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Jam Andrews
"TEAS PROVIDED says the shin
on many a garden gate In Bri-
tainl and at 4 o'clock on a sum-
mer holiday afterneen the sign
Is hard to resist," That's the way
en article by Ivan Baker in The
Christian Science. Monitor be-
gins arrr and the whole article is
en interesting, and gives, rite to
so many nostalgic memories of
the "Old Country" that I'm just
g>#!xlg, to ""borrow r tt,;° without
benefit of quotation marks, hut
with a bow of than k a in the
direction of Mr. Baker. ,
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the West Country there
'will be Cornish pasties, and
lilleay, as not, a dish of Devon-
ehfre eream so rich that is
spreads, but never, pours, and
rvi$h "a'flaver all its own. Cream
is once more available for the
sfmnter months after its war-
time /banishment f r am British
telt tables. '
With a South Coast straw-
berry tea there will be thin
breed and butter, and jugs of
cream to pour over large, ripe,
strawberries.
The cups and saucers, if we
are 'fortunate, will be the old
d 'with careful]
e kin t
bion d Y
tae
painted little posies of daisies,
forget -me -nets and buttercups
allowing under the glaze.
In the Midlands and the more
northerly counties of Lancashire
end Yorkshire, high teas are
snore substantial and take the
place of supper. Veal and ham
pie is a 'favorite. Salmon in one
f e r m or another is popular.
There used to be plenty of York
ham, pressed beef, and .cold
roast chicken garnished with to-
matoes, lettuce, cress. radishes
and cucumber.
Here le a selection of some of
1be "specialties" served at holi-
day or "high" teas.
Cornish Pasties
Break a pound of well -season-
ed shorterust pastry dough into
balls, roll each ball out no thick-
er than a quarter inch, and trim
with six-inch plate into neat
rounds. The standard filling cen-
trists of fresh beef or mutton,
small cubes of potato, onion to
flavor, and seasoning to taste.
Pile, the filling on one-half of
the pastry round, wet edge, fold
over in half, and secure. Brush
the pasties with water or with
milk and water.
Put pastry initials on a corner
re -Pretty — Apparently popping
up out of the middle of this
giant apple pie is Carolyn El-
lis, Washington State Apple
Blossom Festival queen. The pie
h eight feet in diameter.
of the Paste (so that its owner
May save a corner for another
xnoal and recognize it). Bake in
a' sound oven till done.
Note 1, The filling may be
cooked before* adding, if prefer-
red.
2. Cooked potatoes; onions,
and grated cheese make a tasty
alternative filling.
*
Puff `Pastry Slices '
This is a quick way with puff
pastry, using less than the usual
amount of shortening, The
recipe is for a small amount
exactly calculated to fit the 10
in. by 12 in. baking sheet of the
standard British gas cooker.
3' , oz. self raising flour
21 oz. butter of margarine
1 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoons water
Pass flour through sieve. Cut
butter or margarine (with the
back of the knife) into cubes the
size of hazel nuts and mix gently
with flow. Put sugar in center.
Gradually add the water, lightly
mixing into a dough with a fork.
Do not knead. Rest dough three
minutes. On a lightly floured
board roll the dough into an
ob-
long about 10 in by 5 in.,
kera
-
ing the corners square. Fold
oblong into three. Give pastry a
quarter turn, clockwise. Repeat
this roll -fold -turn o p e r a ti on
another four times making five
times in all. It is Then ready -for
baking.
Roll the pastry out a quarter -
inch thick, cut in half, place
both halves together again on
the baking sheet, bake 16 min-
utes, top shelf, gas mark 7 or
450°.
When cold, sandwich w i th
thick vanilla custard, dust icing
sugar over top (or ice with thin
water icing), and cut into 6 large
or 12 small slices.
Note 1. There are no rests be-
tween the roll -fold -turn opera-
tions.
2. Roll pastry l i g h t l y and
evenly.
3. The pastry is excellent for
a large apple turnover. Roll it
out thin 1 y, put well - drained
apple puree in center, fold over
and secure edges, bake as direct-
ed.
4. Made cream or whipped
cream makes good fillings for
the slices.
