THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1983,
THE CHINA MAIL.
FOOD AND HOME EGONOMICS
New Dishes Of Importance
In Choosing Christmas Menu
LONG LIST OF DELICIOUS FOODS
OFFERED TO
DIS- CRIMINATING HOUSEWIFE WHO SEEKS BEST IN PROVID. ING FAMILY BOARD FOR HOLIDAYS.
New dishes for holidays are al- the meantime put onion, parsley con-and rice or noodles in 4 cups water ways of importance to the scientious hostess and homemaker, and cook until tender. Then drain The surprise of a new goodly is al-off the stock from the turkey and way appreciated by the family and add to the vegetable stock, drain may be a delight for the guest. grease and serve. Cookies are not just cookies. They Candied Fruit And Nuts are Christmas cookies, richer and
Equal parts of water and sugar fancier, with a special holiday
are used to make the syrup either flavour and air.
are
Red Apple Cocktail
New Recipes For Christmas
Cake Hold Great Promise
Old Methods Of Making May Still Be Best But Little Thought And Ingenuity Should Result In Something New And Pleasing
Picnic
Preparation
Meal Planning Can Be Simplified.
HAMPERS!
For quick assembly of the plenie | meal it is convenient to keep a shelf) The cake of the year invariably, The addition of a little blus to supplied with canned menta, sand-We receives special care and attention, royal icing is permissible, but it with fillings, salad dressings, re- for even a busy mother some time should be added with the acetic liahes, boxed cookies and wafers and to its preparation in the hope that acid after mixing in the whites of cheese. it will give pleasure to her family, eggs. Whilst it is difficult to improve upon the time-honored and tested recipes for Christmas cakes, with a little thought and Ingenuity it is produce "something possible to
Royal Icing
2 lb, icing sugar.
About 4 whites of eggs.
teaspoonful of acetic acid. Sieve the icing sugar overal
Picnic meal planning can be much; simplified if this sort of meal is served at least once a week.
for candied or glazed fruit or nuts.new" in the icing and decorating. times. Make a well in the centre corations are undoubtedly the most Athough the skilled worker with and stir in the lightly beaten egg- popular. What young hostess could
whites. Add the same quantity of ornamented
duce veritable works of art in
or nuts
one-for children's
and smooth.
with a battalion of
There must be punches and cakes One cup water and one cup sugar at Christmas time. And, no matter
sound. there are the proportions for a cup of ability and time to spare can pro-acetic acid and continue to beat fail to be proud of the iced cake how plebian it may
fruit or nuls to be candied. The
iced, others ready for icing. Four must be vegetables. But even vege.
.A strong. firm palette knife sailing ships on a rough sen make tables can be made into something up is boiled six minutes or until sugar it is gratifying to the busy vigorously until the icing is opaque chef, each laden with a cake, some
the sugar is perfectly dissolved. person to know that very pleasing very special. for a very special Then for the candied type, the and effective results can be obshould be used for putting on the an unusual decoration, and are dinner, if just a little thought and fruit
are place in the tained quickly, provided, of course, icing and a revolving icing table is sure to please. These and many attention are given to dressing
recommended, as it simplifies this other equally amusing and aftrac- a few syrup and bolled gently for several one knows how it may be done. them ap. Following
In the first place it is entirely apart of the work very considerably. tive cakes may be achieved with minutes. Remove carefully, one suggestions:
plece at a time and sprinkle with matter of personal taste whether if the latter is not available an up- effort with the aid of various small There are always a few 'ready Select apples that are red and sugar. Dry slowly for 24 hours in the cake to be iced is of the ordin-¡turned płatę placed on a large mix-ornaments.
