HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, "THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938.
STAPLES SURPRISES
SAVOURIES, SWEETS AND CAKES
Old-fashioned sweet, still very yeast mixture. Mix to a' soft 'popular. This is how our grand-j dough, then cover, and set to rise mothers made them.
Roll I short crust pastry out on a floured board, cut into rounds the size of a tea plate, and place the rounds on a baking sheet.
In a warm place for an hour.
Add .he sultanas and sugar, divide in six shapes, like a bun, then place on a greased baking sheet, sprinkle with coarse augar and again set to rise for 20 min-
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Peel and stice the apples thinly, and lay them on the rounds of Futes. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes pastry. Sprinkle with demerara in a hot oven sugar, add a teaspoonful of water, moisten the edges, then cover with another round of pastry.
Molsten the edges, and pinch to- gether, then take in a oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve hot.
APRICOT FLAN
A delicious cold supper sweet. Ingredients: 3oz, dried apricots, 2oz. sugar, pint water, lb. sweet fan pastry. 1oz. gelatine,"
Wash and soak the apricots, then rook with sugar until very swollen and tender. Allow to cool.
For the sweet pastry, mix to gether Goz. flour, a pinch of salt. a tablespoonful of caster sugar, a teaspoonful of lemon juice, and 3oz. margarine. Mix with a little milk. Roll out the pastry. Use a un ring or a sandwich tin. Press the pastry well into the tin, then place a piece of buttered paper on the bottom and fi with uncooked rice
Make the edge of pastry upright and decorate the top. then bake In a hot oven until cooked: mark
Remove the paper and rice. and
Seed cake suits masculine taste and Is very popular where flavour is Eked.
this
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MID-WINTER
SALADS
FRUIT SALAD BOWL grapefruit
oranges
Romaine Endive
avacado
Mayonnaise
French dressing
FRUIT RECIPES
STEWED APRICOTS
1 pound apricots, (dried)
2 cups sugar
teaspoon salt
Apricots need care in washing. Each apricot should be cleaned separately, then placed in even rows in flat baking dish. Barely cover fruit with cold water, let stand 2 hours and then add sugar
Peel grapefruit and oranges, re-and salt. Cover dish and bake in moving sections whole. Marinate moderate ovch 1 hour. Remove in French dressing. Chill. Line from fire keeping dish covered untli Ingredients: b. flour, 3oz. salad bowl with alternate spears fruit is cold.. ter. 2 eggs, 8oz. caster sugar, of romaine and endive. Pare and
A few thin slices of orange or teaspoonful of baking powder, joz. halve avacado, remove stone. Cut lemon improves the flavour of caraway seeds, or as much ground one-half in large serving pieces. apricots. (350 degrees). caraway as would cover a sixpence. Fit pieces together "and place in M OVEN-FRIED APPLES a teaspoonful of grated lemon rind. center of salad bowl; all cavity Beat the butter and sugar to a with mayonnaise. Arrange orange cream, add the eggs gradually, and jand grapefruit sections around beat well. Stir in the sifted flour, center. Serve with extra dressing (baking powder and caraway, and if desired.
grated lemon rind. Tum into a greased, lined tin, and bake for 20 minutes in a hot oven
MAKE THESE FOR TEA
Quick Çakes
These cakes can be made in a few minutes, and have the addi- tlonul advantage of being light and cheap. Beas an ounce of butter to
a cream, add slowly three ounces
if the pastry is not quite cooked of castor sugar and beat to a
at the bottom, return ftato the oveneream. Add a beaten egg and beat
8 apples (peeled and cut in quar-
ters)
cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter
cup water --
teaspoon nutmeg Speck salt
FRUIT SALAD Sprinkle sliced bananas with {pineapple juice and combine with Boll sugar, water, butter and equal quantities diced, unpeeled salt together for 10 minutes. red apples and tangerine sections. Place apples neatly in rows in a Add a few tablespoons chopped baking dish. Pour over apples the peanuts. Toss with shredded "let-hot strup, place in hot oven and tuce and French dressing.
cook until they are a rich gold col- our, basting them occasionally with the sirup. The apples will absorb all the juices and not be ally, such as pan fried apples
PEAR CUP SALAD
cup seedless raisins
1
1 3-ounce package
cream cheese.
