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The Seaforth News, 1954-09-16, Page 2'iTABLE TALKS of Jane Aocirewg The United States Depart - anent of Agriculture has been paying a good deal of attention to those who have home freez- ers, especially along the line of freezing main dishes for a meal, and having them all ready for serving when needed. The following are some hints and recipes which I am sure will be helpful to many of you. They were written by Elsie H. Dawson, FoOd Specialist of the ;dome Nutrition Branch. 1 T'. ti s Freezing potatoes in eas• meroles has always been risky— up to now. You never could b'6 sure they'd look and taste quite aright after freezing. And the same thing has been true of dishes made with gelatin and mayonnaise. After experimenting in our USDA kitchens, though, we've come up with some answers, We found that if you add sour cream to a casserole like our Pork Savory recipe, the pota- toes taste just as good after freezing as before. Here are some of the other rules our experiments have taught us: * 8 8 . Prepare rood tor freezing as you would for immediate use, but do not overcook. If you enok foods well-done before :,freezing, some vegetables, and foods such as macaroni, may be soft when reheated. Cool food quickly, immediate- ly after cooking. That's very important. Set the pan of food on ice, or in iced or very cold running water, k k As soon as food is cool, pack into freezer containers, leaving head space for expansion. Choose -a container that holds just enough for one meal for your family. Quarts hold 4 to 6 servings; pints, 2 to 3, Use containers with wide top open - legs, so that food does not have to be thawed completely before you remove it from the con- tainer. 4 b+ Freeze prepared foods at 0° or below, as soon as they are packed. Use pre-cooked main dishes within 6 months. To thaw food completely be- fore reheating, let it stand in the refrigerator. After food is thawed, use it at once. * 9 A Jellied Ham Loaf (25 portions, 4x4x1-inch) 5 tblsp. unflavored gelatin 1 e. cold water 1n qt, coarsely ground lean cooked ham 3 c. chopped celery 11/2 tsp. onion juice as tsp. powdered horseradish or 1 tblsp. prepared horse- radish a e, mayonnaise 134i c, cooked salad dressing 1 tblsp. lemon juice see, tsp. prepared mustard s/s o. sliced stuffed olives Soak gelatin in water for 5 minutes. Place over hot water until dissolved. Combine all ingredients, Mix well. To Serve Immediately Garnish bottom of loaf pan with sliced hard -cooked eggs. Place mixture in pan. Chill untilfirm; slice, and serve on crisp salad greens. To Freeze Place in loaf pans or freezer Aontainers. Chill until firm. Cover with lid, or wrap in freezer packaging material. ea] and freeze. To Prepare Frozen Food for Serving Thaw, without unwrapping, at room temperature for 3 or 4 hours. Garnish- with sliced hard- eooked eggs; slice, and serve on crisp salad greens, 8 8 d Cooked Salad Dressing (For Jellied Ham Loaf) i� o. sugar 2 tsp.. flour s/ tsp, salt % tsp. powdered dry mustard )Few grains cayenne 1 tsp. pepper 1r2 ids. buttet, melted 2 eggs, slightly beaten as c. milk 6 tbls. vinegar Mix sugar, flour, and season- ings. Stir butter and eggs into dry ingredients gradually. Slowly blend in the milk, . then the vinegar. Cook over hot water until mixture thickens, stirring occa- sionally. Makes 4?4 cups salad dressing. k w e Pork Savory (25 Portions, al Cap Each) 3 lb. lean pork, cut in I -inch pieces 11/2 tsp, salt lei tsp. pepper 1 tblsp. cooking tat or all 3 c. water 21/2 c. sliced carrots 1 e, sifted all-purpose flour 3 c, sour cream Sts e. diced potatoes 1 tblsp. finely chopped onion 11 c. green lima beans 1 tblsp. salt Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Brown in fat or oil. Add water, cover and simmer until meat is tender. Cook car- rots in a little water until al- most tender. Combine flour and sour cream. Beat until smooth, Girl's Pet Dog Wins attle With r caths Little Nicole, eight - year - old daughter at the Foussat farm, Montceaux-sur-Dordogne, France, had a lively face framed by a brunette bob, and lit by eyes as blue as the water of the river Dordogne which flowed past her house. One resent and eventful Sun- day she p u t on h e r prettiest frock and coat and went out to play with her sister, Leone, and Fifi. But Leone no longer want- ed to play the childish games of her younger sister. "I'm not go- ing to play hopscotch," she said. "Why don't you want to play with me any more?" asked Ni- cole. But Leone only shrugged her shoulders and walked away. There w a s still Fifi, though, Nicole's mongrel pet clog, She loved him dearly. "As Leone doesn't want to play with me," Nicole told him, "I shall have a game alone with you." But there were no Sundays for Fifi. During the afternoon he had to help drive the cows to pat- ture. All days were alike to him. So Nicole was left alone. It wasn't much fun playing by her- self in the farmyard. She pre- ferred the little bridge over the stream. After frolicking through the fields, its clear waters joined the dark flood of the Dordogne. She walked towards the bridge — but where was the thin silver thread that usually rippled be- tween flowered banks? It had rained the day before, snow had been melting for some days in the mountains, and the stream had become a muddy torrent whose grey waves spattered rocks and jostled branches of trees and tufts Of grass, It looked both exciting and POLLY WANTS NO CRACKER—And no birthday cake, either, Mike, the 34 -year-old parrot -mascot of an Anti.Cruelty Society gives the bird to the cake marking his 14 years of residence with the Society. He'd much rather have his favorite meal: Bacon and eggs, topped off with a cola