1955-03-19 — Page 12

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1955.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

HELEN BURKE continues her tour in search of the secrets of London's top chefs

KEEP CALM! Like the man who runs the biggest kitchens

T

in Europe

ME kitchens at Grosvenor House are the larges! I have ever seen--the largest

in Europe, 1 bolleve-and they are in the charge of one man, M. Rene Lebegue, maitre che des cuisines.

is calm, unruffled, conducting, through his under-chefs, enormous banquets while the normal restaurant and grill room entering goes on just as smoothly.

3 spent most of two days at Grosvenor House, Flat send because I wanted to be in on one of Olber

the full e banqucis, with 1,400 guests. smaller banquets were going on at the same time. Fust to the Great Room, formerly the skaling pink reparter to be the largest of its kind in Fanrope.

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the The I adly set parkle with Kluss

bowl

REN. LEBECUE -conductor of

Les Hors Saumu

This was the menu

Varices, Loc euvre Fumi L Fret de Sore Dig iere Le Poulet nice.te ting- verior, Les Pets Pula Pua, s Pommes Croquettes: Le Savarin Buy Fruits, 1 Partint Glace; Le Cafe, Le Dessert.

Now, the interesting thing about this menu is that a geoorl home cook could select dishes own entertain- tem. it for her HIK. The Pontet en Cocotte, fur insti.

HOT CUPBOARD

This was in units of about

Alb, w 4 15.

chickens

first lightly

POLIKL Surrey roasted

with butter as the only fut, then

cut into five pieces legs, two wings with

eact-twu

bice

alice ut the breast and the breast meat on the bone, which was really chopper-trimmed.

silver These were placed in 2 entree dish and, later, garnished

barrel shaped with siender young carrols, turulps and (un- usual but delicious) Jerusalem

stemply bolled artichokes, all and dressed with bulter.

Finally, the essence ot the- was poured over ryant lileketi

enormous banquets.

piece breadcrumbs plus in ounce of aimonds (for 20 ground

Lower them,

T

was

Die garushed chicken, a of battered grenseproof Pas places on top, the H put on and the dish placed b

hot cupbouril to keep i Just right for the meal.

Thut hot

1. of cupboard

"Secrets" of rourse, one of the success, bul, with phoning, we can see that our own oven free to keep dishes warm at a low temperature.

is

This means that we can cook well before the meal and then have almost as much leisure us our guests.

On this day, nearly 5.004 potato croquettes

and tried. Here 1

croquettes). few at a te, into smoking hot fal and, in a matter of a minute, they are benullfully golden.

Pace thim beside the chicken in the oven to keep them warin. The Savarin nux Fruits is a comparatively easy "entertain-

sweet because the navarin 118 Itself, light rich yeast mix-

the mnade fure can

day before leaving only the fruit afua apricot glaze to be ackled Dear enough meal time.

were

(417

Inace itby

TIPS

way of making them:

Sleve

Bull the potatoes, drain dry theau off, then mash them ur rub them through Add seasoning to taste and bir with very little egg yolk. Form inte a long roll about the thick ness of a champagne cork and cut off 1% to 2-inch lengths.

Dip in beaten egg and there

Up] roll in in the big

fe

FROM CHEFS

TERE are some of the ideas I

don chefs:

crea

A BUFFET PARTY SWEET: and Make semolina pour it into a shallow serving- dish. On top, arrange, in circles apples a row of sliced dessert poached in syrup, inside it one poached. of apricots, similarly

IT ISN'T DIFFICULT TO

TALK TO CHILDREN

REETING

MY

By Garry C. Myers, Ph.D.

child and makes

110 HASWOT

G graciously, and conver- find. We sunt end ders.

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We The

won't ask him to tell his should not press him naire, or age, or in what grade he Not will we ask is at school. such questions ut his parents in talk We won't hls

presence. about his size, clothes or bodily features.

Neither

should

WYC

this

sing with him companion- we should divert the friend's al- Those tention. ably, is a fine art. who have been good com- encourage the child to become

at the centre of attention paniona to their OWN

lime, children or grandchildren Some usually do it well.

Su, also, when a guest is in our with young nieces home, our attitudos mud ways can persons

the guest und and nephews also know the help make both

child pleasant and confortable technique.

This holds true with the older child or youth.

By lening attentively, we may soon learn from the lot or youth, without asking any ques- tons, what his chief interests are. Or skiful question might caus the little child to show us some- thing he has drawn or made with playthings. The child six, or or 10, may tall us about his fun with other children, or something he has created with his hands.

