Three Cold Sweets
COFFEE MOUSE
The simplest way to make mousse is to whip a pint of cream very stiffly, and then to turn it out. of the basin on to a sieve, so that any liquid will drain off.
Put it back into the bowl and whip lightly into it four level table- spoonfuls of powdered sugar and either an ounce of chocolate melted and diluted with a little cream and flavoured with vanilla, or a table- spoonful of very black coffee.
:
Turn the mousse into a mould, a shallow souffle dish being the best for serving, and ice it for four
hours.
CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE
Dissolve two ounces of chocolate
in a gill of milk, and over a pan of boiling water whip this with three yolks of eggs and three ounces of castor sugar until the mixture is thick and light. Then add
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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 7, 1937.
YOU CAN HELP YOUR Keeping Fit CHILD BY IGNORING
HIS ANNOYING TRICKS
Some of the annoying physical habits which children acquire or- dinarily have no permanent signi- ficance:
apparent Suddenly, and for no reason, they begin winking, sticking ont their tongues,
shoulders shrugging their wrinkling up their noses.
At first the mother merely looks surprised and asks:
"What
Or
are
you doing that for--does something hurt you-have you a cold?"
For the time being the habit sub- sides.
A HOT- WEATHER HINT
Now that the hot days are upon us have you thought how important it is to maintain your vitality with at actual meal hours tend to flag in sufficient nourishment? Appetites
hot weather we know, but that is
the very reason why you should go on the little and often principle; during the heat. Breadwinners in the office (male or female) and But very soon the whole family housewives alike should make it a is startled into a recognition that the child can hardly speak with- out indulging in one of these hor- rible grimaces or body contor-
tions.
There is a family consultation, of which the child is usually well aware. As one mother wrote to me:
cup Point to take a mid-morning of some nourishing food-drink say at 10.15 a.m. I tried it yesterday and you can't guess how full of l [beans I felt immediately after—that collapsing feeling disappeared in a iffy and I was not too exhausted by lunch time to enjoy lunch either.
"The child is bright. He sleeps
Advanced medical opinion today well at night. He isn't quite as is all in favour of frequent small flavouring of vanilla and half an eager to work ад were the feeds for adults 88 against the ounce of gelatine dissolved in half other children, but he gets good three or four larger meals that we a gill of sweet white wine for reports. He has in turn dropped
are used to. In fact many choice, or in half a gill of water. the habits of blinking and of business houses in Europe now Now add up to half a pint of whip shrugging his shoulders, but now supply a mid-morning glass of milk ped cream and lastly, the stiffly he is continually hunching his to employees with a noticeable in- beaten whites of the three eggs. shoulders and sticking out his top-
crease in general efficiency re- Have ready a perfectly dry gue."
sulting in better business. And souffle dish, and tie a hand of
It is quite possible, because of don't forget to include the children paper round it to project two or the child's brightness but reluc- in this "extra nourishment for hot three inches above the top. Pour tance to work at school, that there weather campaign.” Boiled milk in the mixture so that it reaches may be some physical handicap. with or without the addition of a about an inch and a half to two in-
There should be a thorough phy-cocoa-flavoured food beverage or ches above the top of the dish, let sical examination which covers just plantains and a large glass of it get cold, and when it is set heart, lungs, kidneys, eyes, ears, water will do wonders to keep us carefully remove the band.
nose, teeth and
all organs whose all in good trim during this trying: Some cooks like to add at the functioning has such a vital in- same time as the vanilla and gela-fluence upon the child's nervous tine, a couple of ounces of finely system, disposition and general pounded French almond rock; and health. very good it is.
SHERRY CREAM Cook a pint of cream with a well- beaten egg-yolk, three, tablespoon- fuls of sweet sherry, a touch of grated lemon rind, and enough su- gar to sweeten it to your taste, in a double saucepan, or over a gentle
heat.
and
If the doctor says that albis well, there is no other step for the parent to take except deliberate in- difference. His desire to repeat the annoying trick is diminished noticeably when it arouses in the parent neither resentment nor ag- played to an unresponsive audience, gravation--when, in a word, it is
Keep stirring all the time,
The arrest of another German sub- when the mixture assumes the con-ject, Herr Franz Schuster, in Soviet sistence of thick cream, take the Russia, is reported in Berlin. pay off the fire, and continue toi stir until it is cold. It should, then be poured into glasses, kept lightly iced until wanted.
and
A Gibraltar youth was fined 40s for causing a street disturbance by insult- ing Signor Chiostri, the Italian Con- sul-General.
DOKNOT FORGET
season.
this attractive
Cadet blue wool crepe fashiona one-piece sports dress worn by Una Merkel, screen actress. The patch pockets are edged in white. Agay coloured plaid sash is of additional inter- est.
HONG KONG HOTEL
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WEDNESDAY
12th MAY 1937
SPECIAL
DINNER & SUPPER
DANCE
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Supper
Dinner Dance. $6.00
$3.00
GROUND FLOOR LOUNGE OPEN TILL 2 A.M.
An occasional dose of Pinkettes, when needed, cleanses the food tract, dispels constipation, banishes biliousness and sick headaches, corrects diarrhoea, sweetens the breath, clears the skin, relieves piles. In short this ideal laxative and liver regulator keeps you healthy and happy.
Do not forget to take Pinkettes this week-end, you will be de- lighted with the resultant feeling of well-being. From chemists everywhere.
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Keep you well.
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15th
MAY 1937
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