Zurich Herald, 1956-04-05, Page 2TM3LIITALKS
By MABEL OTIS ROBISON
Written for The Christian
Science Monitor
Sauces are to cooking and
baking what accessories are to
a plain dress or suit, They are
tthe finishing touches that make
it distinctive and more appetiz-
Mg. It has been said that no
one is really a good cook who
cannot make a good sauce to
enhance the food it comple-
ments.
White Sauce
Almost any vegetable, after
being cooked, is improved with
as sauce of some kind. One of
the commonest is white sauce,
which serves as a basic recipe
to which many flavorings can
Tae added. White sauce is made
by blending 2 tablespoons of
butter with two tablespoons of
!your over low heat. To this add
sa cup of milk, stirring constantly
till it thickens. Add salt and
pepper to taste• and cook a few
minutes more. To this you may
add pimiento, parsley, onion,
cheese. This is delicious on
either fish or vegetables.
Mustard Sauce
A sauce which is delicious
aver hot vegetables is mustard
sauce. For this you melt 2 table-
spoons of butter over low heat.
Add 1 tablespoon of prepared
mustard, 1 tablespoon of flour,
1 teaspoon of salt, a dash of
pepper and stir until smooth.
Add % cup of milk and stir
until thickened. Have ready a
beaten egg. Take a little of the
bet mixture to thin the egg and
add all to the sauce. Stir and
cook for one minute. Add 2 tea-
spoons of lemon juice and it is
reeady.for.your cooked vegetable.
Horse -Radish Sauce
For those who like the tangy
taste of horse -radish a dressing
can be made by melting 3 table-
aapoons of butter over low heat.
Add 3 tablespoons of flour, a/¢
teaspoon of dry mustard, and
air until smooth. Add gradually
13 cups of milk, stirring con-
atantly. Fold in r/x cup of well -
drained bottled horse -radish.
.add salt and pepper to taste.
is b especially good over
broccoli,
Swiss Cheese Sauce
To pep up plain vegetables or
dress up toast, try Swiss cheese
eacuce, Melt 3 tablespoons of
butter. Stir in 1 cup of milk. Stir
and cook until medium thick -
item, Add recut g3ek pepper to
t c with just ti dash of say -
erne pepper. Add s cup of
finely chopped Swiss cheese and
cook until cheese is melted. Stir
In 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon
uiee.
Tomato Hollandaise
A tangy sauce for either vege-
tables or fish is tomato hollan-
daise. Combine 2 egg yolks, 1
tablespoon of tomato paste, 1
tablespoon of vinegar, 1/16 tea-
spoon each of salt and pepper
end a, dash of cayenne pepper.
Stir over low heat until slightly
thickened. Beat in 1/4 cup of
butter and cook until thick.
Medium Tomato Sauce
A dressing that can be used
an rice 1oaf, meat or fish is
medium tomato sauce. Saute 2
tablespoons of chopped onion in
two tablespoons of butter. Add
1 tablespoon of flour and blend
well, Add an 11 -ounce can of
condensed cream of tomato
coup. Add 2 teaspoons of vine-
gar and 1/4 teaspoon of Worces-
tershire sauce. Stir constantly
rintil it boils.
Tomato Beef Curry
Cooked rice is wonderful with
tomato beef curry. For this you
combine 1 cup of beef gravy, 1
cup of canned tomato soup, 1
teaspoon of curry powder and 2
cups of diced, leftover pot roast.
Serve it over the hot rice.
Bacon -Cheese Sauce
Bacon -cheese sauce is won-
derful on almost any kind of
hot vegetable, especially broc-
coli, Brussels sprouts, cauli-
flower, or spinach, For this you
fry a slice of bacon until crisp.
Remove from skillet and chop
fine. Add 2 tablespoons of flour
to the bacon drippings and stir
until smooth over very ldw heat.
Add n/a cup of milk and stir
over heat until thick. Add 1/4
cup of grated cheese and a dash
of salt and pepper, Stir until
very smooth after adding chop-
ped bacon.
Hot Mushroom Sauce
Hot mushroom sauce is deli-
cious on fish sticks. Melt 2 table-
spoons of butter over low heat.
Add 2 tablespoons of minced
onion, 3/4 cup of green pepper,
and cook slowly until soft. Add
1 can of mushroom soup, 1/4 cup
of water, 6 stuffed olives, and 1
tablespoon of lemon juice. Let
the mixture simmer slowly be-
fore taking from fire.
Sauce For Potatoes
You can make a sauce to
serve over plain, boiled potatoes
by, melting '/a cup of butter
over low heat and adding x
teaspoon each of onion, garlic,
and celery salt. Stir in t/a tea-
spoon of paprika and 1 teaspoon
of finely minced parsley.
