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THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1938.
YULETIDE FARE
MOST people have their first
Msal reminder of Christ-
mas on the day that the good things begin to arrive for mak- ing the puddings and mince- meat.
It is then we shall see the speeding-up of the Yuletide preparations which the house- wife is already bully planning.
Her daliy shopping brings her carly
into Ulio Christmas atmo- sphere of the enticing displays of the new season's fruits and dainties, the cunningly attractive packings and wide assortment of all kinds of dellencies.
Windows and counters are now taking on a frative look, and the pur- chase of Ingredients for the Christ- mna pudding has begun.
Once again in homes this time-. honoured item in the Yuletide menu is to be an all-Empire dish. The dried fruit, the nuts, splecs and spirits, everything that goes to make the Christmas pudding wil be chosen with an eye to its place of origin.
Empire Ingredients
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 unlly.
With someliing of the Bamo thought in mind many families have gone one farther and adopted the actual recipe which for generations
Bas
with RECIPES for an
All-Empire
Christmas Pudding
been followed In the royal With every item is given the household,
name of the country of origin.
Those who have made this experl-
You may like to take it with you ment in previous years have found the result so 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
gredients as follows: royal recipe amin this Christmas.
Especially for the benefit of those who have yet to try it, here is the recipe as handed down from the time of George. 1. The Ingredients are given on the right.
Taking
these
quantities you
will be able to make three nor- mai sized dings.
pud- The in
structions ar
as you
expect
thel
simplc, would mix first dry ingredients and only when all these are well! mixed do you addi the moisture.
Tho should whipped
froth, the added,
**
Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons. Julce 2 oranges.
A tile ram.
This recipe, too, with little variation, makes an excellent pud- ding.
You have only to add ib, of Ilb. beet suct (Great Britain, breadcrumbs, lb. Bour, and 2 tea- Australia, or New Zealand). spoonfuls of baking powder und
1lb. raisins (Aus- leave out the apples.
tralia).
Royal Christmas Pudding Recipe
(stoned
und
ith small raisina. itb. plums
halved).
Ilb, Demeraro sugar. 1lb. breadcrumbs.
1lb.
of
sticlis),
b. sifted flour.
Alb. of such
(welched
in
401. eltron (sliced).
dox, candied peel.
Half a grated nutmeg.
Use a cupful of ale and 14 gl lib, currant sof brandy, in place of the rum, sidd (Australia). three eggs, and mix in the usual way.
lib, sultanas
(Australla), Plenty of Variety
are
Two Frocks for Swing Lovers
Frocks in plain or patterned woollens are an important ilem. At left, naturai colour wool in a short sleeve frock with extended shoulders and stlich 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 buttoned pockets,
Are You A Good Speaker?
TF you are to be a charming talker, Make sure that your volce is not you must cultivate a pleasing and high-pitched and strident. If you attractive speaking volce.
suspcet the unfortunate possession 1441. brown sugar
The most glorious music ever of such a volee, convince yourself (Mauritius). The recipes for plum pudding written loses its beauty when played of the error by pausing occasionally
(Aus- and mincemeat 1216. Dour
legion, and, upon a harsh and tuncies instru- to listen to yourself.
If tralia).
apart from those more generally ment, so do the best of phrases, when you break off abruptly in the lb. breadcrumbs known, nearly ever family has lis
rough, undisciplined middle of a sentence, you may be spoken in a (Great Britain), own special way of preparing these voice, jar; and actually hurt the cars shocked to find how loudly the
echoes of your essentials of the Yule feast.
own voice ring in of the hearer. 4lb, apples
(Canada). As for mincemeat, very many
It is worth while to watch your your own cars, how strained the larynx feels, and what physical b. mixed peel housewives buy this item ready pre- friends' faces as you talk to them.
Kweet
to
(South Africa), pored by some well-known firma, for If the face is screwed up and the effort you are making merely
make a simple statement. A few
14lb.
monds Islands). Rind and fulce of sideboard.
1 lemon
b cl
2 teaspoonfuls of salt,
to
1 teaspoonful of mixed spice.
milk
1
and then
the liquid stirred
into the pudding
until the mixture
is thoroughly even.
1 wineglass of brandy.
pint of milk.
Best results are obtained by leav-
ing the mixture in a cool place for
at least 12 hours before dividing t
A little salt,
é glass rum (Jamaica).
glass brandy (South Africa),
or New eggs (Great Britain Zealand).
A little milk.
nerves.
al- there are widely advertised and | mouth contracted just a little, you (Padilla popular brands of this and all the may be sure that your voice has a such shocks should soon teach you other delicacies for the table and Jarring effect and is rasping delicate to adopt a deeper, and more sym-
pathetic tone. In the same way many of the la- You may be talking too fast. Then Smooth and Slow (Jamaica).
gredients for the pudding .can be you will see brows knit in an endca- teaspoonful
By speaking a whole oclave lower of obtained in hygienic packings mixed apico ready for use.
vour to concentrate and to follow (Malaya),
Fruit for dessert, what you are saying. A strained than usual, you will bring your voice boxes of Ags and dates and various look of concentration, too, will be under control and give it that Ane preserves are other obvious exam- notleed if you speak too softly, be smoothness which is so desirable.
The well-bred woman speaks in a ples.
cause again there will be difficulty in low tone, slowly, and distinctly. Dried fruits mixed in equal pro-hearing, and thus in following you.