Next, stewed prunes and.. finally, a centre of quartered pears. Cout the whole purface with a purce of apricots.

APRICOT PUREE, of all the 19 sweet sauces in the kitchen, probably the must useful

and

WH can make it in a concen- trated form with dried apricots, diluting it when requireti.

STEAK AND KIDNEY PUD- in DING is a grand dish and, overy hotel kitchen I bave visited, it has always becu in the menu of ready for nexL iny, and that is a up for the busy

woman.

Pre-

Here is my suggestion: pare it completely the day be- fore or curly in the morning, if that suits better. Cover the ties-ou cloth with a piece of greuseproof paper to keep the pustry from drying out, store £1 in the refrigerator, then steam of boil it as usual, when required.

One chef adds half a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce or four

to five servings Just try that

in your next pudding.

OMELETTE PLUS

Remember ARNOLD BEN-

Versatile Interior

**

STRIKINGLY MODERN, this home is planned for a 65-foot lol. The flat-top roof, which contributes to the low line, provides a wide overhang that shelters the front porch, the living room picture window and the high windows, at right, in the bedroom, area.

By Joan O'Sullivan

NETT OMELETTE? It one PEN planning makes the

the

OPE

of my favourites. Here is

interior of the above recipe from Grosvenor House: Make a plain omelette but, be-house, especially versatile. fore it is ready to be rolled, In this home, living room

with large spread the surface

roum merge, und dining flakes of mild smoked haddock, the kitchen opens on these first cooked in a little cream. Holl up quickly.

areus via a snack bar, and the way in which the study of the living Turn on to a reproof plate,

some Murnay can be part spoon over

entertaining mukes sauce (for beginners, ercainy

and slip easy. sauce will: cheese;

it

under the grill to glaze a little. Step inside and you're in You see why it is essential not

to cook the omelette

thela small entry had, separate 1

usual desired point before roll- from the dining room by a ing it.

china cabinet. To your left Try this and I know it with is a roomy wardrobe closet. Your first sight of the become a "regular" when you

in the hand- want a light meal. Or let your living room husband

love some fireplace wall, cooking "specials."

entirely in brick.

make

Men

done On one

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Can you try WHITEBAIT to side, it branches out to in- on the your liking? Here is the chef's clude a wood box;

Into way: Pick over, wush and dry other, it levels off Pass through milk, drain, then

our counter that makes a two- DASS through scasoned flour. Lower, not too many at a time, way snack bar, accessible into smoking hot

fat from living area, deep Drain, turn on to an absorbent paper and sprinkle with paprika.

Cayenne peppÈT.

London Express Service.

dining

room or kitchen.

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THE FIREPLACE WALL in the living room, done in brick, has a storage box for wood. At left, the kitchen, part of the general living area, is separated from it by a handsome brick-fronted snack bar.

Bedrooms open to the With the whitebut, pass

right of the living room, wedges of lemon and, if you like its sharp hot accent, To the right of the fire- both with corner windows, facilitate place is the study, which placed high to WORLD COPYRIGHT RESERVED enlarges the living room furniture arrangements. The when you're entertaining an master bedroom, in the rear, overflow crowd. When de- has twin wardrobe closets. be Two linen closets, one in the sired, this screened off with ceiling- bath, are close by. hung draw drapes. It could also

be permanently parti tioned and, since it contains a wardrobe, might be turned into a third bedroom. Froza the study, there's a door to the terrace at the back the house.

• Sheiks Will Display

Gold Dinner Service Sets

there's Since

no

of

The garage

is large enough for a wall of four closets as well as a work bench wall. Set well back HEIKS like gold dinner- SH

from the front of the house, service sels .. Biggest de-

base the garage is placed to As you know, grownups differ

mand for gold dinner and tea

widely L their ways, with

service sets to be on show at children not their own, when

the British Industries Fair atment, kitchen and utility make possible a dining room Olympia in May, is expected to room are combined. Furnace picture window. they meet these children on the

As you am see, it's how the

come from wealthy oil sheiks in and laundry equipment are street, in a store, or as guests or

Designed for a 65-foot lot, child feels that counts. Du we?

the Middle East. One solid gold. off to one side, with an out- hosts, and the child, two, 12 or Put the stage so he will feel he If the teen-ager talks up in the 18, senses these differences. After is treated by us and the guest as family conversation, we will be dinner service set which will be gide door handy for taking the plan comprises 11,280

especially a guest has left your home, this a real person no younger than he alertly child may say: "I like him." Or really is? If we act toward the should he express ideas differing it weights more than 54 lbs. It clothes out to the yard. the opposite. Perhaps you al- ten-year-old as if he were only from those of most adults. Or has a water lily motif and con- ready know how the child feels two, toward the teen-agur us it he should talk of sports or artista sists of six dinner plates, slx about this guest.

