Coral Gables Riviera

In The Woman's World of Fashion and the Culinary Arts.

PAGE 2 THE CORAL GABLES RIVIERA FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1941 In The Woman's World of Fashion and the Culinary Arts.

Many Kinds of Cold Cuts Are Ready for Warm Weather 'Easy Eating'

"Easy Eating" (little heat, less work, plenty of flavor) is just what Summertime orders, and there are over 1,000 kinds of cold cuts to help you out! Your own meat dealer will be charmed to introduce you to dozens of these ready-to-serve friends. Meet such palata pals as bologna liver sausage, salami, spiced ham, chicken loaf, liver cheese, Braunschweiger, lunar loaf, boiled ham, cervelat, veal loaf, pork roll, cooked tongue, pepperoni, minced roll, capicolla and headcheese. You may buy your cold cuts "in the piece" or ring, in slices, in cans or in jars. You will use them (assorted) for the main dish for sandwiches, or course. Sliver them for salads; chop or grind them for stuffing eggs and tomatoes; slice them for skillet, to au gratin potatoes, casserole mixtures. Remember that you need not serve them cold; they fry, broil or bake. Ready-to-serve meats are prepared with the greatest of care, the finest selected meats, spicy mixtures wholesome and nutritious and seasoned to the American taste. Nutritionists tell us that they're wealthy in food values and most of them are rich in vitamins, the liver sausage and pork types being especially valuable for laudable vitamin B-1 (thiamine). You can indulge your fondness for these delicious cold cuts with a clear conscience; you can take ease with these: Combine bologna, apples, cabbage, nuts and pickle. Mix with sour cream dressing (or mayonnaise) to which French dressing if preferred) and arrange on lettuce. Serves 6. Ham Cornucopias 1/2 sliver pork boiled ham 1 1/2 cups baked beans 2 tbsp. melted butter, 6 slices bacon Toothpicks To serve slice lay two slices of ham together. Mix baked beans and corn together; divide among ham slices. Fold opposite corners of ham over bean and corn mixture to form cornucopia; fasten with toothpick and cover with strip o bacon. Place in baking pan in moderately hot oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for 5 to 7 minutes until ham is heated through and bacon is crisp. Remove toothpick with pancake flapper. Serves 6. Summer Salad Rolls Mix together pork loaf, bologna, celery and eggs and mayonnaise sufficient to moisten and add salt and pepper to taste, if necessary. Mix together well. Split rolls lengthwise but not through; butter cut sides and fill with salad mixture. Garnish with additional mayonnaise if desired. Serves 6. Liver, Sausage and Spaghetti Cook spaghetti as directed on package. Brown the crumbs in 1 tablespoon of butter. Slice liverwurst about one-half inch thick, cut into small cubes. Brown in remaining butter. Combine crumbs, salt and tomato sause with spaghetti. Add liverwurst cubes; mix together lightly and serve. Serves 6. Summer Salad Rolls 1 can potted pork loaf 1 cup diced bologna 1/2 cup chopped celery 1 hard-cooked egg, chopped 1/2 cup mayonnaise 2 large oblong rolls Cold Plate Suggestions Cold Sliced Liverwurst, Spaghetti Stuffed Celery Olives Radishes Hot Rolls Plum Pie Slices liver sausage 12 slices spiced loaf 12 slices spiced ham 6 slices chicken cheese 6 slices tongue Platter for 4: Summer Salad Corn Muffins Mix Pickles, Spiced Avocado salad Buttered bran muffins Blueberry and Cream Supper Plate for 6: Fruit cup with lemon sherbet ball Platter of: 12 slices cervelat 12 slices Braunschweiger 12 slices spiced ham Potato salad Succotash Olls and butter Beverage and Dessert

EUROPEAN SWAIN COURTS WITH LOVE IN HEART, SOAP IN HAND

When gentlemen go a-courting in Europe they go, not with flowers, but with soap. Or at least they do in France, according to an American newspaper correspondent. Soap of all kinds is severely rationed, so that even an extra piece of laundry soap is a precious gift in the eyes of the European damsel. Miss Europa, like her American sisters, knows only too well that personal daintiness is the keynote to feminine charm, but without adequate amounts of soap and hot water she finds it difficult if not impossible to maintain her standards. No such problem faces the American girl. In a country producing three and one-half billion pounds of soap each year, nobody has to skimp on cleanliness nor wait for a suitor to "say it with suds."

