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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-01-23, Page 6peewee seppweee iN ANNE A.LtAN " Hyde®'Home Ilsenelwlsl . . TH�tIFT IN SOUPS Heller, Homemakers! Soup.'s..:en ! That old Scotch favourite is import- • ant when it really means what you say. For soup can be both tempting and 'substantial—and, of course, it's thrifty. * There are. several types of soup. Clear soup is the aristocrat—a little goes a short way—and only paves the way to the main course. "Thick Leg- ume or vegetable soup is practical, appetizing and wholesome almost a meal 'in itself. * -* * Then, there is cream soup. The ex- pression 'cream' soup is misleading since we now use skim milk or the water in which the vegetables are cooked—not cream, Chowders are eimi•1ar to cream soups abut are thick- ened by adding flaked fish, pieces of meat or any-vegetable=but tomatoes or no tomatoes, that's a question which can start a hot argument. *. a ;Ic Served generously and well -season- ed, soups are ideal as a main dish for any hungry family., To make soup still more tempting, sertee it with plen- ty of crackers, melba toast, plain bis- cuits, pastry squares, or bread — in- expensive accompaniments, Along with the proverbial cabbage salad and glorious golden dessert of canned peaches, or stewed apples ---•soup's on! * * RECIPES Swiss Potato Soup 4 -small potatoes, - 1 large flat white turnip 3 cups boiling water 1 quart scalded milk le, onion, cut Iin,.glices 4 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup four •1r teaspoons salt • 1/s teaspoon pepper. Wash, pare- and cult ,potatoes in halves. Wash, pare and cut turnips in r/47inch slices. Parboil, together 10- m n.utea, drain, - add onion --and boiling .water. Cook until vegetables are soft; drain, resenting water to••add tq vege- tables after rubbing them through a sie,1`e! dti milk, reheat, and bind with butter and .flour cooked together. Season with salt and pepper. Serves 6 to 8. Split Pea Soup 1 cup dried split peas 2% quarts cold water 2 cups milk or water % onion 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour lee teaspoons salt 1/g teaspoon pepper 2 -inch cube fat salt pork. Pick over peas and soak several hours, drain, add eOld water, pork and onion, Bring to boil on element turn- ed High, then to 'Ammer 3 hours, .,r until soft; rub through sieve. Add butter and flour cooked together, salt and --pepper. Dilute with milk or wa- fer!, adding more if Reeessary. The water in which a ham has been toot- edmay be used; in such.. case omit salt Salmon Soup 1 cup salmon 1 quart scalded Weill 2 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 1% teaspoons salt Few grains pepper. Drain oil from salmon and rub through sieve. Add milk gradually, season and 'bind with butter and flour cooked together. Serves 4 to 6. Scotch Broth 3 pounds lamp or mutton . ; 1 cup barley, soaked in cold water 12 hours. .4 tablespoons butter '/4 cup carrot 3/4 cup,onion• Salt,and pepper 2 tables poons flour finelyo tablespoonparsley P c� PPed Pars ey y4 cup turnip '/4 cup. celery. Cut lemi meat in .1 -inch cubes, put in kettle, cover with 3, pints cold wa- ter, .bring quickly to boiling point•on element„ skim, add barley Simmer 11/e hours or until meat is tender. Pat bones -in second kettle; cover with cold• water, heat' slowly ' to boiling point, skritri""and boil 1% hours. Strain water from bones and add -'to meat. Fry vegetables in 2 tablespoons butter dive iuin+tlt S, add to SOUR with liaat and pepper .toy. tasite,,and: aoo.IF µinti vegetabbae ea'e eon. Thickep With re- maining butter alai it Ur • eoialted tp- gethev. Add Parsley just before eery- ing. Rice May be used in, place of barrio'. r a « Take -a -•Tip: r 1. Planning tgen'us in adrvenee telps the food 'shoppe - By doing this, she can often save pennies by buying toods in large quantities. 2. Compare prices of foods with eq- ual food values: 3. Read labels carefully so.,,you will know exactly what is in the package. 4. Buy in quantity when economical especially such staples as sugar- and flour. 5. Compare cost per ounce or pound of different sized packages. 6. Buy by weight rather than by the dime or dollar's worth. 7. To get the quality you pay for, buy by grade for, example, butter, eggs, beef, canned fruits and veg- tables, etc. 8. Boy foods 4n season. Visit the local market and watch the Mixing Bowl, Column to keep up to date on the food situation. 9. Check weights and purchases be- fore you leave a store. 