1958-04-19 — Page 12

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1958,

PRACTICAL

RUDDY RUSSIAN

RUSSIAN HOW

How Suzette got

CHILDREN GET A CONTROLLED DIET

By WHITMAN BASSOW

Moscow.

MAKSIMKA, a round-faced rosy-checked Soviet citizen, is a very little boy with a very long

name.

medication. A kitchen

CR

the crepe

by TOM STACEY

• CONCLUDING THE COOKING FOR MEN COURSE BY EXPLODING A FIERY MYTH

HOMECRAFT

Let's Eat Is It Safe To Wash

BY.

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Chicken A La King Pies

For Luncheon Or Dinner

WHEN I was a small chilid,joysters and 3 c. diced chicken creamed chicken on toast was would be good proportions. Or the favored hot dish for a.com-judd á (7)oz,) enn of those tiny pany supper or high ten. But forjshrimp from Denmark for color a into evening supper party, thejand taste. creamed chicken was served in pâté shells, for eleganco.

REPE SUŻETTE is NOT the name of one of the snake dancers that Toulouse-Lautrec used His birth certificate eluding serlodie examinations to go around with. It is that eestitically thrilling. reads: Maksimilian Kun- and

Chicken And Oyators attached to the clinic prepares pancake performance which the waiter sets on fire 'stantinovich Skorobotkin, Formulas, special diets, milk, right in front of you by sluicing brandy over it,

born April 4, 1957-two cheeses, yoghurt and other months before our Fern foods not available in the stores. very often after having turned out all the lights. Elizabeth was born in New York City.

My wife and I met Maksimka the other day while pushing our bright blue Soviet baby carriage, with Fern inside, along the bonks of the Moscow River.

woman

Maksimka's mother, Olga Pe. trovna Skorobotkin, a friendly In a square sir khan ebut, was wheeling him in a similar carriage.

We nodded to each other, and like parents at

However, CANNED BABY FOODS

"Russlag "babies do not eat mest until they are at least one year old, Then they eat purce of chicken. sweetbreads, veal, and liver,

*

your

fur

I have dincovered cult to cook tecent pancake that in the more magnificent of in that old dustbin-lið the world's kitchens, from Cairu Wilo-dule a tying pan,

Copacabana, there is n to

These ingredients do raging about this controversy

tour. flaming of the crepe suzelte.

NO! NEVER

You want to cook the par- rakes the day before you cat suzette. Day-old THE purists, following the your crepe

the pancakes ore lean tough than only Escoffier, Inte Bew ones.

Carlton, declare chet of the

First break one egg into a flint you should never set it on mixing bowl. 'lop the whole Ore.

thing in less. of course, the shell. Then put the yolk only. of another egg in.

The Soviet food huiustry pro- afmilar to dueer baby foods there in the West. They come recipes of its inventor,

-ounce jars under Д colour- fut lubel showing a curly-haired.

The choice Sughing child.

nilted to about 10 foods, in- cluding carrot juice, puree of

They say that was just peas, applesauce, apple and to-

by Escoller's mais julee, apple and rice puree.gimmick started

head, water In order to steal There are no ments avaliable. *

Put your quarter pound of motherstone of Escoffier's thunder. But many Russian

The original crepe, ns made four on top, then your quarter who, pint of milk. Grate on top just by Escoffier for Suzette, Philip Harben tells rao, is sold little outer peel of a man- to have been something to do darin for tangerine, or orange. with Edward VII, was re-crested which I shall not go on repeat- jus: the other day, by... well, ing. Then a couple of pinches by me. I was, however, under of salt, and a dessertspoonful of

granulated sugar,

over the world, stopped to com- pare noles and offspring,

We

Interested were Mutalmka's diet, and found that the Russtuns have different ideas prefer to make their own balty on feeding tables than people food, even though it means more do in the United States.

Olga Petrovna de ory. Their work. methods are

"You never know what go Russian bables are the plum into those jars," she told us pest, rosiest, healthiest-looking "And anyway, fresh fond is bet- bobles we've seen in a long time, ter than canned."

successful because

SIX MONTHS OF NURSING Russions feed their infants When mere often than we do, Makaimka was born, he was fed seven times in 24 hours, or every three hours with a six-hour gap between midnight and 0 13. The number of feedings was re-e duced after the third month.

Soviet pediatricians encour- mothers lo nurse their

My wife, who evidently has the personal instructtion of one ore conildener In the Soviet of the current masters of the foc:i

industry

many profession, Eugene Kaufeler, of Than Russians, has been feeding For the Dorchester hotel, Elizabeth local

baby food for the past six months.

The young lady is thriving.

For furniture

THIS WAY

Chicken à la King Ples: New and easy. Nice for a ladies' funtheon.