drink and sunflower seeds. MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR—Tarn Elliott, 10, has a rough time trying to calm his hog for ledges at the Market Hog Show. fearful. Nicole was drawn nearer and nearer to the edge. Each wave seemed to be a little hand beckoning her on; the torrent seemed to be asking her to join it in play. She didn't notice she was tread- ing on a slab slippery with mud, Too late, she lost her balance . slid, felt the water lap against her legs, drawing her in. She was in up to her waist, up to her shoulders, and the next thing she realized, with horror, was that the waves were racing her towards the bridge's arch which seemed like a huge mouth ready to gobble her up. "Mummy! Mummy!" she cried, frantically beating the water with her small arms. It was then that a dark form bounded off the top of the bridge. Fife, had heard the little girl's cries as he was bringing the cows home. He seized her coat between his teeth and drew her towards the bank with all his strength. At last Nicole's fingers seized a tuft of grass. FM jumped on to firm ground and drew her out, shivering with cold and fear. Then, turning to Nicole's mother and sister who ran panic- stricken towards them, the lit- tle clog barked joyfully and wag- ged agged his tail. He had joined Nicole in her game — a game in which Death also so nearly played a part. Handy Hans For in Doors Aird smut Keep the edges of your card- board quilt patterns from "fray- ing" by coating them with shel- lac or nail polish before you mark around them. b W * Protect your husband's pocket watch when he's doing dusty jobs. Cover the entire watch with a . square of cellophane, twist the ends together, and tightly wrap with a rubber band. He can see the time and still keep the watch clean. Slit a 6 -inch length of garden hose to hold your croquet wickets during the winter. Hose piece fits over top of wickets to keep them together. * * * Draw a map of your farm on a roller -type window shade. Re- cord the crop in each field. fer- tilizer used, etc. Install the shade on a wall in the barn, Makes a handy -crop reference. Make cream puffs all the same size by baking them in muffin tins. a n r Pick -up -time can be a game for youngsters who have an in- expensive, simple -to -make toy basket on wheels. Reinforce a bushel -size wash basket by put- ting in a plywood bottom, Mount the basket on casters — then a child can easily push it around, indoors and outside. You might decorate the basket with animal stencils. • a* Applique pieces will stay in place until they are stitched down, if you: spread a thin Waling of warm starch on the back of each piece, pat into po- sition on your material, cover with a dry cloth, and press with a warm iron until pieces are perfectly dry. The starch will wash out in first laundering. F * i Strips of sandpaper glued on the atop of a step lander make steps slip -proof. N k u Make bumper guards fur the hack wall of your garage. Cut an Old rubber tire across the middle. Fasten the two halves, with cut ends in, across the wall at the same height as the car bumpers;. To join new material when erocheting or braiding rag rugs, cut a "buttonhole" in the end of the strip being used, and an- other in the end of the strip to be joined. Pull the attached strip through the buttonhole in the new strip. Then pull the op- posite end of the new strip through the buttonhole in the attached strip. Pull tightly to form a knot. Saves sewing the pieces together and holds better, b 4+ 5 For a small paint job, mix your paint in a waxed card- board cream or milk carton — just cut off top part of con- tainer. Easy to throw out when you're through, tl :k * - Cut "figure eight" yeast rolls with a doughnut cutter. Pick up the ring, stretch it, then twist. No ends to tuck under. Use cookie sheets as lap trays for children when making long trips by car. Crayons and pen- cils won't slip off if the sheet has raised edges. n a +x Write on glass fruit jars with white shoe polish, Use a cotton - tipped stick, dipped in polish, to print contents and date On jar. Eeasy to read, even on a dark shelf. TOE ITCHED— SFIOT FT OFF Okkie Ferreira, a young man living at Longkloof, South Africa, grew tired of his little toe. One day it itched and the next day it. ached; it gave him no rest. Okkie had a brilliant idea. He brought out his .22 rifle, sat down, stretched his legs out and fired at the toe. He hit it, but it was still there, so he took a second shot at it. This time it was blown clean off. A doctor bandaged it for him, "I don't like itchy toes,' he remarked, .. PLAIN HORSE SENSE By F. (!BOB) VON PI;hUS Truro, NS, At a recent meeting of the Nova -Scotia Fruit Growers As- set/elation it was reported that negetlatlons are continuing be- tween the Canadian and British governments for sale of apples from Canada's 1954 crop On the United Kingdom markets and that a decision will probably be made within the next few clays, It was disclosed that at a meeting of the Canada Apple Committee, held in Ottawa, reports were given on the Bri- tish situation by Deputy Minis- ter of Agriculture Taggart and Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce Bull, just returned from a conference with British government departmental • offi- cials in London. No Open Market Mr, Sutton, Secretary of the Fruit Growers Association, said that it appeared very definite that there would ,be no oppor- tunity of an open market for Canadian apples in Britain this year, although the British apple trade was very anxious to re- sume business with Canada. He also said that since last year the dollar situation had gradually improved, but with apples being in a low priority group, there was