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How To Fry Potatoes

Iy Ila Ball” Allen

"whether the lady was a gleaming electric deep fat fryer. or whether she has a heavy quart saucepan and I IYYIBI 53'' ket. French fried potatoes in quick and easy to we are It home." remarked the Che . 'But. Madame. I understand some ” emaker. hesitate to serve this good food. They think French Fries are indlgestibIs.'

Properly Prepared

"Not if they are carefully pre- pared. Chef. and cooked in fat of the right temperature, which is I75 degrees F.. hot enough to brown a V4" cube of bread in 195 minutes. At this temperature the outer surfaces of the potato are sealed instantly upon contact with the hot fat.

"The cooking then proceeds from the inside out. by means of steam from the water in the po- tato. At the same time. the out- side cooks crisp and brown. The

fried potatoes should then be drained on an absorbent paper towel.

Homogenized Shortening "For French trying in the home. I would advise homogenized short- l ening. or any vegetable oil-with the exception of olive oil. Butter cannot be used."

"One caution to the ladies. when the potatoes are lowered in the hot fat. the difference in tem- perature makes the fat bubble up furiously. Therefore. use a heavy dsep kettle. and fill it no more than one-third with fat."

Home-Made French Priea: Peel

and cut ti large white potatoes in slices IA" thick. Then cut length-

t- wise as broad as they are thick.

Let stand 5 minutes in ice cold water. Drain on absorbent paper towels. Pat dry.

Place a layer in a frying basket; try 10 minutes in deep fat at 375 degrees F.. or hot enough to brown s Vs" cube of bread in IV: minutes.

Drain on crumbled paper towel. Dust with salt and serve at once.

'l'0MOEIl0W'8 DINNER

Tomato-Cheese-Lettuce dalad Minute Beef Steaks French Fried Potatoes

' Mexican Corn Rhubarb Tapioca Banana Whip Coffee Tea Milk

Rhubarb Tapioca: Wash and cut in VS" dice Ilia lbs. young ten- der rhubarb. Place in a saucepan; add V: c. water and 9'4 c. sugar. Cover and simmer 3 to I min.. or until tender.

Drain; measure the liquid. Add enough water to make 21!: c. Stir in I tsp. fine-grated orange rind. V4 tsp. salt and V4 c. sugar. Bring to boiling point.

Stir in V4 q. instant tapioca. Cook and stir 8 min.. or until clear. Fold in rhubarb. Chill.

Serve in deep glass sauce dishes with a tapping of banana whip.

BANANA WHIP FROM THE CHEF

Slice 1 peeled ripe banana into a deep pint bowl. Add 1 egg white. a few grains salt. us c. sugar and 1 tsp. lemon Juice. Beat until smooth and fluffy; chill and use

within an hour.

' ELLEN'S

The bare golden willows on the lawn are pretty these days. when they catch glints of the bright spring sunlight in their branch- es.

These are young trees grown from gift-cuttings which came to us. as to many another Island .IBl'mWIIQ. from Agricola. whose passing was a distinct loss to folks far and wide.

What green fingers he had! And what an enviable knowledge of. the flora and fauna of the Island! And how kindly he as- sisted those young lika Jamie. or. older like this grandmother. when. trying to identify osome strange plant of wood or field. some insect. or bird or other cres- ture of the wild, we appealed to him for his aid. More than one If Mother Nature's puzzles be solved for us and in the inter- esting variety presented in his

newspaper column. other ques-

tions as well. . l O O

In what seems to have been

only a short interval of years

. -' ' A To clean lcstlter, add a little vinegar to warm water (not hot), and rub over the leather with a clean cloth. than wipe dry. Grease Slain!-cln be removed with

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DIARY

by an Island Farmer's Wife

since their planting. the willows have grown into sizable trees. sturdy-boled and with wide spread- ing branches . . . attractive in leaf. their bright color striking too against the white of the snow. and pretty in this season as the earth waits in drab shades the vivid green of new garb.

"There'll he leaves again-and before too longl" Mack said this morning when we admired the gold of the branches and spoke of the bare empty neat resting up toward the heights. "And" he smiled. "robins tool"

From a sunny state in the southwest .81: Island girl of the suld lang syne, born and reared in a farrnhous "down by the old millstream" a gifted lady writes: "I hope spring will come early to my native, beloved isle . . . There ill never be another place as nes to my heart-that's why I love to write memories of the olden days . . " " of spring, our fruit trees are all in blossom. peach. plum cherry and pear I can see them from my windows. and Sunday my daughter brought in some of the bloom for the living room mantel. under the mirror. My next door neighbor also gave me some lovely dprimrosas from her front garden; and while out of doors yesterday. I found some very lovely and fragrant wild flowers of the Narcissi type so the rooms are quite scented."

