HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1950-06-29, Page 3Back in grandmother's day fresh
salads were regarded—at least on
this continent --as something of a
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Duel. But
now they are consd-
Bred an appetizing and very health-
ful addition to any meal. a
Just how popular they are is
found in the statement that one
railroad, not the largest by any
means, serves more than one hun-
dred and twenty-five thousand of
its special salad bowls annually to
dining -car patrons; and practically
every good restaurant and hotel
features a distinctive salad bowl
formula such as the one I give here
called:
CHEF'S SALAD BOWL
1 head lettuce
1 cup diced cucumbers
1 green pepper cut in strips
1 cup cooked ham cut in
strips
3 hard -cooked eggs cut iri
eighths
2 tomatoes cut in wedges
to % cup French dressing
1 tablespoon nippy cheese
1 tablespoon catsup
Method: Break lettuce in bit -size
pieces in salad bowl which has been
rubbed with a garlic clove (option-
al). Add vegetables and meat. Com-
bine French dressing with remain-
der of ingredients and mix well.
Pour over salad and toss lightly.
BASIC FRENCH DRESSING
I teaspoon dry mustard
V2 teaspoon celery salt
teaspoon onion salt
teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons white vinegar
6 tablespoons salad oil (olive
or corn oil)
I clove garlic
Method: Mix all ingredients in •a
tightly stoppered bottle about an
kour before needed. Remove gar-
lic before mixing with the salad
which should be tossed together
just before serving.
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A friend passes along this recipe
for "Strawberry Ballymaloe," des-
cribed as "a cook's dream—a failure -
proof cake, delightfully easy to
snake, taking, only twelve minutes
to bake. When topped with fresh
strawberries it is a dessert At for
kings and queens."
The story goes that the recipe
originally came from Ireland-
-wthich accounts foi the name—and
that the ingredients were listed like
this "Four eggs; the weight of two
eggs in flour; the weight of three
eggs in sugar" and so forth.
However, for the convenience of
us less patient cooks on this side
of the water, these amounts have
been translated ieyto more modern
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'"cookery language." So here goes
--with just the comment that you
don't need to confine Ballymaloe
t tri
o strawberries, It is just as de-
licious with fresh raspberries, black-
berries, peaches, or canned fruit
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STRAWBERRY BALL'YMALOE
Makes three 9 -inch layers
Grease bottoms of 3 straight -
sided layer pans (do not use slanted
ones); then line theist with waxed
paper and grease again. Do not
grease or line sides.
Sift together
1% cups sifted cake flour
1Y2 teaspoons baking powder
3/2 teaspoon salt
Beak ... 6 whole eggs until foamy
Beat in gradually
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons
sugar
Beat egg -sugar inixture until it is
so thick it stands in soft peaks,
This is important!
Fold in
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Fold in dry ingredients carefully,
a little at a time.
Pour batter into pans, spreading
it well to the edges.
Bake at 425 degrees (hot oven) 12
minutes.
Remove cakes from pans immedi-
ately and pull off waxed paper.
Cool.
Arrange
6 cups sweetened straw-
berries between layers and on top,
Garnish top with
sweetened whipped cream
Note: If you desire a lush, juicy
appearance, let some of the straw-
berries sprinkled with sugar stand
until juice is drawn out.
Although my next offering is
called "Ice Box Cake" you don't
actually have to own a refrigerator
in order to enjoy it—not so long
as you have a really cool place to
give the cake a chilling after the
filling is spread between the layers.
ICE BOX CAKE
Combine % c. melted shortening
-and I c. light corn syrup. Beat in
2 eggs. Sift together 2 c, sifted
all-purpose flour, 4 tsps. Magic
Baking Powder, / tsp. salt; add
alternately with % c, mills and 1
tsp. vanilla extract to first mixture
stirring well after each addition.
Bake in 2 greased 9" layer pans
in 350 degree oven, 25-30 minutes.
Cool, halve each layer lengthwise
making 4 layers..
