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Feeding the Family
By ZOLA VINCENT
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Holiday Go-Togelhers
Fruit cakes, breads and cook
ies using dried, glaced or fresh
fruits, or a combination of the
three have been a part of tradi
tional holiday feasting for much
longer than any of us can re
member. Sun-dried fruits were discov
ered by early Egyptians to have
wonderful keeping qualities and
a sweetness never before experi
enced. Techniques for drying,
packaging and transporting
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ages of individual fruits or al
ready cut-up combined for easy
fruit cake and other dessert mak
ing. A natural, of course, for
decorating cakes and other holi
day goodies. c
The "nut-bowl" with accom
panying nut-cracker is a famil
iar sight particularly this Jime
of year. We are most fortunate
in having a wide variety of
seasonal nuts for use in "sweet
cooking," for stuffings, salads,
as garnishes or just plain crack
ing and eating. Take your choice
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FRUIT CAKE GIFT
Can t think of a sweeter gift! For home
enjoyment and gifts for a favored few friends or good neighbors,
this honey-date-nut fruit cake is a honey of an idea. Let the chil
dren help with the making. Many -good fruit, nut and honey
suggestions are included in today's food columns.
have improved vastly, but the
principle, discovered so long
ago, remains the same. The most
popular of todays dried fruits
are apricots, prunes, apples, figs,
pears, peaches, currents and
raisins.
Dates, rich in energy-giving
sugar plus protein and minerals,
have been a staple food in
many parts of the world since
before our recorded Biblical
times. It is still not uncommon,
particularly in Arabia, for peo
ple to exist for months on a
diet of dates and milk. Dried
they have excellent keeping
qualities. However, in the Uni
ted States fresh dates are pre
ferred and most of our com
mercial crop comes from Cal
ifornia's Coachella Valley, the
date-growing center of the Uni
ted States. They are packed
fresh and clean according to
Government regulations, while
imported dates must be pas
turized. Nowadays fresh dates
may even be purchased pitted
and rolled in rice flour for easy
handling.
Glaced fruits are candied
fruits and citron. Make your
own or buy in convenient pack-
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of Brazils, walnuts, almonds,
filberts, peanuts, pecans or chest
nuts. Once shelled, untreated
nuts become quite perishable
and to maintain their peak of
flavor and texture should be
placed in tightly covered con
tainers and stored in the refrig
erator or at least a cool dark
place.
Honey iP nature's own sweet
ener. Among our earliest known
sweet recipes we find combina
tions of honey, fruit and nuts.
Honey comes in different flavors
dependent upon the floral source
used by the honey bee. Perfect
when spread or poured over all
forms of bread, hot or cold; a
real treat' on cereals; and when
used in cooking it adds a distinc
tive flavor all it's own. Honey
keeps well when stored tightly
covered in a dry place. Do not
refrigerate. If it shouldo crystal
lize, simply heat it slowly over
warm water and it. will return
to it's liquid state.
A Few Do's for
Superior Fiuit Cakes
Long slow baking is . of pri
mary importance to the success
of your fruit cake. Fruit cakes
have long been noted for their
keeping qualities and in fact are
best when given time to age.
Many people feel that it takes
at least four weeks or longer
for a fruit cake to develop it's
full richness of flavor and tex
ture. Others, however, find just
a few days satisfactory. 'Tis a
matter of taste.
The important thing to re
member for proper aging is that
fruit , cakes must be thoroughly
cooled before being wrapped
snugly in wax paper or metal
foil and stored in air-tight .con
tainers. They also freeze well
with the aging process continu
ing. You might keep this in mind
if you have some left over that
you would like to save for eat
ing later in the year. When your
fruit cake has "aged," decorate
with a simple sugar glaze and
an arrangement of glaced fruits
and halves or slivers of your
favorite nuts.
For smooth, attractive, easy
to handle servings, chill cake
thoroughly before . cutting into
thin slices with a chilled knife
Honey-Dale-Nut Fruit Cake
One of Ease and Distinction
This fruit cake is the one
shown in our picture. It uses
honev for a just-right flavor
note. Easier to make than the
heavier fruit cakes, it still re
tains the advantages of keeping
ability and distinctive flavor.
