The Rural Voice, 1978-12, Page 35DARK CHRISTMAS CAKE
Submitted by Sandra Curran
1 Ib white raisins
2lbs sultana raisins
1 lb candied chopped peel
'/2 Ib candied cherries
5 cups flour
'htsp salt
3tsp baking powder
1 tin crushed pineapple
4tbsp cinnamon
1 lb butter
11/2 cup brown sugar
12 egg yolks
'/: cup molasses
12 egg whites
1 tbsp vanilla
'/Atsp. soda
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Put a pan of
hot water in the bottom of the oven. Line
with tin foil.
Combine fruit and nuts in large bowl, sift
flour over them and toss with hands until
fruit is coated.
Sift the remaining flour, salt, baking
powder, soda and spices.
Cream butter add sugar and beat
together until light and fluffy. Add egg
yolks one at a time beat well after each
addition.
Beat in molasses. Stir n about half of dry
ingredients. Beat egg whites until stiff. but
not dry. Fold into butter sugar mixture.
Stir in remaining dry ingredients alter-
nately.
For a 6" pan cook 2' hours and for a
8-9" pan 31/2 to 4 hours.
From Huron County, Home Economist
Grace Bird comes the following:
Holiday Fruit Punch
125m1. white sugar
250 ml. water
1.5 1. pineapple juice
1.25 1. orange juice
60-125 ml. lemon juice
1 I. bottle 7 -up
ice cubes
slices of lemon and orange
(Maraschino cherries and sprigs of mint)
(Makes approximately 5 litres)
1. Simmer water and sugar together for 5
minutes. Cool.
2. Combine pineapple. orange, lemon
juices with the syrup. Chill.
3.Just before serving, place in punch bowl.
Add ice cubes, gin and 7 -up.
4. Garnish with fruit slices, cherries and
mint.
[Symposium continued]
adhered to the natural topography and
natural vegetation of hte land. Farms
would be bordered by the way the river ran
or by other topographical features. Roads
did not travel in straight lines; they would
go around the bottom of a hill or follow the
easiest or quickest way across the terrain.
Consequently. there was no set pattern.
By 1850, according to Scott, a lot of land
was cleared and the countryside was
starting to look bleak. But it wasn't until
the 1860's that windbreaks and roadside
plantings were established, once again,
reinforcing the rectilinear pattern. By
1878, farmers were paid 25c a tree for
sugar maples from their woodlot that they
planted along the roadsides; some areas
favoured black walnut or Norway spruce.
The Lombardy poplar was also used as
a fast growing windbreak, until other trees
could be established.
At present, one of the blights on the
horizon, is "contractors disease" - trees
that have been disfigured from power lines
along the roadways, he said.
AND MUCH, MUCH, MORE
A slide presentation on Barns of Ontario
(pre 1930) by Carolyn O. Neal gave many
insight on the styles and construction
methods of barns and features unique to
certain areas.
After that, the topic switched to the
cheese industry. In 1900, there were
177,941 farmers in Ontario - 35% of them
produced milk for the cheese industry. The
farmers collectively built and operated
factories and were a vital economic and
social force in the community.
Their marketing system was not always
ideal; there was a certain amount of
disagreement in trying to find an ap-
propriate wav of marketing cheese.
A lot of people went around the
system to sell their cheese. By 1905 milk
transportation, factory production and
farm costs started to go up. And about this
time, other countries started to export
cheese into Canada.
All in all, a very informative day. U of G
is already planning another similar day for
next year, open to any person who is
interested.
SMYTN SNOWBLOWERS
Cutting Req'd
Width H.P. Auger Fan
Approx.
Weight Hoods
Rear Mount
72" (6 t1)
35 & up
Single
24" x 8"
700 Ib.
Manual
16"
84"
55
Single
30" x 8"
800 Ib
Manual
20"
96"
70
Single
30" x 10"
950 Ib.
Hydraulic
20"
96"
100
14"
36" x 10"
1200 Ib.
Hydraulic
20"
108"
120 & up
20"
36" x 12"
2000 Ib.
Hydraulic
20"
sMrTx
Welding and Machine Shop
RR 2, Auburn, Ontario (519) 529-7212
THE RURAL VOICE/DECEMBER 1978 PG. 35