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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY,

NOVEMBER (324,

1938.

YULETIDE FARE

MOST

[OST people have their first real reminder of Chrlat- mas on the day that the good things begin to arrive for mak- ing the puddings and mince- ment.

It is then we shall see the speeding-up

Yuletide of the preparations which the house- wife is already busily planning.

Her

dally shopping brings her early Into the Christmas atino- sphere of

of the enticing displays of the

new season's fruits and dainties, the cunningly attractive packings and wide assortiment of all kinds of delicacies.

Windows and counters uro now taking on a festive look, and the pur- chase of ingredients for the Christ- mas pudding has begun.

Once again in homen this time- honoured item in the Yuletido menu is to be an all-Empire dish, The dried fruit, the nuts, spices and spirits, everything that goes to make the Christines pudding will chosen with an eye to its place of ,origin,

Empire Ingredients

be

For of recent years It has become the custom to go exclusively to home and Empire sources for the food and drink for the great family festival of the year. The pudding with Its wide variety of ingredients coming from the ends of the earth has become an easily recognised symbol of Empire unity.

Bame

With something of the thought in mind many familles have gone one farther and adopted the actual recipe which for generations has been followed in the household.

royal

with RECIPES for an

All-Empire

Christmas Pudding

With every

item is given the name of the country of origin.

Those who have made this experi You may like to take it with you ment in previous years have found the result su excellent that most of to the shops. There will be no dim- them will be intending to use the culty in securing the All-Empire in

Kredients as follows: royal recipe again this Christmas.

Especially for the benefit of those who have yet to try it, here in the recipe as handed down from the time of George I.

The ingredients

are given on the

Tight

Taking quantities

these

you

tof

will be able

make three

mal

sized

dings. The

structions

06

are

you

expect

Drat

the

would mix dry ingredients and

only

when

all these are well mixed do you add the moisture. The e hould

whipped

froth,

b ei to a milk the added, and then the liquid stirred Into the pudding"

until the mixture

is thoroughly even.

..

Julco and grated rind of 2 lemons, Juice 2 oranges.

A little rum.

This recipe, too, with a little varfation, makes an excellent pud- ding.

You have only to add lb. of 1lb. beef suet (Great Beltain, breadcrumbs, 34lb. flour, and 2 tea- Australla, or New Zealand), spoonfuls of baking powder and

11b, raisins (Aus- leave out the apples.

tralia).

Royal Christmas Pudding Recipe

1b..small raisins.

IIb.

plums.

halved),

(stone)

and

lib. Demerara sugar. 1lb. breadcrumbs.

11b.

of

SKEN

shells),

b. sifted flour.

lib, of suet.

(welghe

In

4v. citron (sliced),

4oz. candied peel.

Italf a grated nutmeg.

2 teaspoonfuls of salt.

Use a cupful of ale and 11⁄2 gin [1b. currants of brandy, in place of the rum, add three eggs, and mix in the usual way,

(Australia),

b. sultanas

(Australia).

Plenty of Variety

Two Frocks for Swing Lovers

Frocks in plain or, patterned, woollens are an important item. At left, natural colour wool in a short sleeve frock with extended shoulders and stitch pleat skirt. A tailored frock in wide striped woollen with the stripes used in opposing ways for pleated skirt and bodice. This model adopts long sleeves with extended shoulders, and bultoned pockets.

Are You A Good Speaker?

of the bearer.

A tew

Make sure that your voice is not If you are to be a charming talker,

you must cultivate a pleasing and high-pitched and strident. If you suspcet the unfortunate possession attractive speaking volce.

ever of such a voice, convince yourself The 14lb. brown sugar

glorious musie most (Mauritius). The recipes for plum pudding written loses its beauty when played of the error by pausing occasionally

mincemeat alb, tour (Aus and

are leglon, and, upen a harsh and tuncless instru- to listen to yourself. trala).

