HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1950-07-06, Page 7These Will Add Interest
It is not advisable to plant the
whole garden with new things or
novelties, but certainly the sys-
tematic introduction of two or
three each year will provide new
interest and very often the -discov-
ery of a valuable and permanent
addition.
It should be remembered that
the work of plant improvement
has Clever stopped, Old favorites
among the flowers and vegetables
have been wonderfully improved in
color or quality and what is of
great importance to Canada there
are far hardier sorts today than
were in existence a few years ago.
As a result of this new hardi-
ness it is now possible to grow
such tender things as garden corn,
melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.,
in areas where the old strains would
not have had a chance, And the
same applies to many formerly
tender flowers.
Then there are bran&new dis-
coveries, too, at least brand-new
to the average gardener. A great
many people have never tried things
like borecole, Brussel's sprouts,
Chinese cabbage, endive, water-
melons, or even Swiss chard., pep-
pers or eggplants.
Few of us have ever tried to grow
any of the herbs like dill or ,sage,
or things like garlic, horse -radish
or leeks. Practically all of these are
'lardy and easily produced.
By selecting new, hardy vari-
eties, or in some cases getting
started plants or forcing along
under paper caps and with a little
quick -acting fertilizer, these things
can be grown safely in a great
many parts of Canada. And the
list of new or improved flowers is
almost endless, as any good seed
catalogue will reveal.
Tender Plants
It will now be time to start plant-
ing those flowers and vegetables
which cannot stand any frost. Dah-
lias, gladioli, petunias and other
soft -stemmed started flowers are in
this category, and also tomatoes,
peppers, eggplants, calces, squash,
melons and pumpkins. Some of
these, it is true, will survive a light
frost but usually the damage sets
them back so that they will never
really catch up. With the seeds
and bulbs, of course, one can plant
a week or ten days before the last
light frost because the plants will'
not be exposed above ground, There
is not much advantage in early
planting because none of these ten-
der things really start to grow
until both soil and air are warm.
Cucumbers, melons, squash, etc.,
are usually grown in hills - These
These
are beds a foot or so in diameter
and about two to three feet apart.
They are heaped up a few inches
above the surrounding earth. This
allows them to drain well and also
to absorb more sun, which they
love. Hills are made by scraping
out about six inches of the surface
soil, filling with rotted manure or
some similar rich mixture, then
topping off with an inch or so of
fine, light soil in Which the seeds
are planted.
Santa's Resting Nicely—Santa Claus, in the person of Joules
•Yellig of Santa Claus, Incl., got letters from worried boys and
girls all over the country when they beard he was laid up with
a leg injury. Yellig, who has portrayed jolly St, Nick for years
in his bonne town, wants to assure all the younl.;;•sters hell be
back in action come next Yuletide.
She'.t "World's MostPerfect Mother"
I
Officials at a hospital in Perth, :
v estern Australia, believe they
have discovered the world's most-
perfect
ost•perfect mother—ilfrs. S, Cook,
who, it is reported, is able to have
babies effortlessly.
Forty -year-old Mrs. Cook has w
had nine children—eight sons and
a daughter. It is said that they all
arrived so effortlessly that only once
had this remarkable mother been
in bed for the new arrival, That was d .. • T
,when her daughter was born in the
hospital, but only after the hospital `
authorities had managed to persuadeV
her to take a bed there.
Her eight sons were all born while
she was doing her ordinary house-
t t,
hold duties. Two came when she
was. actually alone in the house. t
They weighed 101b. and 81b.
All iblrs. Cook's children were_
born within days of the expected
e and all have been reared
rims
without a bottle. She feeds all Of
them herself until they are ten
months old. This is astonishing
enough, but it is the healthy, cheer-
ful mother herself who really aston-
ishes the hospital officials." Baton Beauty "America's
They are convinced that a care- y
ful and systematical study of Mrs. most beautiful baton twirler" is
Cools would greatly help in making the title won by Rachel Ikard,
childbirth easier and happier. 17, among' 600 entrants in a
When a London midwife with contest conducted by a school
twenty years' experience was asked magazine. Besides strutting as
to comment, she said: "This drum major, Rachel plays the
mother's record of quick and easy drum, dances and sins. 'She s
birth is certainly remarkable and a June high school grad.
probably unique. Her case should
greatly encourage specialists who HEALTH HINT — Canada's
are now campaigning for more pre- Food Rules suggest we should in -
natal relaxation and exercises to elude in our daily diet at least one
ensure easier childbirth. But it will serving of potatoes; and at least
probably be along time before it two servings of other vegetables,
will be possible to achieve, without ieferably leafy, green or yellow
drugs, childbirth with such a mini and frequently raw.
mum of discomfort,"education of
However, the
mothers is continually progresisng This is a woman's world. When
and there is no doubt that great a man is born people ask: "How
steps forward have been taken in is the mother?" When he marries
recent years. Childbirth today is they exeraim: "What a lovely
certainly much easier for the mother bride."
much he did dies
leavethey inquire:
than it was in our parents' time."