Prepare chicken à la king. A decado Inter, chicken and #

Transfer to 0 buttered indi- oysters were creamed together vidual meat ple diphes or use in a chafing dish and servedļ with duo fair on hot buttered with American ple pastry rolled -foli if you like. Cover disposable tout.

An Electric Blanket?

By Elcanor Ross

7.

TAVE you been wondering if it is really safe to wash

an electric blanket?

The answer is an unqualified il efter by hand or according "Yes." In fact, electric blankets to the directions for your wash- should nover by dry cleaned, ing machine. The reason for this is that some cleaning fluids" are Injurious to the wiring syciem of the blanket. FILLED WITH WIRING Of course, some women are a te leery of washing some thing filled with electrle wiring.

Use lukewarm guda, soap or first "masanging" detergent, spots, and stains with a handful of thick zuda. After washing the blankol, squeeze out excess suds, rinse well and remova excess water.

HANG IT IN-SHADE should-realise that the makers of the most

Hong the blanket in the shado faneus automatic blankets are

clotheslines, the

aleoirient over two parallel nong!

biggest electrient

about 18 inches apart. manufacturer's equipment

Ja the world. They wouldn't try to

The next to win acclaimant to thick. Make a stash

In the center of each-Bild-with-lowever, they chicken à la king, a dressed un, tastier version of our old friend, yolk beaten with 1 tbsp.

milk. creamed chicken. The basis in di

-30 min. In moderato Bake 23-30 la king sauce-which can also oven, 376* F be used as the basis for several

Chickon à la King Omelette other delectables.

Soumé: Four 1 recipe hot chick- A la King Sanco: Melt 3 tbsp en à la king into a buttered low butter. Add 1 diced, seeded green 3-pt. casserole.

1 diced pimiento and popper, c. sautéed sliced fresh or canned mushrooms. Cook-stir 3 min.

Stir in 2 tbsp. four, 1⁄2 tsp. Balt.

1⁄2 tsp. pepper and t paprika, Bür In 2 C chicken

Beparate 4 eggs. Beat the whites stiff, the yolks until creamy

with 1⁄2 tsp. salt and la

ap. pepper.

Fold together. Ileap on the la king and bake 15-20 min., or broth, 4 c. milk and c. Hight until puffy and golden. Serves d. cream or undiluted evaporated) milk. Cook-stir until boiling.

Stir in 2 egg yolks beaten light| with 1 tbsp. milk. Cook-stir 1 min.

TOMORROW'S DINNER

Split Pea Soup Chicken & la King Ples Buttered Mixed Vegetables Lettuce-Orapefruit Balad Warm Indian Pudding Cream

Add 1 tbsp. sherry flavoring. Chicken in King: Before adding the egg yolks to the

Coffee Tea Milk sauce, sur in 2 c. small-diced cooked or canned chicken,

THE CHEF SUGGESTS and] few drops

heat 8 min. of

For a hurry-up meal, uno Finish as directed. Serve in canned or frozen split pea soup; Curacao. Safest way is to over the top,

broad crustades or heated pâté canned or frozen chicken à la put your thumb

pastry shella, Serves 4 to 8. king; pie crust mix or frozen ple When combining chicken and crust; canned or frozen mixed oysters in à la king sauce, a cup vegetables, and oven-warmed of drained, shucked small canned Indian pudding.

DASH on a

tip up the bottle sideways, and wriggle your thumb,

THAT LID HERE is the correct was to bersina Surround yourself with the following ingredients; Two eggs, quarter pound of Sur at this up with plabi Rour, quarter phat of milk, inte a nice smooth mixture, not ubout half a pound of buller, frothing it, and as you do so add sall, two mandarins for ton some melted (but not sizzling)

children for at least six months, NEW fedeles-wood-dyserines or oranges), a cus of Olga Petrovna said. She was A that takes the fear out of icing sugar, a little granulated astonished to learn that in French polishing. It takes time America most bables are bottle- to do, but you on't need fvd,

diploma to do it yourself.

sugar, bottle of cutucan. And, of course, a pancake pan, which ไร a very small frying pon. lug sides. It really is very dim

Russian clinics provide com- Cost is 55., D. oy 105%, and 14 | rather thick, very gently sion- pleto free pediatric services, in- docs for a coloured wood.

Balance

is important.

Correct balance in infant feeding is especially important, but modern mothers wisely leave this problem to the scientists who spend their lives in research to ensure that Cow & Gate Milk Food contains Just the right proportion of all the elements necessary to robust and

healthy development. That is why 14 Royal Babies to date have been fed on this food of

Kings and King of foods. Can you do better for your baby?

