Coral Gables Historical Archive
Coral Gables Riviera
Friday, August 29, 1941, page 2 (of 8)
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Up! And over! That's the way
to keep trim! For flatter stomachs lie on your back with arms at side and legs stretched out. Raise legs slowly and bring them over your head and touch the floor in back like a reverse somersault. Then bring them back to original position. At right Bette Harmon, Columbia radio starlet, finds this exercise swell for trimming down the hips. Keeping hands on the floor, rise from squatting position until the legs are completely erect and the knees are entirely straight.
Easy as Pie! And Mrs. Whitley's Lemon Pie Is Delicious With Fish
We appealed to the charming wife of our Mayor, Mrs. Joe Whitley, for the "Recipe of the Week" and found her way of making lemon pie most satisfying. Mrs. Whitley says this lemon pie dessert, she usually serves with her once-in-a-while fish dinner, and she incidentally left us in on another Whitley secret—that of using the well-known game "Jewfish" for the main part of the meal. Jewfish is very fine when sliced and breaded and tastes like chicken, says Mrs. Whitley. It may be bought at the river fish markets when in season. Lemon Pie 1 cup sugar 1 heaping tablespoon flour 1 heaping tablespoon cornstarch 3 eggs Grated rind and juice of 2 small or 1 large lemon Mix all of the dry ingredients together well. Then stir the yolks of the eggs well and add 2 cups of hot water slowly over the eggs and dry mixture. Cook in double boiler, stirring constantly until thick and smooth. To the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs add three tablespoons of sugar. Take one tablespoon of this mixture and fold into the cooked mixture (this gives a fluffy texture to the cooked filler of the pie). Fill a baked pie shell with the mixture and spread the meringue over the top. Bake in a moderate over 300 degrees F.
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POP LOOSE IN KITCHEN? BETTER TELL HIM HOW!
Off to the seashore, mountains or country for a week or two with the children? You'll do it to well-merited choruses of "my wife's gone to the country; hurray!" from the man of the house, but you may be sure that cheers will turn to groans as soon as dishes pile up, beans become boresome and the coffee just isn't like yours, somehow. Wise the wife who, along with the note about feeding the canary and putting the cat out, pins up simple but specific instructions on coffee making, defrosting, how to cook that steak, fry those onions, mix up a chef's salad. Wiser still is she who lines cupboards with jars of ready-to-heat-and-eats like chicken a la king, spaghetti, corned beef hash, potato salad; fills the refrigerator with grapefruit juice and sections, ready-to-eat shrimp and who baits man's eternal belief in his cooking with a few simple recipes he'll have fun making. Pin these ideas, recipes and household hints for the male right over the kitchen sink, why not? How to Grill That Steak Have porterhouse, sirloin or club steak cut at least one inch thick. Set regulator to broil. Place steak 2 to 3 inches below the surface of a one-inch steak will be two inches from source of heat and a two-inch steak will be three inches from source of heat. If 350-inch heat is used, lower rack accordingly. When one side is nicely browned, season with salt and pepper, turn and finish cooking on second side. Season second side and serve immediately on hot platter. One-inch steaks require twelve to fifteen minutes for broiling; two-inch steaks require thirty to thirty-five minutes. Chef's Salad Bowl (Permits Male Chef Flair) 2 medium-sized tomatoes 1 head Florida grapefruit sections 1/2 cup chef's French dressing 1/2 head lettuce 1/2 head chicory 1 (3-oz.) package Roquefort cheese Wash and stem tomatoes; cut into eighths. Pour 1/4 cup French dressing over them and let stand about one-half hour in refrigerator. Meanwhile, wash lettuce and chicory; separate leaves and tear into small pieces; place in salad bowl which has been rubbed with a clove of garlic, if desired. Add Florida grapefruit sections and crumbled Roquefort cheese. Add marinated tomatoes and pour remainder of dressing over salad; toss well and serve from the bowl; serves six. Chef's French Dressing 1 1/2 cups mayola 6 tablespoons vinegar 2 teaspoons salt 1/8 teaspoon paprika Pinch celery salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons catsup 1 1/2 teaspoons chili sauce 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce Combine all ingredients and beat with rotary or electric beater until smooth and well blended. Makes about one and one-half cups of dressing; leftover dressing may be stored in a covered glass jar in the refrigerator.
CLEANING REFRIGERATOR IMPORTANT IN SUMMER
The hotter the weather, the more important is cleanliness of the refrigerator. Spilled foods should be wiped up immediately and avoids molds and bad odors. Left-overs should not be left too long. In addition to day-to-day care of the refrigerator there should be a complete weekly cleansing with lukewarm, not hot, suds, followed by a rinse with clean lukewarm water Shelves, cube containers, vegetable and egg containers should be included in the weekly wash-up.
CLASSIC GREEK HAIR-DO EMBLED MODERN ONES
Young girls of classic Greece wore their hair falling loose in natural curls or straight to the shoulders a la the debs of last season. Smart Grecian matrons, however, piled their hair atop their heads in crowns of curls through which were twined beads, flowers, nets and jewels, a la 1941.