How nice a picture. as we await in their turn here our northern blosaomlngs!

Now is the hush of early morn- ing. at the door we listen for a sign of a wandererer-robin's re- turn.

''It will take more than one any- way to make a summer. Ellen" James chuckled hurrying away to the stable to see if "that thar' black hsifer's had her calf yet."

But not this morning-no notc. no lightsome trill. or liquid run. Nor tonight no song about. only that of the kettle above the wood- flre. the purr of the black kitten on the couch and the warning sound of the old clock on the mantel as it points out the bed- time hour.

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Article about Badly Dressed Wile Hits

Home; Has Faults

DEAR MARY HAWORTH: I've never read an article that hit home so directly as your Mu-ch Bib column discussing a poorly lroomed wife A from the on. lookars's view. we have a daugh. ter and I don't want her to 5. as indifferent to bar appeauncg as I have been. and I realise that example is the best teacher.

I am tall. have a nice figure and -could be very attractive. I have no trouble making and keep- ing friends. But eventually they all get confidential and try to

of my grooming. My poor hug. band has tried too. and nowadays he buys me clothes that he thinks will prove becoming. Also be periodically checks my shoes, to see if they need lifts or cleaning. Repeatedly I resolve to mend my ways, but soon fall back into the unkempt groove. 1 am very fussy about personal cleanliness. but somehow the visual appear- ance I make doesn't bother m and I wish it did. I don't mind wearing a striped blouse with a plaid skirt - and so on.

she struggles vainly For Chic

When taken to task. I earnestly try to spruce up. I'll go through' my wardrobe and mend. press. discard. etc,; then I'll get a new hair-do (new cut and perman- ent)-yet somehow I don't feel any worthwhile change has been wrought. Actually I feel I look the same. no mater how much or how little effor I make.

I don't have any great fashion sense; but I do know I can't go wrong if I stick to plain tailored lines and a few good colors - yet after I stock up with good essen- tials, I don't care if I wear 'hem or not. I am 32 and always have been this way. Can you help me understand why? - and what I can do about it? If husband and frends and my own desires can't change me, can anything? K, V,

Dress Reflects 0ne's Character DEAR K. V.: Your haphazard

.dress, which diamays your hus-

band and friends. probably re- flects lackadaiaical behavior gen- eraliy. And I suspect your hit-or- miss get-up probably has its ori- gins in an immature dependent cast of character. unburdened by a sense of personal responsibility - as if a 3-year-old had casually pieced together his (or her) out- fit for the day. donning what came to hand.

Being pleasingly dressed. by reasonable adult standards. is no accident. Rather it is a fruit "of purposeful effort - a net result of intelligent conscientious en- deavor to make a good appear- ance. It is achieved by study. planning and systematic unfiag- ging enterprise. in corralling the right items and keeping them in repair.

It is possible that in your form- ative years -- maybe up to the time of marriage - you had al- most no "say" in what you wore; or at least. not enough to en- courage you to take a creative in- terest In your looks, Thus perhaps you developed an air of indiffer- ence towards clothes. In an un- conscious attempt to rise above a profound sense of frustration or discouragement or defeat in this area- where individual taste cries for expression (especially in wnmankind).

Frustration Sires Laalness Perhaps as a child you yearned intensely for styles of ralment that were denied you. so that your potential feeling for clothes went underground. figuratively speaking. and later emerged in protest-reactions. That is, in be- havior that professes to despise clot'"'s-consciousness-either as a sour-grapes disclaime of interest in a field of choice once closed to you, or. maybe. as a blind childish thrust at authority-an attempt to spite whoever once dressed you, by looking as badly as possible in the stuff provided.

Maybe this protest-reaction be- came a habit. with its original grievance lost sight of. in your memory catalogue - so that now you dress like a scarecrow. not knowing why In any case. what- ever the inside story. the fact that your husband feels obliged to check your shoes periodically. to keep them presentable. suggests

persuade me to take better care i

Fashion Note

Queen Elizabeth leaves the Royal Academy schools in Lon- don after a visit. The rose she holds in her hand had been held by one of the characters in a tableau featuring George III and was presented to the Queen. The braid on her cost was noted by fashion experts.

that your siopplness is infantile. and also lazy - two classic by- products of early frustration. As for solving the problem. it is related to character. as I've said. Thus the cure. if any. must come as part of a general process of maturation - of growing up to organized adult acceptance of re- sponsibilities. For help in this you might read "The Mature Mind" (Norton! by Dr. H. A. Overstreet. M. II. Mary Haworth counsels through her column. not by mail or per- aonal interview, Write her in care of The Guardian, Charlottetown.