Penuche Sauce
Desserts can be dressed up
with sauces also: Penuche sauce
is delicious over ice ,ream,
squares of plain cake, or cottage
pudding. To make this you com-
bine 11/4 cups of brown sugar,
% cup of corn syrup and 3 cup
of butter in a sauce pan. Stir
constantly over low heat until
melted smooth. Remove from
heat and add Ye cup of sweet-
ened condensed milk, 3/4 cup
chopped pecans and 1/16 tea-
spoon of salt.
Orange Sauce
Equally good to serve over
,gingerbread, cake, or cottage
hadding is orange sauce. Foo;
is you combine f/a cup a
sugar, 11 tablespoons of corn-
starch and 3/4 teaspoon of salt
with / cup water. Stir eon-
Lida/111Y overr lOw heat until it is
thick. Remove from fire. In sale
ether dish mix 141 cup fresh.
orange juice, 2 tablespoons of
fresh lemon juice, 3 teaspoon
Of grated lemon rind, 1 tea-
spoon of grated orange rind,
and 1 egg yolk. Add this to hot
:mixture. Return to fire and cook
slowly until Slightly thickened.
Add 3 tablespoons of butter,
Stir until smooth.
Always melt butter over low
heat as this protects its flavor.
When you add the other in-
gredients, stir constantly. It is
this stirring while cooking over
low heat that gives a satiny look
to sauce. You can use the same
old dish, yet have something
new every time you use a new
sauce.
TOUGH ON TYPISTS
"How do you like your new
boss, my dear " asked Jill's
mother.
"Ah, he isn't so bad, Mummy;
rather bigoted, that's all."
"What do you mean, bigoted?"
"Well, he thinks words can be
spelled only one way."
As any housewife knows, it's the find taste that counts with fish
chowder, whether it's made from clams or codfish. Here Cana-
dion National Railways Chef Instructor Joseph F. lents samples
a chowder that uses butter instead of pork and is a favourite
with travellers during Lent.
MATERNITY CAR — A new "dodge" was tried recently when a
mama rabbit gave birth to a litter in a brand-new, pink -and -
gray Dodge. The back door of the car had been left open at
a car agency. So mamma rabbit moved in. Agency owner Alvin
Podway, above, has been feeding them and keeping the car
motor running each night to operate the heater and warm the
furry family. The little ones have been named after models of
the car.
Two Greatest Stars
—Cat and Mouse
The greatest stars in Holly-
wood today — by Oscar -reck-
oning — are . two masters of
make-believe mayhem known'
as Tom and Jerry.
Nobody knows how many
times this durable cat and ir-
repressible mouse have flatten-
ed each other by means of some
device that would dismember
anybody else:
And hardly anybody, even in
Hollywood, realizes that they
have won seven Oscars. This
makes them supreme, not only
in the cartoon world, but in the
whole Wide world of Hollywood
Performers.
If stars are rated by the num-
ber of their Academy Awards,
Tom and Jerry have a right to•
look down On Spencer Tracy
and .Fredric March. Two Oscars
look petty sparse compared to
seven — or even three and as
half.
As for all those statuettes in
alt Disney's outer office, Hal
Itlias, manager of M -G -M's short
subjects department, gently but
firmly explains that "no other
cartoon character has won more
than one award—not even Don-
ald.",
Meanwhile Tom and Jerry
just go on forever—propelling
each other from frying pans into
fires, out of windows, through
walls.
The terrible cat and the impu-
dent mouse nevertheless have
changed somewhat- since th e y
won their first Oscar in 1943.
(That was for "Yankee Doodle
Mouse," in which a Fourth of
July theme was carried Out by
having Jerry fly through the air
in an egg crate ,labeled "hen
grenades.") For one thing, they
have slimmed down a little.
That's to be expected, consider-
ing what they go through.
They have also become more
cultured, which you wouldn't
expect at all, Tom, besides gra-
duating early to hind -leg loco -
is, has taken to speaking
tomb, the role of a concert pi-
anist. Jerry, bright boy that he
motion, has played, with ap-
French.
The inordinate and inexplic-
able enthusiasm which spread
through theater audiences in
response to this new wrinkle in
Jerry's vocabulary has meant
that "Two Mousekateers" was
followed by "Touche Pussycat,"
"Tom and Cherie" (cartoonists
never could resist an irresistible
title), and, sooner or later, "Tou-
jours Pussycat," Public approv-
al is .not the only reason, by the
way, for rushing out mousketeer
sequels. 'rhe six - year - old
mademoiselle from ,France who
actual' •' speaks Jerry's lines is
rapidly •losing not only her
yout• but her accent,
Tom and Jerry, incidentally,
are developing a new and
friendly sense of family respon-
sibility. In "Busy Buddies" they
take care of a baby who has
been -left to the tender mercies
of a telephone -happy teenage
baby sitter; they rescue the tiny
explorer from many a perilous
adventure. "Spike and Tyke"
(bulldogs large and small) are
moving out of the series; to start
one of their own.