DOILIES FOR LUNCHEONS REQUIRE NO STITCHING
For breakfast, lunch and other informal meals in summer use bright-hued place doilies and matching napkins. They can be made without any sewing if the edges are ravelled evenly all around to form a fringe. Any of the wash fabrics can be used for this purpose, and they make charming table settings. Heavy fabric drapes are used not only for decorative effect, but also for sound absorption in theatres, broadcasting studios and in offices which contain business machinery.
There are more than a dozen
compartments for comb, keys, large mirror, address book, change purse, pencils and classroom notebook in this snappy purse, designed by Frilo, of red corduroy and plaid wool. Pat Ryan (above) wears a beige and brown plaid skirt of one suit with camel's hair jacket of another bright yellow sweater.
In the Woman's World
This chicken and noodle casserole looks good enough to eat right off the page—and the accompanying story tells how to surprise your family with it.
Chicken and Noodles Wear Party Dress in Attractive Casserole
When the day is bright and sunny that's the time to heed the call of the not-so-wild outdoors. Meals to prepare? Of course—but let's plan things that don't demand hours in the kitchen. Hot food the family must have even when the temperature is soaring. But for many a meal just open cans of condensed soup, add water and heat. That's one appetizing way to take care of the hot food situation. Soup is light, easily digested and stimulating. Or maybe at other times a nourishing hot main dish casserole is the answer. This can be put together in the cool morning hours and parked in the refrigerator until baking time. If in the casserole you include vegetables as well as meat, so much the better. One of the most savory all-in-one's is a zestful dish of chicken and noodles, tender young carrots and chopped celery in a tempting sauce and topped with hot stuffed eggs. It is a dish to satisfy demanding outdoor appetites, yet the actual cooking time is but a brief thirty minutes. Chicken and Noodle Casserole With Vegetables 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 can condensed chicken noodle soup 1 1/2 cups cooked diced chicken 1 1/2 cups diced celery 1 1/2 cups diced carrots 3-4 eggs, halved and stuffed Cook the diced celery in boiling water (no salt) for fifteen minutes, then add the diced carrots and continue cooking until tender. Drain. Combine the cream of mushroom and chicken noodle soups. Add then diced chicken, diced cooked celery and carrots, mix well and pour into a casserole or baking dish. Put into a moderately hot (375 degrees F.) oven and heat for 20 minutes. Then arrange stuffed eggs on top of casserole and heat for five to ten minutes longer. Serves six.
Things We Didn't Know 'Til Now About Watermelon
Watermelon. Watermelon is a delusion of grandeur bloomed into reality., Watermelon is a grammarian's example of the word "redundant." It is garguantan, awkward, impractical—and one of the swellest things a spendthrift Nature ever tossed off in an expansive mood. There is nothing so much fun to eat as watermelon. Some hold to the round - slice - on - a - plate school, and some prefer the wedge shape with the drooping middle beaming up at you, and some (sissies!) go in for making little round balls of the meat. But the best way to eat watermelon is pickanniny fashion, lengthwise (both you and the watermelon) to let the juice run right off your elbows and preferably to sit on the back porch the while so you can plug out the seeds and see who can plup out the furthest. A variation in this impetuous sport is to shoot out the seeds between you thumb and forefinger, your friend's noses being especially favored as targets. Watermelons go plunk when they're ripe and plink when they're green, but the connoisseur's way is to make a three-cornered gash into the middle with a sharp knife, spear out the triangle and drown at it. This is known as "plugging" and if you know intimately the man who sells "watermelonoooos" he may let you eat the plug. The noise you make when you eat watermelon sounds just like you are saying luscious over and over and probably you are. There never was a color as pretty as watermelon pink and probably angels wear robes just this color on Sundays. Anyway, we are going to when we get to heaven. And eat watermelon every day, too. —Dorothy Ames Carter.
Graces Home
This beautiful bud vase, standing seven and a quarter inches in height, is one of the designs produced by modern American craftsmen in glass.
LONG-HANDLED BRUSH ELIMINATES TUB RING
Lack of tools, rather than carelessness is often the reason that people leave the "ring around the bathtub." Try hanging a long-handled brush near the tub, and have an adequate supply of soap handy so that each bather may easily wash out the tub. The brush should be given a separate soap-and-water cleansing and dried in the sun at least once a week.
The correct makeup for any day
is found in this Lucien Lelong kit. It contains several hues of dry and cream rouge, lipsticks, eyebrow pencils and mascara to match any color scheme. Bonnie Donahue (above) features 'pajamas of white silk with red cross-stitched border—a dormitory favorite.
