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Now they are so cheap and good you

might experiment with

STUFFED TOMATOES

by

HESTER VALENTINE

chopped cooked mushrooms, For vegetarians you can leave out the meat, use plenty of mushrooms, and perhaps a few left-over vegetables: carrots, pens, french beans, potatoes mash them well and use less

TOMATOES are at their cheapest now, because bread).

they ripen out of doors.

T

Nothing is more delicious than skilfully stuffed tomatoes, either as a course on their own or as an accom- paniment to a meat dish.

Rumanian Farce

AL

LLOW flat tablespoonful of rice to each tomato. Boil the rice in milk or stock, To-day, therefore, I shall give you a few ideas for mix it with chopped onion, farces. They can be so dull (the usual breadcrumbs and herbs, cooked mushrooms, grat- grated cheese), and they can, with a little intelligence, ed cheese, and chopped cooked be so exciting.

one

bacon.

Make

THE HONGKONG Telegraph, Friday, JanuarY 28, 1938

Running Commentary

A

by the

MOTHER OF FOUR

grey dress, made of кото sturdy silky material. It is four years old.

After Clive was born (he was my third baby in four years) I couldn't get my weight down, and my sister, who is always anxlous that I should be well-dressed, had this frock run HTTTTI up by a little dress-maker.

There's so much of it: a long scarf RE you wery tired or only modritly tired?" collar, cross-over revera, a belt, a full swinging skirt, and leg-of-mutton asked Baby Clice as I plonked him in the bath. slcaves: was intended to have a "I'm very tired," I said impatiently as I swung slimming effect. I think my name Max in after him.

for it is so appropriate; in it I can face anything or anybody.

"You're not worn out, are you?” asked Max anxiously. Two worried looking little boys raised a grubby face at each end of First party Anxiety

LA

AST week Max and Clive went to their first party. I

the bath; in between them was a yacht, à barge, and two row- ing boats.

I pulled myself together and laughed. "Of course, I'm not got all hot and bothered over their worn out, only a bit tired and hot. Now, which shall we have, clothes, for it was a big party at a posh house and they haven't any Goldylocks or Cinderella?"

party clothes.

up

left-overs into Meat Pasties

A

NY kind of meat will do for these pasties-beef, mutton, veal, liver, rabbit or a mixture of all of them.

Tidy up the meat and cut off any fat, then dice it with a sharp knife.

Make an ordinary brown roux with a little garlic chopped extremely fine. Then add stock or water and burgundy: a small wineglassful will be enough.

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You may add anything else that you think would taste nice; such a additions

intle chopped

small Fill mushroom. or parsley, D and pinch of cinnamon, a drop or two chopped prune are all to the good. of chutney or ketchup or a finely

Season and moisten with A farce to the cook should be skinned tomatoes (from which

little tomato ketchup. of the most interesting hard centres have been

re- tomatoes with mixture things in all cookery to make, moved), simmer for five min- bake in slow to medium oven It is elastic and can be varied utes, then add 3oz. finely chop for half an hour. according to the power of her ped cooked meat (beef, veal, imagination and the contents of mutton, chicken, duck, lean ham Egg Farce her larder. It is handy for or sausage meat), 3oz. bread- using up scraps.

-

FILI. drained

When you have the muce Last- Ing

Sur you like, add the ment, over the fire till the meat is warmed. There should be just enough sauce to make the meat into a fairly str and glorified kind of mince.

of

SENTRY ATTACKS DIPLOMAT

Max Indignantly refused to wear

"Free Bears," they both shouted. so 04 we went. "Once upon a a pair of Leslie's six-year-old cream time.

serge trousers: he said they were "soppy." So they both wore their After the children were all in best grey ones, and I got up at six bed I thought lot about this in- o'clock and ironed their blouses. cident. It seemed all wrong to me: Max wore a plain blue blouse mutch- two little boys, only four and five- ing his eyes: he really has got lovely and-a-bit, wondering if their mother blue eyes. was worn out.

It won't do to Fuss

Clive wore Alan's old party blouse, a white slik one with tiny frills. He was a bit doubtful about frills, but I persuaded him that it was oll right;

THE fact is that like most in any case I hadn't been able to get working mothers I have too the grass stains out of his bluc much to do: cooking, washing, house- blouse.

work and mending for all of us ex- I took them to the house and asked haust me and I have ΠΟ time or the parlourmaid if it was a birthday energy to enjoy myself with the party.

chlidren.