practically no possibility of any big amounts being allocated for Canadian apples. There are other com- modities in the same category which would have to be allo- cated dollars, if dollars were to be spent On apples. Sterling Instead of Dollars From these reports it is quite clear that the stumbling block fOr the export of Canadian apples to Britain is not lack of demand, but lack of dollars. Why then, in the name of the old apple tree, do we insist on getting dollars for our apples? Why do we not accept pay- ment in Sterling? It is only a few months since we were sitting in the office of Cooperative Wholesale SO- eteties in London and were told, that British housewives were eager 10 buy Canadian apples; that the C.W.S. would buy our apples but did not have the dollars we were demanding. Is it possible that the econo- nomists of our farm Organiza- tions, not to speak of those Olt the government, do not realize that money is only a means t4 . facilitate trade and not an end in itself? The apple growers of Cana- da have to sell their apples: in order t0 be able to buy their supplies. If they cannot get the money needed t0 buy their sup- plies in the United States, it would be better to accept the money that could be used to buy supplies in the United Kingdom. Or do they prefer 'US let their apples rot in storage and not get anything? The Farmer's Business Canada's farmers have been brainwashed with propaganda that the government should de every little job for them, that they seem to have lost the, capa- city of doing the job themselves. At the sante time they have been impregnated with the idea that government (in every day language called politics) is a very mysterious business and should be left to the experts. Who will save us from the ex- perts, but we ourselves? Time and time again we have . called for cooperative action and we do it again. What is needed are men with •vision and guts who will not submit to government dictates. This column welcomes criti- cism, constructive or destruc- tive, and suggestions, wise' or otherwise, It will endeavour t0 answer all questions. Address mail to Bob Von Pilis, Whitby, Ont. CLOSING THE RING—These kittens seem a trifle apprehensive as they close in on this tiny skunk, as it was fully equipped. However, moments later, the kittens proved hospitable and welcomed their new friend to the Fletcher Tigner Ranch. 1,,,,t,TEST `VO ) aiF FA`, -- ION F6G -BYE, S .'fief' TER L040 ,f! NEA Women's Editor By GAILE DUGAS New York — (NEA) Now that the shouting has died down and pictures have arrived from Paris it's time to stand back and take an appraisal of Christian Dior's "Ligne H" or "the lost bosom." There actually nothing of the flattened -out flapper look in the new Dior silhouette. The sweater girl bulge is out and in its place there's a pretty, gentle, lifted and only slightly flattened line, The edict says that the bust is now about eight inches from the shoulders, Our women, accustom- ed to shoving their hips around and moving their waistlines any- where from shoulder to knees, should be able to achieve this without trouble. What happens when "Ligne H" hits these shores like a tidal wave is that. our own designers will take the French silhouette, modi- fy it for Canadian and American women and present it in highly wearable form. Thus, the sweat- er look, popular in certain circles since before World War II, will disappear never (in -some circles) to come back. As for the rest, the waist is still with us and the long torso line is not the slouched and sloppy line Of the 1920's. What do designers think of the new Dior look? Following an old American custom, they express highly individual and conflicting Opinions. The box score on some Of the top designers goes like this: Mollie Parriis: ''I don't think American women will give up what they fought. AO hard to gin —a neat waistline, a pretty torso and a long-legged look." Lily Dache: "It is time for a change and the more startling it is, the better." ]Ben Zuckerman: "Dior is a great designer and always con- tributes something. But we all have our own ideas and I have expressed myself in my awn way." Cell' Chapman: "I always seem to find myself in an argument with Dior but in - this one, I am sure all the women in America will join me, We want romantic curves — for evening especially" Claire McCardeli: "I am not in favor of any silhouette that com- presses the figure, either in the waistline, hipline or the bosom. I think real fashion is always a design that lets the natural figure show to best advantage." Evelyn Dawson of Suzy Perette: 'Dior was 'misquoted.' His new silhouette is simply a step beyond the American idea shown in June, 1954. It doesn't flatten the bosom but lifts it very high It is a becoming Inc.ialready ac- cepted fundamentally in Ameri- ca." Jack IForwitz, Jr,: "I think the Dior silhouoito will be popular with young people who are bor- ed with the cinch waist and very full skirts. Young fashions are apt to be even more exnggeraled than die clothes worn by older women." Charles ,lames: "'Che furor that Dior's new collection has caused is a perfect example of the hu- mor present- in every public.re- action to forward-looking creat- ive design. First, indignant re- sistance, then stunned resigna- tion and finally enthusiastic ac- ccptanee," There Bethany are some other Restrained, rather than flatten- ed, is the word for this Dior short evening gown of nylon and rayon velvet, embellished with all over let embroidery. designers in Paris, strange though the idea may seem in the midst of the Dior excitement. And some of them have come up with pretty highly wearable clothes. In fact, Paris has preduccd a variety of fashions this season.