LEMON FILLING
Blend 4i2' tbs. flour with Y c,
water to make smooth paste, Add
�1 c. water and %i c, corn syrup.
Cook, stirring constantly until thick-
ened. Beat egg yolk; gradually add
cooked mixture to it. Return to
heat; cook 1 minute. Stir in I tbs.
lemon rind, few grains salt and Y8
c. juice. Spread filling between lay-
ers and on top of cake. Chill. Top
with white icing,
In conclusion, as the canning
and preserving season is almost
upon us again, just a few words
of well -meant advice. They're
words that I know every manu-
facturer of fruit pectins wish were
emblazoned in huge letters on every
kitchen* wall.
When using fruit pectins—either
liquid or powder—follow the print-
ed directions to the letter. Don't
try and improve on them by using
"a little more of this" or " a little
less of that" If you do you may
be sorry—and then blame the pro-
duct rather than the real culprits
Wins Huge Settlement—Mrs. MAGIC!
Ruby Dickery Bartges, 44, A man took his wife to the doc-
above, a waitress, won a $I, tor. He was a simple fellow and
575,000 judgment in a Denver had lived in the country all his
divorce settlement from her life.
:first husband, the late George The doctor placed a thermome-
P. Dickey, wealthy oilman. ter in the wife's mouth. Just before
Mrs. Baytges' attorneys said he removed it, the man, who had
She was working trying to pay watched spellbound, being unused
huge debts incurred by her to such silence on the part of his
second husband, now serving better half, blurted out: "Doctor,
a three -year -term for larceny what will you take for that thing
in Arizona state penitentiary. you put in her mouth?"
Patient Student= -Shirley Yamaguchi, Japanese movie actress
:known as "the Betty Grable of the Orient,` studies a Japanese -
English dictionary while recovering from a minor operation. She
mnie to Hollywood to learn how to kiss ---something recent in
Japanese movies.
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William Stone seems to ask as. he prepares to drive off in his
ribbon -decked auto after being
"just divorced," That's the OK
sign Stone is 'giving.
HOWCAN I ?
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well.
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I remove tar or
so even of small plants like onions.
pitch stains from fabrics?
Q. How can I remove scratches
A. Sweet oil or lard rubbed over
from silver?
the tar or pitch stains will remove
A. Purchase a small quantity 'of
them. If the stains are on silk or
putty powder, put it into a saucer,
Worsted materials, it is better to
and add just enough olive oil to
rub them with alcohol.
niake a paste. Rub this paste on
Q. How can I keep ants and
the silver with a soft flannel cloth;
roaches from the kitchen and
then polish with a chamois and the
pantry?
scratches will disappear.
A. Wash the kitchen and pan -
Q. How can I make a good hot
try shelves and woodwork with a
weather salad?
hot strong solution of alum water.
A, A delicious salady can be made
Q. How can I improve the ap-
by spreading cream cheese over
pearance of the backyard fence?
tomato slices, then arranging them
A. Grape vines and blackberry
in layers.
bushes planted along the back
Q. How can I remedy a few
fence are not only nice for the
small leaks in my garden hose?
grapes and berries they produce,
A. Try painting the hose on the
but will acid to the appearance of
outside with a pliable roofing paint.
the yard,
It will last at least another season.
Q. How can I renovate an old
Q. How can I clean a straw hat?
grass rug that has become shabby
A. A good cleaner for the straw
and worn?
!tat can be made by mixing corn
A. It can be restored wonderfully
meal, a strong solution of oxalic
by giving it one or two coats of
acid, and water, to a thick paste.
clear ahellac. This will bring back
Rub this into the straw thoroughly,
the colors and luster.
GIRE
the small tractors will Save an
enormous amount of hand labor.
Vquipped with cultivator, and pos.
thele also a small disk or harrow,
these" machines thoroughly cuiti-
GOrdOtiSlitth;
vate a half acre garden in less than
an hour. They are so easily guided
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too after a little practice that one
can cultivate to within an inch or
Common Mistakes
so even of small plants like onions.
