 30 minutes longer. Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry, Add sugar a tablespoon at a time, beat- ing until mixture forms stiff peaks. 15 to 20 minutes before serving. If Spread lightly over top of pie and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) you wish, chill pie and serve with sweetened whipped cream in place of the meringue. This recipe makes one 9 -inch pie. Mother Of The Bride—Few tilotbr.rs live to enjoy therm° chil- dren's Golden Weddhig anniversary, so 90 -year-old Mrs. Janet Terry, renter, is right prow-cl of behig the west of lionor at the menet-,idle (_;olden Wedding party of her ctaugliter and soca-ilt- law, Mr. and Mrs, Adam Watt. Took Forbidden it Holiday In Heaven-" - Goes Back To Spead The Truth "Temporary Escape—East Germany's Max samples life in West Berlin with a chocolate sundae. His West Berlin hosts' made sure Max's picture was taken with his back to the camera. By David S. Boyer BERLIN (NEA)—Sixteen-year- Old Max Bruener (which is not really his name), from Russia's ` Communist Germany, tool: a for- bidden holiday in heaven—then he sneaked back home behind the Iron Curtain, determined to tell the truth about Western Germany. Max was one of 500,000 'members of the Russian -Zone Free German, Touch organization (the F.D.J.) who staged a week-long Communist rally in the eastern sector of Berlin. He was one of several who defied Communist police orders not to enter the Allied sector's of the city. One day soon he may add his .name to the ever-growing list of F.D.J.'ers who escape to the west for good. Because, as Max put it. himself, "I know what's going on now l" Max came to Berlin "because I wanted to find out for myself why the police had forbidden F.D.J.'ers to see West Berlin. For five days, Max successfully crossed Communist police lines, but not without" being arrested, scolded; threatened. - Once in the Allied sectors, Max,`,.. Apricot -Spice Cake 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed_, 2 caps water 1 cup dried apricots, cut in small pieces %s cup butter or margarine / teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon cloves teaspoon salt 2 cups sifted flour I teaspoon soda. 1 teaspoon baking powder Combine the brown sugar, water, dried 'apricots, butter, nutmeg, cin- namon, cloves and salt in a sauce- pan. Simmer 8 minutes, Let cool to .lukewarm. Sift , together . the flour, soda and baking powder. Add to first mixture, stirring only until ingredients are well blended. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) 40 to 45 minutes. Cool before slicing. Serve plain or sprinkled with sifted con- fectioner's sugar. Makes 1 loaf. Cheese -Rice Ring 2 tablespoons chopped onion 1 green pepper, chopped 2 tablespoons butter or margar, me 1 i cups canned tomatoes 3/ cups cooked rice teaspoon salt Y8 teaspoon pepper 1% cups grated sharp cheese Saute onion and green pepper in butter. Add tomatoes and rice. Simmer until rice has.absorbed the Iiquid. Add salt, pepper and cheese. Stir until cheese melts. Pack into a greased ring mold. Unmold and fill centre with scrambled eggs. Makes 6 to 8 servings. Cottage -Garden Salad 5 slices bacon 3 cups creamy cottage cheese 1 tablespoon chopped onion 10 radishes, sliced cup top milk or light cream f teaspopon salt 3/8 teaspoon pepper Fry bacon until crisp. Drain and crumble in small bits. Combine with the cottage cheese, ouion, parsley, radishes, milk, salt and pepper. Serve small amounts of the mixture iil lettuce cups and garnish With. tornato wedges and green - pepper rings. M 4kcs 5 to 10 serv- ings. Butane Lighter lKew cigarette lighter lights 2,700 times without refill. Lighter uses butalic gas cartridge, has no wick, wheel cap. Model is desk size; produces letlike flannc when lever i-, pressed. Flame goes ottt %%hctt lever pressure released. '•�utan. .A. MOTORIST in Pati ie. Iicach, Calif., lost a wileel off his trailer. 