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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1949.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
BAKING WITH EASE
A. CENTRE TABLE SAVES STEPS for the housewife when sho's baking, and particularly this specially designed octagona) one from which It's easy to turn around to slove, sink or cabinets as the job In hand may require,
By MARION CLYDE MCCARROLL
HE trick of baking with
THE
ease is, of course, to have everything right whero it can be reached with a minimum of moving about. If the kitchen is so arranged that there aren't a lot of steps to take in the course of making pies, cakes,. cookies and rolls. the family will be the gainer as well the home-maker, since the Iatter will feel like tackling a baking job much more often than she otherwise would.
The two kitchens shown. here were designed with baking very much in mind,
Because the latest studies in household' efficiency ap- pear to indicate that the big centre table always seen In old-fashioned kitchens actually saves more steps than the modern counter arrangement, the kitchen just above has one of these. In this instance, the table WAR specially built in octagonal shape to fack- Iltate reaching stove, sink, cabinets and shelves.
One
section of the table is open underneath, so that it can be used for cating, and the rest of it is storage space.
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Happy marriages In the kitchen are the clue to
DARBY
&-JOAN -DISHES
by HELEN BURKE THE first time I heard
A
chef say that this food "married well" with that,
I thought that his slender knowledge of the English language was responsible for the odd phrase.
But when he explained that carlain foods were complemen- tary to and compatible with each other I reallard that the "marriage" of foods is not a bad way of considering them. Some foods agree with Some apree with themselves,
There are
the Dorby-and- Joan dishes, such as macaroni and cheese and cauliflower with good white sauce (not merely flour and water, which is billstickere parte), Dull couples, perhaps, but thoroughly re- speciable.
A more glamorous that of hard-boiled
fillets of anchovy, as a dish or a sandwich flling Strange that It should be no right while ogge and sardines are so wrong.
Lobster with mayonnaise is other happy match, except when the "mayonnaise" is salad cream. Salad cream pleasant mate' for all sorts of food, but it is out of place in Any dish where the partner proper is real mayonnaise,
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The war years taught us to be more ingenious in the pre- paration of our meals, but they hiso allowed a great loos
. loosenci into our
klichens. creep c, we did say "mock" this and that, which was better thinn pretending that the mock wh3 the real thing, but now, with again obtainable, there olive oil and larragon vinegar is no reason for mock mayonnaise, even though union Is
a little eggs pre less plentiful and a little more expensive than they were.
itere is a summer
dish in which CRgs anul anchovies happily appear,
eggs and
HERE, ON THE LEFT, IN this kitchen is a cabinet strictly devoted to baking purposes. A borizontal panel pulls down to serve as working surface, and necessary ingredients,
utensils,"cookbooks, pans are ready to band.
con-
ple or a batch of biscuits, revealing flour, sugár and other ingredients in tainers sunk into the cabinet. Shelves just above -hold spices, flavourings, etc.. as well as cookbooks, waxed paper roll and similar neces- Incidentally, the kitchen
saries. Stored below the itself has an
cabinet are mixing bowls, interesting brown, white, and
flour sifter, and other green colour scheme, with mar things, as well as spoons, bleized linoleum on the floor knives and the like.
Cake, plaided with plain white pio and cookie tins are in a strips and covered with separate sunken compart- brown.
Ceiling, cupboard ment, arranged in a neat linings and chairs are done file, at
in soft yellow-green.
one end of the cabinet, while at the other end are several pull-out
baked products
The second kitchen, even wire racks on which cookies more specially planned to and other make baking casy, has n are placed to cool. special cabinet so equipped that everything but the actual baking itself can be done without moving from the spot.
The colour scheme in this tractive kitchen is brown and remarkably convenient and al-
terrn colla, with a touch of chartreuse in the rosettes raying A horizontal panel with out from around the a work surface on the inside cabinet knobs. Embossed lno- pulls down when the house- leum In subtle shados covers the floor, framed with a cove baso
wife is ready to start on a of plain terra colto.
WHAT TV BRINGS
TO THE HOME
ON show in New York are the
The
brass
Then there is a television latest and newest house folding chair which folds down wires and wonderful gadgets.
to a reclining position, a stone) As mònufacturing hits its steldo, favoured by the younger sot. show increases until this We can see such chaira saving year some 22,000 items from 547
much wear and fear on regular manufacturers were show on
living room furniture as junior. two floors in 1,400 booths. The Items ranga
their favourite from startlingly
Invourites mado glamorised.
elic
EGG AND ANCHOVY SALAD (SERVES 4) 1-1 breakfastcupa potato salad, 1 dessertspoonful chopped parsley, 1 small fin Allets of anchovies, 4 hard- boiled eggs, a few capers,
MIX the well-seasoned, well-
dressed potato salad with the parsley jaki place ย อ shallow dish. Arrange the anchovy Alicts diagonally on top, to form spaces for the sliced eggs. Dot each of these with a caper. Serve with a combina- tion slad.
Combination salad is simply your own selection of the usual salad stuff lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, green peppers" (plen- tiful just now) and so o arranged in rows on a platier ro tint p:ople can choose to please themselves. Pass oll and vinegar, and salad cream separately ond let people dress their salads to their own taste.
Boiled Egg Trick
Notes. If bolled eggs are Immediately placed under the cold water tap and the water allowed to play on them, there will be less likelihood of those dark rings forming.
The secret of a good potato solad is to have it really moist, and mayonnaise, diluted with a
makes [c milk,
the best dressing. But, first, give the
A COOKIE PROJECT IS UNDER way here, with some of the cookies already baked and cooling on pull-out wire racks at the end of the cabinet. Baking tins are kept in the sunken compartment at far rigħi, file. fashion.