the sun or in a cool oven. In theary rich plum variety, or a plaining basin should be used. firm. Scoop out twothirds of the glazed method, the fruits are cook fruiticas
When the first layer of icing is made' ornaments which are avail- pulp and All with canned fruit
jed first, or canned fruit may be parties sponge and Genoa cakes arm and hard the second may be able at the local department stores, salad mixed with bananas, orange used if it is firm. Dip in the syrup are often preferred. If a layer of applied, but it is important not to These include Father Christmas. and grapefruit. Garnish
lifting en h piece on a thin skewer almond paste in to be used it should apply an additional cost of feing reindeer, gnomes, chefs and bakers, maraschino cherry and spray
for hatin, let drip a moment and be made and applied several days antess the previous one is quite set. boys. They are undoubtedly a
labour-saving method of decorating | kolly.
lay on waxed
Children's Cakes paper. The syrup before the sugar icing is to be put
For children's parties novel de-caketops. should be placed in a double boiteran in order that it may have time for over a pan of hot water so it will to get a little firm. The drier it is not coll Loo rapidly. Apricots, the less chance there is of the anned or dried. pineapple, cher-natural oil from the almonds work- iries, grapefruit, oranges, figa,ing through the white icing. An- dates, pruntes, chestnuts, almonds or other way of overcoming this dif- the Grind the almonds and mix with other nuts are suitable for either ficulty is by brushing over the powdered
with gelatine Kugar. Melt the
process. Dates may be stuffed with almond paste chocalate in a very little water and nuts and rolled in sugar or conted solved in a little hot water. add to the mixture, then the stiffly with
cheese chocolate. Swiss
French Christmas Cookies
with
of
3 tablespoons blanched almonds
7 tablespoons powdered sugar
Whites of three eggs
3 tablespoons chocolate
Flour if needed
beaten egg whites. If the mixture makes an unusual stuffing for is not thick enough to form a roll and chocolate dipped dates. Stoneless A little flour. Put into a roll and
dates are sometimes used to stuff alie in thin rounds.
japricots and apricots in turn to Bake for 15 minutes in a slow stuff prunes. All of these confec- These may be topped with tions are pleasing at the holiday an almond or candied cherry or season and may be used as gifts.
oven
use both to make a design. Cookies
for Christmas time are always richer and fancier than the ones richer and fancier than the ones; made for the every-day cookie jar. Several varieties parked carefully! in faney tin boxes make a gond Christmas gift
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Christmas Omelet
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons boiling water
Dash of pepper
2 teaspoons currant jelly
2 teaspoons mint Jelly
Separate yolks and whites. Add
Reasoning and builing water to!
Christmas Fruit Cake
by pound brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 rups browned flour
1 pound raisins
1 pound currants
ponad prunes
1 pound figs
1⁄2 cup molasses
6 ekk
Wineglass of orange juice cup preserved strawberries pound almonda
4 pound citron
} nutmeg
1 teaspoon ginger, mace, allspice,
Polks and beat until light and cloves, and cinnamon. creamy, Beat whites stiff and fold
Cream the butter and augar, add
Almond Icing
I lb. icing sugar
fb. ground almonds
1 teaspoonful vanilla espence Julee of 1 lemon
din-
14 teaspoonful orange flower
water.
L
and
2 eggs Mix the ground almonds sugar together, beat the eggs light- ly and add them, with the flavour- ing essences and lemon juice, to the dry ingredients and mix to a paste Knead thoroughly.
To apply the icing, sugar a roll-' ing pin and roll out the paste until It is not less than a quarter of an inch thick. Cut out a round the exact size of the cake, and as trip long enough to reach round and deep enough to cover the side. Brush over the cake with
of white
egg and cover the aide the strip of al- mond paste and the top with the round. Moisten the edges of the paste with white of egg so that
in the yolks. Heat the omelet pan. the egg yolks and the dry and wet they adhere firmly. A better shape grease with butter, and pour in the ingredients alternately. Lastly folds obtained if the cake is turned up- erg mixture. Cook slowly. When in the beaten whites of eggs. Bake side down before applying the done through spread half of one in a large frult-cake pan for at icing.
appearance or a sugar syrup may
square
w.
be
side with 2 teaspoons currant jelly least an hour. White of egg brush- The covering of square cakes and the other half with mint jelly, ed over the top will give a glaced presents no difficulty, either a large fold and serve at once.
of almond paste can be brushed over the cake after it used and the surplus cut away to This is delicious and inexpen-has cooled and nuts and glazed make the corners neat, or it can be sive substitute for roast turkey, pressed into the top in various de- put on in two pieces-a square for Buy a fresh ham or other good signs.