There will be no riding to
glory on an Oscar this year. Mr.
Elias and his staff have sur-
prised everybody by choosing'
for Academy exhibition an rine
usual "message cartoon." Pro-
duced by the former head of the
shorts department, Fred Quim-
by, it shows post -atomic mice
singing Christmas songs in a
ruined chapel. An elderly or-
ganist, leading the mouse choir
rehearsal with his sensitive tail,
stops long enough to try to de-
scribe to the Little ones how
"men" extinguished one an-
other. Flashbacks of war con..
trast grimly with passages he
points out in "their" Bible.
"Too bad," he sighs, "that they
didn't pay more attention."
How Can I
Q. How can I loosen the dirt
in clothes, and also make them.
whiter?
A. Pour a few drops of tur-
pentine into the wash boiler and
it will help loosen the dirt. A
spoonful of borax in hot water
'and then added to the last rinse
water tends to whiten clothes.
Also remember that clothes
dried alowly will be whiter than
those dried quickly.
Q. How can I prevent the bete
toms of pies from burning?
A. Sprinkle some fine dry salt
aver the bottom of the even,
and it will prevent the bottoms
of the pies, cakes, or other pa-
stry„ from burning.
Q. What is a home remedy
for painful burns?
A. Apply, a paste of common
baking soda and water. Or,
scrape a raw potato and apply
as a poultice.
Q. How can I prevent carry-
ing • away a contagious disease,
in the clothing?
A. Where one has been around
a person afflicted with a con-
tagious disease, the clothing
should be washed in water to
which a little carbolic acid has
been added.
Q. How can 1 remove the
cereal that sticks to the vessel
in which it has been cooked?
A. Add a cupful of wood
ashes, then fill with water and
leave to soak,
Q. How can I easily clean
white paint?
A. Water in which onions
have been boiled is said to make
an excellent cleaner fox white
paint.
Q. How can I set colors?
A. To set blue, pink, green,
lavender, red and purple, soak
in alum water, two ounces to
the tub. Black, gray, and dark
blue sould be soaked in strong
salt water.
Q. How can I prevent the
weakening of the bristles of a
broom?
A. Always hang the broom
from the wall. An excellent
hanger can be made by fasten-
ing to the wall two empty
spools, about two inches apart.
Q. How can I force out ,par-
ticles of potatoes or meat that
cling to the knives of the food
grinder?
or pices of stale bread through
A. Run two or three crackers
or pieces of stale bread through
it.
Q. How can I snake tan shoes
that are too light in colon` a
darker tan?
A. By rubbing them with a
cloth dampened in ammonia.
Repeat this process until the
color desired is obtained, letting
the leather dry between the ap-
plications.
Q. Haw can I prevent damp
cu:anboatds?
A, AlI the moisture in a damp
cupboarel wi.1) be absorbed in
a few days' time if a box of
quicklime is placed in it.
Pests Who Prey
On Royalty
"Princess Margaret's friend"
was a charming, superbly tail-
ored young man—and in cul-
tured accents he hinted of the
invitations 'he could arrange to
functions attended by royalty.
Now he is being hunted by
Scotland Yard, for senior Unit-
ed States Army officers and
irate tourists parted with hun-
dreds of pounds on the prospect
of meeting the Queen, the Duke
of Edinburgh or Princess 'Mar-
garet.
It was just another smooth
confidence trick, made all the
more convincing by make-be-
lieve telephone calls to officials
at Buckingham Palace and
Clarence House.
Simulataneously Los Angeles
police are searching far a per-
sonable young Britisher who
discreetly hinted of his friend-
ship with Princess Margaret and
the Duchess of Kent. His cre-
dentials were so impressive that
he was treated as a V.I.P. and
shown round the movie studios.
He was given complimentary
seats at important film pre-
mieres and went to free studio
lunches with the stars. Gently
he confided that Treasury .fin-
ancial regulations placed him in
dollar difficulties. "I have the
run of Buckingham Palace, yet
I can't afford a taxi," he. wise-
cracked before he cadged ten
dollars.
When his hotel bill became
too formidable he skipped out
of town.