Brittle Nails Grave Concern To All Women

Brittle nails, nails that peel or split, are subjects of grave concern to all women. The injury itself is painful--the appearance of the nail is spoiled. Housewives and career women are sisters under the skin when faced with this problem. All of you have tried your best--everything from polish or general health to occupation. You have even made efforts to eliminate what you felt was the cause. And--your nails might have been worse without these attempts. That is to the good. Now, a nail polish concern has had the courage to risk a thorough research job on this subject with the assistance of the country's leading dermatologists Their findings--plus your diligence, care--should give you ten beautiful nails! Caring for the Hands In reply to the query, "What makes fingernails split," they say: (1) Injury to the nail. Run an emery board lightly over the rude daily. A tiny nick can become a real split. Avoid strain by forming the habit of using the finger pads, no knuckles instead of the tips. Try this when typing, dialing the phone or pulling on your girdle. (2) When the skin of your hands is dry, the nails and cuticles become dry, too. Massage oil daily, with a good rich cream. (3) Diet deficiency, nervous or glandular disorders cause bad nails. This is nature's warning to see your doctor. What does water do to the nails? Nothing much. Nails are almost impervious to water unless it or the soap is highly alkaline, which would lead to dryness--no additional effect. Cause of Hangnails What about hangnails? They are caused by failure to keep dry, push back the cuticle. A hangnail should be trimmed and touched with a mild antiseptic. A coating of colorless polish helps protect the opening until it heals. Use your nail polish to beautify your hands. Always wear the most becoming, loveliest shades of polish. The varied shades in the clear duraglas bottles are easily determined before purchasing as the finger-nail decals coat are painted with actual polish to help you make your decision.

QUALIFICATIONS LACKING

Analysis of rejections by the Federal Housing Administration of applications for home-shortage insurance through 1940 reveals that approximately half were due to a low rating of borrower's credit, over one-fourth because of the property, and less than one-fourth because of the neighborhood.

Small Service Yard Adds Convenience

In planning the layout and development of the site on which a home is built, Federal Housing Administration officials suggest a small service yard be set aside. Readily accessible from the street and adjacent to the kitchen, such a service yard may be screened by shrubbery where garbage and refuse cans may be placed. A space for drying clothes should be in convenient relation to the kitchen or basement door.

The Century Club of Coral Gables was organized in February, 1930.

Doors, Windows In Your Home Require Planning

The location of doors and windows have an important bearing on the house's exterior appearance, FHA officials point out. These are a matter not of cost but of forethought as to their effect on the exterior. Through proper spacing and grouping of doors and windows, FHA officials say that a simple rectangular house can be given character and pleasing variations from its neighbors. Corner windows may often be used effectively to obtain wall space in small rooms. Where windows of the usual type are used, they should not be placed too near the exterior corners as this has the effect of making the structure appear weak at the corners, where it should appear strong and solid.

Transportation Is Important

Transportation is an important consideration in selecting a neighborhood for a small home. FHA officials suggest that the neighborhood chosen for a home should be well serviced by cheap regular bus lines. The location of a home is within walking distance of the place of employment of the family head and the schools which the children attend, adequate transportation facilities are absolutely in essential.

NO FUZZ ABOUT IT

THAT angora sweater you're knitting for the newcomer--or for yourself, will be much less exasperating to handle if you'll place the fuzzy yarn in the ice box for a couple of hours before you begin your knit-two, purl-two. The icebox treatment prevents the line lint from clinging to clothes and upholstery.

In 35 years, the temperature here has risen to a maximum of 96 degrees only on three day; in 24 years it has not exceeded 4.