1 -fie watched it roll into the hands of a man who loaded it into his Car incl hurriedly drove away. Perini less, could do nothing but roam the streets. He had to clutch empty fists in his trouser pockets - as he gaped at the fruit, the candy, the meat and the ice cream on sale everywhere. His stomach -stayed empty, but his heart grew full. When he went. back at night to his daily rally ration of a half pound of black bread and the same of sausage, he carried with hire visions of a better world. Then, on the fifth day, Max was no longer broke. We picked him up and 'showed him Berlin in style. At the auto show, he was a hero. The Germans were delighted at Max's temporary escape from the Iron Curtain. But they insisted his picture be taken from behind. They knew what would happen if he were ever identified back home. * :k "Can anybody go into the cafes?" Max asked. In his city of nearly 200,000, he said, only Russians are allowed in the one decent cafe six days a week. On the seventh, only wealthy Germans and Communist functionaries could afford it. As he lapped up chocolate sun- daes at a sidewalk table at Cafe Wien, Max got the answer, Suddenly, Max was confronted by a Communist party organizer, an F.D.J. leader checking up on runaway children. The party man managed to get out about 10 words of abuse. Then he was surrounded by 50 West Germans. >k West police saved the Communist from a bad mauling. They warned him and released him. Moments later, two more runaway F.D.J.'ers slipped into Cafe Wien and ap- proached Mox. "For heaven's sake, be careful," they whispered. "The place is full of spies!" "I know what I'm doing," Max replied. "You saw what happened. 'That incident convinced me. The West Germans don't bate us. They just hate the Communist system. I know who's been telling the lies, and I'm out to spread a little truth." Max said he'd have to be very careful about whom he spoke the truth to behind the Iron Curtain. But he said he would speak. Of 500,000 F.D.J.'ers in Berlin, only a handful had Max's experi- ence. Their voices will be small against those who stayed behind the police lines and listened to Com- munist stories about the capitalist evils across the street, HOW ONE RURAL CHURCH PAID ®FF ITS DEBT Members of rural churches -laden with debt—and, unfortunately, there are many such—will be interested in the story of how one congrega- tion put across the idea of an old- fashioned farm auction. This rural Methodist church in Iowa put on a benefit at which over $70,000 worth of goods and livestock was offered for sale. The result was so gratifying that now the church, which started five years ago with a ''God's Acre" plan for raising funds, has paid off all indebtedness. Also it has been remodeled into a community center as well as a Place of worship. The story is told by H. O. Brennan in "Success- ful Farming." The idea was born the day a church committee pitched in to help the new minister, the Reverend Wesley Frank, unload his house - bold goods. The. Reverend Mr. .Frank, who has been a farm pastor for 23 years, had brought along a dozen pullets. But he found the chicken coop filled with surplus lumber, doors, and windows which were left over from the church re- modeling. Bringing out an armload of lum- her, one of the man asked, "Why not have a sale and dispose of this surplus?" Someone else suggested they ask the church members for donations of livestock to make it a bigger sale. That conversation led to a general church meeting where plans for the sale were made. The backbone of the planning was done. by five farnner-members of the church, with their minister. Leonard Dittmer, who manages a herd of Holstein cows on his place near the church, Was chairman. One member suggested that they solicit merchandise from dealers in the nearby, towns of Algona and Burt, to be sole( on a commission basis. This idea later proved very profit- able. For ttl�o weeks prior to the sale day, these five men went about their community soliciting donations and publicizing the sale. Everyone responded. One church member offered an electric cream separator. A farm homemaker gave a used .coal cookstove. There was a prize Hereford steer, five gal- lons of house paint, a new half - ton pickup truck, and a case Of soap powder.. And so it went—litul- dreds and hundreds of items, little and big, from turkeys to tractors. Some were given outright and some on a percentage basis. When dealers in nearby towns were solicited, they offered dozens of new and used appliances, trucks, cars, and farm machines on com- mission. Commission rates for the church's share were: Items worth up to $200, 15 per cent; $200 to $400, 10 per cent; $400 and up, 7% per cent. ]Percentage items accounted for almost half the day's profits. . How does the work get done on a farcm sale like this? "The important thing," says the Reverend Mr. Frank, "is to give everyone a place on a committee. This makes for a spirit of coopera- tion that lightens the hard work necessary for such a project" What committee,,. do you need; Well, the Good Hope rnen appoint- ed seven, in addition to the planner.- who handled the soliciting and publicity. 