1 15-ounce can sweetened con
densed milk (not evaporated)
ii cup honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice, sherry
or brandy
1 package (14-ounces) dates, pit
ted and diced n
2 cup coconut (8-ounces) finely
cut : Q
't cud walnuts, chopped
V- pim candied cherries and
DineaDDle. diced
Combine condensed milk,
honey and your, choice of lemon
iuice. sherrv or brandy in
large mixing bowl. When well-
blended, add dates, coconut,
walnuts. : candied fruit. Mix
thoroughly,. Line 'a 9x5x3 inch
loaf pan -with wax paper, oil
well. Pack fruit cake mixture
in pan. o
Bake in moderate oven (325
degrees) for one to V-A hours or
until toothpick inserted in cen
ter comes out clean. Place on
wrack and cool for five minutes.
Remove from pan, take off
paper. Flavor improves witH
aging. For best cutting-results,
place in refrigerator until really
cold, then slice. with a chilled
knife.
Spiced Dried Fruits
Use your favorite dried fruit
or combination of fruits for this
tarte-tingler, which cn b med
as a relish when- served with
meats or as a wonderful dessrt
when! served with cram or soft
custard.
3 cups prunes (dried tpricots,
pears, peaches, figi or com
bination) 3 cups water
1 cup vinegar
2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 3-inch sticks cinnamon
1 teaspoon wholt clove.
1 teaspoon whole spice
Rinse fruit. Add water and
boil 25 minutes (fruits other
than prunes aftd figs require
only 20 minutes). Carefully stir
in vinegar, sugar and spices and
simmer 10 minutes longer. Al
low fruit to stand overnight in
syrup before using. Makes about
2V2 pints. Q
Dark Fruit Cak
Rich and Tempting
If you prefer dark fruit cake,
you will find this one as tradi
tional as the one you inherited
from "great - grandmother" by
way of Aunt Sue. It is recom
mended that this age four weeks
or longer. Instead of using the
individual candied or glaced
fruits you may prefer to substi
tute an equal number of cups
of pre-cut mixed glaced fruits.
IVi cups dried apricots
V4 cup honey
1 cup seeded raisins
2 cups seedless raisins
Vi cup brandy, sweet wine or
fruit juice
1 cup candied pineapple, diced
1 cup candied cherries, halved
IV2 cups citron, diced
1 cup candied orange peel, diced
1 cup fresh dates, sliced
1 cup blanched almonds, slivered
1 cup walnuts, chopped coarsely
1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
1 cup butter or margarine
1V4 cups brown sugar, packed
4 eggs
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
V2 teaspoon mace
V4 teaspoon ground cloves
Vi teaspoon Soda
0 Rinse apricots,. place inesauce
pan, cover with water and boil
10 minutes. Drain, cool and
chop. Combine with honey in
small saucepan; heat to boiling.
Cover and let stand untjl cool.
Chop seeded raisins and add
seedless raisins. Turn apricots
and honey into large bowl, add
raisins and pour brandy over
all. Cover and let stand over
night. Candied fruits, ctiron,
peel, dates and nuts may be pre
pared and added to this bowl
the same day, but do not mix.
The following day, cream short
ening and sugar together thor
oughly. Beat in eggs, one at a
time. Sift together flour, salt,
spices and soda; add to creamed
mixture and mix thoroughly.
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Georg Darley.
Thert is no such thing at this
time as "Titian blonde." The
hir coloring of the blondes por
trayed by the great Venetian was
achieved by a secret mixture of
paints the artist never revealed.
Titian lived to be 99 and was
active until almost the end. That
was in a period when the male
life expectancy was around 31
years. Have never noted Titian's
,diet or manner of living discus
sed. What was the secret of his
longevity? While it probably
wasn't his interest in blondes
thatprolonged his days, that
might have helped.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. How
do you pronounce the name of
Fouquet's restaurant on the
Champs Elysee, Paris? It is pro
nounced, both "Foo-ket" and
"Foo-kay." However, "Foo-kay"
is correct ... Q. So you know
everything. Tell us if a man bet
allothe tea in China against all
the coffee in Java, what odds
would he be given, if any? A.
Your query baffles me. In fact,
it knocks me back on my heels.
Still I never said I knew every
thing, only nearly everything
. . . Q Has there ever been an
other star of the opera as small
as Lily Pons? A. Emma Tren
tini 'was only five feet. Lily is
smaller than that but not much.
