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STAPLES

COFFEE RECIPES

There are several methods of 'making coffee, but whether it be infused in a saucepan, in a jug placed over boiling water, nitered, or percolated, the beverage should never be allowed to boil. Bolling destroys both favour and, aroma, and develops bitterness. The pro- portion of ground coffee required depends upon the strength, blond,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937.

SURPRISES

STEEPED COFFEE-Place the ground coffee with a pinch of salt, in a caffes pot ́or ́saucepan over bofling water. Pour boiling water over the coffee; cover tightly, and leave for 3 to 5 minutes to infuse. Strain the liquid from the grounds through a fine coffee strainer. muslin, flannel, cheese cloth, or through filter paper. Heat the

and flavour of coffee used; the use | strained coffee thoroughly before of pure coffee, or a mixture of cof-serving. fee with chicory: Individual pre- fetence for strong or weaker cof- tee; or whether black or milk coffee is required. Generally, one tablespoon of coffee is allowed for each half-pint of water, reducing the proportion of coffee when a large quantity is being prepared. ·

FRENCH COFFEE.-Place the 'ground coffee, with a pinch

nf salt, in the top portion of a

heated coffee pot (or in a Ane muslin or flannel bag tied armly, over the top of a double

·saucepan or jug), over bolling wa- ter, to keep hot" during the pro- COSA. Water must be poured at least five times, gently and evenly over the coffee to obtain the per- fect result. The first pouring of -one cap of warm water coagulates and prepares the grounds for in- fusion altering, and for complete -extraction of the essence. The second and subsequent additions must be actually boiling water. 'poured gently and evenly over the coffee. and must drip slowly through the wet grounds, filtering into the receiver beneath. By this method, the full strength of the coffee is obtained.

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BOIL - COFFEE (Cleared with Egg).-Put the ground coffee into a saucepan; add a pinch of salt, and one beaten egg and washed, crushed eggshell, for each quart of cold water. Heat slowly to boil- ing point stirring the grounds down frequently, When just at bolling point (do not allow to ball), remove from the heat, and add half a cup of cold water for each quart added at first. Strain as for, steeped coffee, and serve thoroughly hot. Bolled coffee may be prepared without using the es but is less clear.

COFFEE FOR FORTY-Tie one pound ground coffee in a cheese cloth or muslin bag, allowing space fór circulation of water, and for the grounds to swell. Add. it to two gallons of boiling water in a saucepan or boiler. Cover tightly, and leave to infuse for 6 to 10 min- utes. Remove the bag, and keep the coffee hot for service.

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Someone's Coming To Tea!

Someone is coming to tes and there's only a little time to pre- pare an attractivo addition to the sandwiches you had already, order- ed

but hot scones and biscuits are Many people refuse hot cake, quite another story. Try these

} lb. flour

1) teaspoonfuls baking powder,

1 oz. castor sugar + gill milk

+ teaspoonful salt 14 oz. butter

1 egg.

Rub the better into the flour and baking powder, and add the salt and sugar. Beat up the egg and reserve a teaspoonful of it for glazing the scones. Add the milk to the rest of the egg, and mix everything to a soft dough. 'Roll out the mixture, cut out fingers. put them in a greased" tin, glaze them with egg. and bake the scones in a quick oven.

MARZIPAN. BISCUITS

4 ozs. Bour

2 oza. butter

1 cas, ground almonds 1 oz, chopped burnt almonds

2 oz. castor sugar

1 egg.

Icing sugar

CAFE AU LAIT.—Use 1} table- spoons ground coffee to each half Pint of water. Make by any me- thod desired. Have hot (not boil-

Cream the butter and sugar and bcnt in the yolk of the egg. Slft ed) milk in readiness. Pour the milk and hot coffee together in in the flour and ground almonds, equal amounts into the cups.

mix to a paste and roll out. Cut PERCOLATED COFFEE-Pour

VIENNA COFFEE-Top each cup the mixture into round bisculte cold water into the percolater, set of "black", coffee,

.or "cafe

and bake in a moderate oven for the percolater basket in position. lait," with a teaspoon of answee-about ten minutes. Then mix the and add the coffee. Cover, heat,

tened whipped cream.

white of eer with a little icing and percolate slowly and gently

AMERICAN COFFEE. Serve sugar, spread this on to the bis- for 10 to 20 minutes. Slow per-percolated coffee with unsweeten-cults, and sprinkle some chopped colation yields a better result. · ed, unwhipped cream.

pint milk, 1 pint cream. ✨

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DRIP COFFEE-Preheat the Ingredients.--One ping of water. drip coffee pot. Place the ground || cup sugar, 1 pint black coffee, i coffee in the upper compartment. Pour fresh, rapidly boiling water, over the coffee. Cover, and, keep hot Icaving undisturbed till all the water has dripped through once, Remove the upper compartment | mixture with the grounds. Cover the pot, and serve the coffee hat.

