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By IN E Z GERHARD
Homemade Presents
Are Sure to Please
Discriminating Friends
A DAY or two or three spent in
the kitchen instead of out among
Christmas crowds will yield several
lovely as well as edible presents to
g've your closest friends.
Most people are so busy around
the holidays, not only with shopping
but with enter-
taining that food
^presents will be
'really
welcome.
(Think how nice It
Jia to receive some
(colorful Jelly to
• serve with Chrlst-
>mas dinner or a
homemude coffee coke done up In
gala wrappings!
Make a gift list of food presents,
then bring out the recipes and de
cide Just how much of each to make.
Wrap prettily and deliver Just as
you would other presents. Keep a
few extra boxes of food gifts to give
Just In case someone you’d forgot
ten drops in unexpectedly.
If you put up a lot of Jellies. Jams
and preserves during the summer,
bring these out and wrap In gay
prper and tie with fancy bows.
Even one Jar makes a perfectly de
lightful present
For more elaborati presents you
might want to give several Jars on
a tray that may be used for rel
ish or sandwlche-
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JUST IN CASE you do not have
enough Jars of Jelly from summer,
here are some recipes to replenish
the supply.
Cranberry Jam
(Make« 13 O-oume glasses)
7 cups prepared fruit
3 cups sugar
3 cups light corn syrup
1 box powdered fruit pectin
To prepare fruit, add lour cups
water to about three and one-fourth
pounds of fully ripe cranberries.
Bring to a boil and simmer, cov
ered. for 10 minutes. Sieve pulp to
remove seeds, If desired. (For
spiced cranberry Jam. simmer fruit
with one-half teaspoon
ground
cloves nnd one teaspoon cinnamon
onty woolley , who
is prominent in the star-
M studded
cost of “Tatlock’s
LYNN CHAMBERS’ M EN U
Millions” (John Lund, Wanda
Hendrix, Ilka Chase, Barry
I’ot Hoast with Potato Puncakcs
Apple Sauce
Green Beans
Pineapple - Cabbage Slaw
Rolls
Beverage
Orange Tapicoa Pudding
Cookies
1)4 lemons
'li pound preserved ginger
!4 pint water
Sugar
Pare, Quarter and core pears.
Pare apples, core and cut cros-
wise into one half Inch slices. Grate
rind of lemons and odd Juice to the
water. Cut ginger in small pieces.
For every pound of fruit allow one
pound of sugar. Boil sugar and wa
ter to n syrup, then add remaining
ingredients and boll 45 minutes or
until thick and clear. Place In
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Fitzgerald), has led a star-studded , x ioned rocker w ill m ake any lit-
A group of men working with
llfe. Now he is content to spend tie girl happy. M any of the orig hydrofluoric acid in an atom ic en
most of his time in his home town, inals are now being used to hold ergy project have been found to
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where ev fireplace logs. F u ll size patterns have unusually healthy teeth, the
erybody calls him Edgar, his first _
Journal of the A m erican D ental
name. Of all his pictures, he re
Association says.
The phenomenon is cited as ad
ditional evidence that fluorine is
valuable in preventing dental de
cay.
The w orkm en laboring contin
uously in an atm osphere laden
Wonder how to get rid of a w ith acid fum es were found to
scratch on your furniture? T ry have less than h a lf the num ber of
rubbing it w ith an oily nut m eat dental fillings as others in the
such as walnut or pecan.
same plant not exposed to the
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fumes.
Do not use w ater from the hot
w ater tap in brewing coffee; the
w a te r should be freshly heated to
obtain the best tasting coffee infu
sion.
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To remove cream stains from
washable fabrics, rinse out with
lukew arm w ater before launder
MONTY WOOLLEY
ing the garm ent.
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members most vividly one in which
H ave creamed chicken on crisp
he ate spaghetti for four days run
ning—Billie Burke kept blowing up brown waffles for one extended
in her lines, so the scene had to m ain dish.
