The Seaforth News, 1955-08-18, Page 2TABLE TALKS
One of the handsomest of
vegetables is the solid, beauri-
fully shaped, purple -black and
firm -skinned eggplant. Sadly, it
is also one of the most neglected
of foods.
In Israel, where eggplant of-
ten takes the place of pleat for
a main course, these three re-
cipes are favorites:
Eggplant -Cheese Casserole
1 cup macaroni (elbow)
13,t pounds eggplitnt
1 green pepper and two onions
(diced)
1'/a teaspoons salt
Ifs teaspoon pepper
1 No. 2 can tomato
Wash the eggplant and slice
14 inch thick; saute in vegetable
Oil; then remove. Add the green
pepper and diced onion, and
saute until golden brown. Add
salt, pepper, and tomatoes. Add
thin layer of eggplant, half the
macaroni, the rest of the egg-
plant and the rest of the mac-
aroni. Add 1/ cups of boiling
water. Cover and bake 45 min-
utes in a hot oven, 425° 1'. Un-
cover. Dust with 7/z cup grated
Cheddar cheese. Top with 8
ounces creamed cottage cheese
and grill until bubbly and pale
gold. * * *
Eggplant Fritters
Boil whole eggplant, peel, and
mash the pulp. Add a beaten
egg, 3i cup enriched flour, 1
teaspoon baking powder, ?'e tea-
spoon salt and 1/4 cup milk. Drop
by .heaping tablespoons on a
hot, oiled griddle. Fry like pan-
cakes, turning once.
* * *
Eggplant Salad
Broil a 1% pounds unpeeled
eggplant under a low flame
about 20 minutes, turning often.
Remove the skin and mash the
pulp. Add 11/2 teaspoons salt,
'A teaspoon pepper, 11/2 table-
spoons salad oil, and 1 table-
spoon vinegar or lemon juice.
Season to taste with garlic salt
and onion salt. Serve cold on
lettuce, for a salad that looks
and tastes much like chopped
chicken livers and is equally a
gourmet's delight.
Two eggplant dishes to com-
bine with meat are easy and in-
expensive. Your favorite meat
loaf mix, put into a baking loaf
pan in layers, alternated with
thin layers of eggplant and
served with mushroom sauce is
excellent.
SITTING DUCK — Ducks just
don't build nests -in trees. That's
for the birds. But this duck,
arrow, doesn't know that so
ehe goes right on building in a
tree in Greenville.
Baked Eggplant with Sausage
Wash and pare the eggplant
and cut in slices about half inch
thick. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper and dip in beaten egg
and crumbs. Place in a greased,
shallow baking dish. Spread
each slice with about 1 table-
spoon tomato puree. Add one
onion that has been thinly
sliced and fried lightly in but-
ter. Top each slice of eggplant
with a mound of bulk sausage.
For color, you may use a thin
slice of pepper and two link
sausages. Bake in a hot oven
(400°) about 25 minutes. Makes
6 servings.
A very special company vege-
table which may be prepared in
advance and heated just before
the guests arrive is this.
Italian Casserole
1 medium eggplant
4 sliced fresh tomatoes
14 cup onion, finely diced
ee, cup butter
2 tablespoons brown sugar
14 cup buttered crumbs ,
Wash and pare eggplant, cut
into thin circles and sprinkle
with salt and pepper. Dip in
flour or in egg and bread crumbs
and brawn on both sides in a
small amount of butter. Arrange
layers of eggplant and tomato
slices in a greased casserole,
sprinkle each layer with onion
and butter, brown sugar, and
some salt and pepper. Reserve
some tomato slices to garnish
the top. Sprinkle top with but-
tered crumbs. Garnish with to-
mato slices. Bake in a mederate
oven 40 to 45 minutes. Serves
six.