Cook's Corner

KIIPINTIIM

All- Important I

overweights in our reducing fam- ily at large is heartening and wonderful - particularly the re- sponse to the request that suc- cessful dieters tell us what help- ed them to start reducing. These glowing reports will help other overwelgbts.

A sudden realization that over- weight lvas causing her to miss out on much of life's pleasure. got this Oregonian started.

"I was overweight for years - 80 pounds overweight. Oh. I had tried diets. but gave them up after a few days or weeks. one day I was thinking of all the. things I had enjoyed doing as a teen-ager hiking. swimming. fishing - and how much I would still like to do them. I thought of myself as I was -- I couldn't walk very far. I wouldn't have been caught dead in a bathing suit. and I would have sunk a small boat. I suddenly realized I had allowed overeating to takel all the fun out of life!

"I tackled the problem in this way. I chose a diet most suit- able for me and my budget. and then decided it would take me two years to lose the 00 pounds. but I have lost 55 pounds. and I'm not in the least discouraged. Recently on a visit home. I met two old friends - and neither of them knew me at first. I had a good laugh. and went home to continue my diet en- thusiastically. I will never again allow my self to gain weight. Come on, gals - it's not as bad as you think. It can even be fun!" .

The next report. signed "A Hap-. pier Woman." is from a reader whose husband applied psycho- logy.

"I have finally gone on a suc- cessful diet. For years I had been putting off serious dieting. always saying I would start the next week. Then one day my husband made a deal with me. He told me that every week I lost two pounds he would take me out one night, but if I didn't. I would have to stay home. Since then. I have lost between two and three

4 c. flour

4 tsp. baking powder V: tsp. salt

I c. brown sugar

1 c. walnuts

1 ass

1 c. milk

1 tsp. melted butter

powder and salt. Add to this th brown sugar and walnuts. stir it

melted butter. Put in well greased pan. let rise 20 minutes. Bake in slow oven (250 deg.-300 deg.) for 1 hour.

False Teeth Need A Special cleanser

Don't Iruah Your Pialesl Soak Them in Political As Dentists Suggest

Polident is the recommended way in clean dentures. banish Denture Breath. Just follow these easy rules.

I. Never use I brush on llleml Your den- tal isles are much softer than natural ice Brushing wears down fitting ridges so they get loose.

I. Never use soap or toothpaste! They can leave tl.lm which collects bacteria and food Baorticlea. a mayor cause offensive " nture Brcath'.

3. Use a soaking-type cleanser mods for false teeth only . . . Polidentl Poiident cleanser is recommended by more dan- tuts than any other. No brushing, no handling of soapy plates. Polident gets when a bntah can't reach. .

Best of all, Polldent always leaves false teeth odor free. Get the world's largest sellin denture cleanser, Polident, at

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I ANNE ADAMS PATTERNS I

HALF-SIZE ENSEMBLE -

Look slim ,trim-thanks to this at ' new ensemble! Sundress with lovely empire lines; covar- up bolero for travel or town. Pu- lectly proportioned to fit. flatter the shorter. fuller figure-no ai- teration pmblemsl

Pattern um: I-lalf Sizes 1455, I655. Illa. mitt. 2211:. 2436. ise

fabric; bolero. We yards. .

This pattern easy to on, gun. pie to sew. is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions

send TIIIRTY-FIVE CENTS (ac) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern Print" glainly SIZE. NAME. ADDRESS? NUMBER. Sand order to ANNE spans

cto The Guardian, so long Street West. Tomato.

MCIIIRENS

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Sift together the flour. baking

the egg and milk and beat in the. I

I616 dress takes 3'1: yards 85-inch'

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Successful Dieters Share

nceniives

3.! Ida Jean lain , The Clmlfldefk lmtilll lhe.pounds every week. with a total

of 20 pounds off!" Another singularly feminine ap- proach from upstate New York-. "My daughter. aged 20. size 12. had a skirt that l particularb liked. so one day I asked her

to give it to me. She looked at me skeptically. but the next

ks ward for sVx'mrrlng.

morning I saw it hanging'in my closet. That was 4 months ago. Today. not only does the skirt fit, but so do many othar nice clothes in my normal size 12. Thanks for your inspiration."

One of these incentives may help to motivate you to action. Or. perhaps you may prefer to pick your own. At any rate. a strong incentive backed up by the right pattern of eating forms a potent weapon against excess poundage. Try it . . . and report your progress.