Method: Dissolve the sugar in the water, and bell for 5 minutes. Cool the syrup; mix with the black coffee, milk, and cream. Chill the thoroughly (about 3 nours) and serve in glasses. Top with whipped cream (optional).

French Recipes

For Thick Soups

"Slice up eight or nina, carroia with an onion and a head of celery, and put them into a sauce- pan with four ounces of butter and Ove punces of soaked and -drained haricot beans. Let them stew, gently with the lid an for about an hour, then moisten them with three plate of water (or stock if you wish) and bail gently for an hour and a half, Pass 'through a sleve and serva.

Potage Solferino

VEAL ROLLS STUFFED WITH

MUSHROOMS

lb. mushrooms

3 tsp. butter Salt

1 cup sour cream Pepper....

1 bs, veal cutlet, sliced thin

2.medium onions

2 bsp. fut

1 tsp. paprika

burnt almonds on the top.

CAULIFLOWER CAKF

Boll a cauliflower till tender and break it up into small pieces. Then melt one dance of butter in jone cupful of milk and pour this over two ounces of white bread- crumb mixture, adding pepper and salt to taste. Fold in the stimy beaten whites, and pour the mixture into a greased cake tin and bake In a moderate oven for one hour. Ture out carefully and pour tomato sauce over it.

BUTTERED CHICKEN

Chicken cooked in 'butter savoury; a Joung chicken should

TRIFLE MERINGUE

This is a quickly made delicious sweet, slice a few smali ponge cakes and put them in a draproof dish. · Pour over them enough sherry to moisten them. Separate the yolks and whites of three eggs Whisk the yolks with two qunces of castor sugar, and mix them with three-quarters of a pint of warm milk. Put in a double saucepan and stir until it thickens. Add vanilla or other :`flavouring. Pour over the sponge cakes Whisk the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, with atablespoonful ct eastor sugar. Put on the custard and put in a cool oven for a few minutes until the meringue sets,

APPLE DROPS

one

Peel quarter, and

.Core pound of cooking apples and put them into a pan with the grated rind of a lemon and a little water and sugar to sweeten, Cock, till tender and then rub the apples though slave. Melt one ounce of butter in the apple puree and stir in gradually 'one well-beaten egg and seven ounces of self-rais- ing flour. The "imixture should be smooth and of the consistency of a thick batter. Have ready a pan of smoking-hot fat and fry spoon- fuls of the mixture till golden brown. Then drain on kitchen paper, dredge the dropa with castor sugar, and serve at once.

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GINGER PUDDING

Uream together two ounces of- butter, and two ounces of brown magdr. Add two beaten egga and beat well. Stir in four ouncea

of self-raising flour sifted with a teaspoonful of ground ginger and a pinch of salt. Then beat in one or thre tablespoonfuls of golden syrup. just enough to make a fairly soft mixture which yet does not drop quickly from the spoon. Have ready a greased pudding basin. Put two tablespoonfula of golden syrup at the bottom and the pudding mixture on top. Tie greased paper over the top and steam for two hours.

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CHOCOLATE LOG

Make all preparations art, as the cake' must be mixed, cooked

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POLICY CRITICISED

Berlin, Jan, 12,

London, Jan. 12.

Jerusalem, Jan. 12. Commenting on the declaration * Through the London Ambas-

Sharp criticism of the British given by Chancellor Hitler at the sader, Maiaky, the evening papers Palestine policy and the Jewish New Year's reception yesterday, learn that the Soviet Government endeavours was expressed by the that Germany has not or ever had has conveyed a request to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to-day; the intention of Infringing the Foreign Minister Mr. Anthony | before the British ermumittee of integrity of Spain or the Spanish Eden, to "take active steps against investigation in the presence of a possessions in any form, the sem!- General Franco's piracy in the multitude of foreign press repre..., official "Diplomatisch Politische | Mediterranean.” The conserventatives. Korrespondent" writes that Hitler's vative. "Evening News" states that Pointing out that Palestine hed words merit special attention it is an impudence on the part of been Arabic for centuries up to abroad since the reason for their the Soviet Union to want the the time of the War, he called utterance had been groundless British fleet to fight for Russian attention to the promise of com suspicions.

plete independence of all Arabia labour The

paper

purposes.

