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FOOD

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1938.

* Everything for the CHRISTMAS FEAST

HOW TO MAKE MINCE

PIES

Points About The DRESSING-UP

Pudding

sau-

THE TURKEY The Christmas pudding should It's the sauces and trimmings The success of mince pies de- Add the salt, put in the butter, be steamed and not bolled. as which help to make the turkey u pends chiefly on the pastry. For and cut it into pieces into the steaming makes it lighter. If ptain mince ples use short pastry: flour with a knife. The pieces several puddings are being made parsley stuffing, with sausage meat success. Some people like A for richer ones, rough puff or puff should not be too small. Add half and there are not enough steam-served separately. but a sausage pastry. Whichever kind is used a teaspoonful of temon juice and ing compartments available, an meat stuffing made as follows is the pastry should be tolled out to a little cold water. Make into a crdinary saucepan can less than a quarter of an inch inti paste with a knife, finishing but it is best to stand the pud-lange meat in a little water for 20

be used. very savoury. Simmer 111b. thickness, and the rounds should off with "the hands. Roll lightly ding-basin on a plate to keep it minutes, then strain off any Hquid, be cut a little larger than the into a long strip. fold into three: off the bottom of the saucepan, Season with a tablespoonful of patly tins so that the pastry will give the pastry a half-turn to the not have to be stretched to fit.

parsley: two teaspoonfuls of “nut- meg. salt and pepper. Always 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 the board and rolling-pin only, lightly. Roll lightly but rapidly, and never over the edge of the pastry.

left so that it can be rolled again lengthways Into another strip. Repeat this three times, and put the pastry in the coldest place in the house for half an hour be- fore using.”

without any

Add a "cupful of fine bread- little melted driping. crumbs, ä and a beaten egg to bind.

BREAD SAUCE

And there must be room on the plate for a spoonful of bread sauce. This is easy to make.

Snak a heaped cupful of fine breadcrumbs in 3 pint milk for

half an hour. Then add 2 pep- percorns. 2 cloves, a small shop- ped onion, salt and pepper and a

knob of butter.

Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring

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. "A good short pastry is made Use half a pound of butter to half

· from half a pound of self-raisiniz a pound of flour. Have the latter flour. a pinch of salt, two ounces Eght and dry, and make it into a

Christmas puddings vary a great or butter, two ounces of lard, an stif paste with cold water. The deal in richness. It is possible to ounce of castor sugar. a little cold putter should be as cold as possible make a plain one, water, and the yolk of an egg. and patted into a square plece.ggs or spirits at all, using milk Rub the fat Into the flour, and Roll out the pastry until it is more for the liquid. Here is a recipe. sugar, egg, and water to make a than twice as big as the piece of Put into a basin half a pound of atif paste. Use the white of the batter; put the butter on it, fold four, half a pound of breadcrumbs, occasionally to prevent burning. egg to give a good finish to the over, seal the edges, and roll out and a pound of finely chopped Remove cloves and peppercorns mince ples: whisk it to a stiff gently into a long strip. Fold and suet: mix well together. Add before serving. froth, brush over ples when they turn as for rough puff pastry, but three-quarters of 1 pound of are baked, sprinkle with chistor do it seven times altogether, leav-brown sugar, a pound each of sul- sugar, and put back in the evening. In a cold place between each

turas. raisins, and currants, a for a few minutes.

rolling. Leave in a coot place for grated nutmeg. a dessertspoonful Rough puff pastry is richer than some time. This pastry "has the of mixed spice, and a teaspoonful short crust and not so difficult to advantage that it will keep for of cinnamon. Grate finely a quar- make as puff pastry. Use four some days in a cool place if wrap-ter of a pound of candled peel and ounces of butter to half a pounded in grease-proot paper. It stir it in niso. Mix all these In- -

very hot

gredients well before adding the quld, which should consist of the julee of a lemon and about a breakfastcupful of milk. A little Kure milk should be necessary, but the mixture should be fairly stim. Let it stand for a few hours to blend the flavours, then put it into the greased basins, which should not be more than three- quarters full. Ti.., greased paper and a pudding-cloth over the top, felly why not copy the country according to the size of the pud-tolk and have a piquant flavoured dings.

gooseberry sauce?

el flour. See that the flour is dry, sin uld be baked in a and sleve it two or three times.

CELERY, OLIVE AND

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BRAZIL NUT

STUFFING

1 cups chopped celery

cup chopped olives, drained

cups soft breadcrumbs

1 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon poultry seasonlig

1 tablespoon grated onion..........

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon pepper

6 tablespoons melted shorten-

Ing.

2 cup chopped Brazil nuts I cup hot water, or stock Mix all ingredients and blend thoroughly. Dry inside of turkey and stuff. This amount is sumelent for a teh pound turkey."

PEANUT STUFFING.

2 cups shelled, toasted peanuts

2 cups hot milk

6 dozen crackers, toasted and

finely crushed (3 cups)

4 tablespoons melted shortening

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon "pepper

Blend Ingredients and

lightly into the turkey.

even.

SAGE AND ONION STUFFING

3 cup rat

cup chopped onions

3 quarts soft breadcrumbs

A teaspoon pepper

1 tablespoon sage

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

1 tablespoon salt

Cook, onion in hot fat until al- ust tender.. Add solt bread- Perumbs mixed with seasonings and cook until bread is thoroughly heated and well mixed with onions.