These are just two of the
pests who prey an royalty —
crooks and cranks only too well
known to Superintendent Per-
kins, the Queen's "shadow," and
other security detectives.
Fortunately, most of these
nuisances are harmless, but they
can cause a' great deal of trou-
ble. A prominent Washington
hostess gossiped to her friends
of her "secret arrangements" to
entertain the Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh.
The whole scheme existed.
only in her imagination, but.,
rumours spread so swiftly that
before long the White House
had to •issue an official state-
ment, denying that the Queen
and the Duke were planning to
visit the States,
Not long ao, the Queen Moth-
er's secretary nearly fell into a
trap when he entered into nego-
tiations via Pembroke •College,
for Her Majesty's attendance at
the tricentenary of Selhurst
School.
Luckily, he took the precau-
tion of checking the history of
the school throughanother
source, despite the impressive
printed note -paper used by the
headmaster. ' •
Then the truth came to light.
No such school existed. The
whole thing was an elaborate
hoax, concocted by two Pem-
broke students!
Something similar happened
when the cruiser Australia was
in the South Pacific several
years .ago with the Duke of
Gloucester aboard. The world
heard with a thrill that in those
same waters the schooner Seth
Parker had sent out a radio call
for help.
The Duke's ship promptly
rushed to her aid and stood by
for days, taking off nine of her
crew. But the Seth Parker did
not' sink. She had been charter-
ed by a prominent American
radio entertainer—and gradual-
ly it became evident that the
whole adventure had teen cook-
ed up as a publicity stunt.
In Hyde Park the Queen re-
viewed a parade of ex -service-
men. Prominent in the front
rank was an old man with
twenty medals on his chest. One
of them dated back to 1893.".Che
Mons Star was alongside his de-
cOratiOn for the relief of Lady-
smith,
Itseemed a proud record and
after the parade he was shown
considerable hospitality by the
Royal Horse Guards. But an
officer noticed he was wearing
the medals in the wrong order
and they were none too clean.
Eventually he came under po-
lice questioning. He had never
Served in a campaign and had
no right to wear any of the me-
dals. In fact, he had bought
most of them from pawnshops!
It often takes sharp eyes to
save the Queen from embarrass-
ment. During a royal visit to'
Nottingham an elderly woman
planned to halt the Queen's car
and make a protest to her about
vivisection.
Fortunately, a plain -clothes
police -sergeant, gifted with. a
long memory, spotted her push-
ing through the waiting crowds.
Instantly he remembered that
when the Queen visited Not-
tingham as Princess Elizabeth
the same woman had attempted
to stop her and engage her in
conversation.
Gently he gat into conversa-
tion with the woman and offer-
ed to find her a better vantage
point. He engaged her confi-
dence until she told him of her
plan to stop tl"ie royal car. Then
he persuasively encouraged her
to talk of her beliefs . and
she was so engrossed in her
story that the royal procession
passed unmolested.
Every year, too, a car sweeps
up the drive towards Balmoral
Castle and the occupant, a mid-
dle-aged man, tells the police-
man on duty that he is Lord So-
and-so and is expected for
llunch. He usually gets past the.
Dee bridgepatrol; but all vis-
itors are' carefully checked in
and out of the castle and he is
invariably turned back at the
lodge.
Another type of trouble-mak_
er is the hoaxer • who anony-
mously 'phones the police •.•be-
fore a royal visit to tell of hid-
den , bombs. Needless to say,
every warning has to be fully
investigated.
The disruption that can,. be
caused was evidenced just be-
fore the Queen left on her Aus-
tralian tour. Owing to a bogus
warning the aircraft had to be
completely stripped and every
item checked and double-check-
ed before being put aboard.
The cases of food and Medi-
cine were carefully probed .. .
until the only remaining suspi-
cious item was a mysterious
brown paper parcel measuring
six inches by three, addressed
to a lady-in-waiting "To be de-
livered on board." The con-
tents seemed even more sinister
when the Customs "X-ray"
showed that the parcel conceal-
ed a metal canister. It proved
to be a tin of talcum powder,
a parting gift from a friend!
HARD TO COLLECT
An American who put his
name down' for a seat in the
first rocket ship to Mars wanted
to insure himself with a Brit-
ish company. His proposal was
accepted, the premium being
that for normal flying plus fifty
per cent. A special clause was
inserted in the policy, stating:
"Non -return is no proof of
death."
COURAGE' 15 HER EASTER BONNET` The legs are weak, but
there's nothing wrong with the big, happy grin. She's Clara Jo
P"oudfoot, 4, of Miami, Fla, Born with a crippling condition,
she's symbolic of the Thousands of crippled children who'll
benefit from services financed` by the annual sale of Easter
Seals,