Here we have the
of the portions are offered by one well-
charm of voice and the explanation known firm of leading importers of High Pitch
of the pleasure found in listening to If your voice is high-pitched and her words. strained, you will probably notice a So, by listening to ourselves and raising of your listener's eyebrows. by watching the reactions of our lis- It A pulling down of the forehead, teners..as seen in their faces, shutting the eyes, giving the listener should not be difficult for us to dis a 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 may improve it.
H. E. even be attempts to hide a yawni
into the basins for cooking. About eight houra continual boiling Is It besides making your own pud- Empire products.
necessary, after which the puddings dings you decide that the Christmas Labour-Saving Items should be stored away to be given cake and mincemeat shall also be another two hours bolling on the day homemade, there will, of course, be
The many aids to cooking and the of serving,
extra quantities of most of the above important trimmings to every course, items required.
the sauces, savouries and sweets con So that you can allow for these be selected according to their brand when making your purchases here names or mark of origin. s very satisfactory mincemeat recipe you may care to follow:
Improved by Storing
The longer they are kept after the first boiling the better the puddings will be. Now is thus none too early Vib. shredded beef suct.
to begin making them, ond this applies to whatever recipe you may decide 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,
A
1⁄4lb. brown sugar,
stoned raisins. Ib. alb, currants. 1lb. mixed Deel.
finely chopped apples. Moz, mixed spice.
141b, sultanas.
lb. muscatels.
lb. ground almonds,
Seven Points
In all these things It is thus a simple matter to identify those of undoubted quality,
At Christmas, of all times, this should be the principle of selection with every item of food and drink. Let everything bo of the best and
which
CAD nothing be overlooked contribute towards the enjoyment of the great festival only Ave weeks from to-day.
Of Popularity
RE 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 are. tures are well aware of the fact and set."
they are unhappy about it, whatever
yourself
6-Do you try to be clever at 3.Are your efforts to please much other people's expense? A witty. they say, So it you And lonely, if nobody netins 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, if you agree with everything that every- You will be distrusted and with good make efforts to find friends but the body saya?
reason, for your listener,, will always have the uncomfortable feeling that have you The argumentative person and the they may be your next victims, over questioned wou honestly fault-anders are nuisances, but you
response
test
which
and deeply to discover how this go to the other extreme. Let your 7--Do you really enjoy life? Do state of affairs has come about? opinions be well-defined and don't be you find that, with all, ils foolishness, If not, here is a short self-analysis afraid to argue (always in a friendly there is something lovable about the 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-coming 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.
1-Did you
¡Join your tennis, 4.Do you withhold confidences? most important. If you cannot "an- rambling, or other cluli solely for the Do you always talle of generalities swer it in the affirmative on most purpose of mosting 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 your listener to understand clearly doubtless it is your unpopularity it- on tennis or liking?
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, ilusioned a philosophy. throw yourself whole-heartedly into there will be a chilliness about you
the activities of your club. In- which will prevent acquaintances
Question 2 is 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 is the basis of emphatic negalive, 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 failing, long as you can throw all you much, about yourself and your not you should declare war on it right energies Into It. and forget that del particularly interesting adventures? away, for they are of which you are probably much too conscious. Fales Superiority
2. Do you, in secret, feel you are superior to the people of your circle? Do you dream of some day moving among amatier, "čleverse prople! ^^
This is “a fatal mistake 'and 'one that does not deserve rauich....gym- pathy. There will be an aloofness, or worse sull, an attitude of can descension about you that will be
Egotistical talkers are, the world's handicaps. ,worst bores and everyone fights shy
of them. But the tragic part of it in
IF
all
serious
Mary' Bridge.
you have any beauty problems, why not try Mrs. Betan's Beauty Salon which has a reputa tion of being the most reliable in the Colony.. Tel. 58081, Extension 34.. Peninsula Hotel.
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To-day is
Thanksgiving Day
LIVERY year on the last Thursday: and Worcester. * ́salice and bread in November Thanksgiving Day crumbs Bleep the bread crumbs in
18 celebrated throughout America, a tie chicken broth and add small It is great social, and religious pieces of bacon and, when cold, add fortival-and turkey generally a utile brands, and stuff, the Inside
evening meal. - 350
Agures in the ment of the special of the aperturkey, according to its
Cook
in a
.8 hours in a slow oven Thanksgiving dinners sles 3% to 3 are arranged now in maby London
place carrota and hotels and restaurante Hore fire onions around is curre two realpes. from Maison Prunier; chicken gravy, make the gravy for
Stuffed Turkey And
Cranberry Sauce
the turkey,you don
This ? enn
in be served with whole Iced onions, and sweet potatoes,
Crepes a l'Orange
Convert into caramel amali amount. of = sugar, add :a/ rest o Make the batter, as for ordinary
emors and fulce of lemon and place pancakes, and cook the latter
tho the cranberries in this, allowing it-Have
following - mbetare lo, nook for half an hour. - @ready: 'Grate the peel of an orange, pain. I through a the slave, add to suger which has papa To:#for the turkey take në mall verted into caramel, a smÓRI amount of our Wiele of curcon
Then
pealed chestnuta monetary and spoonfuls of lacnotinly besa cooked; a little sage and that“, placed in the centra
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