SAVOURY

DRESSING

to 10 cups stale bread Broth to moisten

teaspoon thyme

1 teaspoon poultry seasoning.

up minced onion

cup celery, cut find

Turkey liver rubbed to a paste

1 cup melted butter

2 eggs

Moisten bread slightly. Add

pack other ingredients. Add beaten eggs

and butter last. Stuff turkey.

i

GOOSEBERRY FLAVOUR

As a

change from cranberry

If a richer pudding is liked, it Rub pint bottled gooseberries should contain plenty of eggs, through a sleve. Melt a knob of either ground almonds or chopped butter in a saucepan, stir in a blanched almonds, some brandy, dessertspoonful of flour, then pour and some sherry, rum, or ale, Milk over the gooseberry juice adding can be substituted Yor the spirits, water 11 necessary to make the but the eggs are essential

quantity half a pint..

OYSTER AND HAM STUFFING

2 to 10 cups stale bread

cup melted butter baked

1 tablespoon shredded parsley

2 dozen small oysters

1

cup finely chopped baked

ham..

Mk to moisten

Salt and pepper Blend ingredients turkey,

and

NEWS ABOUT THE SERVICES

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QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S

IMPERIAL MILITARY

NURSING SERVICE

Bister Miss D. Rogers resigns her appt. (Nov. 27),

D.

ESTABLISHMENTS

(Continued from Page 3)

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 this hot horse-radish sauce.

Mix together a teacuplul of grated horse-radish. 1 teaspoon- ful made mustard. i teaspoonful castor sugar, half a cupful each stuff of cream, milk, and vinegar and a

shake of the salt and pepper.

EX-KAISER'S PAY CUT

The Nazis have cut to £700. a month the money which the éx-

himi Re-

Mr.) J. McGuire, h.p. list, late The Somali will be the ship of Kaiser is allowed to draw from 3. Wales Bord., retires on ret. the Captalh (D), with Captain R.his fortune in Germany. Former- pay (Dec 7); A. Grove (late Lt. G, Nicholson, D.S.C., it com-ly £2,800 a month reached R. Tank Corps) after completion mand. A sister ship, the Tartar, in exlie at Doorn, Holland. of a period of serv. in the ranks completing at the same works, will striction on currenty expert 1 of the TA.. is granted the rank serve as division, leader in the the reason for the cut. of Lt. (Dec. 7).

ROYAL NAVY

flotilla.

THE ARMY

STAFF COLLEGE DIRECTOB MAJOR-GENERAL SCARLETT'N Captain R. J. R. Scott, AM., has %

PROMOTION A

on the active list is increased to over 950, which compares with. 667 in December, 1937, 514 in the same month of 1936, and 379 in 1935.

Coast Artillery Sch.Col. A 0, Curtia, trom Chlet Instr. (Comdt.), to be Comdt. (Oct. 1); Maj. and Bt. Lt-Col J. N. Slater, M.C., R.A, from Instr. in Gunn.. to be Chief Instr. (Oct. 1)been appointed Director of the Major-General Parcy Gerald To permit of these promotions; Small Arms Sch-Maj. and Bt. R.N. Staff College at Greenwich, Scarlett, MC, who is promoted to the rule that a fight lieutenant

· Lt.-Col. J. 0. Carpenter, M.Cand will take up his duties early that rank recently, is taking over must have served for at least three PW.. Vols., relinquishes the appt. in the New Year, in succession to Deccan District this month in suc-years in that rank has been tem- of Instr. Netheravon Wing (Dec, Captain W. 8. Chalmers, DB.C. cessiori to Major-General Q. HL. Lporarily waived, and odly őné of

Nicholson, C.B., C.MG., D.8.0. 2ND TRIBAL FLOTILLA

the 148 officers 'promoted had more H.M.B. Somali has run her ac-

than three years' ́enfority, ROYAL AIR FORCE ceptance trial from the Wallsend

Up to June, 1937, the qualifying shipyard of Swan. Hunter and

PROMOTION, TO SQUADRON period was five years, One hundred

LEADER

and twenty-five out of the 148 Maj (local L-CoL) A. Paffers, Wigham Richardson. Limited, and O.B.E., Cameronlans, Spec, jhas proceeded to Portsmouth. The With effect from December 1, 148 promoted had held the rank of Empld., relinquishés the local Somali is the first of the destroyers flight Heutenants have been pro-fight lieutenant since April 1, 1938, rank of Lt. Col. (Nov. 28); Capt. of the 2nd Tribal Flotilla, au-moted to squadron leider. This is or for two years and eight months. These officers were commissioned A. G. H. Brousson, BA, RE, is thorized in 1938, which will serve the largest number in any one lat granted the local rank of Maj.in the Home Fleet in place of older ever known, exceeding by 33 the tn 1930 or 1931, and have this had whilst empld. with the Sudan vessels of the Beagle type, comble large list dated April 1, 1937. The between seven and eight years Def. Force (Nov., 29);^Lt., (Qr. ted in 1931.

total natmber of squadron leaders | flying experience,

Insp. Dep.-Capt. L. B. Phillips. W, Yorka R., to te Asst: Inspr. (Nov. 10)

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DUKE OF WINDSOR

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London, Dec. 20.

PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Lima, Dec. 20.

The Duke of Windsor has just

it is the opinion here that the lost his "shadow," namely, the work of the Pan-American Con- police official who has acted as the terence is proceeding slowly owing Duke's private bodyguard for the 10 the introduction of foreign last 18 years and who returned to London on Monday to take up problems, such as Spain, into its

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The official. Buperiritendent David Storrier, is a Scotsman who has accompanied the Duke on all his journeys-Transocean,

Another factor is the sudden de- parture of the Argentine Foreign Minister whose movements have given rise to rumours.--Reuter.

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