10. Notice the best method of cook- ing food's to ;retain the maximum amount of food value. * * r. QUESTION BOX Mrs. M, D. suggests: "To mend knife handles, place some sulphur in a tin on the range to melt, :and when melted pour into opening in handle of knife or fork. The sulphur hardens almost immediately." Answer: Thank you, ;Bins. M, D. Mrs. N. P: writes: "I have an up- right vacuum cleaner. Are there any precautions in cleaning it?" Answer: To clean your cleaner, take it outside, a* far as cord will allow. Empty the bag into a paper bag. Leave top hanging ,loose and put into alibther bag, turn on the switch,, Yoga can sweep the outside and fasten, :he top up,,. Mrs. C. ` asks: "How can I re- move oandle.`drips'-from a broadloom rug?" Answer: Dampen a cloth with gas- oline, rub the spot with a circular mo- tion, Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Huron Expositor. Just seed in your questions on homemak- ing . problems and watch this . little corner of the column for replies. tock tj Mr. 'Business Man, when you are taking -stock with the coming of the new year, why not check your requirements of Commercial7Printing No• matter what: your needs may be,, you will find our Comilercial Printing department ready and able to meet them. LETTERHEADS, ENVELOPES, STATEMENTS, BILL ' HEADS, TAGS, COUNTER CHECK BOOKS, .LOOSE-LEAF LEDGER SHEETS AND ' BINDERS, FACTORY FORMS, - •: RUBBER STAMPS are just a few of the items with.: which we can supply you. It will be to your advantage to have your printing requirements filled at home. The work is done speedily and economically to .. your satisfaction, and the money stays in Seaforth, -- • FOR YOUR NEXT PRINTING' ORDER HURON .EXPOSITOR COMMERCIAL PRINTING DEPARTMENT - Phone 41 Seafortk yin- 4,t1. 14 lit 01t%,`tG ..este War. And ' . That d. r p (By Margare lS► slier) READING, ENGLAND.—Well,: wls- ter iscorning on us .at last, Not a particularly agreea"b1e thought, but we shall .1.1 (through- • - Colds in .the head are very fashion- able just now, and colds are a bit of a problem • with handkerchiefs at a coupon a Lime. • Today it has rair ed, without ceasing, and one must seg - English rain to believe it. My three mile •bicycle ride has given it a sin- gularlypenetrating effect today, and my room is now filled' with steam from drying garments. It doesn't -have• to pelt in order to get down to one's bones; just steady going does it, ably assisted by drippings from the trees. . Yet every day—so I keep on tell- ing myself --brings summer a bit nearer. (I have net mentioned spring —you may have noticed,. Only poets rave about our English spring as a rule, and I strongly suspect that all such odes were written in Majorca or somewhere. Perhaps all this steam Inas made me a trifle cynical. Because, you see, I know that there wilt 'still be steam in the spring. There always is). Yesterday I cycled back with a Lon- doner who sometimes does the jour- ney with me. He has the typical Cockney turn of mind, and one re - Mark of his•, amused Me very much. He was speaking of his boss, who. is a first class curmudgeon, "by all ac- eounts, "I don't"'think he's well, of course," Said the little Londoner, "but where should we be, if you please, if every- body who didn't feel well behaved like that? Look at this fellow Hitler— all the trouble Ire's put 'the world to, just because he doesn't feel up to the mark!” -- I wonder if that is a profound re- flection? I am inclined to suspect that it is. , Will Break a My Rule I have .also heard something else which amused me, and' I'm going to break my r`rle, Up to now all my stories • have 't been first-hand ones, I cannot swear' to_ the absolute deteils and correctness of anything I don't see or experience myself, of course, but it is wonderful what a bit of cross examination . will do in that way. There isinothing like it for bringing an anecdote down to plain facts, and I put them all through it. But this time, I am told, it comes from the friend .of a friend of mine: a woman I' have not niet. It was handed to me as truth, and that is all I can say. This woman is an officer• in one of the women's , -services, ',and it is. said ,the have happened in her presence; =o I.11 leave it at that. • 1 wonder why we all like a Shuman story about royal folk? I suppose it is -the nice feeling which comes r,1 learning that they are human. Not long ago I was talking to a man whose personal friend was presented, on some occasion, to the King aid Queen. and he talked -10 thein entirely with-, out self-consciousness making them laugh quite heartily -at something he said. - The man- who presented hien said to him after: "That did my heart good, olcl chap. You know, most of the folk who talk to them •at these, ceremonial affairs have -facts like cof- fin -lids!" But to get back to my story, This particular section of the women', ser -- vices ---1 don't remember which it was --received word that the King was coming to make an inspection,' and 'theme was a • wild burst of . spit -and' - polish, for his Majesty was clue in a couple of hours. Young women were dashing about„ allover the place, get- tings ready—when the worst h p- pened. 