apart from those mure generally nient, sa do the best of phrases, when If you break off abruptly in the 4lb. breadcrumbs known, nearly ever family as its spoken in a rough, undisciplined middle of a sentence, you may be (Great Britain), own special way of preparing these voice, jar, and actually hurt the cars shocked to find how loudly the celtoes of your own volee ring in essentials of the Yule feast. Lilb. apples

(Canada). As for mincemeat, very many

It is worth while to watch your your own ears, how strained the and what physical lb. mixed peel housewives buy this item ready pre-friends' faces as you talk to them, larynx feels. (South Africa). pared by some well-known firm, for it the face is screwed up and the effort you are making merely 4lb. sweet ul. there are widely advertised and mouth; contracted just a little, you make a simple statement,

monda

(Pacife popular brands of this and all the may be sure that your voice has a such shocks should soon teach you Islands).

other delicacies for the table and jarring effect and is rasping delleate to adopt a deeper, and more sym-

pathette tone. Rind and fulce of sideboard.

In the same way many of the in- You may be talking too fart. Then Smooth and Slow (Jamaica), gredients for the pudding can be you will see brows Ithit in an endca- teaspoonful of

all vour to concentrate and to follow obtained in hygienic packings mixed spice ready for use.

Fruit for dessert, what you are saying. A strained than usual, you will bring your volee (Malaya).

boxes of Ags and dates and various look of concentration, too, will be under control and give it that fine preserves are other obvious exam- noticed if you speak too softly, be smoothness which is so desirable.

The well-bred woman speaks in a ples,

cause again there will be dimeulty in low tone, slowly, and distinctly. Dried fruits mixed in equal pro-hearing, and thus in following you.

Here we have the secret of the portions are offered by one well-

charm of voice and the explanation High Pitch known firm of leading Importers of

of the pleasure found in listening to If your voice is high-pitched and her words. If besides making your own pud. Empire products.

So, by listening to ourselves and strained, you will probably notice a raising of your listener's eyebrows. by watching the reactions of our lis

pulling down of the forehead, tenors as seen in their faces, it

1 teaspoonful of mixed splee.

i wineglass of brandy.

1⁄2 pint of milk.

Best results are obtained by leav ing the mixture in a cool place for

1 lemon

A little salt.

1 glass rum (Jamaica).

1⁄2 glass brandy (South Africa).

0 egg (Great Britain or New

Zealand).

A tue milk.

ni least 12 hours before dividing it Into the basins for cooking. About eight hours continual bolling is. necessary, after which the puddings dings you decide that the Christmas should be stored away to be given cake and mincemeat, shall also be Labour-Saving Items

another two hours balling on the day homemade, there will, of course, be of serving.

Improved by Storing

nerves.

By speaking a whole octave lower

The many alds to cooking and the extra quauitllies of most of the above important trimminga to every course, shutting the eyes, giving the listener should not be difficult for us to die.

items required.

the sauces, savouries and sweets can So that you can allow for these be selected according to their brand when making your purchases here numes or mark origin. The longer they are kept after the is very satisfactory mincement Best bolling the better the puddings recipe you may care to follow: will be. Now is thus none too early lb. shredded beef auet,

this

to begin making them, and applies to whatever recipe you may deelde to follow.

There is another excellent recipe for a rich pudding and one of very special value to the British house- wife, since it has been evolved to demonstrate how every ingredient can be obtained from the Empire.

1

raisins.

14lb. brown sugar.

lb.

b..

lb. mixed peel..

lib. finely chopped, apples. 14oz. mixed spice.

lb, sultanaS."

24lb. masenteis.

4lb. ground almonds,

Seven Points

In all these things it is thus a simple matter to identify those of undoubted quality...

this

At Christmas, of all Umes, should be the principle of selection with every item of food and drink. Let everything be of the best and which cart nothing be overlooked contribute towards the enjoyment of the great festival only five weeks from to-day.