COW & GATE MUS

The FOOD ROYAL BABIES

SOLE AGENTS:

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butter.

whisk

Now grease your pancake pan with some butter. The way to

do this is to melt down some butter on one side, and tip it into your hot pan, swirl it all around, and tly it ALI, backą, Now you are going to make your pancakes,

The Important thing about pancakes is that they should be th. So you ladie into your pan only Just enough of the stuff you have just mixed up is wh cover the bottom of your pan when you tip it in every-direc tion.

the

Put the pan back over flame and after 15sec. or so it will be time to turn the pan- cake over. This is almost Im- possible to do without years of practice. However, a fluke muy do it.

I started by trying to throw

derstood was the professional method of reversing the thing. "We do not 'nve time to play the jongleur in this kitchen Mr Kaufeler said a little taully, and he took over the next pan enke and turned it by a flick of the wrist. It is purely a wrist, not a dorsal, action.

SPREAD THEM

or

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Do

You Tire Quickly? Maybe It's Boredom

By HERMANN.""BUNDESEN, M.D."

or

Do you become tired at the office or plant,

while doing household chores, long before your workday is finished? Then maybe you are suffering fulse clique.

NOT REALLY TIRED

Using an automatic dryer is

market anything that was going not recommended, to be a problem or that wasn't entirely safe, That's not how they built their reputationsl

DISCONNECT IT

While the blanket is drying. gently but firmly ease it into its criginal shape,

When

completely dry, brush

the surface in one direcion, us ing a soft, clean brush. This To wash an electric blanket, raíces the nap and,makes it look slmet by disconnecting the plug and feel soft.

at the foot of the bluaket. Then, If you want to Iron the bind- measure its size before wotting ing, do it with the iron set at a , so that you can alretch it low temperature and Use a back to its origiñal shope, Wam pressing cloth.

Protect The Loveliness Of

Your Sterling Silver

By Eleanor Ross

O you know the best way to preserve sterling silver

wear

can be used up, but daily use adds-immeasurably to its beauty.

Just as you accept and cherish were put there by

process of the transition in your teenago careful oxidation, daughter from adolescence to Don't be templed to clean young womanhood, so do you sterling with a bruth or, worse learn to cherish the beauty of vol, in an aluminium and soda the maturlly in your sterling bath, because you'll

ativer.

BRIGHT AND GLOSSY.

Bright and glossy when new,

destroy

much of the craftmanship ro lovingly bestowed on it. You will-have-saved-a-jew minutes polishing time. It's true. But

glaring whiteness that

its true character is developed a dal, and that your silver has

only through loving care. In negates its beauty.

using it every day you will

STORING SILVER

Storing your silver for dolly use in its own chest is practical or you might like to lino

specially treated

Patina Is the word used to de- drawer with scribe the thousands and thou- cloth. If you prefer to keep it sands of tiny lines formed in in flannel cases, don't fasten dolly usage. They are Invisible them with rubber

The

to the naked eye, but they held black marks will

Setting a

- notice that it will slowly nequire-

ļa glowing patina with depths D. G. 1 have been losing that were not apparent when it weight and coughing up blood, was first acquired. Could these be tuberculosis Generally, false

fatigue is symptoms? caused by just plain boredom, Don't confuse this with Answer: The first symptoms emotical fatigue, which is # of tuberculosts are fatigue and more complicated problem and lose of weight. There is a loss

in penetrate right by. coughing, expectoration for gentle light absorption.

a pretty table and us- mure loss of weight, fever and Eight sweats.

Dolly upkeep could hardly be ing your precious sterling silver caster Simply wash it; first in flatware every day is a compll- good hot water with suds from they are your most important ment to the family, implies that Lakes, soap chips, powder, cake table guests and that the best

Then rinse in hot

It water and dry with soft towel, gives dignity to the meal, too.

is none too good for them. You will discover that daily we've found that children react usit of sterling mokes for las to it nicely and nothing could polishing, a boon in itself.

be more important these times, 63 wo realitu, more and mora, the importance of home sur- roundings and appointments in training youth,

Falso fatigue con make you act tired, it can make you feel tired, but you won't really bu tired. Usually, you will lose all interest in a boring task shortly after you begin it.

All too frequently, a routine

IF you are making your panonite job caps un employee at

cakes as thin ns you should almost all ambition. The some be, you should be able to make is true of a routine job at feast 12 with your mixture, factory or in the home.

which you

rlux.

should keep stir-

In a

Soap And Water qutd

Best For Cleaning Steel

Boston.

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cleaning

MONTHLY POLISHING About once a month, assemble your sliver, plenty of clean cloths or chamois and one of the good

sterling. Pollsh lengthwise reiffer than in circies. When polishing holloware, do

But let's be practical. You've HOUSEWIVES will find that creams or liquid polishes made Spread these Ground on A got to get the work done. You plain soap and water ure expressly for

for large dish, and do nothing for must snap out n dny. Do not put them in the fatigue. fridge

↓

false of this

TWO METHODS

staunch allies stainless steel.