'King, .that busy man, 4 as• early. A breathless person rushed into the room and said: "He's here! He's just coming in. at this moment!" Hopped Into the Cupboard ' ,For one maiden ,it was calamity in- deed. The poor dear' wasn't . even dressed. No tunic, no skirt, and hair all anyhow; and ,no time toe do. any- thing at all about it. "You hop into .that cupboard over there!" ordered tine gfficer, "And don't , you dare to move ter •,utter a sound 1411 he's gone,• • T-11 turn the key on you, and you must breathe as best you can." • No sooner said than' done; and the august visitor entered. He was chaining, as- •iris; and vastly inter- ested in everything. He walked a- round, looking at this and, that. "You've •got a nice cupboard here, I see," he commented—to an accom- panimettt of loudly beating feminine hearts. And with that he turned the key -andthrew the door open; _afford- ing an .uninterrupted( view of the shrinking ftigitivs-- from inspection. What lie 'thought is beyond guessing, of course, but he did not turn a hair, Tact, in fact, could go no further.. He bade her a petite and smiling 'Good 'afternoon,' shut the door agate and went on With the job, as unr'tiffied as may be." The proceedings continued according to plan. - Ladies' a man after our own hearts!•• Kind Friends in Canna This week I have .received two lore- ly little parcels from Canada: tea - bags agra•in, and something sweet .0 �' ii4:bble. How kilted ate our friends ov- er there! 'I do hot think personal gifts -+have eves • med.nt so much ae they do no'wtidaiii. ;It isn't that we eke ' to want, oaf' course, bat" the thought' behind tffese little "extras" is wonderfully heartening:- Nobody t allows' us to feel that we are poked away on our ,small island in a ring of enemies. We are a focal point,' and they let us know that they re- alize it. All the while they keep in Mitch with us, and every letter, eve_ -y parcel, is like a comforting pat on the. back, a warm handshake. Int would be so easy*- for folk, so far away, to -say to themselves: "I really don't think I'll bother. They probably wouldn't get it, anyway.". Actually, very few things are lost— with one mysterious and notable ex- ception. I mean the Vanishing Cig- arettes, Their disappearance is ex- tremely odd, to say the least of it., One might almost suppose that "Mr. - S." had issued special orders in re- spect of them.. One • can almost hear him hark: "Sink cigarettes at all cost." And off goes the Cigarette Fleet. A friend of mipe in Toronto has tried again and 'again to get some through; twice to me and three times to a soldier friend 'in the Midlands.' Neither of us lias ever as much as smelt a whiff of ,them, though all the other things have turned ,up in drag course. Well, .if this is coincidence I can only say that it ,has an even 'lon ger arm than one supposed. Well, well, Well!" Shoppirigi is Expensive •Shopping here is expensive to get really -expensive. Clothes, of course; have jumped up in price, but that does not touch one so deeply. If' you have already used your coupons you are out of the running anyway, and it doesn't affect you. But yesterday I went 'into town to get a few odds and ends such as buttons, tape and mending -wool; and a ten -shilling not e had been• swallowed up before --I, cram- med the things into my bag. Eight - peace for things which used to be six- pence; a shilling for a box .of pins. And no wrapping paper now of cotdrse. When I dug down for a ,handkerchlef out came a couple of yards of web- bing, trailing to the floor, and I ex- perienced all the enibarras•sment of a shoplifter. Ineid-entally, the shoplift- ers—if they are not now engaged' on 'something more •. praiseworthy -must be having a whale of a time. The ali- bi of the paper -bag no longer holds and the , most astute floor -walker would 'be hard put • to it -to tell an •honest customer from a.dishon'eist one; it seems to me. I` s.UPpose the shops, for ,they own protection, will (have to give ' sins the practice of displaying goods loose in• trays. Personally, I think it should .have been done long. ago. Not that all shopkeepers them- selves are always above suspicion= oh dear, no! I was deliberately cheat- ed out of a few coppers by a woman who saw that I. w -as in a hurry. --One, look and ,up went the price. There is n6 means of verifying, the right price at the time, so these dishonest folk get away with it. But what shocking 'business ft is! Nothing would per- suade me, needless to say, to go back to that shop again'. It strikes me es a rather rash proceeding losing a promising customer for the sake of sevenpence. Well, there is one conn- fort; .if they make nice little fortunes the Income Tax people will get most of it out of"'diem-I hope. There is something to be said for heavy tax;t:- rtoii, after all. • Allotments Have 'Helped Greatly In lots ,of ways, of course, we man- age to be independent of 'outside sup- plie i -particularly of food: All these allotments have helped us tremead- ously. - There -are still .plenty of folk 'who have to buy everything, but home production must have, done -a- -huge amount to relieve transport and ship- ping; and that is the important', ques- tion, naturally. Hens and rabbits are everywhere, and giving their owners a, high old time; believe me. One is always 'meeting exhausted citizens wlio have just chased one of the fam- ily hens over half -a -dozen neighboring gardens. It • must be an inspiring signt. And there are fat, contented - pigs browsing- on spots that used to be lawns In the most unlikely spots:. The 1M,p9rtaU a of Gpn'ault'ingc' your local„Em}itloyment and ,Claims Officer when there is douj.it as to whether or not any : worker or group ttf workers is insurable was emphasized today by Mr, R. N. watt, Manager of tlfe local Employment and Claims Office. According to Mr. Watt, some em- ployees are making their own decis- ions as to the insurability of "their employees. dVIr. Watt stated that rulings have been made ' already by the Commis- sion in a large number of special cas- es. It is essential that these -rulings Ducks waddle about on crazy pave- ments and lone -time flower beds, and goats are tethered by the roadside. A lot more could be done=and sill !1e done, no doubt—but folk are becogi- ing ve yy sensible in this. The one trouble with the non-professional bird and animal ownmels that )re gets fond of the creatures. Many a duck, I feel sure,,w•111, be eaten at Christmas to an acgompeniment of brotherly' tears ! The eating of an anonymous bird from a shop is one thing: to put knife and fork to Susan or Biddy or Diana is quite another matter. This English passion for, pets has its drawbacks! Doing Christmas Shopping The town—when one ventures into it—is ,already full of people doing Christmas sliopping, and our radio tells us that several thousand extra postal -hands will be needed to deal With the season's mail. So I gather that "C'hri$tmtas ' as Usual" 15- the na- tional motto -oto be upheld as far as possiblee. Already I have a couple of minae -pis and, to my unbounded am- azement, they actually tasted like mince-piat -4 cannot imagine how the ,bakers do it, but there is no doubt that good cooks 'are getting very clev- er at this bricks -without -straw busi- ness. One knows that certain ingredi- ents must be tackling, but one would not suspect 'it, often enough. Vire are getting all sorts of good',, practical re- cipes from our refugees, too; . and it wouldn't surprise me if this War makes a lot of difference to English cooking, It never used to be what one would call imaginative, and quite a lot of folk never, had an idea beyond, beef and! mutton, with -boiled vege- tables, and shepherd's pie 'as an after- math. Now, with less heavy food, and With additional exercise, 1 : am sure tliere •afe 'fewer'. fat,, lethargic people around. I have just met a man, 'in fact, wholooks about fifty pounds lighter .(and a hundred" times' fitter) since I last set eyes •on him. • 'He has just returned from an Auxiliary Fire- men's Training Camp, where he has been put through the hoop for a fort. night, "For the first three -,.days," he said, grinning, "1 thought it would _.till me, but I soon' got tised to it—and ac= -tually liked it,' They got them out of bed at dawrt•,,,,for physical jerks, with a huge breakfast to •follow, ani` Am. -lea of .the day at fire -practice of various sorts:-. - -He says it 'w,aa"".like beim -coached for Sin international match. OI viously\ the A.F.S. have -no time'sfor„ amateur pottering. These men really know their yob. I think a i. few thousand of them have already proved that. , Charming Grecian Monarchs Another friend tells me that a few days ago,'.sh.e met Ki:g George of Greece and Prince Saul at a, party,. She found them both charming peo- ple, and 'they gave her their auto- graphs far her little girl: King George speaks- peffect English; he is fair and of medium height. ' Prince Saul :s dark, and though he went to school over here, his accent is not so pet•- fect.'