READ THUS AND S. VIREwd TIME
If two American psychologists get their way, students in our schools
and colleges will be reading both from left to right and from right to
left. This is the way these two ts
ant us
ey
say it saves the time taken forhe eye tolSswich back tto the lefto read. s to
begin each new line.
Dead the next line of type from
reach you when and ,left to right
the other end of this line, begin
,on so and ,left the at next
alternating with each line. Is it
Buswell Doctor ?read to easier
and Professor W. B. Clark,
Chicago of psychologists research
and Los Angeles, discovered by
machine eye -testing an of means
that there is much less danger of
than reading zig-zag in eyestrain
in the ordinary way of starting at
do What .line each for left the
you think?
Beach. She was chosen nue
of the beach lifeguards, a
it's a safe bet they'll look aft
her.
HEALTH HINT ---Beware
flies—they are filthy an(i gel
laden, All' foods should be 1'
tecte(1 from these willged pf
whose Chief object ,for exists
appears to be the sprca<t of dice
;n.
id
er
of
in-
to -
Sts
nce
Ise.
In a recent issue of the Saturday
pelting Post, a very well-known
ort -story writer'tells of how he
d has wife tools off considerable
cess poundage, and still didn't
,vo :to starve or critdown on their
tin;,: The only difference was
at they ate MOltli, of the tllinga
ey lilted .that aren't fattening,
hick didn't leave room for the
,ods that are. .
I don't happen to have the ar-
cle 'handy now, but I remember
tat 'olie food tiiey ate was Cot-
lge' Cheese; and as I have had
averal requests lately for a good
lethod' of making this fine food,
eems as good a time as anv to
ass it along.
According to the experts, every
dust should dri,atc—or eat—tAventy-
ive quarts of milk a month, and
:1lildren a quart a clay. Cottage
:liccse is just on way of using
,,our quota—or, for those who have
surpfus initis around at various
:imes, of making good use of that
surplus.
Many women call make good Cot-
tage cheese without a thermometer.
Elowever, it's easier to get uni-
fornily good results if you have
cne, These thermometers are in-
e:cpensive, and last a lifetime.
COTTAGE CHEESE
Warm four quarts of fresh raw
milk (whole or skimmed) to 75
degrees. That's warm -r Own tem-
perature. You can set the kettle in
a pan of warm water to warm the
rains. Stir it constantly until the
thermometer reads 75 degrees.
Let it stand at this -temperature
until it has clabbered. It will take
from 24 to 30 hours. At this time,
a jelly-like curd tivilt form. It
should separate into chunks when
it is cut with a knife.
Add an equal amount of water
which has been heated to 150 de-
grees. Stir to mix thoroughly, and
let the curd stand for one and
one-half hours at a warm -room
temperature. This cooks the curd.
Drain the card through a cloth
bag or a cloth -lined strainer. Wash
the curd, if you wish, by mixing it
with twice its measure of cold
water. Drain it through cheese-
cloth or a fine wire sieve.
Add salt to taste and sufficient
cream to give the desired thick-
ness.
To make cottage cheese from
pasteurized milk, add one table-
spoon of cultured buttermilk. Nfi.
well and proceed as above.
ou'1
Having made your cheese, y
probably want to try Cottag
Cheese Cake. It's quite easy t
n
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make, and really delicious. The v'
quantities I give Here can easily
be doubled, if you think your tonics a
Will want extra helpings—which
they probably will. I
COTTAGE CHEESE CAKE y
I cup cottage cheese e
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons sugar it
Pinch of Salt r
Dash of nutmeg
Y4 teaspoon vanilla I
/s teaspoon grated lemon s
rind t
i / tablespoons lemon juice
1 whole egg, beaten
'/3 cup light cream
2 tablespoons sugar
Method: Use ' a ' baking pan or
dish about six inches :long and
three inches deep. Line the pan with
the crust. (recipe follows), patting
it to all even thickness. Bake the
crust in a moderate oven for 15
111,nutes until it is a golden brown.