1. Fence and Tent Committee. They build pens and fences for livestock and put up a Targe tent for display of appliances. They erected a sturdy Platform where the equipment was auctioned off. 2, Livestock and Donated Articles This group supervised the loadirig and unloading of items given for sale. 3, Checking -in Committee. These men booked and tabulated each item and signed contracts with cacti Berson who brought articles on a percentage basis. They evalu- ated merchandise and recorded cash gifts given. 4, The Parking Committee. A church -hoard member opened his cornfield near the church for a parking area, and this committee, directed the traffic. 5. Reception Committee. Thi committee, headed by the Rever- end Mr, Frank, conducted visitor around the remodeled church. 7. Police Committee. Some or' the younger men of the church served as guards over sale items. On the day of the auction, cars began to, pour into the parking skate in the morning. Bidding be- gan at 10:30. The spirit of the bid• ding soon caught on, and mer- chandise began to move. One of the new cars was bill up to within $10 of list price. Two bidders wanted it, so the dealer Who had offered it on percentage sold each of them a like model and gave 7% per cent of the pro- fits to the church. About 1 o'clock a box of roosters was put up for sale, given back, and resold until it brought in $80. In the middle of the afternoon, just for fun, some- one brought in a . mule. It was sold and resold until it netted $117. One committeeman brought a fine dairy cow to the sale and bought it back himself, paying a good price for it and donating the amount to the church. Even the minister's 5 -year-old sot, David, got interested in the sale . when a Bantam mother hen and her six tiny chicks went on the block. As a joke, some farmer friends outbid the minister, then presented the Banties to little David. The sale was a social affair as well as a fund-raising project. The Women's Service Unit served Homemade soup, sandwiches, and hot coffee all. day. At noon they cooked a good dinner. Everyone helped. The newspaper. in nearby towns ran big ads and printed thousands of sale bills free. A flying-farnter friend of the church scattered the bills from his plane. The auctioneers gave their ser- vices, and an Algoma bank clerked the sale. The County Fair Board supplied the big tent, and the high- way Department loaned thick planks for its floor. A local cream- ery provided hot -water in cream cans for the kitchen. The key to this success was the spirit of the congregation_. As a. local editor 'remarked about the sale, "It was like a steam roller. When the bidding got started, the committee had a tough time put- ting on the brakes." Crusty "uncliy IDI N NOR ROLA[IrSv 0 They're really ritzy — and no trouble at all to make, with new Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast! Gives you fast action light dor hs — and none of the bother of old time perishable east. Get a dozen packages -- ?<e•::' Cops keeps full strength •without refrigeration! a C'q •' .ts FRFsitt N� �P�.t! R5SA�,m�nY n.os pGtS s1emlodo w nn ar , tt".'k' CRUSTY GINNER ROLLS * Measure into a large bowl 1/2 c. lukewarm water, 1 tsp. granu- lated sugar; stir until sugar is dis- solved. Sprinkle with 1 envelope Fleisebmann's Royal Fast Rising Ary Yeast. Let stand 10 mins., TREN stir well. Add 3/4 c. lukewarm water and 1 tsp. salt. Add, all at once. 31/2 c. once -sifted bread flour and work in with the bands, work in 3 tbs. soft shortening. Knead on lightly - floured board until smooth and. elastic. Place in greased bowl. Cover with a damp cloth and set in warm place, free iron, draught. L' et rise until doubled in bull:. Punch clown dough in bowl, fold over, cover and again let rise un- til doubled in bulk. Turn ont on lightly -floured board and clMde into 2 equal portions; sluape cath piece into a long roll about 11/2" in diameter. Cover with a damp cloth and let rest 15 mins, Using a floured sharp knife, cut dough into 2" lengths and place. ell apart,on ungreased Cookie Sheets. Sprinkle rolls with cornmeal and let rise, uncovered, for I'', hour. Brush with cold water and let rise another 1/2 hour. \4canwhilc, stand a broad shallow l an of hot water in the oven and pvcheat oven to hot. 4250. Remove lean of water froin oven and bake the rolls ill steal- filled m tin for 1/2 hour, brushing tluvm ,'ilii cold water and sprinkling lightly with cornmeal after the first 15 tins., and again brnshitng thein u ith cold water 2 mfttttteS beforu,. rc. moving baked brims float the oven. l''ield-18 rolls,