Lemon Curd
2 lemons
1.2 lb, sugar
4 oz. batter or margarine
2 eggs
Put butter or margarine in a
saucepan and gently melt. Stir
in lemon juice and sugar. Cook
gently, stirring, 2 or 3 minutes.
Take pan off fire and let cool a
little.
Beat eggs thoroughly, gradu-
ally stir in the butter -lemon -
sugar mixture. Cook in a double
saucepan, stirring constantly,
until the mixture thickens, this
takes about 3 minutes. Put in
jar when cool.
This is good with b r o w n
bread, crackers, or as a filling
for small pastry shells (lemon
cheese cakes) to be baked in a
moderate oven.
Salmon Creams
12 oz. cooked salmon
as pint salad eream
'/ pint cream
?4 oz. gelatin
2 tablespoons water
ih tablespoon lemon juice
Pinch of salt and pepper
Flake the salmon then rub
smooth through a sieve. Add
seasoning and lemon juice. Dis-
solve gelatin in hot water, cool
a little, and add to the salad
dressing.
Hot Mutton—Raising radioactive sheep is one way of determin-
ing effects of radiation on living things. These pure-bred Suf-
folk sheep are part of a herd of 200 at the Hanford Plutonium
plant. Fed varying amounts of radioactive iodine, the onimols
wilt tell scientists what the results might be if radioactive mate,
flocs were suddenly released in great .amounts info the atmaz-
phere.
Look Me Over, Kids!—This comment might well be the remark
of wedding page boy Timothy Dawson, 6, of London, England.
Seen above, he gets a last-minute checkup before the ceremony
while his three small friends look on admiringly.
Stir sieved salmon into cream,
add the salad dressing, stir well.
Turn the mixture into 4 to 6
small china containers. Chill
well, serve when set, garnished
with parsley and cucumber.
Lentil Sausage Rous
Simmer 2 oz. washed red len-
tils in water to cover for 20 min-
utes, when the water will be
absorbed. Add la cup soft bread -
crumbs, 1 grated clove garlic, 11t
teaspoon salt, pinch grated nut-
meg, 1 oz. grated cheese. Mix
well. Roll into 12 little sticks
and put one on each of 12
squares of pastry dough measur-
ing about 4 in. by 4 in„ wet
edges and seal. Brush with beat-
en egg.
Bake in oven till brown.
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Potted Meat
Finely mince, then pound very
smooth, 12 oz. cooked meat, add
1 oz. butter, salt to taste, a pinch
each of ground mace, nutmeg,
pepper, and ground cloves. Mix
well, press into small pots, cover
with melted butter. For sand-
wiches. and as a garnish for sal-
ads.
Raspberry Buns
8 oz- self-raising flour
2!.s oz, butter
3 oz. sugar
1 egg
3 or 4 tablespoons
Grated rind of 'a
Raspberry jam
Sift flour, rub in butter, stir in
sugar, add beaten egg, stir in
lemon rind. add milk to form a
soft but workable dough. Be-
tween lightly -floured hands roll
the dough into a dozen small
bails and place on a greased
baking tin.
With a one -inch diameter box
lid,,, press a little hollow into
each ball, then fill with rasp-
berry jam. Bake 18 minutes or
until done, top shelf. gas mark
5 or 380'.
milk
lemon
Potato Fish Cakes
Mix 2 cups flaked cooked fish
(two kinds of preference) with
2 cups mashed potato, 1 table-
spoon finely chopped onion, 1
tablespoon d r y breadcrumbs,
and salt and pepper to taste.
Shape into rissoles, coat in fine
breadcrumbs, fry in hot fat on
both sides. Eat hot or cold with
salad. (Note. A beaten egg may
be added to the mixture, in
which case add a little more dry
breadcrumb or it may be too
soft to shape conveniently,)
Flying Over The
North Pole
We were now getting into
areas never before viewed by
mortal eye. The feelings of an
explorer superseded the avia-
tor's. I became conscious of that
extraordinary exhilaration which
comes from looking into virgin
territory. At that moment 1' felt
repaid for all our toil.