* * *
Stuffed Eggplant
1 eggplant
34 cup diced bacon
1 cup sliced mushrooms
14 cup finely chopped onion
1 cap bread crumbs
34 cup cucumber, chopped
2 tablespoons horseradish
34 cup ketchup or chili sauce
1 teaspoon salt
Vs teaspoon pepper
'/ cup buttered crumbs
Wash eggplant and boil 10
minutes. Cut in half lengthwise
and scoop out pulp to make two
shells about 1 inch thick. Re-
serve pulp. Sprinkle shells with
salt. Cook bacon slightly, add
mushrooms and onion brown-
ing about 10 minutes, Add bread
crumbs, cucumber, horseradish,
chili sauce, seasonings, and chop-
ped eggplant pulp. (Doesn't it
sound wonderful? It is!) Fill
the eggplant shells with the
mixture, sprinkle with butter-
ed crumbs. Place in a shallow
baking dish containing a little
water. Bake in a moderate oven
about 35 minutes or until ten-
der. For extra color appeal, black
Olives may be added to the
stuffing.
A REAL DIFFERENCE
Just before the balloting be-
gan in the 1940 Republican Con-
vention, the late Wendell Wil-
kie sought to enlist the support
of crusty delegate Jim Watson
of Indiana. "Sorry, Wendell,"
snapped Watson, "but you're
just not my kind of dependable,
day -in -and -day -out Republican."
"I am now," maintained Mr.
Wilkie, "though I admit I once
was a Democrat." "Once was?"
snorted Watson. "Well, let me
tell you what I think of con-
verts. If a fancy woman truly
repented and wanted to join my
church, I'd welcome her with
open arms. Td even lead her
personally to the front pew. But
by the eternal, I wouldn't ask
her to lead the choir!"
HE'LL HAVE TO BE QUICK—This Conservation Department officer
had better not waste any more time scratching his head over
his department's new assignment ---a census of the state's rab-
bit population. While he's adding up totals, the bunnies, ex-
perts at multiplication, may well have census takers outnumber-
ed before they acquire enough data to determine new dates
for the hunting season.
Fashion Tires Fall Necklines Just for Fun
TIE THIS — Simulated pearls,
"tied" with rhinestones, set off
wool and flannel shirtwaists
for Fashion's fall wardrobe.
FASHION FUN—Just for fun is this conversation piece, an Eng-
lish import fashioned of green -tinted wool. Huge tie sets off
the elastic -base overblouse, which is worn with pleated, un -
pressed skirt.
Life More Dramatic
Than His Novels
Grasping a stable beam with
your two hands, could you lift
a horse between your thighs?
Or, thrusting four fingers into
four gun barrels, carry them at
arm's length?
French author Andre Mau -
rob, in a new life of "Alex-
andre Dumas", says that Du-
mas' father could do that when,
as a dragoon, he became re-
nowned for his Herculean ex-
ploits.
The son's Herculean exploits
were in loving a formidable
number of women. three of
whom bore him children, and
in writing a prodigious number
of plays and novels, including
"The Three Musketeers," "The
Count of Monte Cristo" and
"The Black Tulip."
Brought up in the country at
This, from the future King,
was virtually an order, so the
confirmed bachelor had to legi-
timize a union with - Ida that
was already nine years old.
Dumas was a prodigy at love,
as at literature.
Over -generous, he was often
in debt. "I have never refused
money to anyone," he would
say, "except to my creditors."
Asked to contribute -twenty
francs towards the cost of a
bailiff's funeral, he said: "Here
are forty francs. Bury two!"
Paid for newspaper serials by
the line, he introduced a char-
acter, Grimaud, the taciturn
valet who replied only in mon-
osyllables. One per line meant
so much easier money!
`La Presse' and 'Le Siecle;
however, ruled that a line; to
count, must extend at least half-
way across the column. The
day this happened, a friend who
found him striking out entire
THIS GAME WASN'T HOT — The deck may cool off, but so will
they. That's how these icemen feel while playing cards on a
300 -pound cake of ice. Ice even formed the chairs.