How to Get Sleep in Hot Weather

Are you one of that hot-weather army that draggle into the office after a scorching night, puffy of eye and haggard from lack of sleep? Nothing is worse than the weary feeling that another hot day is coming up. Work must be gotten out--or a household must be run--and your energy reserve is sapped because of lack of sleep. There are numerous steps you can take to get yourself that priceless restorative sleep in hot weather. Here are a few: --Rest on cool, clean sheets--the under one stretched tightly. --Wear absorbent cotton jajamas or a gown. --Don't go to bed hungry--nothing will keep you awake more surely. A cracker or a glass of milk will allay hunger contractions without raising body temperature or overtaxing your digestion. --Keep a bottle of good quality witch hazel in the ice-box; pat it freely all over your body. Do not dry it off, for it reduces your body temperature. You'll be surprised at how cooling this fine, old family standby is, and has so many uses, particularly in summer! --Lie out as straight as is comfortable, preferably on your back, though any other natural, untortured position will invite sleep. Lie still . . . but, without holding yourself rigid. Squirming and tossing burn energy, make you hot and rumple the bedclothes into the bargain, making you hotter. Soak pads of cotton in a good quality witch hazel, lay them on your eyes to shut out all errant rays of light, cool your eyes and your head. After twenty minutes, if you're still awake, try this physical relaxer. Lay flat on your back, with your arms at your sides, concentrate on one part of your anatomy at a time. Tense the muscles, tight, thinking consciously of how it feels, then relax doll-like. If you don't relax into sleep after that, don't torture yourself. Get up, get a drink of cold, not iced water, read a little until you get sleepy, then stroll back, put fresh cool witch hazel pads on your eyes--and go off to sleep. NEVER, NEVER say grimly, "I must get my sleep--tomorrow's a busy day." Anxiety raises your temperature and tightens you up, puts sleep off even farther.

Sweaters 'n Shorts

For active sports, sweaters and shorts seem to be the fashion order of the day on the West Coast. Columbia network vocalist Pat McKay of Fletcher Wiley's shows and actress Sharon ("Second Wife") Douglas are shown her in colorful and comfortable clothes for archery. Pat wears snug fitting shorts in cotton herringbone weave and a navy sweater with white angora puffed sleeves and pocket trim. Sharon favors the pleated linen shorts and cashmere slipover.

Science Produces New Strains of Iceberg Lettuce

Agricultural Experiment Station Aid Growers Until three or four years ago, growers did not have a hope, or anything upon which to base a hope, of growing iceberg lettuce in Florida. Today, thanks to science, new strains of iceberg lettuce have been produced, better suited to Florida conditions than any varieties known before, and Florida has begun to produce this celebrated "salad crop." Over 93 per cent of the nation's present crop of iceberg lettuce is produced in California, which in 1939 shipped 37,243 carloads of lettuce, and Arizona, which in the same year shipped 11,182 carloads. Iceberg lettuce shipped from Florida last winter graded at 85 per cent of No. 1, or better, on the average, which was equal or superior to the best average of California, according to experts. The best variety of iceberg lettuce, known as Imperial No. 44, will stand more heat and still form solid heads, than any other variety which has been tested in Florida, it is said, while another new strain, Imperial No. 847, has been grown for the main mid-winter crop in Florida and along the Georgia coast. Increase in Carolina Production South Carolina produced 187,000 crates if iceberg lettuce during the past season, the result of trebling the amount of acreage devoted to lettuce. The average yield was estimated at 170 crates per acre. Sixty per cent of the 2,175 acres of lettuce grown in North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was devoted to the iceberg strain. Most of the agricultural experiment stations in the south coastal states have given attention to this profitable vegetable and will supply information to growers. Florida Lettuce Queen

Causes Listed For Rejections Of FHA Loans

Three principal reasons for the rejection of applications for home loan insurance are given in the Seventh Annual Report of the Federal Housing Administration. 1. The borrower does not appear reasonably able to meet the proposed obligation. 2. Defects in the property itself. 3. The character of the location of the proposed project makes it undesirable as security for the loan. Analysis of rejections by FHA through 1940 indicates that approximately half were caused by a low rating of the borrower's credit, over one-fourth by the poor character of the neighborhood.

Save That Ice

Most people keep their refrigerators loaded to capacity during the summer months. One way to conserve precious space is to buy milk in the new handy quart bottles that are actually one inch shorter and 20 per cent lighter than the conventional bottles. They have been especially designed to fit refrigerator space. And bottle caps are being used now by many dairies.

"Veily Plitty"

Strictly oriental are to be the coiffure styles for the coming season. The hair will be worn pulled smartly back from the forehead and ornamented with hair pins that look like hat pins, or with pom-pom posies, fresh or artificial, worn over the ears. That lacquered look for your tresses may be obtained by shampooing with a lotion having an oil, rather than a soap, base.

Greater Miami's bank clearings in 1940 were $46,135,246.