While the crust is baking, sieve
1he cottage cheese. Sift the dry
ingredients together and mix with
the cheese. Add the flavorings land
the slightly beaten whole egg.
well. Stir in the cream.
Beat the egg whites until glossy
but not stiff. Beat in the remain-
ing sugar, Cut and fold this mix-
ture into the first .one,
Pour the combined mixtures in-
to the baked crust and sprinkle the
top with nutmeg. Place the baking
dish in hot water and bake in a
r;50 -degree oven until the filling
is set, or for abotit one hour and
15 minutes.
Cool the cake thoroughly before
serving.
CRUST FOR CHEESE CAKE
r/ cup sifted flour
teaspoon baking po'n'der
Dash of salt
2 tablespoons cane or beet
sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons water
Method: llix the dry ingredients
alld cut in the fat as for regular
poultry. Beat the egg yolk and
water together, and add them to the
flour and fat. i41ix well.
Most families—say the experts—
doil't eat nearly enough "greens"
such as lettuce and so on. Maybe
yours is such a family, although
n I sincerely hope not. However, I
shouldn't have to make any apolo-
gies or explanations for passing
along a recipe for anything so
good as this.
1 DUTCH LETTUCE
GE
I head lettuce or equivalent
o in leaf lettuce
2 hard-boiled eggs
%3 cup vinegar
2 small onions
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
cup diced bacon
Method: Let the lettuce stand In
cold water one hour or more, and
t'len drain well. Cut the bacon in..
to small pieces and fry until brown.
.Add the vinegar and sugar and the
bacon fat. Heat well and pour over
the lettuce. Then add the chopped
eggs, salt and onion (cut fine).
a ' 11 an 1 serve
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,M...MERINGUEPIE
The
On her way to the southern seas,
carry out ocean research into
irrents, water masses, temperature
ariations, movements of sea -birds
id sea animals, is the United
Kingdom research ship Discovery
I. The voyage will last nearly two
ears and, during that time, the 56
fficers, crew and scientists on board
pill steam many thousands of miles
their quest to solve some of the
e.maining mysteries of the ocean.
The ship will work mainly in the
ndtan, Australian and Pacific
ectors of the Southern Ocean be,
ween subtropical waters and the
fringe of the pack -ice.
At regular intervals the ship will
be stopped "on station," and by
means of specially designed water
sampling bottles, deep sea thermo-
meters and fine meshed nets, the
temperatures, (tensity and chemical
constituents of the water will be
ascertained from the surface to the
bottom, and the innumerable small
forms of life examined from the
surface to a depth of about 5,000
feet.
Direct observations will be made
on the distribution and habits of
whales, and on seals, fish and birds,
according to opportunities. The
"convergencies" — certain surface
boundaries between important water
masses—will receive attention, the
sessonai distribution of pack -ice will
be studied, and there may at a later
stage be opportunities to examine
and chart a little-known part of the
A.ntaractic Coast.
Was Heady CrazY
kith Fiery Itch
until I discovered Dr. D. D. Dennis' amazing
ly fast relief —D. D. D. Frli uidt`m dicot on
pppuI r, this pure, cooling, Q
speeds Dpuce and comfort from cruel itching
caused by eczema, pimples, rashes, athlete's
foot and other itch troubles. Trial bottle 350
ense
Itch orpmoney back Ask druggist most in �D. D.
prescription (ordinary or extra strength).
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WRITE FOR CATALOGUE
6Tablespoons Canada Corn Starch 3 Egg Yolks
2'lableepoonsButter 3 Egg Whites
2
Y4 Teaspoon Salt
Tablespoons Lenton Juice ti Tablespoons Sngnr
It Cup Sugar 5 I Teaspoons Grated Letnon iniad 19 -inch Baked Pie Shell,
'Water
2 Cups
Mix Canada Corn Starch, salt and I cup of
reprove from heat. Stir a small amount of hot
into egg yolks which have been mixed
the sugar in top of double boiler.• Gradually add
boiling water; cook, stirring
mixture
with the remaining ? 2 cup sagas.
water. Place over
constantly, until mixture thickens. Cover and
Immediately pour back into remain -
ing hot over boiling water;
cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Do not
mixture
blend thoroughly. Cook 2 minutes
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longer, stirring constantly. Re- t'
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move from heat; add butter,
lemon juice and rind. Cool to
room temperature without stir- to
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Beat egg whites until stiff but
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not dry; gradually beat in
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sugar. Spread meringue lightly
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fillip Bake in moderate
oven (825aF.) 15 to 20
minutes or until delicately
browned.
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