Use soap and water to re not twist it around in the cloth, move ordinary dirt from all but stroke it lengthwise, 100, stainless steel surfaces, advises

Have the children help you. the United States, Steci Corp. There are two ways to do II. Afterward, rinse with water Make it a monthly ceremony Probably the best and most and wipe dry.

for them, orle that will teach of popular is to take a respite from

them true appreciation of beauty your job every so often for a coffee break.

NEXT DAY. We make our Suzette Alling. Take three

of butter Duneca

and threo ounces of icing sugar. Soften the butler. Mix, Grate the outermost peel (zest) mandarin, a large teaspoonful, on top. Then squeeze över it the julee of a couple of mandarins. Watch out for the plus.

NEW TWIST FOR FILET

OF SOLE

Sun Valley, Idaho,

Sun Valley Lodge makes a fancy party dish for Friday dinners. It's flet of sole with

To remove stubbem deposit and gracious living in their own A SPECIALTY of the house. at of grease or food particies, soak home. the surface in hot soapy water, Employers throughout the For more

You will notice in your orat persistent deposits, country hayo recognised the odd baking soda to the water or mented pleces Mix in a good tablespoonful value of the coffee break. They mix a paste of an abrasive type subtle shadows which empha- ot curacao, with u wooden how it increases efficiency, household cleanser, water and size the lovely spoon, and siir all around. especially among employees ammonis. This paste should be Tirse aren't accidental.

Spread this Alling liberally with routine jobs. It's a morale applied with a cloth, sponge pr over your pancakes, and fola builder as well. them into four, like a lace hond-

stainless ateak wool, rubbing in the direction of the polishing

kerchief. This is a very fiddly The other way to beat false line. business; but keep your patience fatigue is to talk yourself out

course, fakes Hard water and some strong and place each one eymmetrl- of it. This, of

determination, and self-discipline detergents tend to leave a while cally on to a largo dish,

dono or grey- deposit

ptainicas At the last moment plunge and time. But it can be

can De this dish into a really hot oven, and quickly, too.

to heat but not cook your pan- When you become bored and cakes, Pull it out, and scoop up begin to feel tired, although any melted filing add’drip it on you know you haven't done the top. Eat.

enough work to make you tired, just slay with the job. Grit your tooth and keep on work- ing.

For the records

atgel surfaces. There readily removed in the use be done often to avoid of regular cleaning and should

accumulation.

EXCESS

Inadvertent overheating of saucepans, tea kettles and other- containere often produce brown Within half an hour you will These areas are not harmful to

Breus "known as "heat probably feel a lot better, a lot the metal but require vigorous more like' finlaking the job. records with an after-

scouring with stainless steel FOR

There are many drugs on the Forty-hangover: rinse them merket which have been do with a mild abrasive cleanzer.

wool or pads in combmailon In wann water a very mild signed to fight fatigue. In some detergent, and scrub in the cares, they might be beneficial. This can best be avoided by direction of the grooves with a But that is a matter for your preventing heat damage before

mail cellulose sponge, keeping doctor to decide.

majkilt startani. Never use more heat

the abole out of the water os While both tea and coffee are, than necessary; do not place much as possible. Rinse in cleur stimulants, they are not danger large contulnara

small warm water: stand in a plateous, ir not taken to excess. Blast Burners; and do not apply heat rack to dry ode Sounds of you will find they will helps to emiply, containers, or let them fantasily, but it works,

pukplat patron, pus into your work, - boll dry-United Fruan."

that there are champagne.

flowing lines

In

whole

อ

Baucepan, put some pickling spice, cup They court bouillon (fish broth),

cup sherry, 1⁄2 cup champagne; 1 small onion sliced, salt and white pepper to taste and, julco from lomon, Bring to boil for 2 minutes. Add 3 ounces of Alet of 'solc and simmer 4 minutes.

If you tire of

plastics...

CHANGE from the plasticS und the primary colours: `n row of paltery "storage-farm in white-chocked groy, pale green or yellow. The brock=- wood tops are rabber ringed to make the lars air-tight-- screw them down firmly na the new rubber tids to be bouncy.

Serve with hollandaiso sauce, wedges of lemon and liny bolled potatoes. Top the sole with aliced mushrooms.

A HONEY OF

DESSERT

Enti

NEEW YORK. the cal with this pineapple and honey dessert. Cut fresh

into pirieapple

long thing spear

In

#

haltered baking, diah, 'alternato the pineapple and bananas.cut lengthwise into quarters. Pour jcup honey over all and bake irisë hot· oven for about $40) minutes. Bašte. moveral times while baking, The diab may 201 served warm or chlited, but wasin je beltor.