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Christmas time is definitely candy time. and what could be

.i.more fun than shopping for a

supply of candy for the holiday selatsgin, except making it your- se

and divinity fudge. Divinity fudge is made with beaten egg white

and maybe unusual recipes.

Two pieces of equipment most candy recipes call for are a candy thermometer and a marble slab. The candy thermometer can be dispensed with, but it elimiliates the guess work from cooking Wndf. and likewise the failures

that sometimes occur as a result

as a marble slab.

Chocolate fudge is probably the favourite. and here are two basic recipes for it, one made with cho-

Then add the flavouriiig and beat with a wooden spoon, or pour on

to. the boiling point, and boll without stirring to 240 F. or until the candy forms a soft ball in cold water. Remove from the fire, cool. add flavonring and work candy to right consistency as in previous recipe.

For variation, add to either re.

Chocolate Fudge 1. Here's an unusual fudge, and it's Io very appropriate for Christmas.

Plum Pudding Fudge

2 squares unsweetened chocolate

3 cups sugar

1 cup sour cream.

Melt the chocolate in a sauce- pan over hot water, add sugar, mix well, then add the sour cream gradually and stir it in very care- fully. Put pan on the stove, stir to dissolve sugar and boil without stirring until it forms a very soft ball in cold water or reaches 230 degrees F. Pour onto large plat- ter, and when it gets cool, work until it becomes stiff. Put in A bowl and soften candy ovar boll- ing water, and add a few grains of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of van- illa, U3 cup of glace cherries. U3 cup of Sultana raisins and 1 cup of chopped nut meats. Pour it into a mould or deep pan, such

as a bread pan, leave it for sev- ;xaattxyy!'

place of the vanilla, chopped al- monds with almond extract, chop-

ped candied pineapple, or any kind of dried or candied fruit, candied ginger or nuts of any kind. For a very extra special fudge in

Divinity Fudge

contents of first saucepan to 244 F., or soft ball stage. Twenty minutes after starting the first mixture, place the contents of the second saucepan on the stove and cook to 270 F. or hard ball stage Beat two egg whites until stiff, add first nnxtiire. and heat until it's stiff. Then slowly acid the second mixture, still beating. Add 1 tea-

lnto diagonal pieces, and roll into cornucopia shapes, having a very sharp point at one end, and turn- ing in the other end to hold it in shape. Cut the pointed end with a pair of scissors-a very small hole for fine work or lettering, or

may ofgcourse be used for deco- rating cakes.

1. teaspoon salt.

Cook the sugar. corn syrup and cream. stirring constantly, ulitil the boiling point is reached. and continue cooking, keeping the sides of the saucepan washed down with a pastry brush dipped in cold water to 240 F. or the me- dium ball stage. Add one table- spoon of butter and continue cook- the hard ball

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the butter

unappetialng as cold bread sauce.

The cranberry sauce is one of the things that can be made well in advance. Here are two recipes -one is Just plain cranberry sauce, and the other is a little unusual. To make cranberry sauce, add i quart of cranberries to 1 cup of boiling water, and cook until they

cranberries and 2 oranges. seeded and quartered, through the food

with some carrot curls, made by placing strips of thinly sliced car- mts in cold water for a short time, and olives, will add a finishing touch to the main course. A little lettuce, torn (by no means cut! into coarse pieces, and tossed with French dressing, made by shaking together V, cup of salad oil, 5' tablespoons of lemon juice or vin-

you have all the cloves out, stir in and serve with the main course. Make sure that it is served piping hot-nothing is so

Born In Beauty

' 1 (By RAYMOND A. LAJOIEJ U 0 0

High in the Austrian Alps, in the region known as the Tyrol- ”the land of the mountains"-is to be found the birthplace of "Silent Night, Holy Night”.

Here, the towering Tyrolean peaks, centuries-old and famed for snow-capped grandeur, rise

the town of Oberndorf, Austria. Here in 1813 lived a devout young

and opera fudge with cream, and , , therein lies the difference. 2 ; 3:35 Ct::,?1a1svI.up T H f:,?,pB,,eerfl a:gdcgK?1gug;eo:e,?ll::,.r' Austrian priest named Father wouldn't be possible to give i V , - 0 "5 . ' Joseph Mohr. With his friend, the recipes for even a quarter of the x'-' Cu” ifam, i,:., cup D,-mm Sun, 3",", m M lens” W” mm" hem” village schoolmaster and church iikilimerous variations based on 1i,g;LagL:; ,2 Cup whm. sugar beiltgigdulte nkely that you Wm” organist, Franz Gruber, he was ese main t , bt h ' i' - - d t' d t ive th world this only to let yoi;1r)e:jsmagl:na&g: WEKS Put first three ingredients into ggggmsyiup wants to saerve salgd with the nfgaimmmgusg of 331 Christmas der to think up many delicious OM Smlctipailr 1”? 5'3C0"d 10L M '1 mblespoon bugle; Cm. mg” hmn,eln'm Van, lyw hymns. sugar and water into another. Cook 50113 I OUB . I e crap ce ery. The me me” bum love.” or

great music, had often talked of the fact llliat "the perfect Christ- mas song had not yet been found" Thinking about it, Mohr sat in his church study on Christmas Eve.