Of Popularity

ARE you popular? If not, would resented. If you want to be popular that they themselves have not the you like to be? People who are you must belong to your own world faintest idea how boring they really unpopular with their fellow-crea- and not to some imaginary "smart ore. tures are well aware of the fact and set."

state qe affairs ling come about?

fault-finders are nuisances, but you

Do

6. Do you try to be clever at they are unhappy about it, whatever

3.Are your efforts to please much other people's expense?, A witly they say, So if you find yourself lonely, if nobody seems particularly too obvious? Is your praise gushing sarcastic tongue may be amusing, Interested in you, if your invitations and insincere? Do you smilingly but it can never make you popular are few and far between, it you agree with everything that every- You will be distrusted and with good reason, for your listener, will always make efforts to find friends but the body says?

hove the uncomfortable feeling that response is disappointing, have you The argumentative person and the they may be your next victims. ever questioned yourself honestly and deeply to discover how this go to the other extreme. Let your 7. Do you really enjoy life?

If not, here is a short self-analysis opinions bo well-defined and don't be you find that, with all its foolishness, afraid to argue (always in a friendly there is something lovable about the test which will help you to find out spirit, of course) and you will gain human race and that the world is, which one of your own short-comings the reputation of being a stimulating after all, a fine place to live in? is responsible for your social dis- talker and an interesting personality. Of all the questions, seventh is the appointments.

Did you join your tennis, 4 Do you withhold confidences? most important. If you canuotin- rambling, or other club solely for the Do you always talk of generalities swer I in the affirmative on most purpose of meeting new acquaintan- and Impersonal subjects as though days of your life, you have not the ces although you are not really keen you had something to hide or wanted makings of popularity in you, though on tennis or hiking?

your listener to understand clearly doubtless it is your unpopularity it- If so, you have made an error, that he or she must on no account self which has led you to so di Don't think about making friends but pry nto your private life? If so, Illusioned a philosophy, throw yourself whole-heartedly into there will be a chilliness about you the activities of your club. In which will prevent acquaintances

Que Don 2-1 next in importance

variably, the keen members of any ripening into friends. Willingness to and you must answer it with: an club are the popular members. If exchange confidences le the basis of emphatte negative, but the others are you are not genuinely keen on sport, friendship.

join some other club devoted to

something you really like-music, Boring Conversation

not so fundamental. They are points on which you can improve yourself if you set about it. with determina- tion, but if you recognise any of

politics, play-reading-anything so 5.-Conversely, do you talk too them as your own particular falling, long as you can throw, all "your energies into it and forget that selt much about yourself and your not you should declare war on it right

away, for they att particularly interesting adventures?

Egotistical talkers are the world's handicaps. worst bores, and everyone fights, shy of them. But the tragic part of it is

of which you are probably much too conscious,DA

Falty Superiority

Do you, in secret, feel you are superior to the people of your circlo7 Do you dream of some day moving among marter claverer proplet

This is a fatal mistake and “one S that does not, deserve much sym- pathy, Tture will be an alboiness, or worse still," an attitude of con descension about you that will be

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n wearied and bored look, is often cover just where our voice falls to due, to an uninteresting and mono- attract and how to set to work to tonous voice. Sometimes there muy improve it. even be attempts to hide a yawni

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To-day is

Thanksgiving Day

LAVERY year on the last Thursday and: Worcester sauce and bread In November Thanksgiving Day crumbs. Steep the bread crumbs In celebrated throughout America, a little chicken broth and add small His a great social and religious pieces of bacon and, when cold, add stun the page the inside turkbyecording to its

retire and of the belly Blittle brandy, and stu

special of the

figures in. the menu. evening meal.

Cook the turkey, Special Thanksgiving Day alnners-size 27% to

to 3

"hours in; #slow oven

are arranged: pow in many London and in a deep pan, place carrots and hotels and restaurants, "Here" hre/onions around and with some two recipes from Maison Prúnier::

Stuffed Turkey And → *

iced onions fand

Cranberry Sauce,

into caramel arall

make the gravi (for

whole.

*Crepes a. Orange

batter, anter-ordinary

suzar add a zpst Mako he

Er lemon and place pancakes," and "cools the latter Elasthis, allowing it Have the following hall, lan-hourks then ready: Grate the peck

add to augar, which primalla Verted into caramel

-pepper, panst

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