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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936.

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* Everything for the * CHRISTMAS FEAST

Dainties For The Children's

some

Xmas Party

FRUIT WHIP

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Cut a few sponge cakes in half, place in a glass dish. Put on this

cold fruit puree apple other stewed fruits or some pre- served pine apple cut into slices. Whisk up the white of an egg or gill of cream, pile it, roughly on top, then dredge with fine sugar and decorate to taste.

CHEESE AND GUAVA SANDWICHFS

MANDARIN AND MINT JELLY

1 lb mandarin oranges.

1 pint packet of Creme de Men-

the jelly.

1 pirit of boiling water.

A little cream

Sugar and flavouring.

Strain the syrup from the Man- darin sections, and put small por-

tions of the fruit into separate DRESSING-UP

glasses, reserving a little for de- coration. Cut the jelly in pieces and dissolve it in the boiling wa- ter. Add the juice from the Man- darins, and when beginning to set,

Spread slices of white or brown bread with creamed batter. On half the number of slices put all to about three-quarters of each layer of cream cheese and sprin-

glass. Chill thoroughly, and be- kle it with chopped or grated nuts.

fore serving put on the top of Spread the other silces with guava

each a spoonful of whipped creain. jelly, and sandwich together. Press which has been sweetened and lightly, trim neatly. and cut to

flavour, and decorate with man- the desired size.

darin" sections.

DAINTY SANDWICHES Spread thin slices of brown bread and butter with honey, and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Cover each slice with another place of bread and butter.

Spread slices of white bread and butter with mashed bananas and a little apple jelly and cover.

CHOCOLATE ALMONDS Dissolve some dried chocolate in the smallest possible quantity of hot water and Lavour it to taste with vanilia essence. Dip each almond in separately, and place them on an oiled "slab or plates to Net,

COCONUT

lb. flour,

2 oza, sugar.

3 oza buttar.

KISSES

2 oza desiccated coconut.

A little grated lemon rind.

i teaspoonful baking powùet. 1 egg.

A little milk.

Sieve the flour and sugar into a basin, and rub in the butter until free from lumpa. Add the coconut, baking powder and lemon rind and mix together. Make a well in the centre of the ingredients, add the egg well beaten and enough milk to make the mixture just molat enough to hold together. Form in

MACAROONS

lb finely minced almonds. 3 egg whites,

lb. castor sugai. Vanilla or almond flavouring es- sence,

Blanch the almonds by putting them into cold water and bring- ing them up to boiling point. Then drain them and skin them. Put them through the mincer twice, then weigh them.

Add the castor sugar to the al- monds and rub together until thor roughly incorporated. Then add a few drops of favouring essence and mix them to a paste with the egg whites as required. the latter only slightly beaten. Line some baking sheets with rice paper and place the mixture on it in small heaps. I teaspoonul is sufficient for each macaroon and leave a good space between them. Put a halved blanched almond, a [ew strips of almond, or a piece of glace cherry on the top of each macaroon and bake them in a mo- derate oven. They will probably

take 20 minutes.

rough heaps on a tin lined with rice paper or greased paper, dust over with sugar and bake in a mo- derate oven for 20 minutes.

HOW TO MAKE MINCE

PIES

The success of mince ples de- pends chiefly on the pastry. For plain mince pies use short pastry: for richer ones, rough puff or puff pastry. Whichever, kind is used the pastry should be rolled out to less than a quarter of an' inch In thickness, and the rounds should | br cut a little larger than the patty Eins so that the pastry will not have to be stretched to fit. Al- ways add a good pinch of salt even for sweet pastry, and never add sugar until the butter has been rubbed in. Use as little liquid to mix as possible, never add any flour after the liquid, and flour t' board and rolling-pin only lightly Roll lightly but rapidly, and nev over the edge of the pastry.

sieve It two or three times. Add the salt, put in the butter, and cut it into pieces into the flour with a knife. The pieces should not be too small. Add half a teaspoonful of lemon juice and a little cold water. Make into a stiff paste, with a knife, finishing off with the hands. Roll lightly into a long strip, fold into three: give the pastry a half- turn to the left so that it can be rolled again lengthways into an- this three other strip, Repeat times, and put the pastry in the coldest place in the house for half an hour before using......