Clever Cooks Are Menu and Recipe Plagiarizers

Are you a kitchen plagiarizer? Fear not the appellation, shun not the title, for though to plagiarize it "to purloin the artistic productions of another," it's exactly the right thing to do in the food world. Borrow an idea from the menu the next time you dine out; "lift" a tip from the radio, the movies, column like this; then make it yours with a new twist. It's lack of derring-do that makes for dull meals, so learn to purloin if you would please! Today's Column is devoted to tricks of the culinary trade which may help to make your chosen profession (?) a livelier one. BEG, BORROW, STEAL THESE TRICKS Ears for Cake Baking Make "ears" on your cakes! When you line the baking pan with paper, cut two strips about 2 inches wide and put them underneath the lining paper--so that they cross in the middle and hang over the sides about an inch. When the cake is baked and cooled, lift it out by the "ears"--catch on? Chocolate Flavored Gingerbread Like "chocolate chip" cookery? Try M. E.'s trick: Mix your package of the Washington gingerbread mix (George W. loved it!) as usual, only add half of a 7-ounce bar of semi-sweet chocolate cut into small chunks to the batter before baking. Mmmmmmmmm! Two Timer Fool your friends who think you "slaved over a hot stove" all morning with Mrs. B. C. C.'s trick: Just mix a can of spaghetti in tomato sauce with a number one can of shrimp. Heat it in a casserole, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and dinner's ready! P. S.: You don't have to remove the black line from the shrimp unless you want to; it's iodine rich, so eat it or not as you will. Guide for Buying Mrs. N. D., tired of too many leftover, figured out this trusty meat-buying guide: one pound of boneless meat will serve four; one pound of meat with a little bone will serve three, and one pound of meat with more than an average amount of bone will serve two. Rifted From a Restaurant A southern restaurant, famous for its pecan pie, makes it this way: mix together 3 slightly beaten eggs, 1 cup dark karo, 1-8 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup sugar. Then add 2-3 cup coarsely chopped pecans and pour the mixture into a baked 9-inch pie shell. The secret is in the baking; bake it in a hot oven (450 degrees F.) for 10 minutes (pie), then reduce the heat to $50 degrees F. and continue baking until a silver knife inserted in the center of the filling comes out clean. Juice Without Tears Onion juice for salads is a laughing proposition when you follow a famous chef's secret for its extraction; sprinkle salt on the cut side of the onion, then scrape gently with sharp edge of knife. More juice, no tears. Happy thought? Douse This Special-- Mr. G. A., man-with-a-way-with-food, parts with his chicken salad secret: cubes of ripe bananas are dusted with paprika, mixed in with chicken, celery, green pepper and mayonnaise. Peppercorns lurk throughout, just as freckles lurk on the peel of ripe bananas. Prize Prunes! Stewed prunes are even better (and this is a secret) if a small stick of cinnamon is added while they're stewing and coarsely broken grapefruit sectors are mixed in with the finished product. No more Florida, where that idea comes from! Far From "Cheesy" From a French restaurant comes this "continental supper": mix 2 tablespoons of crushed caraway seeds with one cup of cottage cheese, season generously with salt and pepper and chopped chives (if you're a mind to) and spread at least half inch thick on pumpernickel bread. Eat that with cafe au lait. Biscuit Lore A champion biscuit maker (according to a proud spouse) divulges the secret: don't mix flour and shortening too well; don't knead dough for more than 30 seconds; and use an all-phosphate baking powder. Investigate this secret, 'specially if you're a new bride. Nuts In--Not To--This The best-yet sauce for cauliflower, asparagus, broccoli, or what have you for dinner tonight--is made of melted butter (about one-quarter cup), one-half teaspoon of paprika, a whis-per of Worcestershire sauce and one-quarter cup finely ground, almost pulverized Brazil nuts.