-HOUSEHOLD · HINTS
THIS WEEK'S GADGET
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the and from the, Besh LAG Cha fruit comes Dul clean withoui the Jos of
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polatoos a 'drink of oil and vinegar while they are hot and cannot absorb the dressing.
The method of cooking much- rooms given in the following recipe, is the same as that used when they are to be included in pale soups or
sauces. The lemon juice preserves their pleasing colour, and keeps them from darkening.
CREAMED MUSHROOM- FLAN (SERVES 6) -60%, good short
pastry, 4- Buz pink-pilled mushi- rooms, I
water,
I small demon
juice, a good walnut of but- ter or margarine, seasoning to taste, 1 cup medium thick. white or Bechamel -sauce, 1 coy volk, 1-2 tablespoonfuls top milk or evaporated milk.
INE a flan tbs with the rolled out pastry, brush with milk and All with crusts. Cut: the trimmings into leaves with a. cookie cutter and brush them
Bake with milk,
fian and icaves for 15 minutes in a fairly hot oven (Regulo mark or
Remove 400 deg. Fair)
the crusts and bake for a further 10 minutes.
Meanwhile,
every woman is in love with it
Smoothe it on thinly with your fingor tips just onco à day. It spreads a fino film of natural
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Professional Look In Home
Laundry
By ELEANOR ROSS WITH all the emphasis on W beautiful cotton · füshlong,
to it isn't surprising many new starch products and Improvements on the market,
sco so
For cold starching there is a "bright new ̈powder that does nicely for very sheer fabrics and for small pieces such na neckwear and blousettes. Then there are easily dissolved starch cubes that do a good job with the regular wash. Something new is 'iquid laundry starch. ready-prepared Item with bluing and all tho necessary Ironing aids built in.
Know-how Notions
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But whatever the type used, there are-tricks and know-how notions to help achieve a pro- fessional-looking job. with the least effort. As to how much starch should be used, this do
ཨ་ pends entirely on the preference of finish. It is good to remember that starched clothes do need less washing and do stay clean longer. This is because starched finish prevents dirt from Imbedding itself in fabrics. This is especially true of children's clothes and of work clothes, but does not mean that such pleces must be stimy starched Many fabrics require Just sizing, or just enough starch to return them to their original finish and freshness.
To do a good job, clothes must always be evenly to be starched properly.
deler the clothes, the
damp
stiffer
Tho
the
finish. In preparing the starch paste uso cold or topid water, naver hot water. The starching mixture. must always have a smooth
consistency... Stare evenly, making sure that all sur- faces are reached in all-over starching Closely-woven fabrica require light starching while the opposite is necessary for loosely woven materials. Sizing is grand
over
Tremove fruit stafns from terry towel inmediately after Never give medicine except in rayon fabrics, mattress covers; rayon garments, treat them washing. In one hour it will by doctor's order, and when you in fact, any material that has lost na soon as they are blained, if have reached the perfect stage measure medicine, read labels. "newness."
Hot Starch poisible. They are hard to re- of dampness for perfect ironing. Arst, then shake up liquids "to midva when dry. Don't use
mix Ingredients thoroughly. If hot starch is used, keep it
upside down to keep clean. à film on top, and if cold starch Hold glasses level with tho
gathers his pals around him for as nikalin set some fruit. Iron with a warm-not, a hot-Now remove cork and placo It] covered to prevent formation of
and berry stains-If the fabric iron. programmes. washable, rinse thoroughly
if there is, as there 18 with warm water. -If the sinin
And
"Over or
bits of litter all over the floor!
Hing solution-but on
As can be expected, television
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There is a special technique inbël.
hot.
now devices to old and basle kely to be, plenty of dust and persists, use h very mild bleach for Ironing linen-textured spun "ther wipe battle with facial
eyes, and try to sell the bottle is used, be sure materials aro Measure dose exscily, quite damp, and the Iron quite Starched clothes require more as the crowd troops out, why fabrie only then rinse rayon dresses, All these medium tissue; replace cork and read that can be easily picked up too. thoroughly, with a weak solution weight spun rayons should bu
again, before giving dampness for ironing than non- starched fabrica," They should In the home is responsible for One of the attractions at the of vinegar, and water. For non-pressed with a tot Iron when patient, the medicine.
be dampened with warm water soveral new Items, A most sen show is a new electris. carpet washable fabrics," sponge with
and be allowed to stand for at sible notion, is a television table sweeper, a nice cross between luke-warm water immediately, they are bono dry. If the
least two hours before Ironing. offered in unpainted wood. The the
materials, damp It will not...... dilute and remove press well and the job takes You can gimmick is that the tip revolves and the electric vacuum cleaner, stain as quickly as possible.
usetea waxed, If you starch in your washer, be or, conventional, with the television - set on it. It whicks nylon brushes back
logger, -1. For best results, from moisture-resistant
paper bag automatic offering a clear view to persons and forth, at a speed of 3,400
of the wrong side of the fabric, which is sold primarily for kit sure fabrics are of similar the Elmo altung in various parts of a strokes per minute and eats up If you waigarment of using a clean, well-padded iron chea waste, to cover heads," of material and require
*``oil miopa to prevent drying out | degree of light starching. even the tiniert particle of dirt rayon sharkskin, rollit in a Ing board. 15
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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
Copics of
photographs
taken by the South China- Morning Post and Hong Kong
aph Staff Photographers
-aro on ylow in the Morning Post Building,
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