Esp. horse radish
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
8 pear halves
cup graham
usually are. Serve with bacon or omelet for luncheon. (400 degrees), FRIED PEACHES
Wipe 3 large peaches and cut in halves; remove pith. Melt 2 table- spoons butter in' frying pan and Chop raisins; combine with place beaches cut side down in fry-
cracker, crumbs
on salt, and then place small piece
for a few minutes, then allow to the mixture again. A quarter of cheese, horseradish and mayon- ing pan. When browned, invert rool. Arrange the apricots in the a teacupful of water should now naise. Dip pears in crumbs. Fill and sprinkle with sugar, a speck centre in rings. Warm the apricot syrup. add the dissolved gelatine. then pour it over the truft. Stand in a cold place to set.
Decorate with spiked, blanched almonds and whipped cream if liked.
BATH BUNS
Not dimcult to make.
VEGETABLE SALAD BOWL
Spanish onion cups cooked or
be, stirred in by degrees and the with cheese mixture. Serve mixture well beaten. Have ready lettuce. six ounces of flour sifted with one and a half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, stir into the mixture and 2 beat well. Divide the mixture between dozen greased patty tins or paper cases, and bake in a moderate oven for about twelve
Ingredients: lb. flour, joz. yeast," minutes. I liked add currants. 202. sugar. 3oz. butter, 1 egg. chopped sultanas, chopped ginger. tablespoonful of warm milk, a or grated lemon rind" to the pinch of salt, 3oz. sultanas.
mixture at the end. The cakes
canned green peas "
2 tomatoes
1 small head
chicory
French dressing
cup slivered tongue
Slice onion and separate into Rub butter into our and salt. can be iced with water icing. Or rings. Cut tomatoes In thin mix the yeast with a little sugar they can be slit open while still wedges. Combine all ingredients and warm mlik. Beat up the egg warm and a spoonful of Jam in-in salad bowl: toss until the in- and stir it into the flour with theserted in each.
FUTURE OPERATIONS OF THE
NEWLY CREATED
gredients, glisten with dressing.
NEW PUPPET BANK FAILS TO OPEN
Peiping, Mar. 2. Federated Reserve
The New
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of butter in cavity. Cover pan and cook until peaches are soft but will not break. Serve on hot buttered toast with crisp bacon.
COTTAGE PEARS
B (halves) canned pears
1 cup cottage cheese
cup chopped nuts
cup chopped raisins cup orange juice
cup grapenuts
Mix cottage cheese. nuts and raisins together and fill centres of pears. Place in baking dish, then sprinkle a little salt over fralt and dot with small bits of butter. Sprinkle grapenuts over pears, then pour a Uttle of the orange juice over each. Place under broller to brown top and then place pan in hot oven for ten minutes. (400 degrees).
Serve as an accompaniment to
"CHINA FEDERAL RESERVE BANK" Bank, organised by the Provisional meat or meat substitutes.
BANK CREATED IN RETALIATION
નં. ON BRITAIN
Japan's creation of a "China Federal Reserve Bank" in Peiping is motivated by the dual purpose of forming a "Japanese-Korean-- Manchoukuo-an'-Chinese" currency bloc and retaliating upon Britain" for dragging Chiria into the pound sterling biac, according to Mr. Hou Shu-tung. professor of economics of Yenching University.
The currency reform introduced control at the new banking enter- on November 4, 1935; by Minister prise
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of Finance, Dr. H.H. Kung at the Mr. Hou predicted that the time recommendation of Sir Frederick would soon come when the various Leith-Ross, financial adviser to the banks in provinces under Japanese. British Government, has always joccupation would be forced to 'turn incurred the wrath of the Japan-over a part of their capital, de- ese. Mr. Hou said.
Government, did not open its doors yesterday the opening date off- clally announced a fortnight ago.
Offcials of the Provisional Gov- ernment stated that they were un- able to give reasons why it had not opened.
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The new 'bank notes have, not yet appeared on the market.-
Reuter).
CIAÑO TO VISIT TURKEY
Ankara. Mar. 2.
MEXICAN COURT UPHOLDS OIL STRIKERS
Companies Prepared For Struggle
Mexico City, Mar. 1. The Supreme Court today re- fused to grant an injunction to foreign oil companies against the award, of the Arbitration" Board mulcting them to the extent of
posits and reserve fand to the "re- the Italian Foreign Minister, Count crease in wages and other expenses
Now that Peiping. Tientsin, and serve bank." the capitals of Hopel, Shansi, Shantung. Chahar, Sulyuan.