Household Hint

It is best to put weights in yout curtains and draperies. because they hang better weighted. Weight- ed tape is sold in various sizes and weights. and is easily put in curtain hems.

l ALICE BROOKS DESIGNS I

IRON-ON COLOR

Only ONE yard 35-inch fabric nceded to whip up this pretty apron! IRON ON the gay butterfly designs - in glowing color!

Pattern 7193: One-yard apron! Tissue pattern. washable iron-on

gold and blue. Medium size only.

Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern (stamps cannot be accepted) to Alice Brooks designs clo The Guard- ian, 60 Front Street West, Tor- onto. Ontario. Please print plainly NAME. ADDRESS. PATTERN NUMBER.

WONDERFUL is the 'tor our NEW Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog for 1955 Exciting. enchanting, - our new designs are all that - and even more! Send 25 cents for your copy of this terrific catalog NOW! You'll want to order every wonderful design in it!

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MORNING SMILE

Patient: "It is a painful thing to mention. but my wife thinks the fee you charged for my oper- ation was far too high."

Surgeon: "But. my dear sir. surely you do not set the same low value on your life as your wife does."

0 They rise so wonderfully- taste so wonderfully good! Thlt'l because I'leiachmann's new Active Dry Yeut keeps full-strength and active till the very moment you bake! No more spoiled yeast! No more refrigeration-you can keep a whole month's supply of I" ' hmann's Active Dry Yeast in your cupboard!

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ICED HOT CROSS BUNS

l'hoy're "topnina" mode with new Active Dry Yeast

ICED HOT CROSS IUNS

ScaldIVc.milk c. nulated an r 2ta .aalt.and5t.bsI. shorts ' 'at.ir in 1 e. cria

breakfast-bran cereal and cool toiukewarm. Meanwhile. meas-

ure into a largg bowl kg c. luke- warm wntar. 2 HE. ggnulated

an ar; stir until an is dis- solvod. Sprinkle with 2 envelog

Fleiachmann'a Active Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 minutes THEN stir well. Add pooled milk mixture and E in 2 well-heatan eggs. Sift iogsihor twice I c. once-aifiad broad flour. Ii taps. (round cinnamrm. I tap. grated nutmeg. Stir about half of this mixture into your mixture; beat until amnofh. Mix in I c. seedless raisins: and 11' c. chopped candied panic. Work in ramainirll flour mlxtun. Graaaa top of tlmtgh. Cover and sat in warm plum. free from draught. lat riaa until doubled in bulk. Turn out on lightly-flnun-ci board and lined until smooth and elastic. Divide into 2 equal portieno: cut each portion Into I2 equal-in pieces; kn-ad cad: place into a nnooth round bun. Place, well apart, on groand cookie sheets and

crab each bun with narrow strips of poetry, if dadnd. Grease top. cover and let rln until doubled in bulk. Bah in a hot own. 425', IA-20 mine. Glaze hot lsuna by bruahlng them lightly with corn syrup. Other treatments: Uas mn- foctionorf icing for cm-an. on bakori buna...oraproad cooledhunawlth whlta Icing and nah aura with

Murchison - Jones . Nuptials

At a ceremony in First United Church. Hamilton. Millicent Aline Jones was married to George Francis Murchison. Officiating at the double-ring ceremony on No- vember 27 was Rev. W. J. Pres-

lste Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Jones of Orangeville. Ont. room is the son of Rev. and Mrs. . M. Murchison of Point Prim. P. E. I.

The bride was given in marri- age by Edwin Jones. and wore I princess stylredresg of pink brocad-

carr w came as. e was attended by her sister. Mrs. Lavina Pre osf. who wore a blue bengaiine pEncess style dress with matching h t and carried red roses. Squadron Leader John Murchi- son was best man.

Followlng a reception at the Wentworth Arms Hotel. the cou- ple left on a honeymoon trip to Bermuda and New York. For the trip the bride wore a charcoal grey suit with pink accessories and a corsage of pink ochids.

Mr. and Mrs. Murchison are now residing in Hamilton.

Clothing of Leather Requires Good Care

. By ELEANOR ROSS

Leather is lovely - if it gets

the right care. It is lasting, ela-

gant and flattering - if it looks immaculate all the time. I-Iandsome leather coats and j ' ' have become a wardrobe staple. and leather hats, too, so it's leather. literally. from tip to toe. Colorful jackets of capeskin. in vivid or pastel shades, aren't luxuries for those living in the suburbs or country. Such coats. teamed with skirts, make won- derful wardrobe extenders.