I

want the children to have

When she said no, just an ordi- But I'm not going on like that; nary summer party, I tucked under my arm the parcel I'd brought along, serene, happy mother, and I must just in case: it was a new book I've been saving for Max's birthday, so not let myself deteriorate into, an T overworked, nervy, Irritable woman: I was very glad to be able to bring

it home again. I won't fuss about the house, just I was afraid Clive would be shy concentrate on keeping it healthily and have to be sent home. It's a cicon and comfortable, no more, wise mother that knows her own After all, what does it matter if there child. He arrived home triumphant- are Angermarks on the doors? They ly in a car at 6.30, half an hour after get higher every year. I have the scheduled time. known

who house-proud women

He had a yroscopic top and an make their families' lives, a hell by enormous balloon; Max had a yacht pursuing their menfolk with ash- and a balloon, too. They both said trays, keeping the best room locked they'd had a super time, and when because the chair covers have just was the next party?' been washed and if they're sat on

they'll be spoil. And they call these When bedtime Comes rooms "sitting-rooms."

"Woman's Work"

LESLIE, having attained the dignity of twelve years,

crumbs or bread soaked in WHEN the tomatoes are

Japanese Apology To prepare tomatoes for stuf- stock, two finely chopped cloves

well drained put their

For Incident

stays up a bit later than the others. fing, choose rather large ones. of garlic, tablespoonful of in the oven for half an hour to

REMEMBER thirty years ago

You would like to see the three Make some pastry, roll it out. They must be properly ripe but chopped parsley, and dessert- cook. When ready fill with

poring over woman's week-little boys saying their prayers. with cut it into rounds about the size

NANKING INCIDENT

their clean. absolutely firm. No cracked spoonful

scrambled eggs mixed of other chopped

ly paper used to read everything They lie in bed with saucer, put one to two table-

I could get hold of: For months it shining faces and smoothly brushed skins, please.

herbs. Season with salt, pep plenty of chopped chives.

spoonfuls of the most mixture in

Shanghai, Jan. 27.

with the middle of each

golliwog, Teddy ran a picture serles called "Woman's hair, each round, damp With a sharp pointed knife per, and a little grated nutmeg. Nut and Apple Farce

Mr. John B. Allison, Third Secre- Worlt Is Never Done." depicting the Bear, or Bunty alongside. Tightly round the edge with a wetted tury, who is in charge of the Unit- thousand and one little jobs in "

They screw up their eyes and clasp slice off the top (stalk end) of Stir the mixture over the fire

Anger-fold the pastry over in half

their hands together. As I stand at each tomato, scoop out the tough for a few minutes, then trans-

uncooked and pat the wetted edges together. ed States Embassy at Nanking, was woman's working day.

by Japanese

the foot of Alan's bed, swaying with centre and all the seeds, sprinkle fer it to a basin. Add two egg

tomatoes with cold Make a pattern with your thumb assaulted yesterday

sentry. The Japanese authorities But they didn't include one of my exhaustion, my voice unconsciously the inside with salt and stand up yolka-and-all-up your tomatoes, diced cooked potatoes, apples, (or will a spoon handles found the have apologised for the incident and regular jobs-washing the soap in stresses certain words and the chil- side down on a sieve for half an Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and and roughly chopped hazel nuts oven for from twenty minutes to halt are trying to reach a local settle the cloakroom after the children have dren-copy-me-obediently.

washed their hands.

"Please God, bless dear Mummy hour to let the water drain away. a few drops of oil, and bake in mixed with mayonnaise. Serve an hour, till the pastry is cooked. Mr. Allison reported the matter to

kind friends and Daddy, and all The seeds and pulp can

And I've never forgotten the ex- and relations. the State Department at Washing-

Please God, take a slow to medium oven for half as salad with cold meat.

ton.

tities pressive

of three serials: care of me, and all other little added to your stockpot or used hour. Finish

An

under the Or, as an alternative salad

The Japanese version of the inci- "Under Her Husband's Thumb," boys and girls, and keep me safe grill.

fill tomatoes with picked

dent, which is the only one avail- "Take Back Your Ring." "That's My and well and happy and strong. cooked

able, says that Mr. Allison tried to Child." Nice reading for a child of Thank you for all my nice things: Above quantities enough to shrimps, a little diced

enter a Chinese house despite the five. potato, shredded lettuce mixed

sentry's objection and that the sen- with mayonnaise or sour cream.

some more farces for yourselves.

to make tomato sauce.

Provencal Farce

be

BROWN two mediumsized stuff ten large tomatoes.

chopped onions in half The farce is always improved gill olive oil. Add two chopped by tho addition of

|edge-and-lake-the-pastics-in-a-brlsk

- and here's a

recipe for Steak

..

& Kidney Pie

Now try to think out a few Buy two pounds of shin of beer

ISAKO'S GREAT CIRCUS

and MENAGERIE

Opens Monday, 31st January, 1938.

Chinese New Year Day

3 SHOWS DAILY

AT

1 P.M., 5 P.M. & 9. P.M.

Location: Mongkok, junction of Shanghai & Arran St. opposite Kowloon, Fire station.

All Busses from the Star Ferry running along Nathan Rd. except No. 3

pass the Circus.