A FRIENDLY GESTURE
nearly £2,000,000 for annual in-
arising from the general strike last May.
It is officially announced that
Clano, will pay an official visit to the Turkish capital about the Furthermore, as a gesture of middle of April.
It is indicated in rellable circles Kiangsu and Cheklang have fallen Sino-Japanese friendship, the "re- Into their hands, it is only natural serve bank" may admit the parti-
that the companies will wait and Among the subjects that will be see what the Government will do that the Japanese will take it as cipation of Japanese banks. Re-discussed at the meeting between to enforce the judgment. the right moment to deal a severe ports have already reached here Count Clano and the Turkish For- In the meantime, it is belieged blow to the new currency system that the "reserve bank" had com-eign Minister. M.. Rushdu by divorcing the Chinese dollar pleted arrangements
Aras. that the Companies will take no will be Italy's adherence to the notice of it. for a loan trom the English pound sterling. from a Japanese bank syndicate Montreux agreement. - (Trans-A statement issued by the com- meanwhile, pegging the yuan on comprised of the Yokohama Specie ocean)
the yen.
the creation of the "reserve bank"
panies affected regrets the. refusal to grant the injunction, "which cannot but have serious con-
Bank, the Japanese Industria}} == That the Bank of Chosen be Bank and the Bank of Chosen. made the sole financial institution In North China, Manchuria and The first move of the "reserve is unwarranted, the writer sald: sequences for the companies em- Mongolia, Professor Hou pointed bank," Mr. Hou believed, will be It is true that the foundation of plyees and those dependent on the out, was suggested two decades ago the withdrawal of paper money structure will receive a hard blow.
the issue of new banknotes and Chinese
Industry."-((Reuter). currency and financial ⚫ by the Terauch! cabinet. The
establishment of a "Federal Re-issued by banks authorized by the But ways are still open to the serve Bank" by the Japanese is Central Government. The latter Chinese authorities to cope with only the first step toward the final measure, will cause an inflation in the economic phase of the Japan-
that part of China which is free ese invasion. WILL FOLLOW AMERICAN from Japanese domination. The
In the first place, the adverse reason is not far to seek. for the effects the "reserve bank" may
goal.
PATTERN
As the name of the bank implies, recall of legal notes will cause an ave on the Chinese financial it will follow the pattern of the exodus of Chinese currency to structure will not all come at once.
American Federal Reserve Bank those provinces still defended by
In the second place, Manchurla
R.A.F. BOMBER TRAGEDY"
Men Presumed To Have Lost Lives In Crash
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· London, Mar. 1. The three members of the and will set up a chain of reserve Chinese troops. A part of the is a "debtor rea" whereas South | R.A.F. who manned the heavy banks in the various provinces un. Chinese currency detained will [China is ‘a “creditor area" North bomber which disappeared der Japanese occupation. For in-likely be used by the "reserve China, on the other hand stands February 2p while on a test night stance, one "reserve bank" may be bank" to buy foreign exchange. between the two. Although the around Britain must now be pre- opened for Peiping, Tientsin, Once the "reserve bank" gets de- Japanese have nominally occupied surned to have died the day their Hopel and Chahar; one for Shansinite control over financial organs a big portion of North China; machine crashed, according to a and Sufyuan; one for Taingtao in North China and other parts of langsu and Cheklang, their statement issued today by the Air
Shantung: and
for the country under Japanese con- centre of attention is still North Ministry.
trol, Chinese industries will be left China. If the Chinese Govern- Kiangsu, Cheklang and Shanghai.
An extensive, search in the air The administrative power will be entirely to the mercy of the Ja- ment is able to keep Bouth China, and on the ground has failed to vested in a board of directors, with panese, Professor Hou averred.
especially Kwangtung and Fukien and the aircraft. several Japanese members of ad- PESSIMISM. UNWARRANTED intact, it will have little difficulty However, oll drums are reported visers sitting on it. This will en- Pessimism over the Chinese in maintaining the currency sys- to have been found today on a able the Japanese to get actual financial situation just because of Item.--(Central News).
beach near Wick-(Reuter.)
and
one
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