U. S. Woman Is Best Dressed in the World. Says Famous Illustrator

American women are the best-dressed in the world--thanks to their hats. That's a man's judgment, but the man happens to be Dean Cornwell, famous artist and illustrator, whose murals are world famous and whose illustrations appear in the nation's foremost magazines. Before him has passed a parade of some of the loveliest models in the world, girls who possess all the chic and verve that are associated with beautiful women. Hats Bring Out Beauty "I have noticed this about hats," says Cornwell, "they use a hat as the ultimate object in bringing out their beauty. It is the final, finishing touch to their loveliness. "And that is true of most American women. As a whole, America has the best-dressed women in the world. Even before the war you noticed that if you went abroad. Where some countries have a handful of well-dressed women, American women seem to be that way in the mass. Much credit must go to their hats. Their chic is so inexpensive in this country that every woman can afford to be chic." Expressions of Art Ever the artist, Cornwell sees today's hats as extensions of yesterday's art. "If it's good, it came out of history," he says. "The basic lines that have been proven good by time and the masters are in use today by hat designers. "These designers have gone back as far as the Renaissance for their inspiration, back to Boticelli and the other masters." One of the best-known muralists in the world, Cornwell has just finished two mural panels in the Tennessee State Building at Nashville, Tenn., which depict the history of Tennessee. He worked on them a year. Now he is going back to illustrating for a while, lending his supple hands and imagination to America's magazine illustrations and eschewing the historical costumes of murals for the gay and dashing clothes and hats of the well-dressed woman of today.

Club Woman's Cook Book Has Culinary Secrets

Coral Gables Woman's Club's 1925 Cook Book reveals interesting, tried and true recipes. All of the recipes in the 140-page tome have been contributed by members and friends, nearly all residents of the Gables. The Riviera will present some of the recipes here each week in the Woman's page section of the paper and the first offering is one from Mrs. George Merrick, wife of the postmaster of Miami. Mrs. Merrick says this recipe came from the first chef of the Coral Gables Country Club about 1925. Lobster a La Newburg Cook fresh boiled lobster into squares. Saute in shallow pan with 1/2 cup butter, dash of paprika, pinch of cayenne. Saute until warm. Add tablespoon Moquins Newburg. Saute for six or eight minutes. Add half glass cream and one egg yolk, little nutmeg. Stir together until well mixed. Add slowly to lobster in pan, stirring well, until creamy. Serve on hot toast. To avoid "cracking" cook over slow fire. Mrs. Charles B. Stearns, who wins many prizes for her delicious soups, offers a "Quick Stew, Fresh Vegetables" dish that is appropriate in summer as well as winter, for fish is one of our main products and easy to get in the local markets. Conch Stew 3 conchs (ground in food chopper) 1/8 lb. salt pork (cut in small piece) 1 small bunch celery 3-4 medium onions (sliced) 6 okra (sliced) 1 cup shelled green peas 1 cup lima beans 1/2 lb. string beans in inch pieces 2 carrots (diced) 1 can tomatoes 1 medium potatoes (sliced) 2 green peppers (chopped) 1/2 cup uncooked rice 1 tablespoon sugar 1 small clove garlic cut fine Salt and pepper to taste 1 bay leaf (if liked) 1 quart water Partly cook salt pork in bottom of kettle. Add rice and stir until golden in color. Add sliced onion and paper. Cook until slightly tender. Add all other vegetables in layers, the string beans, carrots, okra, celery, peas, tomatoes and potatoes. Place the ground conch on top. Sprinkle red pepper, parsley, paprika, sugar, salt and pepper over garlic between layers. Do not stir as that will make it mushy. Use a pressure cooker or vacuum cooker if you have one or 25 degrees (after steam begins to escape) for 25 to 30 minutes). The stew may be cooked (simmered) in an ordinary kettle until tender, but it will take a longer time and more water may be required.

Sun Tan Great, But Take Care

The famous Florida sun is one of its greatest attractions, but travelers should be warned on how to take it. The greatest advice is to take it easy. Don't subject your unaccustomed skin to too big a dose of it at one time. Scientific investigation shows that the Florida sun possesses the health giving ultra violet rays in greater and more effective proportion than anywhere in the world, including the Alps and the Riviera. It will do you unmeasured good, but only if you take it sensibly. A real sun tan is good looking; people come here for, but they often make the mistake of trying to get that coveted tan in too much of a hurry. A bad sunburn can be serious and it can make you sick. It's just the same as with attractive strenuous Florida sports. If you take too much mountain altitude at a whack, it can knock you out. If you try to do too much horseback riding right off--well, you know. We herald our sun, but like any good host we don't want you to overdo anything.

Villa Vizcaya, the estate of the late James Deering, is valued at $15,000,000.00. It is located on the bayfront, just adjacent to Coral Gables.

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