1937-12-22 — Page 2

·THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFI, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 1937..

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HE goose has several advantages So all you have to make is a rich brown over the traditional turkey as a gravy in the roasting pan with the liquor from

the stewing of the bird's giblets. Christmas bird.

Leaves a fragrant Memory

In the case of small families it does not haunt the house with the persistence of the turkey when festivities are done.

It is considerably less expensive, and, if its netual weight of flesh is small in comparison with its frame, one should banish such uncharitable thoughts at this time of the year. These will suit It

Another by no means minor point in the goose's favour is that its fat can be used for the most delicious of all dripping toasts long after the bird itself has vanished. Its fragrant memory thus lingers over many a winter ten-

table.

It needs no Extras

A goose is simpler to prepare for the table,

For the stuffing, parboil half a dozen large because one sort of stuffing is enough for it, whereas the turkey is improved by two, and it onions and chop them up, but not too finely. Mix needs no encircling garnish of sausages or curled them thoroughly with half a pound of bread- bacon to enhance its regal form.

crumbs, a dozen finely chopped sage leaves and

It is quite unnecessary to prepare a sauce a good seasoning of pepper and salt. for it, because, although an accompanying apple

For the vegetables I suggest brussels sprouts sauce is reversed in many quarters; I always find and roast potatoes. The goose will take from the contents of a jar of rowan jelly not only two to two and a half hours to roast, according labour-saving, but distinctly preferable.

to its size, and must be basted well,

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HEN three generations get together on Christ- mas Day they are sure to have a lot of fun. The only person who may not enjoy it as much as she might is the harassed housewife, for the success of the Christmas Day festivities usually depends entirely on her efforts.

Here is a well-tried plan that works well in one family circle. On Christmas Day there is always a large party; ages range from seventy-five to seven.

Two main meals are as unthinkable as they are indigestible. Yet-the-young-people-don't-want-to-be-tied-coming-in-for-a-big. midday dinner, and a heavy late dinner is too late for grand- parents and children. A compromise has been arranged.

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DINNER is at six and there is a light, help-yourself |

luncheon at noon.

So that the serious business of decorating the dining-room table shall be got over early, a buffet-bar is put up in the hall.

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The buffet serves a triple pur- pose. It is used for the fork lun- cheon that is available from noon to 2 p.m. Before dinner it is trans- Last formed into a cocktail bar. thing it is used for snacks and soft drink thot and cold) for the friends of the young married people who cume in to dance.

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*After dinner. which should Lover about 7.30, the children have their innings. Children Bike every one to join in their fun, so any kind of team game is a good idea.

dressing up or charades is likely to be suggeted it is

as well to sort out some old "props" beforehand. Otherwise father's best bowler will be used for a football serum and mother's fur coat to re- present a Iton.

When the children's hour is over, and every one fairly exhausted, some new card games which will amuse the older as well as the younger gencration will be tried out. Enter

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Nothing remains to be done except to choose the bird.

It must, of course, be plump for its size, but, as a test of its youth; go to the windpipe. If

it cracks easily, all is well. If it

is tough, so is the old bird.

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This is, the way to make the nicest tasting orange jelly in the world. Take a lot of oranges, one between Two. Cut them in half and carefully seno out the

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ALTHOUGH the Christmas or reunites long absent friends.

as we know it, was invented by one occasion a self-centred old wo- W. A. Dobson, R.A., men have sent man, lying on her death bed, received greetings to each other from me a Christmas card valued at about 2d. immemorial at the Christmas festival from a ne'er-do-well nephew who Dobson's first card, which he drew years ago hud emigrated to Austra- more for amusement than anything in. Strata the juice, mid to every

else, was a sketch of a family gather At the pist add three-quarters of <INI

the festive board, toast with her and she deciding exactly ing round Add once of melted gelatine.

Ing absent friends. The idea caught what charity should beuent by hier super to faste. Pour carefully

on and spread to such a tremendous demise. Evidently that poor card back into the orange, skins and

degree that nowadays as many as must have struck the sole sentimen- allow to set.

100,000,000 are sold annually in Bri- tal chord that the hardened old Indy tain alone.

possessed, for with a single stroke. Recently what was thought to be of her pen she cancelled all former the feat Christmas greeting was un- wills and bequeathed £40,000 to her earthed near Rome. L is a clay impecunious relative. medal, moulded in 70 A.D., and on it Some of the finest modern artists. is inscribed in Latin, "A prosperous have designed Christmas cards. season to you." Our present Christ- Three years ago Philip de Laszlo, the mas cards have tenyeiled-a-long-way-distinguished-portrait--painter, was from that ride medallion, and some asked to do calendars of the Duke of them may justly be described as and Duchess of York. He was al- lowed only one sitting, yet the ori- COSTLIEST EVER MADE

ginals which now hang in the Duke's Take, for instance, the most ex- Piccadilly mansion are considered to pensive

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Chocolate mousse involves next to no cooking, which is always an advantage at this time of year. You make it from the kind of -plain-chocolate that-can-be-broken- into little cubes. Count five of these squares to each person, and for very fine squares take an egg. AN the cooking required is to melt the chocolate.

Then separate the yolks from the whites and stir them in ane by one. Then beat up the whites andpop them in. By this time the mixture should be paler than chocolate and just pourable

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Pour it into separate glasnos for each visitor, and let it set. This will take about two hours.

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