Villers-Cotterets, young Dumas
used to roam the woods with
an old poacher. One day he
resolved to go to Paris, see
plays, meet famous authors, but
he had no money. Very well,
he would poach his way there
with a gun. He did so, arrived
with four hares, twelve par-
tridges, two quails, and in ex-
change for them got a lodging
in a hotel for two days.
Years later when he was be-
coming famous he met Ida Fer-
rier, an actress who had been
given a small part in the play
"Teresa" on which Dumas col-
laborated. She was so moved
by the audience's appreciation
that she threw herself grateful-
ly into his arms, saying he had
made her future. He took her
out to supper, then to his home.
She stayed fourteen years.
He contracted cholera in the
1833 epidemic that swept Paris.
One evening when he came in
his cook, Catherine, said: "Oh,
Sir! How pale you are!"
He went to a mirror. He look-
ed terrible. "That's funny," he
said, "I'm cold."
"Oh, sir!" cried Catherine.
"That's how it always starts."
Dumas went even paler. "We
haven't a second to lose" he
cried. "Quick, a piece of sugar
dipped in ether, then a doctor!"
Feeling weak, he went to bed
Catherine, taking leave of her
senses, - brought him—instead of
the piece of sugar—a wineglass
full of ether. No longer know-
ing what he was doing, he grab.
bed it, drank it in a single gulp,
then fainted. When he came to
the doctor was at his side, and
the cholera had vanished. Un-
intentionally Catherine had dis-
covered a remedy for the
plague!
One evening he took Ida to
a reception at the palace of thr:
Duke and Duchess of Ork;ar,,
She was eager to see the rryal
home, and Duma: ttv,ught ehc
would pass uonotieed. The
Duke, however, eking up the
situation, welcomed them cor-
dially, but as they were leaving
said to Dumas: "It is, of course,
understood that you could have
presented anly wife to me."
pages from a manuscript, asked:
"What are you doing, Dumas?"
"Killing Grimaud," he re-
plied, "I made him up for short.
lines. Now he's worthless."
For a sensational Act IV cur-
tain to Dumas' play, "Antomy,"
actor Bocage had to stab the
heroine, then throw his dagger
at the feet of the husband who
had burst in on them, saying
coldly: "She resisted me. I mur-
dered her!"
In Rouen a stupid stage man-
ager had the• curtain dropped
without waiting for this last
line. Bocage, enraged, locked
himself in his dressing -room.
The audience, robbed of the
famous ending, protested. Marie
Dorval, the heroine, re -assumed
her deathlike pose in the arm-
chair, but still Bocage refused
to return, though the manager
had raised the curtain, desper-
ately hoping that he would, to
complete the ending.
The audience shrieked,
threatened to wreck the bench-
es, so realizing that something
must -be done, the "dead" wom-
an sat up, resolutely marched
down,- to the footlights, and de-
clared: "Ladies and gentlemen,
I resisted him. 1 -Ie murdered
me!„
Then, with a deep curtesy,she
made a queenly exit—to a roar
of frenzied applause!
Gertrude Lawrence
Arad Her Canaries
Gertrude returned from her
Skylark tour in November of
1940. She was home only -a few -
days when she—or rather we
—acquired a canary all our own.
It came in the form of a beleated
wedding present from Woollcott.
The canary's name, Woollcott -
advised his "Darling Amenda,"
was Franklin. Woollcott's admi-
ration of our recently re-elected
President was intense... .
The canary's name caused
Gertrude some misgivings. If
she was going to have a pet
named for an important person-
age, she preferred that the
namesake be British. - ,. .
"All right, let's call him some-
thing else," I said. "I don't sup-
pose he knows his name."
She studied the canary
thoughtfully.
"I don't think we can change
his name," she said. "Look, Ri-
chard. Who does he make you
think of? Those very bright
eyes. And that stiff, backward
tilt of -the head ... Doesn't he
appear to be looking through
prince-nez - down an elongated
chin? . .
"You'll just have to put up
with the name, darling," she de-
cided, "After all, he's your
President."