4
Stuffed Pork
pieces of pork and have it boned to make
wipe pocket. Wash or thoroughly with a damp cloth and fill pocket with the following stuffing:
3 good alzed onions or 6 small
oncs,
1 teaspoon of sage
3 cups of sale bread crumbs
5 tablespoons of melted butter
teaspoon salt
1 egg
Dash pepper Parboil onions and chop. Then add to bread with sage, butter seasoning and slightly beaten egg. Mix, add to the crumbs with a little hot water if a moist stuffing is desired.
Christmas Punch
1 quart cider
1⁄2 cup lemon juice
the top with a strip for the aldes. In order that the shape may be good it is important that
cup orange juice
coracra rounded.
or other
1 quart apollinaris
charged water.
Maraschino cherries
Mix fruit juice and
are kept sharp and
the nat
Although there Are neversi different varieties of sugar icing, |Royal Icing is the most suitable for cider and Christmas cakes and the only one
1⁄2 cup sugar-more or less to that can be used for piplog, as it taste. Chill well, and just before sets firmly. Thus any kind of or serving add charged er plain water namentation can be used in con- jand pour in glasses over chopped junction with it.
leo. Add one cherry to each glass.
WHEN COOKING ONIONS
When serving boiled Spanian onions, blunch before boiling, In
The following directions show! (that the icing is easy. to make, but those who are keen to achieve a high standard of work should not neglect to sieve the sugar-prefer- ably through a hair sieve. :.
Long and thorough beating is, icing, of
Sew up the opening in the pork salted water. This whitens them essential for a smooth
*gift 1⁄4 teaspoon salt and rub overjand removes any strong flavour. | good colour,,
the pork. Place in roasting pan.
and put in hot oven. Continus In
hot oven 10 minutes. Then add
cup hot water to pan and continus baking with the heat of oven slight-
continue by lowered
roasting basting every 15 minutes, The time required will be from 2% to 3 hours depending on the size of
the pork
Turkey Soup
Left-over turkey frame
1⁄2 cup chopped celery
I tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tablespoon chopped onion
cup rice.or noodles
Break up the turkey frame and
"remove all atuting and fat, Put in a large kettle, cover with cold water and let simmer 2 hours, Is
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GOOD THINGS
Cock Pheasant $160 ea.
Hen Wild Duck
$1.20 » $1.10
"1
Teal
.50. Snipe
25 Pigeons
40
CANADIAN SALMON 80 Cts. per lb.
SCOTCH BEEF
Roasts
for Christmas Dinner
$1.50
$1.70
'TURKEYS – GEESE
DUCKS-CHICKENS.
No Christmas Dinner being considered complete without a Turkey or Poultry of another kind you can depend upon it that the Dairy Farm will have the best.
SCOTCH BEEF.
Do try a cut, the difference is in your favour.
FARM FED PORK.
This is another line that simply cannot be improved upon.
IMPORTED
HAMS.
The supply will be of the highest quality, ranging in weight from 8 to 20 lbs. each.
Home made SAUSAGES and SAUSAGE MEAT. Made only from the best ingredients, The excellence of quality maintains an exceptional demand for which full provision has been made.
·ALSO·
GAME, POULTRY, MEAT, PORK AND GAME PIES. AUSTRALIAN and FARM MEATS. MUTTON and LAMB, CHEESE, etc., etc.
Our aim: To serve to satisfy.
YOUR EARLY ORDERS WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
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