1818. Outside, the hushed silence of the night heightened the snow-1 covered beauty and stillness of the;

t mountain scene. i

The purity and calmness of the,

. ing to 249 F. or I; 1 g San nd a spoon of vanilla and 2l3 cup of st e R ,8 no the he t dd GEM. .4 caspoon 0 . 8 mgh peaks hum ms hm” Mm, Ch0Dl)ed nuts, turn into a bllli-Cred vagteaspfignnmof vahlllla and,aif k:ie- dash each of papmm Ind pep- radiant joy as he recalled those,

pan alid leave until mid, then cur in squares. Add anything you fancy-dried or candied fruits, nuts, cocoanut, cut-up marshmal- lows. grape nuts, and so on, to vary the recipe. 0 O 0

At Christmas time the children like to get in the swing of things too, and there are several varieties

solve the "what shall I do now Mommy” problem, which some- times arises during holidays.

lumps in the sugar always sift it

attached at the stem end, sepa- rate into petals, and place a tiny ball of fondant in the centre.

The cherries may be out almost in two, a. ball of fondant placed inside, the whole pressed together again and rolled in granulated sugar. .

Coffee fondant-is easily made by boiling two tablespoons of ground coffee and 14 cup of water together for a few minutes, strain- ing the liquid and adding enough conlectioners sugar to make it of such a consistency that it may be kneaded smooth with the hands. It may be cut into rounds, rolled in sugar and served simply as cof- fee creams, or used for filling or covering for nuts and fruits.

Fondant may be coloured in any way, flavoured in any way, made into any shape wanted, and deco- rated in a dozen different ways- very versatile stun.

Uncooked Fudge 7 ounces of sweet chocolatl 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup confectioners' sugar

sired, i-.- cup chopped nut meats Pour in pan or platter and cut in strips.

and grew the plant himself as n licubby at his South Carolina home

lday color scheme of rich bright red with a. contrast of the dark green of the leaves.

The beautiful pninseltia, almost a ”must” as far as Christmas dec- orating is concerned, is one of the most temperamental of plants.

The polnsettla thrives in its na-

kept between 70 and 80 degrees during the day and no less than 65 degrees at night. Any sudden change in temperature and drafts will cause the plant to drop its leaves.

Abundant water is also a neces- sity, but it should be applied but once a day so that the plant may become moderately dry between waterings. This permits needed oxygen to reach the roots.

Try to give the poinsettla the sunniest spot available. It is wise to fertilize it occasionally with a good commercial food tablet.

per, is equally good. some time can be saved on Christmas morn- ing by washing the vegetables the day before, so that they are al- ready to peel and put on the stove. and setting the dinner table the lilght before if possible, and if not, by having silver, linen, etc., ready for the job next morning.

It is now time for dessert, and

1 cup brown sugar; 1 cup bread 1 tea-

1 cup suct: 3 eggs, well beaten; crumbs; U3 cup of flour;

hours. This recipe makes a lot of plum

ed up whenever you want an ex-

ou may vary these as you wish. Beat until light and flufly and chill thomughly.

Jelly hard sauce is a rather un- usual recipe. Along with the usual butter and sugar, there is some jelly in it, which lends a nice texture and unusual flavoui.

clpe, a cup of coarsely chopped tive Mexico but elsewhere must be Cream 4 tablespoons of butter with f,'”f;i,s3;;i5;)lFilgfdP9;i tx;1e:':1u"n:';';'3: handled carefully -- perhaps pam- one cup of icing sugar. Beat the manows '6,” in quarters mm the pered slightly. However, the bril- jelly with a fork until perfectly fudge baore turning it 'mt0 the liantly colored flowers it hns at smooth and add to the sugar and pm. 0,. anange in me pan and Christmas time is reward enough butter mixture. Beat until well pom. the fudge on mp To make for any efforts needed to make the blended. Tart 1811195. such as cocmmut fudge subsmhm ,5 cu plant, thrive, cranberry or currant, are best for shredded cocoanut for chocolate ip t ' A CODSMM Warmth is needed by this T901138-

' n ""9 rm" sectmnsl 1e”m3 them polnsettlas. Temperatures should be Here 15 '1 m3mY 531199 Which

also requires no cooking:

1 egg yolk

5 tablespoons sugar

1 egg white, dash of salt V, teaspoon of flavouring.