only five, we may encourage the un the air, of current world soup plates, tureen, two sauce

boats, a condiment set and guest to act likewise, ör all events or of vocations.

tray. Let's consider, first, our social torrible things for a child is to

three-piece coffee set on Most of all, we shall be con- A matching gold tea service set, #nciousness towards our own be talked to or talked about an child,

At the market with our child, though he were a toy or puppy! slantly aware of the child's pres-valued at £5,000, is used for ence, aware that he is a real per-State occasions in South Africa. three, when greeted by a friend Let's learn to treat another non, as important as any other Special security mensures

and night day samol durs, a stranger to him, let us person's child as he wishes to person present but no more so. including a

We should treat overy child as u guard will be enforced by the consider row the child feels. Sup- be treated, and deserves to be

London makers of the sets. very precious person. pose this child hangs his head treated; that is, as a real person.

FOR YOUR FA

interested,

on display is valued at £10,500.

MILK

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AMER DER

cubic feet,

WORKBENCH

GARAGE 12-11X21'2"

TERRACE 25'-0"x8-0"

STUDY BEDROOM

DINING ROOM

9-09-1" 13-4′′x10^0

LIVING ROOM WE ENTLY (5%-6"x13'-4"

PORCH

PLANTING

HALL

EIR

SÁTH

OPEN PLANNING links kitchen, dining and living arcus and study, while sleeping quarters are away from these living-working rooms.

.

IS

ABRUPT RETIREMENT

SOLUTION FOR AGING

LOT has been written

A getting old,

of it by young people who

21

By W. W. BAUER, M.D.

NOT THE PEOPLE

Thu

eging, namely the importance of constructive. doing something Not just doing something. There

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no good and

Out of all the experience and is no more potent polson 'than The all the philosophy about aging the creeping paralysis of useless- When people aro nb obviously have no experi- essentially

comes the inescapable fact that mess. ence in the matter. A lot of disease is present. It is sugary stuff about last aged body simply does not the greatest penalty in growing longer needed, much of their

have the zip and, the zest old is loneliness and a feeling of incentive for Alving depants. year's being the best,

At the no longer being noted. of the younger.

STIRED? thought for which we are

witnesses the deaths of hia

· It is a comunion observation Indebted to the poot, Robert same time, this gradual phy- longer one lives, the more be

can be friends and contemporaries. If that retirement is often, the. Browning. A lot more of it sical weakening

for by A he had not made friends among 'aath knell of the aging person, deals with golden years of compensated

he feals slower pace, less pressure, younger people, he will be very Before retirerent,

lonely. One sees many references tired and the demands of the job leisure, contentment and an

to the contentment and achieve weig heavily upon hum.. Ho insipli sort of happiness more rest.

ment of famous older persons. borgs for the ease and relanse which nobody really wants. INESCAPABLE FACT”

Booth Tarkington, despite blind- of

blind- of retirement. But when ho And a great deal more of An interesting comparison be- ness, wrote 18

years old ft has to do with hobbies tween the philosophy of the he wa Upy of his novels after rots it, he is more tired than Tennyson's over because he no longer hos Crossing

The Beat was achieved the stimulus of obligating to which are nothing more than boondoggling and parson da embodied in the little said to have lain old is meet a job to do and place

All in o buny

world paint the celling of the Siating and industry must which soon lose their zeat anecdote of the old liner who said to have lain on his back to

of abrupt palley of because of their uselessness, sald, I have considerably Chapel when he was almost 20 abandon the

years old, „Piikini;, saya retirement and substitute Constructive hobbles,

changed my attitude toward life.

that the first course, are useful.

When I was young my reaction, Benjamin Franklin

of his life has been for one of graduad relief of pressure. for. This will be hard to do becaus second will mayor many fromatives and experienced Older persons — and 1 to some things was to clench my

This is not quite accurate lo mough to know but like the other balderte, it workers will be unwilling

fists. Now I am more likely to soften the

Hard as it will

are gume, to have less phy

younger and that of the older

to

speak may be Version of this is the suggestion illustrates the point that thos

younger people. face the fact that they was hard die Bontiainent les people escaped lionelinom best be the bevects mure be learned.

omething cause they kept productively and sen

things

hich we would. Succnim in living in the older Deople years means costing to a stop, not, opplying the balm, with ci

alcal energy than they did

earlier years. This is true byen when health

the

you

if keep them in touch