Week-end Chat

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 142, 3 July 1937, Page 12

Week-end Chat

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COUSIN

ROSE.

C0UNTRY ANDj AVN.

JULY 3, 1937. DEAR EVERY ONE, — I have very interesting letters this week, and I thank you all for them. In winter, when we have long evenings, and spend mueh time by the fireside, there is time for thought and diseussion. I was surprised that no lettfcrs arjived giving esamplos of * ' visual imagery, 1 ' for that is a very interesting theme. One person, commenting on this, said she alwaya imagined time as & sort of egg-shape linh divided into jays and months, as the case may be. We all hav© visual imagery to som© ©xtent. We memoris© scdnes, we for® lasting impressions pf gatherings, events, and yiewe, and many of us see abstraet ideas as concrete in shape, Dq you ©eo life as a stfaight line? or do readers hav© any deflnite imagery on anythicg they think off • • • These two letters from Napier urrived too late for iast week so here they are now, Pleae© address all letters only to COUSIN ROSS. Pear Gousin Rose,— In answer to "Gard©ner,s?, question M to heflge= hog© being roischievous, they most decidedly are. My eariy peas w©r© attaekqd, and the inside young growth nipped out in a most annoying way. As I had put black cottoa up and down along the rows, I knew it was not bi?ds. Going down to th© garden with a torch one night i ©aught a hedgehog red-hauded. J also had a complete brood of chiekens degtroyed by these night-prowlers, My hugband heard U ©qmmotion, and armed Wifb a poker w©nt to investiga.te, H© found the hen valiantlv trying to proteet h©r brood from the onelaugbt ef a large hedgehog, but fiv© were already gene — only the fe©t left as ©videnc© against the rodent, Th© rest were dead, probably due to the moihi? koa trampling qn them |n her exeitement and anxiety.-rr-Yours, ©to., ~~~ ^ALSO A GARDENER." Dear Qonsin Eoee,— Thank you sp mueh for posting on th© pareel ©f oid stockings from a kind person in th§ ©ountry. The semi-invalid hue made a cover for a chair, and is now busy with a ' ©0V©r for her ©o,u©h. $h© hailed the generous par©©l wjth great delight. Tfiank you also, dearUousin Rose, for your own contributions,—Youns. etc.,

• • • This is an axeellenfc recip© for wholemeal brqad, contributed by a xeader. Another rooipe has also been sent from Ceatral Hawke '© Bay and will. be printed a little later. 5 cups wholemeal (2 coarse, 3 fln©), 1 pint liquid (milk and water mixed), 2 smalj teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon raw sugar, 1 ' tablespoon eompressed yeast-^ 2d worth, Plac© flour and salt in warm basln, cream yeast and sugar gradually, add warm liquid. Ke©p the whole prpcess at about 80 degrees, Add tQ flour and knead well. Divjde, and plaee in two welirgreased and warm tins. Wrap an blanket^ and set to rise in warm place for apout one hour, or until well rijen. Byush top with milk and bake in goofl ov©n until golden. brown and th© loaves hav© left the gid© Of th© tin- Turn out ©n wir© rack to eool. [N.Z. — Cousin Rose tried this recijie and it is easy, and so very nice.] • • • A Waipawa reader sends this gestion;«Now that Poorman's oranges are in eeason again the housewife's thoughts will be on marmalade, but these oranges also make a most refreshing and healthful drink. Squeeze an orange the aame as a lemon, put juice in glass and fill with either warm or cold water. And no sugar, nor any sweetening, Children goon gefc to love this drink and it as v©ry ben©flcial tftken first thing in the morning. • * • Th© pioturesju© language used by writerg in the Ameriean Press ia gQmetimes to be envied for it certainly strikes its point home tp th© dullest reader. Listen to this from "The Houghton Lin©":-"" There is »o ©ucn thing aa a pamiess tax, and never tras. unless it wer© laid on some auperfluou© luxury like earmibe flnger-nails or th© little pins that the laundry ©ticks an the tail of our shirts." 0 • % Thia week a letter. came with a query from a r©ader, and as it waa on the subject of health and food, the letter was hauded to the writer who is ©on« tributing a series of articles on this much-diecusaed theme. The rest of the letter will be ansivered later Dear Cousin Rose,— I, for one, was jnterested in your correspondent 's letter on FOQD, and have two questiona to aBk him. Firstly, has suet any food value used with wholemeal in, ateamed puddings? BecOndly, what ia the best way to cjure an ordinary cold— I mean oue that starts in the noee and throat.— Yours. etc..

This is the answer about suet;-" Last week I mentioned that xeflned sugar was not a desirable food and it ds easy to slide from sugar to th© questi.on of fats as food. Foods are diyidod iuto classes, sugar© and fats being in the carbo-hydrate class; they are energy and heat-producing foods. Qf course there ar© some f oodu that can b© placed in two classes. Wkeat, for inatauce, as well as tsowe other coreals are iu the catbO'hydrats . class, but provide body 'building elomentc as in the protein class. Your correspondent requests intormation regarding suets. I tak© it she refers to beef suet. Fats and oils ar© good foods of their particulax elates but all animal fats are mo'ra difficult to digest than vegetable fats (oils). It seems that the digestdbility of these range along their mclting pointe; the lower the mclting point the easier digested and thereforc assimi'lated. Iu order of digestibility I would placo some of them this way: Olive qil, peanut oil, cream, butter, lard, beef fat, muttOn fat. But befsrare of mutton fat. All animal fats are liable to give indigestion and mutton fat the very worst of all, Your correspondent should watch out with th*

pUun suet puflflingj the young can general^y digest it as their digesflve organs ar© very active, but ia later life it is not so eaey. Fats are a stable food; they will keep from decay for long periods. Mutton fat has a melting point higher than body temperature. Place a cold piece dp the mouth and notice the resultj so when taken into the stqmach a hard task is thrown on the dige^tive organs. Those with weak digestion are sure to be troubled, Your correspondent would be advised to uee white flour in the suet pudding as this makes for- a lighter pudding than th© nse of wholemeal. Wholemeal ds best used as bread when it can be chewed thoroughly and not eaten with milk as is usually dpne with a pudding. • • • Here is one more bright little letter thht waa nearly too late:-— Dear Cousin Rose^—I entirely diS' agree with "Ndive" that children delight in th© misfortnnoe of others as sh°Wn in aursery rhymes, I hav© ©f ten thought that their feelings aT© too mu©h harrowed by sad poems and stories. Well do I remember being moved to tears when * ( Mrs Bond '' sweetly and heartletisly sang to a pretty tunes "Dilly dilly, Dilly dilly, Come and be killed, Fdr you must be stuffed And my cuetomers be And what a tragic punishment for poor little Suck-a-thumb, in Strueb • peter, to have h©r thumbs cut off, As for Daddy-long-legs, who would net say his prayers— wel] at used to b© conpidered sueh a dreadful thing not to say one's prayers, that perhaps th© punishment was not too mueh, Do children ever ask for a sad etoiry 1 Never,'— -Yours, etc,,

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