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be repeated. Woolley confesses to
You can rem ove the odor of
blowing up himself because of the
scanty rehearsals in Hollywood, but onions from a frying pan by boil
says Fitzgerald is his equal in that. ing a m ixtu re of three cups of
w a te r and three tablespoons of
Producer Stanley Kram er is bank vinegar in the pan for a few m in
ing on New York’s getting a heavy utes. D rain , wash in hot soapy
snowfall during the next six weeks; w ater and rinse in boiling w ater.
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he has a camera crew standing by
Brushing plain biscuits and rolls
to shoot winter scenes for Screen
Plays’ ’’Champion,’’ starring Kirk w ith m ilk before baking gives
Douglas. Summer shots of the same crusts a rich golden color.
spots have been made. Snow scenes
must be on hand before the last
week of production.
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I his Christmas tree coffee cake
will make a welcome present for
neighbors or close friends, be
cause It’s good to eat as well as
very festive appearing. To make
It, use a yeast dough recipe given
in the column and decorate with
randled red and grren cherries to
give the effect of lights.
sterilized cans or Jars and seal at
once.
Christmas Tree Coffee Cake
l Makes 1 tree cake)
1 cup ready-to-eat bran
I cup scalded milk
I I cup shortening
)4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cake compressed yeast or
1 package granular yeast
• egg, well beaten
2*« cups sifted flour
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Agnes Moorehcad is trying to
make disc Jockeys stop playing her
’’Sorry, Wrong Number” album on
the air. She has done the sketch
some five or six times on broad
casts, and feels that such future
performances may be killed off by
playing the recording.
The Christmas “ Holiday Star
T im e” program on CBS will in
clude Edgar Bergen and Char
lie, Cass Daley, Bob Hope,
Lauritx Melehoir, Ozzie and H ar
riet, Danny Thomas, Al Jolson
and Jo Stafford. Don Ameche is
master of ceremonies.
7i'
Adolphe Menjou was guest star
on “The Railroad Hour” the night
Gordon MacRae, singing host, was
cued for his first song and couldn't
find his script. He sang the song
from memory, without a hitch,
thanks to many hours of rehearsal.
At the first opportunity he made a
frantic search for the script. Men
jou had been placidly sitting on it!
Combine bran, milk, shortening,
sugar and salt. Stir until shorten
ing is melted, then cool to luke
warm. Soften yeast in this mixture.
Add egg. Stir in flour to make a
soft' dough: cover. Let stand ten
minutes. Knead on lightly floured
surface. Place in a greased bowl.
Cover and let rise in a warm place
until doubled in bulk. Punch down.
Form dough into a long rope or
roll about one inch thick; swirl back
and forth on a
Presents made in your kitchen cookie sheet in
reflect yeur interest and thought shape of a pine
fulness to the recipient of the gift, tree, reserving a
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especially If you give gay and col small portion of
A
triumph
was
scored by “Gang
orful Jars of Jellies and other the dough to use
Busters” when a description of a
for
the
trunk
of
canned goods. Use some of the
real-life murder suspect led to the
stock you put up this summer for the tree. Cover
arrest by Sheriff Thomas J. Walk
and
let
rise
until
gifts.
er of Armand Menna, in Galena,
doubled
in bulk.
Mo. Clues are broadcast at the end
or one and one-half teaspoons of any Bake in
a moderate (375-degree)
of
each "Gangbusters" program,
desired combination of spices.)
oven for about 25 minutes.
When
and there have been numerous cases
Measure sugar and corn syrup cool, frost with uncooked
icing
in which they have been highly in
into a dry bowl and set aside until (made out of powdered sugar and
strumental in apprehending crim
needed. Measure prepared fruit In a little milk) and decorate with can
inals.
to a five to six quart kettle filling died cherries to represent lights
-!r-
up the last cup or fraction of cup on a tree.