ADMISSION:

BOX SEAT 1st CLASS

2nd CLASS

$2.20 1.50 1.10

Including Tax

3rd CLASS

.75

Children Half-Price

CARPET GALLERY GALLERY

.45 .20

The Circus consists of. 60 European Artists, 35 horses, & Elephants, New Artists, new acts, new Ballet, One Hongkong Lady will be during the lion act with the trainor in the cago.

The famous big menagerie consisting of 150 wild animals will be open from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. Admission: 10c, adults. Children, Half-price.

Take your Kiddies to the Zoo thore will never be for a long time in Hong- kong such a big Menagerie as Isako's.

Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere

necessary

ment.

try manhandled him in order to pre-Tale of a Dress went him entering the premises.

Reuter,

Conditions

in

und balf a pound of ox or pig's kidney—it makes no odds which, and

SHANGHAI INCIDENTS pig's is cheaper.

Cut off, and where

Shanghat, Jan. 27. skin

the Scrape oft,

countryside and grialle and remove fat. Cut the meat and kid-around Shanghai appear to be ney up into pieces and roll each deteriorating owing to the activities plece in peppered and salted flour, of isolated bands of Chinese and the Put the meat in a casserole and continued excesses of Japanese, cover with water. Put in the oven A lorry arrived in Shanghal to- and cook at a very low best.

day with the bodies of 25 Japanese

Cook the meat for Ave hours. It soldiers who had been ambushed and should cook so slowly that the killed between Shanghai and Soo- liquld just bubbles slowly when hot, chow.

The point about this slow cooking Two Japanese soldiers to-day shot is that it gives the meat and gravy and fatally wounded

a Chinese

an excellent taste without the gravy farmer, seriously injuring another, boliing away and without the meat who tried to help a Chinese woman falling apart.

Japanese being abducted by

Just outside the French Concession bound- Bry

At the end of the five hours the

There has also been a case in ment should be firm and the gravy which Japanese soldiers broke into Ja Briton's Union Jack beflagged thick. You can tell from the tasta and look of the gravy when the forced the servants to hand over, at house outside the perimeter and meat is ready, Until it is properly

cooked the gravy will be thinnish the point of the bayonet, their and will taste as if it needed a lot month's wages, paid by the owner.

of

salt.

Do not be misled into Reuter. adding sail, for this seeming taste-

Plessness cooks out.

Put the meat and enough of the gravy in a ple-dish, cover with There will be pastry, and bake.

gravy left over, and this can be served separately or be used on some other occasion in another dish.

Are You Short Tempered? Do you lose your temper easily?--

a broken shoe-face, a missing button, can be most aggravating, especially If you are in a hurry, but if you lose (your lemper over such trivial matters it is very probable that your system Is upset through constipation, and if such is the case, all that is usually needed quickly to set matters right is a dose of Pinkettes.

These tiny, pink sugar-coated, laxative pills, are mild yet thorough In action; as gently as nature they cleanse the food tract, ald digention, activate the liver, banish billousness, rolleve sick headache, clear the skin. {case plies; in short, Pinkettes keep you happy and well. From chemists everywhere,

PINKETTES

Koop You Cheery, and Well.

The Society asks for $30,000

in 1938 to continue and ex- tend its 'work for the sick and destitute children of this Colony.

| HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

bed,

my good food, my warm

my clothes, and my toys. Plense God, make me a good boy and make. Clive's bruise better. Amen."

And as close the nursery door, THE children like me to change

my frock for the afternoon, after exchanging "Good night and and usually I wear what Max calls God bless you,' Baby Clive always my "dy" dress, but I always call it calls out, "Lie on your back and you "the dreadnought.” It is an elephant won't hurt your nosel”

JANUARY PARLOPHONE RECORDS.

'F037 (1 Don't Like. F.T.

(Doh-de-oh-doh. FT.

F938 (You Can't Swing a Love Song. FT.

(Monnin' the Blues. Blues.

NAT GONELLA'S ORCHESTRA. F040 (Moonlight on the Waterfall. F.T. (My Cabin of Dreams. F.T. F938 (Little Old Lady. S.FT.

(In the Mission by the Sen. F.T.

BILLY THORBURN'S ORCHESTRÁ, F030 (You Made Me Love You, F.T.

(Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go. F.T.

HARRY ROY'S TIGER RAGAMUFFINS. F942 (Dance Time. No. 1. The Waltz.

Selection of Popular Old Time Tunes. F041 (Moon Got in My Eyes. F.T.

(It's the Natural Thing To Do. Q.5, F043 (Afraid To Dream. Q.5.

(Sympathy. Waltz. (Jeanette MacDonald's new Film "Firefly") VICTOR SILVESTER ORCHESTRA,

TSANG FOOK PIANO. COMPANY, Marina House, 19 Queen's Road C. Tel. 24648.

$1 TIFFINS

at-

Jimmy's

Also A la Carte China Bldg., Hongkong,

Hankow Rd., Kowloon,