At the end of this unknown
area lay our goal, somewhere be-
yond the shimmering horizon,
We were opening unexplored
regions at the rate of nearly
10,000 square miles an hour, and,
were experiencing the ince• mper-
able t•.atisfaetion of .;-erchmg for
new land. Cine,;, far :, moment,
I mistook a distant, vague. low-
lying cloud frrrm/stern for the
white peekea ad a far away land
I }had .i momentary taxi%attr,r,
of great tri'^rrr.pb If 1 soma ex«
plain the. f4e:f.r,g 1 Led at thor.
tune .the rr.u'b ud r1 amen
would irr .,s, w+kr" ,': 'Wr.ri
this Au -t:. +r!:;/e- at, rf ki ; rrf-r;
get?"
The ir w,s :.q;l: ....ra:l1;
1irightiy Sr'ar.;teas v;:rr fr,rwys
tat us, for witr,", f °x..f: tr re taw/
fluent of tlu; Poie vw,U.!d trove
Won hogelaat.
T+o the r y'&,t. rrrw•wl,:fx. 4'raa
ray' of tee ends tmr f tam ta,rerst
r? Am rn 11;x, ppm,* f , "i W z'trri's,'s
heroic struggle to reach the goal
that we were approaching with
the easeof eagle
an ea eat the
rate
of nearly 100 miles an hour, To
our left lay. Peary's oft -traveled
trail.,.
At 9:02 'a,m., May ^ 0, 1926,
greenwich civil time, our oaleu-
lotions showed us to be at the
Fele; The dream Of a lifetime
had at last been -realized,
"We headed 10 the right to
take two confirming, sights of
the 'sun, then turned and took
tee mbre.. , ,
Time ` and direction became
011)V -curve at the Foxe. When
crossing it onthe same etraight
line we were, going .north one
instant and; south the next! No
matter how the Wind strikes you
at" the North 1501e: it must be
traveling•eorth did however you
tuesnyour head mtast' be looking
south and• our job was to get
back to the small island of Spitz-
bergen which lay somewhere
sotitli of us! ,
As we 'flew there at the top
of the world; eve saluted the gal-
lant indomitable spirit of Peary
and verified ,his report in every
detail,
13elew us was g great eternally
frozen, snow-covered ocean,
broken into ice fields or cakes of
• various sizes and shapes, the
'boundaries of which were the
ridges formed by the great pres-
sure of one cake upon another.
This showed a constant ice move-
ment and indicated the non -
proximity of land. Here and
there, instead of a pressing to-
gether 'of
o-gether'of the icefields, there was
a separation, leaving a' water-
head, which had been recently
frozen over and showing ng green
white of the snow.—From "Sky-
ward," by Richard Evelyn Byrd.
She Sees TV By Breathing Easy—The sighs of Mrs. Mary Kits -
miller, polio victim confined in an iron lung, control her television -
set. Mrs. Kitsmiller is able to operate the set by breathing into
the tubes above her head. She watches the screen in the mirror.
..Plain Horse Sense..
by BOB ELLIS
Now that the federal elections
are called Ontario farmers Will
do well to head the -advice of
The Rural Co-operator, official
organ of the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture, whose editor
thinks that it is important to find
out the ideas and plans for ag-
riculture held by the different
parties and candidates.
This columnist would go one
step farther and reverse the pro-
cedure by=informing the parties
and candidates of the wishes of
the farmers and have them com-
mit themselves on all questions
of importance,
Now is the time to tell the
story of the plight of Canadian
agriculture and submit construc-
tive ideas and suggestions to
those who want to believe that
— if elected — they will go to
Ottawa to represent the interests
of the common people of Ontario.
Consider Group Interest
Keeping in mind the revela-
tions made by Blair Fraser in his
article "Our Illegal Elections" in
MacLean's Magazine, in which he
declared that the two old par-
ties were breaking the law of
the country by the way they are
running their campaigns, it is of
the utmost importance that the
farmers scrutinize very carefully
every word that will be said be-
tween now and August 10th.
