WHICH WILL YOU HAVE?

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1939, Page 8

WHICH WILL YOU HAVE?

TWELVE PUDDINGS IN ONE. Here is good news for the housewife who is always wondering, “What shall I make for a pudding today?” In summer the problem is so much simplerstewed fruit or fruit-pies are always popular, or better still, fresh, uncooked fruit or fruit salad. But in winter something hot and a little more substantial is wanted. And now here is one deliciously light sponge mixture from which you can actually make 12 different puddings. Not only that, but the same mixture also makes an excellent cake, if baked for about an hour in a moderate oven.

Take two eggs, their weight in butter, sugar and flour. Cream the butter and sugar, beat up the eggs, and add separately, mixing in thoroughly. Mix in a little flour at a time, also a small teaspoonful of baking-powder if plain flour is used. Beat up thoroughly. This mixture can be put in a buttered basin and steamed for one .and a half to two hours, or baked in a buttered pie-dish for three-quarters of an hour to one hour.

Treacle Sponge.—Put two tablespoons of syrup at the bottom of a pie-dish or basin, and pour the mixture on top.

Ginger Sponge.—Add two level teaspoons of ground ginger to the flour. Serve with vanilla sauce.

Cherry Sponge—Cut up two or three ounces of glace cherries and add to mixture. Serve with custard sauce.

Marmalade Sponge.—Put two tablespoons of marmalade at bottom of basin or pie-dish. Sultana Sponge—Four ounces of sultanas, raisins or currants or all mixed added to sponge mixture.

Date Sponge.—Four ounces of dates are added. These two puddings take a little longer to cook, and if more fruit is added still longer cooking will be required. Coffee Sponge, —Add one tablespoon of coffee essence to mixture, and a little extra flour. Serve with white sauce flavoured with coffee or cream.

Chocolate Sponge—Add a good tablespoon of cocoa and a little extra sugar or chocolate powder without extra sugar to the flour. Serve with chocolate sauce.

Orange Sponge]—Grate rind of two oranges into mixture and mix well. Serve with white sauce flavoured with juice of one orange. Lemon Sponge—Same as orange with a little more sugar added to sauce. Peach Sponge—Drain the juice from a tin of peaches, cut up small, and place in bottom of pie-dish. Pour sponge mixture over. Any tinned, stewed, or fresh fruit, drained of juice, can be used for this pudding. Strawberry Sponge. — Mix enough cochineal into the mixture to colour it pink. Put two tablespoons of strawberry jam at the bottom of the basin. All these mixtures except the treacle, marmalade, jam and peach can be baked as cakes.

“It was a long time before we could convince anyone that plant diseases matter,” said Mr J. D. Atkinson, of the plant diseases division at Owairaka, speaking to members of the Auckland Rotary Club. “Yet,” he added, “at a conservative estimate New Zealand loses about £7,000,000 a year through plant diseases. That is as near as we can get to the annual losses. That really explains our existence, for when a loss is as high as that you can see that something has to be done about it.” He said that apart from insect pests there were about 450 known plant diseases. ’ ■