It was gratifying to note that "Dally Herald" adds that Ambas- which England made to King Bus-" the French Foreign Minister, Mr.sador Maisky put the request in sein of Hedjas during the War.

Delbos, did not hesitate on his re-

an urgent form and pointed out This, he declared, prededed the turn to Paris to do his part to re- the seriousness of the situation. Balfour promise to the Jews of a move the tension which this in- The Soviet plan, continues

"New native land" in Palestine.

The Grand Murts then went on to describe the contradictions and

cident had caused. There could

be no doubt, continues the "Diplo matisch Politische Korrespondenz," that just like the German nation a great majority of the French nation desired nothing better than a final settlement and re-alliance with Germany. It was, however, imcompatible with these objects

the

paper, is that an international naval action be taken against Franco's ships

in the Mediter-

nean, the British feet playing

a leading, part--" Transocean drews Service,

to permit efforts being made for FRENCH PARLIAMENT some other aim and by discord

be chosen Cut the chicken into and rolled up quickly. Line a and distrust being sown between joints and season them, Dissolve Swiss roll tin with paper and the two countries for no reason four ounces of butter in a stew-grease it well gift a piece of whatsoever. pan, and put in the chicken £rase proof paper thickly with Transgesan News Service, When it boils turn he heat very castor sugar. Make some chocal-

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ANCHOVY-BALLS

Anchovy-balls as a

novel and appetishing hora da vret Mash

AUSTRIA'S FOREIGN

POLICY

ambiguity in the postwar treaties and, the attitude of the League of

Nations. He declared that England's

Palestine: policy has often been dictated by Jews and sa a result of it increasing areas of Arabic "lands are falling into Jewish hands. As continue to exist in Palestine, he long as the Jewish settlements

continued, there will be discon- Paris, Jan. 12.

tent and disturbances. At the The French parliament re-open conclusion of his remarks the ed on Tuesday afternoon; the fist Grand Mufti outlined the demande session being devoted to the "elec which he declared would bring tion of presidents and vice-pre- peace in the Holy Land. These sidents of the Chamber and the included the discontinuation of Senate. The session began with the "Native land of Jews" pro- an inaugural speech by the senior mised by Balfour, checking of the deputy, Ballees, who expressed the | Immigration of Jews and prohíbl- fervent wish that peace might tion of the sale of land, and the Vienna, Jan. 12.

be maintained, adding that this placing of Palestine on the same At the annual New Year's recepwish was much more urgent to basis a3 other Arab states, and tion of the diplomatic corps held here on Tuesday, president Miklas outlined in general the terms of Austria's foreign policy which, he declared, is determined by her geo- graphical position and the place fidence in a peaceful future, he she has always occupied in Euro- pean culture and civilisation. Lo continued, was the Paris exhibi- cated as she is in the centre or tion which would open the gates

day, when the nations everywhere constituting an independent Arab are rallying for war, than at the government in Palestine. beginning of the last session eight Transocean News Service. months ago.

The symbol of France's con-

low and cook · slowly, until theute Icing by beating to a cream meat is tender, shaking the pan | four ounces of butter and eight Chop mushrooms fine, cook in from time to time and adding ounces of icing sugar,-Add four butter for 5 minutes. - Add & tea- more butter when necessary. A ounces of melted chocolate, and Cut up a medium-sized onion, spoon salt and 2 tablespoons sour little chopped onion, à few small keep in a warm place so that it and the white part of three or cream. Cool. Cut real into pieces peeled tomatoes or mushrooms, can be spread easily. Make the Zour leeks and let them stew 2 by 4 inches; sprinkle each piece or cooked peas, can be added to- cake by beating to a cream three without browning in an ounce of Ughtly with salt and black pep-wards the end if liked. Serve with dounces of castor sugar and two butter. Add three pints of salted per. Place small amount of mush- hot tomato sauce.

ounces of butter. Add two large water (or vegetable stock), „bring [rooms on each piece of meat; roll

eggs and beat thoroughly until to the boll, add three quarters of Fup and fasten together with tooth-

soft and bubbly. Sift together a pound of tomatoes, hafred and | picks · slice onions thin and cook

three and a half dounces of self with their pipe removed, a clove slowly in a heavy frying pan in

raising flour, half an ounce of of garlic and half a pound of hot fat until slightly brown. Ada

the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs chocolate powder, and a pinch of sliced potatoes, Cover and sim-¡veal rolls and brown well. Add (more in proportion if your guests salf. Beat into the butter and mer until the potatoes are done, the paprika, and remaining mush are numerous) add anchovy sauce sugar. The mixture should be