Far too long have Ontario
farmers looked at elections as a
game in which they have been
taking sides according to farn-
ily tradition and were Muggiest
for the team their forefathers
had plugged for, without 'ming
into eonsideratfort the rnterer;te
of their own wave/4fr r,.al grime
After the damage ora;'; stank
they expee ted /heir lea der' ra'i"r
jr hand to P", tfr ttis, towers nis-r,t
of the day end a..:k ter hardtootte,
Tl -i relish of taste rnseyeferrr"srast
#,set>trrni in, 'foot hr. Lave torn' o,t
tworu•afr mart t1, yrs'. r:slliri'- ,;»
imitate„-. ct eery f,rrdia fta, that
• ^rryi,rrs-i are ;,rr.,.rr; , et,t,g sass]
farm fer,fPI, ;rax. ,drf faO2
Partwit, speak 1.p'
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vr..ox'ef*fsa:rer,e !>ra/,/t, wir,ral 'nr l,1'J,*
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r,.kXat i1??0 WA WA *Wet fgey
west t.e a':4 toil 1'2 e*' 44+Yri,
The suggestion of The Rural
Co-operator is sound. It is up to
the farm organizations in the
counties and townships to give
their members the opportunity
to hear allcandidates in their
respective ridings at the same
time from the, same platform.
This is a sound andsensible way
for every individual farmer to
consider the ideas of all candi-
dates and their parties, make up
his own mind and vote intelli-
gently. ,
But not only should, they come
to listen; they should also be
heard. For'einany years now far-
mers have been pleading with
their governments for certain
measures to be taken, They al -
days did so after elections. Would
it not be more sensible to do so
before elections? In every busi-
ness the bargaining is done be-
fore possession is given. And
Government is the most impor-
tant business of the country.
Facts Known—Action Needed
What we want is clear-cut
plans and commitments, not
vague promises to study our
problems and to develop tnethods
of remedy in a distant future.
Farmers know what they need
and have asked for it time and
again. Now is the time to get it.
We want legislation glvang us
the power to enter inter -provin-
cial and export trade through
our own marketing boards.
We want cur over -seas mar-
kets back to get rid of our sur- -
plus:ec whith are being, used to
depress horse prices.
We want the Canadian Wheat
brood to handle all grains,
We vis,nt, feed grain storage
Isar,titsee eatabliahed by the gov-
5-ff4oeet at the Itestern Lake-
1eNflt
'We treed relief of our acho01
'/stns' try te,ders,) aid,
Last, hot rot lr,tsei we need and
hem s,aki-4 for s ltelttonal Health
Inc rostra f'len.
fear mane xttrdfy is os'cesgery,
't!'i,tr fkr4k *IC krrrv/r, What in
t,ksre+t it Ansettne
'O1,.f .r,t;,rz,rr etNrr Heli Aug•
Vireht, wilts mr 9/41104 grit; all
-'sillily,, ax"h4t�,Iti nOIngtruotive
4.41, raft.#. ryas than will try to
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They Send Souls To Heaven
By Rocket!
"Anywhere. for a change 1”
Down through the years these
been teased out by frustrated
words, vehemently at times, have
men. The majority have been
centent to utter the phrase—and
do nothing, Others have been
more determined to pack up traps
and set off. A new horizon, a new
outlook and .— who knows? —
a lucky break,
When Karl Eskelund, a Dane,
said it, he meant it, Ile was
happy enough with his Chinese
wife, Chiyun, and small daughter,
Mei-mei, in their straw -thatched
bungalow "The Garden of Eden,"
set in picturesque Guatemala.
The cloud in Karl's heaven was
his publisher.
The novel lie had sent for con-
sideration brought a polite re-
jection slip; "The book is well
written , , , everybody has praised
it , . but the poor book
market, , . Karl wasn't used to •
rejections, It hurt. Travel was
the only cure for his annoyance
and South America was decided.
on. For safety's sake little Mei-
mei was 011 behind M the care of
Karl's father. nee
Dropping in at Paraina, e
visitors were impresserdres)ary.$tlie
way the Americans
h
M}^ t
formed their tropical:ea*
territory. In this o c fisat
ed
Pest -hole there wasn't aso.
f-
-
to to be seen.