Beat the egg yolk until very thick and lemon coloured, then slowly beat in half the sugar Beat the egg white until stiff but not dry, and add the remaining half of the sugar. Fold the two mixtures together carefully. Add a dash of salt and the flavouring.

Don't forget the fruit, nuts and candy which go with the coffee, and can be arranged in bowls the day before.

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2 eggs.

Melt chocolate over hot water. add the butter, sugar, and beaten egg yolks. Then add the stitfly beaten egg whites, 1'1. teaspoons vanilla, and, if desired. a cup of coarsely chopped walnuts or other

first Cliristln-.is tidings, "Jesus, the, Saviour. is born." And 0105 thoughts that had been long form- l ing in his mind suddenly found, musical expression ill the song, which we have come since to kilow nd love as "Silent Night, Holy, Night." , The next lnornilig, Christmas; Day, Mohr hurried to his friend's:

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of guessing wron . and can be ob- M Candy which new n9 cmkmg "early eV”Yb0dy, Wm be h”VmF home with the manuscript of his mined GU”-8 ig9XP9n51V91Y- For "C1 are meal for chlldrgn F0 plum puddmgl Mm we mmuys precious song. Grubcr read it in-. candy making on a small scale, a mime" It could be that me” 8”” mwume 53395 tently and exclaimed, "Friend large platter will do just as well Cmldre” Mme 0n.Ci.l”5””” Yam" . Mohr, you have found ll-the

lion now, and this is one way to Plum luddinz HEM song " God 1”, p,.nN,d!.. l

Ctruber. thrilled with the spirlli of his friclirii.x' ri'l'sr-s. set to work. to compose lhe pcrfccl melody in:

two friends lll'il lP1Il'S of ,1oy.li:

slab or platter and work with a beforehand" and stir "mu it is . .- A r , - - their eyes. A new hynin had been spatula, ,m,,,, ,, begins to get mg. smooth, adding as much lllovre 3rr;1lwilF”lSi'tf. lill:::lc:.FWilV H Amp gzgdlblasl. llggltbllttuglrhchcpjuclgmllmgy-. bow as-y. Turn at once into at buttered Sugar as is needed to make 3 Sm! p ' E " ' I i The slur-y of how the song

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mlnd and he played it with all its powerful yet simple beauty. 50 entranced was the organ-builder that he begged to take a copy of the song home with him to his own town across the mountains.

Song,” because it had first come from the Tyrolean Alps. With that title it was printed in 1842 for the first time, 24 years after it had been composed.

From that time on. the song ilag

- . ' ' ' ' '9 th . . ” Chmhn” Dmn" tiS1lent '?:'h(;rsl:e'autiful melody of ”Silent the hymn WM Passed 011- Still it been put into countless;othez- nu. Night" came back to Gruber's was without a name and was guages and carried to all parts cf known simply as "The Tyrolese the world to become the best loved

of all Christmas songs and-hymns, I-t touches a heartfelt need. and to all who hear it, it brings the Sav. lour's calm and peace in its strains of beauty and joy!

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IN THE SPIRIT or FRlENDl.l- NESS AND GOOD CHEER, we THANK YOU roa YOUR MANY l

FAVORS AND SINCERELY WISH YOU AN OLD-FASHIONED YULE- TIDE AND A NEW YEAR

nuts. Spread in n buttered pan; and allow it to stiffen before cut- ting in squares.

Peppermint Creams

eral days to ripen. when ready to use it, remove from the mould and out in slices.

Opera Fudge

2 cups sugar

1 cup heavy cream

1;; teaspoon cream of mm

'2 teaspoon vanilla.

Put sugar and cream in sauce- pan, stir to dissolve, add cream of tartar and boil. stirring to prevent burning, to the soft bell stage or 288 1'. Pour on platter which has been moistened with cloth. leave

(which may take 3 bit of patience.)

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Put the white of one egg, two teaspoons of cold water and two drops of oil of peppermint in a bowl, beat until it is very light, and add one tableapoonful of con- fectioners' sugar at a time, heat- inc all the while, until the mix- ture holds its shape. Remove one third of the mixture to another bowl, and continue adding sugar to the remaining two thirds until it is stiff enough to knead. Place on a board, knead until smooth, roll out to one eighth of an inch in thickness, and cut into circles or whatever shape: you wish.

Divide the one third that was reserved earlier into several por- tions, colouring each a pastel shade

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