"And a good friend of your
country," I reminded her .
Until - Gertrude called me to
acknowledge the resemblance, it
had never occurred to me that
one canary was not an identical
replica of every other. On my
way to the office that morning,
I found myself stopping instinc-
tively before a Sixth Avenue
pet shop. A number of canaries
fluttered appealingly in indi-
vidual wicker cages in the win-
dow. One, high up on the wall,
caught and held my eye. He
was a large, puffy bird. "Corpu-
lent" was the word that came
to me. His round, small -beaked
head was sunk between his
shoulders. There was something
dogged and aggressive about
him which was heightened by
a bald patch on the top of his
Bead. If his beak had held a
thick cigar .. .
I told the shop to deliver the
bird to Gertrude. On the card
I wrote: "Call me Winnie"
From the moment of their in-
troduction, Winnie and Frank-
lin took to each other. They
shared a large cage. Winnie
moved along the perch to one
end (did my imagination de-
ceive my eyes, or was there a
nautical roll suggestive of a
certain famous Former Naval
Person?). With an unmistakable
wink, he invited Franklin to hop
up on the other end. This Frank-
lin did immediately, with his
accustomed self-assurance. There
the two chirped and chuckled
to each other, sang duets and
occasionally solo serenades, one
pouring out his song, to which
the other listened attentively
and courteously, with head
cocked. — From "Gertrude Law-
rence as Mrs. A.," by Richard
Stoddard Aldrich.
The chief cause of divorce is
marriage.
Probing S>ecirets
Of Human Brains
Scientists are going to ex-
amine the brain of Professor
Albert Einstein, originator of
the Theory ,of Relativity, who
died recently. They are trying
to learn something about ono
Of the greatest intellects of our
day and will seek to add to the
store of knowledge which medi-
cal research is steadily building
up concerning the human brain,
Examination of the brain is a
regular feature of post-mor-
tems. Where, in a case of sud-
den death, the cause of death,
is doubtful, changes in the brain
may indicate cerebral injury
even when there is little out-
ward sign. Death may be due
to certain types of asphyxia or
to alcoholism, or the effect of
other types of poisons which af-
fect the cerebral system.
An injury to the brain may
alter a person's whole outlook
on life: Men have been known
to recover from terrible injuries
to the front of the brain and to
be more cheerful, even full of
pranks. Research in this direc-
tion has led to the evolution of
an operation on the brain which
has benefited the inmates 0f
mental institutions to such an
extent that they have been able
to return to useful work.
Some strange effects have
resulted from injury to the
brain, Professor Gross mentione
a murder that occurred in Ba-
varia in 1893 when the wife Of
a schoolmaster named Brunner
was mortally wounded and two
of his children killed. Brunner
was suspected io be the mur-
derer. When the wife recovered
consciousness she was question-
ed, but was unable to say who
had attacked her. When her
statement was prepared she
signed it "Martha Guttenber-
ger" instead of "Martha Brun-
ner." -
Inquiry showed that Gutten-
berger was not her maiden
name, but the name of her for-
mer sweetheart.
The police went after this
man, arrested hien and he con-
fessed. The woman must have
recognized him the instant he
struck her and his image re-
mained in her subcone.xious
mind.
MMM-USHROOMS — Mushrooms
are a byproduct of steelmaking
—at least they are in Butler
County, Pa. Take an abandoned
limestone mine (limestone is
used in smelting ore), with its
constant, 56 degree tempera-
ture, high humidity, and dark-
ness; add culture for the mush-
rooms to grow in, season for the
camera with one of the pretty
harvest hands. Mmm-ushroomsl
LADY WITH A PROBLEM—Mrs. Una Schmidt Fine washes clothes
as. her son 2 -year-old son watches. Mrs. Fine married Alfred D.
Fine after she Was convinced that her husband was killed in
Koree. But Schmidt appeared as one of the 11 airmen released
by the Chinese Communists. Mrs. Fine says she is undecided
about what to do when he returns. -
aro-