1938-10-21 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1938.

BY

No bones

ANN MARVEL FOR all-round

vitamin

value and pocket nourish- ment there are few foods to rival the banana. British housewives think so, for thirty millions pass through the markets every week and forty millions in summer, and they know a good buy when they see it.

Bananas are rich in natural and digestible sugars and show

Are You A Poor

A

Sleeper?

ave

how

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They

go

to

SURPRISING_number of people ore Inelelent sleepers. have forgotten sleep. No matter how early or how late they retire, they invariably lie awake for one, two, or three hours. The really efficient siceper in sound minates after his head asleep touches the pillow.

Lying awake at night is

alt bad habits, it habit

Like all be craned by practice and patience. Most people accept this partial in- somnia anu plece of the unalterable scheme of things. Their efforts to and un- combat it are spasmodle Gustained.

bad CBT

can,

The habit of lying awake however, be conquered. The only requirements are a little intelligence and a lot of persistence.

will

First of all, the poor sleeper must learn to relax. This is not a mere matter of lying down and closing the eyes. Every musele must be re-

• laxed, and this is by no means easy.

Any physical culture expert

much easier to confirm that it is contract muscle than it is to relax It. Sport champlons often owe their superiority to their ability to relax a particular set of muscles at the right moment.

The poor sleeper lies wide awake In the firm belief that he is complete- ly relaxed when his body may be the home of a dozen different ten- slons. It is essential that he should This be able to recognise a tension. can be done by deliberately tensing all the muscles and noting the effect. The time to do this is between sun- definitely not at Bunset; rise and night.

The favourite tensions of the poor sleeper are wrinkled forehead, tensed bleeps, bent toes, and strained neck (pillow too high?) Another com- mon form of tension is in the eyes.

It is vitally important to remember that every change of position neces- sitates a fresh check of tensions. Numerous muscles are contracted in making the movements, and will

will almost

suine

of partial tension stay in a state |

Obviously, changes of position should be eliminated as far as pos-

most sible. Actually

changes of position are unconscious attempts to relleve a a particularly strong tension. The Individual feels uncomfortable, and he turns over. The act may relleve the tension in question, but it often creates another. Hence the tossing and turning so frequently experienced by poor sleepers. Mental Relaxation

Physical relaxation is only the first step towards the nequisition of good sleep habits. Mental relaxn- tion is, perhaps, even more import. The man or woman who takes worries to bed cun expect long periods of wakefulness. Physical relaxation and mental relaxation are

to

some extent interdependent. The individual whose mind

18 fully

occupied with other matters cannot pay attention to muscular contrac- tions.

the

Thought cannot be turned on and off like an electric light, but human mind does, nevertheless, pos- Bers

thought-switch." Unfor tunately few people know how to operate it. The technique can only be learned by a very gradual reduc- tion of the intensity of thought and emotion. The process is never very clear-cut.

Mental relaxation has to be learn- od step by step over period of months,

sometimes years, and for nearly every person the

modua operandi is different. Some people can turn off the flow of thought almost at will; it is a natural gift with them. Others have to learn the trick by pallent endeavour.

in

There are strong indications that dreaming is a sign of mental tense- ness. When the mind has been very active just prior to sleep, a

a night- mare often results. In dreams the imagination is active.. There avkdance that imagination diminishes as relaxation progresses.

Dreamless or relatively dreamless sloep is the more restful type, al- though considerable recuperation. I secured by people who dream almost continuously. The Individual who Caloups dreamlessly, however,

obtain

often

full

can

recuperation in hours or less, wherear the dreamer may need eight or nine hours and a

mkday rest as well.

It

sleeplessness chuted by or- gante conditions,

· na amount of

mental rearrangement will completo ly cura insomnis. But after the Macause has been medically surgically removed, careful atten- Log weeds to be paid to relaxation, Botherwise the bad habits engendered the organic cauce may persist Long after, the cause itself has been

D. O, J.

moved..

about bananas

2

3

these savoury toasts can be made in five minutes

Cut some peeled bananas 2 In half lengthwise; then cut each half in two. Uso firm just-ripo fruit

quick calorie return, as well as a full alphabet of vitamins, so the you get your meal in handiest way, weatherproofed til you need it. They offer food as well as fuck, so they earn their place on our shop- ping list.

The habit starts early, as baby happily accepta fully ripened banana in lieu of other fruit juice he may tire of. Lightly broken with a fork and taken with a little milk, it is grand for young children. For a éhange you can bake the fruit baked in their skins, like a apple, for the nursery.

CHILDREN go for a banana crumb pud- ding, too. First simmer half a pint of milk with a strip of lemon rind for a minute or two, then remove the lemon peel and pour it over 2oz. fine bread- crumbs and allow them to soak till cool. A beaten egg can then be added with a little- sugar. From two to three ripe bananas mashed with a fork and spread at the bottom of a buttered pie dish form the hid- den delight for the poured on breadcrumb custard. Bake the pudding for about half an hour in a moderate oven till set, and firm.

Chocolate banana fool, made with chocolate blancmange pow- der of custard consistency, and another is pureed bananas, simple notion.

THERE

are endless for serving Have tried curried bananas?

ways bananas in adult menus.

you

Season with lemon juice, 3 salt, pepper; fry golden in hot butter, turning frequent-

ly; drain well.

They balance well with the characteristic sweet-sourness of CUITY BRUce.