Honey Retains Important Role At Weddings
Honey has been a "must" at the bridal table from time immemorial. Centuries ago in Morocco the wedding guests were always offered honey before the ceremony. The wedding supper of a Roman couple consisted of milk, honey and poppy juice. Today, honey still has its place in the wedding breakfast and one of the grandest uses for this traditional sweet is in fruit bridegroom's cakes. Honey fruit cake is especially appropriate for this purpose, and here's how it's made: 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 pound chopped figs 1 pound chopped dates 8 eggs, well beaten 1 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 cup melted butter 1 cup chopped citron 1/2 cup chopped pecans 2 tablespoons cream of tartar 1 cup chopped pimento 1 cup chopped walnuts 3/4 cup crystallized ginger 1 cup candied orange peel 1/2 cup honeyed orange strips 1/2 cup honeyed stewed apricots 1/2 cup honeyed grapefruit strips 1/2 tablespoon allspice 1 pound currants 1 1/2 tablespoons nutmeg 3 cups butter 2 1/2 cups honey 1/2 tablespoon cloves 1 pound raisins 1/2 cup coffee 1 tablespoon soda 1/2 tablespoon salt To make honeyed grapefruit, orange and lemon strips, remove the peel in four lengthwise sections. Cover with cold water and simmer until soft. Drain and scrape out the bitter inner white pulp. Cut into thin strips with scissors. Cook together two-thirds cup honey, one cup sugar and two-thirds cup water until the syrup begins to spin. Add fruit peel and cook over low heat for 20 minutes or until most of the syrup has been absorbed. Drain in a large wire strainer and roll strips in granulated sugar. Now for the cake itself. The fruits should be prepared a day ahead. Chop and mix the raisins, currants, dates, figs, citron, ginger, prunes and apricots. Add the honeyed orange, lemon and grapefruit strips and allow mixture to stand overnight. Next day cream the butter and sugar and add the eggs. Sift together five cups of flour, salt, spices, cream of tartar and soda. Add this alternately with the honey and coffee. Then combine the fruit and remaining cup of flour, and add this to the cake mixture. Last, add the chopped nuts. Put the mixture into one or two-pound cans, lined with wax paper and steam for two hours. Then bake at 275 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour. This recipe makes twelve pounds of fruit cakes.
SOAPS SUDS QUICK CURE FOR BURNS, SCALDS
If you burn yourself in the kitchen or laundry, you can get quick relief by rubbing the spot very gently with a moistened cake of soap. Let the lather dry, and do not remove for an hour or so.
SOAP, WATER DOUSING KILLS MUSTY ODORS
If your bathing suit smells musty wash it lightly in a cool soap suds, rinse and dry. Bathing suits should be given a suds washing and rinse after every wearing to rid them of salt, sand and soil. Cotton is grown in 17 states stretching from the eastern seaboard across the southern states to California, with Texas producing the largest crop—usually about 25 per cent of the total.
The pink taffeta and black vel-
The pink taffeta and black velvet formal pictured above will catch the male eye without a doubt. Notice the dropped shoulder effect and the bold appliqued leaf pattern on bodice and hem. The young lady at the left matches 'em and mixes 'em. She wears a beige and brown checked jacket of one suit with camel's hair cloth skirt of another, a bright red pull-over sweater and white blouse. Above at left—a youthful fall suit of beige wool with forest green soutache braid trim on lapels and upper sleeve is Jay Meriday's choice for school's opening.
THE 'LITTLE THINGS' COUNT TO YOUR WEEK-END GUEST
So much advice has been written on the thoughtfulness of the perfect guest, it might be well to stop a moment to look on the other side of the fence. Every woman would like to be considered a charming, thoughtful hostess. Also, she does not want entertaining to frazzle her nerves. One of the secrets of achieving such an enviable position is anticipating the needs and comforts of the visitor. Remember the old cliche, "It's the little things that count." Perhaps the spare room—or parlor sofa—in the county house is not as lavish as a guest's own town bedroom. But she'll long remember her Labor Day week-end with a special delight if her little personal needs are given a thought. Tissues, tiny powder puffs, a tray for hairpins are a welcome sight to the nomad. For the luxurious touch, those refreshing spicy toiletries are the perfect answer. A small price will purchase a quaint wood veneered box filled with small guest sizes of dainty bath accessories. For instance, an Early American Old Spice Sewing Kit will perform many duties. The pin cushion top will hold her costume jewelry. This eliminates her leaving her pet pin behind for you to mail. And the box contains a bottle of crisp, spicy toilet water, a cake of soap ample for many splashings in the tub, talcum in the same fresh scent, and bath salts for that added luxurious touch. Then, too, avoid upsetting the household to look for a needle by filling the kit itself with sewing necessities for her last-minute stitch. (Early American Old Spice Sewing Kit retails for $1.00 and contains 1 bottle toilet water, 3/4 oz.; 1 tube talcum, guest size; 1 tube bath salts; 1 cake guest soap. On sale at leading department and drug stores.)
"DRESS-UP" DRESSES for Fall
650 to 1495 CREPES and JERSEYS SWEATERS TWIN SWEATER SETS Slip-Over Styles Coat-Style CARDIGANS and JERKIN 195 to 1495 DANIELS Opposite Gables Theatre Our Store Is Air-Conditioned