Too deep, too thick and too soon
This means that there will be
are perhaps the commonest nils-
very little garden left to go over
with the hand cultivator,
takes made gardening when
comes r'
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o es to sowing teed. There a e
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It's been said before, of course,
a few big things -like tulips, gladioli
that a clean, sharp tool does an
or potatoes that are planted any-
'easier and better job than one that
where from 4 to 12 inches deep..
has been left outside all 'winter.
But with the vast majority of seeds
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deep planting is inadvisable, The
Chemical Fertilizers
general rule is three times the Glia-
All fertilizers, whether chemical
meter. This means an inch deep
or natural, are used for two pur-
for things like beans, peas, corn
Poses --first and foremost to feed
and naturtiums, but mere pressing
the plants, secondly to speed growth
in for tiny seed like that of lettuce,
and maturity. The second point is
petunias, carrots, With the very
Particularly important with vege-
,etc.
fine seed such as alyssum or poppy,
tables, which should be grown as
all that is necessary is to spread and
quickly as possible if they are to
press in gently.
be tender, and it is also important
The larger seed mentioned—that
with long -season, tender things like
is peas, beans, etc. — should be
melons, squash, cucumbers, corn,
spaced at least three inches apart.
tomatoes, etc., especially in areas
This is not very difficult as it is
where the fall frosts come early.
easy to keep each individual seed
Of the chemical or commercial
separated. With the smaller carrot,
fertilizers, it is important to realize
lettuce or beet seed, or flower seed
that these contain three main es -
of about the same size, spacing
sentials—nitrogen, phosphoric acid
will be more difficult. There are
and potash. These are usually
little gadgets on the market which
shown by three figures with a dash
will help spread out the sowing, or
between on the bag or package. As
one can let a, dribble trickle be-
a rule where green growth is the
tween thumb and finger. Even then,
important thing as with grass and
however, it is best to thin as
leafy vegetables, then a fertilizer
soon as the plants are up to at
rich in nitrogen will be wanted.
Where root growth is dominant, as
least an inch apart. This will give
room for development which all
with potatoes, carrots, beets, etc.,
plants must have if they are to
then a formula heavy in potash
grow well. To spread out the very
would suit. 'As a general rule a
fine seed, stuff that is only about
fairly evenly balanced mixture is
the size of a pinhead or smaller, it
best for the average garden.
is a good plan before sowing to
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mix with a little fine sand or earth
and sow the whole mixture.
Back Savers
It is a good plan to have a
couple of hoes of different size or
perhaps one regular garden hoe
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and a Dutch type hoe. The latter,
-
wb.ich is shaped like the letter "D"
is one of the very best tools for
killing weeds and grass under
shrubs and trailing plants and for
// $
leaving a fine mulch behind. One
should be careful, however, as it
will slice off good and bad plants
with equal facility.
With the larger gardens, one of
CANADA PRODUCES SEE® POTATOES F%7R ALL THE WORLD
JS the world's chief source of supply for seed potatoes, Canada ships millions of quality certified seed potatoes
each year to replenish the eeorid crops of one of mankind's most essential, foods;,
his advertisement is an adaptation of one
of a series created by The House . of Seagram
to tell the people's of other lands about Canada
And her various products. For the past two
years this campaign, has been appearing in
newspapers and magazines printed
languages and circulated through.
out 'the world,
Our prosperity is based on our
ability to sell our products to other
countries. Every Canadian has a
personal stake in foreign trade, for
one out of every three dollars of
Canada's national income results
from our trade abroad. The more
that the peoples of other countries know mf 'the
duality, variety and prestige of our products,
the more likely they are to buy from us.
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We feel that the horizon tnf industry el'oes not
at the boundary line of its plants; it has ca
broader horizon,a farther view --this
view embraces the entire Dominion.
That is why The .mouse of Settgr ant
believes that it is in the interest of
emery Cartadianmanitfactltrer- toherp
the sale of all Canadian products in
foreign marerrets..ft is in this spirit
that these advertisements are being
vublished throughout the world.
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