Like an eagle's nest, Machu
lies atop a great, steep mountain,
writes Karl Eskelund in his ab-
sorbing and admirably written
book, "Head -Hunting in Ecua-
dor."' Around the foot of the '
mountain a river foams in a.
wide semi -circle. As the travel-
ler stands on the bank of the
River Urubamba and looks up,
it is just possible to distinguish
the outer wall of the dead city.
Grey, heavy clouds which come
floating endlessly from the Ama-
zon valley give the illusion that
the whole mountain is toppling
down.
In the Dead City
On the journey- up to the dead
city the author and Chi-yun were
rewarded with a scene of breath-
taking beauty. They beheld a
city which seemed to be part of
the very mountain itself; they
couldn't tell where the rocks
ceased and the grey walls be-
gan. Among the buildings lay
hundreds of terraces, as regu-
Iar as stairways. And above all,
even above the king's palace,
towered the ancient Temple of
the Sun.
Visiting the wcity of Arequipa,
the travellers witnessed the busy
scene which takes place an-
nually at the church W the main
square on All Saints Day, when
religious leaders experience
their busiest time of the year.
From early morning people
stream to the gravelyards, Here,
the earthly remains of the rich
rest in splendid marble vaults.
The doors are opened and the
bones carefully cleaned with al-
cohol or east de -Cologne. The
poor lie buried in another part
where there ` are no; marble
vaults, only modest little heaps
of stones. As a, mark o[ respect
mourners wha,,gwesh the stones,
The priest rushes about with a
cross in one hand and a box of
matches W the bther, He stops at
each grave and after receiving
a cash payme}t lights a rocket.
Up it shoots"into the air. 11 it
goes straight the soul of the de-
ceased is already in Heaven. If
the rocket goes "sideway'/ the
pew sinner re still suffering W
purgatory and further payments
are exacted by the priest for
chanting prayers, The rockets
seldom gra straight,observes Karl
Eskelund,
The head-hunting Jibaro In-
dians provided the author with
interesting material, He dis-
proven the belief that "zanzas"
(shrunken heads) with blond
hair ore often brought out of
the jungle, and . attributes this
story to the romancing of foreign
residents, The Jibaros are not
the ,least bit interested W the
heads of foreigners, he writes,
blond or even red. White men's
Beads are not esteemed by the
head-hunters, They think that
0 the souls of the white men are
as., foolish as their behaviour
they mustbe worthless,
"Ne. Such Animal"
Of another tribe, the Colorado
Indian, Karl Eskelund' states that,
when seen for the first time, one
feels like exclaiming: "There
,ain't no such animal!"
This. Indian paints his body
with ,a strong red, colour, His
hair e he with ' -clay and
vivid red plant juices. His naked
torso and arms are ornamented
with th dark ,horizontal ho Zo strips,
n s rips,
Narrower strips adorn his face;
on his wrists are broad silver
bracelets. To complete the col;
our scheme his legs, from the
knees down, are dyed coal -black.
The two travellers visited
Chinoha, the largest of the string
of rocky islands -along the Peru-
vian coast, Four million feath-
ered inhabitants occupy the is-
land, according to the local com-
mandant's census (and although
the island was not visible from
the mainland, its guano fertili-
zer could be smelt when the
wind blew from the west!)
Counting the Birds!
The bird opoulation figure,
however, must be regarded with
a certain amount of spepticism,
for the census taker's method of
counting was surprisingly simple.
First, he estimated how many
square yards the inhabitants oc-
cupied, mutiplied the figure by
„gee, and the result of his calcu-
lations was the 'official" census]
Nature has its own way of
dealing with a growing popula-
tion on this island, and keeping
0 within limits. Chincha's birds
subsists on anchovies, and at
five -yearly intervals the tem-
perature of the waters surround-
ing the island rises. The anchov-
ies swim away insearch of cold-
er waters, and Chincha !s strick-
en with famine.
Within a few months its popu-
lation, which had grown, to pds-
sibly.six o;.' seven million, 0 re-
duced to two or three minima
It's a tough ;procedure, recorffs
Eskelend;but hreivors can com-
fort. t1ppm$elves With the tbougfit
that next year the water will
become cop]; again and the an-
chovies wills return,
SOME TYPES YOU SEE
THROUGH A WINDSHIELD
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