Checking
How talented are you as a
checker-upper? The following
poem includes every letter of
the alphabet but one. If you can
say what the missing letter is in
30 seconds or less you qualify as
a Grade A checker-upper!
Mix fruits together by lifting
from bottom of bowl with a
large spoon or broad mixing
fork. Pour batter over fruits and
mix thoroughly. Turn into -pan
which has been lined with 2
thicknesses of greased brown
paper and 1 of greased wax
paper. Recipe will fill 1 large
tube pan or two 9x5V4x2?4
inch loaf pans or the equiva
lent. Pack batter down lightly.
Bake in slow oven (2J5 degrees)
for three to ZV2 hours, with a
shallow pan of hot water in bot
tom of oven. When done, cool
completely, wrap properly and
store for aging. Makes 6'i to
seven pounds of fruit cake.
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Cf asy buxom fair
Who stocks his ain and
thinks it gain
ToQquii his awkrd air.
Horses and Women
The first Fhort skirts worn
by women in this country in
the 20th century were six inches
above the ground. That was in
1906. The shortest the skirt has
been in the 20th century is 28
inches above the ground. That
was in 1929.
Passing By
Baron Long. Distinguished
Pacific coast inn-keeper. A man
of over six feet himself, Baroi
has a sympathetic attitude to
ward lengthy fellows. So his
Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles
features beds that are eight feet
long. Frank Shellenback. Great
major league twirler and pitch
ing coach of the New York
Giants. Frank is the father of
eight children. Pitchers are the
most prolific papas among the
ballplayers but I don't know
why.
Asides
One distinguished physician
continues to maintain the best
treatment for a common cold
is aspirin and a "night cap" of
bourbon . . . How is your coed
daughter getting along with her
mathematics? Ask her what the
answer to the following prob
lem is: "A frog in a well 42 feet
deep jumps up three feet each
day and then falls back two
feet. In how many days will 'be
be out of the well?"
Briefly.
At this time the world's three
most reliable and useful units
of currency are the Swiss franc,
the .Venezuelan bolivar and the
United States dollar . . . Am
Thursday, December 1, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIB ONE SEVEN
Loss of GM Franchise
Told To Subcommittee
Washington CU.R) A Missouri
auto dealer testified yesterday
that General Motors Corp. re
fused to renew his franchise be
cause he was not selling enough
cars.
The dealer, J. Ed Travis Jr.,
St. Charles, Mo., was the first of
a dozen former GM dealers
scheduled to testify today' and
tomorrow before the Senate Mo
nopoly Subcommittee which is
investigating General Motors. :
Travis testified that GM offi
cials visited him last June . and
notified him that his franchise
would not be renewed Oct. 31.
"I was so struck dumb I didn't
know what to say," Travis testi
fied. He said that he had handled
Buicks and GMC trucks at St.
Charles since 1920 and Pontiacs
since 1933.
He said the Buick zone man
ager had pressed him to try to
sell more Buicks at a lower unit
profit. The Buick official also
suggested that Travis make up
any reductions of profit on auto
sales by selling more extras for
the cars and by doing more ma
jor tune-ups, instead of minor
service jobsoin his repair shop,
the witnesssaid.
Grange
asked who introduced the song
"A Pink Cocktail for a Blue
Lady." It was Carl Brisson . . .
To refer to a feminine singer as
a "nightingale" is wrong. Very
wrong. It is the male nightin
gale that sings. His song is for
the purpose of courting the fe
male of the species.
Central Point Grange
Officers for Central Point
Grange will be installed at Cen
tral Point Dec. 18 at 1:30 p.m.
They are: Master, Harold Geb
hard; overseer, Velda Mang; lec
turer, Delmar Smith; steward,
Otto Neidermeyer; assistant
steward, Chester Wendt; lady
assistant, Anna Wendt; chaplain,
Margaret Wilson; treasurer, Nyla
Kuest; secretary, Lucille Geb
hard; gatekeeper, Fred Kuest;
Ceres,' Dorotha Straus; Pomona,
Ruby Brown, and Flora, Eudora
Bohnert.
Next regular meeting of Cen
tral Point Grange will be Dec. 2.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday
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