Cover and cook slowly to taste, a few drops of lemon- soft and a few drops or malik may Europe, where all paths of cultural to the world in a few months and politica development must time, M. Herriot was re-elected Then rub through a aleve, dilute | about thour. Remove rolls to juice, a discreet dash of Worces-te wanted. Spread on the pre- with more water if necessary, and sering platter. Pour remaining ter sauce and a shake of pepper. pared tin and bake in a really hot cross, Austria can only ruin her president of the chamber and M. naturai, mission in peace and canneney retained the office of oven (400 to 450. degrees) for eight through international co-opera-President of the Benate.- cr nine minutes. Turn on to the tion transazan News Service. Transocean News Service: engated paper and spread with about half of the iding Roll up the cake. When cold put the other half of the icing into a for-

about half an hour.

:servo,

To be absolutely correct this soup should be garnished with luzenges of French beans, - tiny Lolled potato balls and a little chervil; but it is deliciosa without them.

Soupe Flamando

Barboil and drain well a pound of brussels sprouts and cool, then for a little while in three ounces of butter. Then add a pint - of white, stock or water and two

rooms.

sour cream into frying pan and Mould Into tiny balls and servė 'ON heat thoroughly. Pour sauce over minute squares of fried bread. vent roils. Serve with mashed po- Latoes and 2 mired' vegetable salad.

BREAD PUDDING

1 cups sweetened condensed

condensed milk

3 cups, hot water`

2 cups finely diced bread.

2 eggs,

1 tablespoon melted butte

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt at

POTATO SALAD

cing tube and spread over the

cake.

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Damages against the co-respon-- dent were assessed by a Divorce Court jury last month at £1750 when Mr. Justice Buckmill granted adecree nisi, with costs to Mr. Cundas Simpson, chemical manu- facturer, Western-road, Leigh-on- Another sea dienster was added | Ben. Essex cha

SEA DISASTER

London, Jan. 12.

Warsaw, Jan. 12. Cut up some steamed potatoes

The salcurn of Prince Bernhard and put them in a bowl-Sprinkle

and Princess Juliana of the to the growing list of this winter Mr. Bimpson alleged that his with pepper and salt and grate a

Netherlands in Krynica, where when the "Jeanne" "Phondor", ran wife, Mrs. Julia May Simpson, had little onion over them, then "In all classes, except air trans-

they have taken a suite in the on the rocks on Ronaldshay taland committed adultery with Mr. STE- sprinkle with chopped parsley and pork English aeronautical deve-Patria Hotel belonging to the fa- on the north eastern coast of Beet- derick G. Doe, a master-builder, the inside of a celery, also chop-lopment has been endeavouring to mous Polish Ainger, Jan Klepura, land, while en route from America at Brook-road, Gidea Park, Rom- ped rather anely. Mix all thus lead in quality rather than in has attracted great interest to Finland................

ford. This was not dented, Blend sweetened condensed with mayonnaise and leave to numbers" Major Lester Gardner throughout the country, and even & heavy sea broke, the helpless. According to Mr. Simpson's case, riedium-sized potatoes cut in milk with hot water; pour over stand for a couple of hours. Ar (0.8.A),KRA

in this out of the way retreat the ship in two. The crew was forced he and his wife were happy untifi quarters, When the potatoes are bread and let stand until cool range some mustard and cross in

couple is not free of a storm of to take to the boats, though at 1933, when they met Mr. and Mrs. cooked, pass it all through a sieve sur in slightly beaten eggs, melt- a dish and put the potato mixture

press reporters and photographers, the present time only ona of the Doe at Bowers Gifford Golf Club, and add enough boiling milk toed butter, salt and vanilla. Pour on it. Remove skin and bones

Their presence there has made Ufeboats has reached the ahore, or which Mrs Slipson was wo make the soup a thickish-thin into a baking dish and set in a from some large sardines, cut them

it a meeting pisse of winter sports- It is not yet known how many of man captais, one. Season and garnish with pan of hot water Bake in a mod into strips, and arrange them on

men in Poland and every hotel in the crew of 30 have been lost in In October, 1935, Mrs. Simpson croutons of fried bread and a few etate oven 45 minutes. Serve with the nalad. Sprinkle with pepper

the village is crowded—

the disaster

left him, saying that she wub To tiny cooked sprouts,

plain cream or fruit sauce.

and lemonjuice.

ing to in with Doc. Fransocean Heins· Surviva

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In my judgment the nation and Empire, among its leaders, needs great editors just as much as it needs the great politician, and the great ecclesiastie The Dean of Manchester.