In India curry powder is freshly made every day from newly-ground spices, but it does not store well over here. Sec that you buy yours fresh for use, and give it a brief toasting on a saucer in the oven just as you want to use it, and the aroma is extra yielding to the

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Meanwhile prepare fingers 4

of buttered toast, seasoned with cayenne and just a suspicion of chutney..

Put banana fillots on toast fingers; top oach with strip of Parmesan cheese cream ·

seasoned to taste.

for a few minutes, then serve on a hot dish with cut lemon garnish. A surround of half- moon slices of hard-boiled egg is an improvement, as well as the usual border of boiled clear- dried rice, dusted here and there with coralline pepper. A few scitanas cooked in the sauce makes a change.

Beginners Take Heart!

By A DRESSMAKER

You stund and look at the shop windows with their tempting of 'materials. Frequently, NUMEROUS Bavouries array

drapery stores have sales of remains,; and appetisers evolve and you wish you knew how to from banana basis, and I can utilise these bargain pieces without recommend Banana Ridge, dea-stamping your finished effort with a cribed in the illustration, for home-made kookl

piquant quality. You know that It is possible to achieve distinct bit about cheese cream? Just success in your dressmaking if you add loz. of finely whisked and go about it the right way.

Because the material has only cost duly seasoned grated Parmesan [L lew

shillings many beginners to each gill of cream, and pipe make the mistake of buying a cheap or coax it into a long coating pattern. Buy a good pattern, then give yourself up to the instructions. strip.

It is Almost neset to be completely starting with these ignorant when

have At least you patterns. old-fashioned methods to unlearn.

Do not be over-nwed by the num-

an

Use firm just-ripe fruit, and make the sauce well ahead of time, as this is the secret of well-blended flavour and a good dark colour. For 1-4 pint of white stock or coconut milk, use 1 rounded teaspoonful of curry powder, 1 teaspoonful of curry paste, 1 tablespoonfuls of grated or desiccated coconut (to simmer in the stock prior to use) and

cent banana-It's devastating 1 teaspoonful of mango chutney. Start by melt- and speedy too. If the oven is ber of graphs and instructions. The ing 1oz. butter in a casserole or going, peel and bake them to- saleswoman will give you your cor- rect size, and show you the graph gether, under greased paper applicable to width of your

the saucepan, then saute one chop-

protection, otherwise ped green apple and 1 minced

frying inaterial. onion for 5-8 minutes.

meets the bill for both.

A dessertspoonful of rice flour and the measure of curry pow- der is next added and the whole fried with occasional stirrings from a wooden spoon. Add the curry stock, stirring until it reaches the boil. Allow to sim- mer very slowly on an asbestos mat, or in the oven, for 1-2 hours, when seasonings, the juice of half a lemon, and a tablespoonful of red currant jelly can be added."

the Peel, split, and cut bananas into suitable portions, and heat through in the sauce

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Each pattern is in itself a complete lesson in dressmaking, down to the cold

and sweet smallest detall. Every stitch FOR the

course, you would like finish is illustrated and explained. ginger bananasthat is, if you like ginger. Prepare some "just A Fascinating Business right" bananas by peeling, split- The whole thing may look like a ting, and cutting into quarters, Jigsaw puzzle to you at first, but It running a fine fork down the becomes fascinating as the pieces t "core" to scoop a tiny furrow, in their allotted pince. Do not look Chop some crystallised ginger ahead; just take each step as it F1106 (Phil The Fluters Ball, quite finely and mix with suf- comes and have a little faith.

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Cooking

Hints

TF only a small amount of cake is a time, cut the required at desired slice from the centre of the cake. Then push the halves to- gother, and the cako will keep fresh and moist for several days.

Fold up corner C of a cotton square. Fold corner A over it. Tie knot in peak D. Roll up the open edge to connect fold and form shallow skull-good plan to put a straw through a

cap.

Fold square to a triangle. Fold down peak B of triangle. Fold peak A Divide double peak C and roll up to hold lap-over and form brim.

across.

Always add hot milk when mash- ing potatoes-not cold-and with a good lump of butter the flavour of the dish will be greatly improved.

When .cooking a fruit tart it is a hole in the top of the pastry. This will prevent the fruit bölling over.

To gel full value of the lesson and pattern, try to repent 1, using one of the alternative styles. It is the con- ilnuity of practice that tells; to let months elapse before your second

is a great mistake.

effort in

You will be delighted with your attempt if you follow rigidly the Instructions given

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AFTER FEVERS Doctors will tell you that once your temperature falls it's all-important to rebulld your wasted nerve and

musėle Uissues.

After the fever has gone, when the stomach is too weak to digest ordinary foods, a nourishing and | appetising food drink is most essen- If short of milk for coffee, whiptal and beneficial. up the white of an egg, and add a Hitle to each cup, with a small quantity of milk. This will make the milk go twice as far,

in Horlicks doctors have found a quid food that not only can be: earlly digested, but also stimulates your jaded appetite and gives your exhausted body all the nourishment it needs. Horlicks helps you to put on weight, re-establish your strength and regain your full vitality. Get The best way to set an egg custard | Horlicks to-day,

A pinch of salt added to coffee, immediately it is made, will bring out the fragrance of the beverage.

Is to place it in a shallow pan of In these difficult times of anxiety water before placing in a slow oven and worry, the task of carrying on The water round the pie-dish pre- and doing work which must be done vents the custard curdling and in-¡ is a doubly difficult one which must duces a fre consistency.

tend to exhaust one's pervous energy, Horlicks builds up strength, vitality and prevents that listlessness and: tirednes caused by constant nervous xtrain. H. M. Hodges. 400-408, Asia Lite Building, Hongkong.

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