-"But this is not the first time I have heard how •closely King George resembles us. I used to kilo -Ur a man wjro ha,d a delightfui little• house out- side London, to which a Certain well- known hostess used to bring all sorts of folk wheseever he threw a party. They were jolly parties, too, where people didn't bother much about names and ceremony. My friend had a very. nice man .who was over in the corner tinkering with the radio add he said to -this-lady, a, few minutes after: "whots that chap over, there? I like him," She twinkled at him and answered: '„Ob, I'm glad of that. • I - thought, ypu might when" I brought him along.' That's King George of the Hellenes." • aa' RIaeuw+"9�E5. R�,40nsrt raUu• ,, be' followed in every case where they apply, because benefit is not payable if contribution's .have been made on behalf of a worker when engaged in an employment which is not insur- able, . • , Further, it is important that such e special cases should be determinedc, '" with the, least possible delay. Mr. Watt , revealed that certain employers who had erroneously excepted acme of their employees in he first ihstance,' later tried to correct the error by de- ducting contributions from wages re- troactively. This again is contrary to the Act, Only current contributions may be deducted from a worker's wages. If • an employer neglects tt} register • ip.surable employees, . he makes' himself liable for both his own and the 'workers' back contributions - 51111 e.notiier error has arisen in many special instances where the Commission's rulings were not ob- tained; Mr. Watt asserted. It is in connection with the collection of con- tributions for "broken 'periods."' It should be understood that either five or six days may represent 'a • full week's work for an employee. Deduc- tions in such eases 'should be made on a;fuli weekly basis. In certain spe- cial cases, where employer and em- ployee are in agreement, a four-day em- -week may also represent a full week's • work. •. Contributions for less than a week, however, should be made on a daily basis. For example, if a worker earns an average of $5.00 a day for three day-s'.•,work in insurable employment, his class of contribution will be the same- as a worker who earned $30.00 for a fail six-day week .(Class .7 of the 2nd schedule of the Act.. But the contrtbutiou would be only three - sixths of the. contribution for a full week and not, six -sixths. ,Similarly for One or two days, the contribution would, 'bee one-sisfeh, or two -sixths,. re- s'peetively. • In -cases where the employee works for less than •a week and is not paid On the same basis for each day he works, -his • weekly earnings' ' for con- tl•ibuti'on purposes may be calculated by multiply ing..his average daily earn- ings• for the -period by six. The same rule applies to employees working less -tthan. the ordinary num- ber of hours which normally consti- tute their regular working 'day. For these; a daily stamp, the class of which is determined t the actual money earned in' •the days worked, should be placed in the insurance book for each day on which work is done. Foe example, a man works two - hours on ,Monday, eight - hours on Tuesday and four hours on Wednes etiy, :and is. paid 40c an hour. His • earnings for the -three' days are there-,• foie $5 al and 'his' average daily -earn- ings 81.87. Multiplying $1.87 iby nix, places his earnings in Class 3. Three - sixths of a 43c weekly stamp should be affixed and nine, cents de -ducted from the man's earnings, ' Louise: "Am I ,the first girl you've ever kissed?" 'Fred: "As a matter of tact, yes!" TORONTO Hotel WaVerIey SPaD,NA AIM. AT COLLZO.s ST. RATES . SINGLE - seat to' $3.00 DOUBLE - $2.0 to $6.00 'Special Weekly and Mon thry Rates A MODERN QUIET .. . WELL CONDUCTED .. . C'1VENIENTLY LOCATED ° . . Close to. Parliament Buildings, University of Toronto, Maple Leaf Gardens, Fddhjonahle Shopping District. Wholesale . flosses, Theatre", .Churches. of Every Denomination, A. M. Pow6LL, President , NATIOAL PARKS <ALlititTA, CANADA • I.