Puff pastry is made in a similar way, but the method is more com- plicated. When well made, it is well worth the trouble of doing. Use half a pound of butter to half

THE TURKEY

Add a cupful of fine breadcrumbs, a little melted driping, and a"bea- ten egg to bind.

* BREAD SAUCE And there must be room on the plate for a spoonful of broad sauce. This is easy to make.

Points About The Pudding

as

The Christas pudding should be steamed and not bolled It's the sauces and trimmings steaming makes it lighter. If which help to make the turkey a

several puddings are being made and there are not enough' steam- success. Some people like 2 parsley stuffing, with sausage meating compartments available, an served separately, but a sausage ordinary saucepan can be used, but it is best to stand the `pud- meat stuffing made as follows is very savoury. Simmer 11lb. sau- ding-basin on a plate to keep it' sage meat in a little water for off the bottom of the saucepan. 20 minutes, then strain of any

Christmas puddings vary a great liquid. Season with a tablespoon deal in richness. It is possible to

make ful of parsley, two teaspoonfuls of

a plain one, without any eggs or spirits at all, using milk nutmeg, salt and pepper.

for the liquid. Here is a recipe, Put into a basin half a pound of flour, half a pound of bread- enumbs, and a pound of finely chopped suet; mix well together. Add three-quarters of a pound of brown sugar. a pound each of sultanas, raisins, and currants, a grated nutmeg. a dessertspoonful of mixed spice, and a teaspoonful of cinnamon, Grate nñely a quar- ter of a pound, of candied peel and stir itin; also. Mix all these ingredients well before adding the ¡liquid, which should consist of the uice of a lemon and about a breakfastcupful of milk. A little more milk should be necessary, but the mixture should be fairly stiz. Let it stand for a few hours to blend the flavours, then put it Into the greased basina.. which should not be more than three- quarters full. Tie greased paper and a pudding-cloth over the top, and steam for six, to ten hours, according to the size of the pud- dings.

Boak a heaped cupful of fine breadcrumbs in pit milk for half an hour. Then add 2 pep. percorns, 2 cloves, a small chop- ped onion, salt and pepper and a knob of butter.

Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Remove cloves and peppercorns before serving.

As

GOOSEBERRY FLAVOUR

a change from cranberry Jelly why dot copy the country folk and have a piquant flavoured gooseberry sauce?

Rub pint bottled gooseberries through a sleve. Melt a knob of butter in a saucepan, stir in a dessertspoonful of tour, then pour over the gooseberry juice, adding water if necessary to make the quantity half a pint

Add a dessertspoonful of sugar and the gooseberry pulp, and boll and stir until the sauce thickens.

HORSE-RADISH SAUCE The grown-ups will like hot horse-radish sauce.

Mix together a teacuptui of grated horse-radiah. I teaspoon-

this

If a richer pudding is liked it should contain plenty of eggs, either ground almonds or chopped blan- ched almonds, some brandy, and sherry, “rum, or ale. Milk can be substituted for the spirits, but the eggs are essential.

of cream, milk, and vinegar and

ful made mustard, 1 teaspoonful a shake of the salt and pepper caster sugar, half a cupful each post.

FOOD AND

DEFENCE

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TO WORK WITH

SIR T. INSKIP

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THE DIRECTOR

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Mr. French is fifty-three, and was educated at King's College.

IN FAVOUR

London. He was appointed to the Increasing Demand

relegated to the class of cooking apples, and this explained why the Allington Pippin and the Blenheim Orange were less popular than for- merly,

The imparted Winesaps, Jonat

MR. McGOVERN FOR BARCELONA

Mr. John McGovern, M.P. (In- dependent Labour Party), recently left Landon "for Barcelona accom-

For Home Varieties hans, & had a much lower acid-panted by Mr. John McNair. Mr.

Ity, and this seemed to be the,

flour; a pinch of salt, two ondtes istic paste with cold water. The chairman of the sub-conimlites of. Selborne's committee on agriculto the British Empire League, being planted in English orchards,

Fenner Brockway, General Secze- tary of the LLP., stated that Mr., covern is going to investigate the position of the Roman Catho lic Church in the Civil War Mri McNair will be taking a further is staiment of the LLP. Fund for

the Span'sh workers.