M
arle
Wilson,
Jean Hersholt,
with water If necessary. Place over
Rosemary De Camp, Lum and
hottest Are. Add
HER E IS an excellent fruit bread
Abner, the Andrews Sisters,
p o w d e r e d fruit 1
to
have on hand for the holidays
Gene Autry and Howard Duff
pectin, mix well, *
because it will keep fresh for weeks
will
soon be seen In theaters
and continue stir
if kept wrapped in waxed paper
across the country in one of the
ring until mixture
and placed in a tin. Slice it thin
“ Screen Snapshot” series, en
comes to a hard
and use for sandwiches. It makes
titled "A Day at CBS.” As the
boil. Pourinsugar
a lovely gift.
setting for this reel, Ralph
nnd syrup at once,
Straub, who produces the se
Fruit Bread
stirring constantly,
(To
reduce
ries, chose studio 22 at CBS in
(Makes
3
loaves)
foaming, one-fourth teaspoon butter
Hollywood, to show network
may be added.) Continue stirring,
12 eggs
stars at work.
bring to a full, rolling boil and boil
3 cups sugar
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hard one minute.
6 cups flour
Armen Manoogian might never
Remove from fire, skim, pour
c tablespoons baking powder
have become Kay Armen of "Sky
quickly. Paraffin hot Jam nt once.
2 cups chopped seedless raisins
way to the Stars” and “Stop the
2 rups chopped walnuts
Apricot Jam
Music," if a small-time booking
* cup chopped candied orange
1 pound dried apricots
agent hadn’t told her she looked and
peel
1)4 cups sugar
sang like Kate Smith. Even so, she
’ cup seedless raisins
Beat the eggs and sugar together had quite a struggle before she hit
"i cup .vater in which apricots
for 10 minutes on an electric mixer. the top—M ajor Bowes said she was
were soaked
(Hand beating will take an hour so completely without talent! She no
1 orange
you’ll have to enlist help from the longer resembles Kate—she's lost 60
pounds!
Wash apricots and soak in water youngsters!) Fold in the flour and
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enough to cover for one hour. Slice baking powder which have been sift
ed
together.
Add
the
fruits,
mixed
Louise
Barclay.
"D r. Carson Me-
orange fine and cut each slice in
and
floured
with
a
bit
of
extra
flour.
Vlcker"
of
“Road
to Life," meant
fine pieces. Mix all ingredients to
Bake in greased loaf pans in a slow to be a concert pianist. A graduate
gether.
of two conservatories of music, her
Cook slowly until thickened. F ill (325-degree) oven for one hour.
This Is a nice bread for a gift. first concert scared her so that she
Jelly glasses and seal with paraffin
It's rich and has a distinctive flavor changed professions. Her psychia
at once.
because of the walputs. Serve it for trist role has Interested her so much
Pear and Apple Cnn«prve
sandwiches when entertaining, rath that now she says she would choose
9 hard pears
that if she ever again decides to se
er than for a meal.
6 tart apples
lect a new profession.
Released by W NU Features.
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LYN N RAYS:
ODDS AN D ENDS—In case you’ve
Make or buy biscuit and pastry
Make Wrappings Gay
mixes and store in the refrigerator wondered what W endy Barrie is do
For Home-Made Gifts
to have them ready for quick use. ing, she’s a tremendous hit in tele-
ision— has three shows. . . . And
Plum puddings can be given away
Make it easy to stuff your holiday
in small colorful bowls or molds bird by getting crumbs ready early Jackie Cooper is making a name for
himself in the same medium, in
with the paper over the top. The and storing them in glass Jars.
straight drama. . . . Plenty of criticism
scallop treatment around the paper
Round cereal boxes such as those of the title of Universal-International’s
gives a festive effect.
In which oatmeal comes may be "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands,” the
When you’re giving away cookies covered with candy striped paper Joan Fontaine-Burt Lancaster slarrer,
should lead to the censorship of such
In a round, flat, tin box, make it and filled with cookies.
titles in future. . . . It got the wrong
decorative by placing a lacy frill
Children’s goodies can be given kind of publicity in N ew York when
around the edge of the cover. A away in small socks. Put in a red
young murder suspect said he went
real holly sprig on top will show candy cane for color and tie the
to see the picture after leaving the
off much better if placed on a small sock with a red. green or colorful scene of the crim e.. . . Robert Taylor's
lace doily
bow.
nes,t w ill be "Viva Zapata."
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