Foard of Agriculture in 1901, and It was announced recently that was promoted to the first division Mr. Runciman, President of the eight years later, He was an as- Board of Trade, has decided to set sistant secretary from 1920 to 1929,

The heavy Importations of upstandard on which the modern up within the Board of Trade a

In which year he was appointed ples into this country since the be palate had been framed. That department to be known as the principal assistant secretary. In ginning of the century have com- might explain the popularity with Food (Defence plans Department. 1915 he was secretary to Lord pletely changed the Englishman's the present generation of the Wor- A good short pastry ⋅ is made

This new department will work. Milner's Commission on the home idea of a dessert apple.

cester Fearmain and Laxton's a pound of four. Have the latter from half a pound of self-rasinglight and dry, and make it into s

in cooperation with the Minister | production of food,

Mr. H. V. Taylor, of the Mizis Superb. It was this type of low for the Co-ordination of Defence as Ee was Jolut secretary to Lord try of Agriculture, in an address acid dessert apple that was now of butter, two ounces of lard, an

butter should be as cold as possible the Committee of Imperial Defence tural policy in 1918 and 1917, and pointed out that the apples that IMPROVED MARKETING developed an enthusiasm for ounce of caster sugar, a little cold water. and the yolk of an egg.

and patted into a square piece. on food supplies in time of war, in from then until 1910 he was were appraised by our forefathers. Apart from Cox's Orange Pippiu, emciency and had captured a Roll out the pastry until it is more order to continue and to complete general secretary of the Food Fro as being the best were the Pear the super-favour of which was spirit of adventure for attempting Rub the fat into the flour, and than twice as big as the piece of the formulation of plans for the diction Department. From 1830 maine, the Non-parells, the Gol- due to its peculiar juice content, to produce apples of market qual- sugar, egg, and water to make a butter; put the butter on it. fold supply, control and distribution to 1934 he was the representative den Pippin, Dr. Harvey, the Blen-all other popular dessert Finds Ity coupled with proper avstems of ati paste. Use the white of the egg to give a good finish to the gently into a long strip. Fold and fence purposes.

over, seal the edges, and roll out of food and feeding stuffs for de of the United Kingdom and Canada her Orange and the Ribstone were low in acid gruding, packing, and storage. mince pies; whisk it to a stiuturn as for rough puff pastry, but The department will not be the International Thattate

on the permanent committee of Pippin,

The market packages of EnglishThis policy was already "bear- froth, brush over ples when they do it seven times altogether, leav- directly concerned with home nzo- Agriculture, Rome...

of The juice of these were acid and growers from 1900 to 1920 weri ing frint." Out of every 100 apples are baked, sprinkle with castor

crisp to the palate; they also pos- not pleasing to the eye. The frulls eaten in 1924, only 25 were grown ing in a cold place between each auction, the responsibility for Lest May the appointment of sessed rich davours. The less acid were rough and blemished, and in the United Kingdom. 37 were sugar, and put back in the oven

rolling. Leave in a cool place, for hich is a matter for the agriculair William Beveridge as chairman sweet fruits were relegated to sec- small and large appeared in the supplied from Empire" sources, for a few minutes.

some time. This pastry has the tural departments. It is under- of the subcommittee on food sup- ond place.

Flame basket. These sold at lower, und 38 from the United States. In Rough puff pastry is richer than advantage that it will keep for stood that the formation of the ples for the civit population, since 1900, however, the supply rates than the imported, and were 1934, out of every 100 apples 67: short crust and not so difficult to

some days in a cool place it wrap new departiment was one of the appointed by Eir Thomas. Inskip, of the low acid impurted apples accepted as second best. and the were grown in the United King- make us puff pastry. Use four ped in grease-proof paper. It matters discussed by the Cabinet was announced, and air Ernest had been so plentiful that the pa- man with good wägen chose the tom. 32 were supplied from zampire ounces of butter to half a pound of should be baked in a very hot at the special meeting which was Gowers was seconded to the com

com-late of the present, generation had imported

surces, and if from foreign coun flour. Bee that the flour is dry, and oven.

called at the House of Commons I'mitter in July..

besa stereotyped on a new basis, Home growers, however, had now tries