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Page SECTION A THE HERALD Thursday French Canadians Dutch prepare different holiday meals Christmas cooking Herald Staff Writer Not everybody turkey for Christ mas though it may be one of the cheapest meats around There be different fare on many Hills Christmas tables this year Wild rabbit browned in a pound of margarine for four hours la usually the Christmas Day meal at Connie home Babbit Is popular Christmas fare or the Dutch said Before browning the rabbit on the stove Mrs Nieu marinates it over night in water vinegar and bay leaves The next day she cooks It slowly until the meat starts to fall off the bone Its delicious It last like turkey a bit Mrs Nieuwhot said With the rabbit a pear compote or apple sauce Is served Mashed potatoes a tossed salad and gravy finish the plate For dessert there custard with a hot red berry sauce perhaps zinged up with Christmas Eve Its easy eating she said There no special meal prepared but a wine punch is drunk and smoked eel and pates are eaten on toast LATE BRUNCH After going to church Dec in the morning everybody comes home to a late brunch a raisin bread filled with almond paste and cold cuts I used to make it grinding real almonds but I don anymore Mrs laughed I buy it at the Holland store At Ken and Rose Marie Baskins home the feasting begins after midnight mass on the th In the wee hours of Dec a golden turkey comes out of the oven along with a French Canadian pork and beef meat pie called The traditional way my mother used to make turkey dressing was with giblets and Town hall party off While restoration work on Actons town ball is proceeding well It will not be completed for the planned New Year a Eve party orga Ted Tyler says When Mr Tyler rece ived council support In grant applications last year to restore the hall be invited council to a party In the restored building He said per cent of the restoration work has been completed but the hall just won be ready In time for the proposed party Time to quit Statistics Indicate that smokers have a belter chance of beating the smoking habit when they quit with help So Health and Welfare Canada and the an Cancer Society have developed Time To Quit a self help lng cessation program Smokers can develop own program using free self help guides A three part television to be broadcast in Janu ary will help spur them on And for those who need It information on followup and mainte nance programs will be available Contact your local Cancer society for more Information Red Cross closed The Georgetown and District Red Cross office will be closed Dec In an cmer call the Contact Centre at 1211 walnuts Mrs said She t decided what kind of dressing she a going to be to the IB close friends and relatives expected fur dinner after the midnight service FRENCH CNAD1AN There be potatoes peas carrots and turnips with the turkey Some French Canadian families serve a meatball soup called ragout boullettcs Pork and beef arc rolled Into balls with nutmeg cloves and onions and boiled In water lo make a broth Mrs Bask n Isn making it this year For those who I sweet things there be an abundance to choose from Mrs is making thi traditional Christmas Yule called Node 11 s a chocolate cake rolled up and decorated with Santa elves and mushrooms Busy th her pie dough Mrs Baskln has already made a sugar pic called arte Tho main Ingrc- d ent In this very rich treat is maple There II also be apple pie gingerbread and sugar cookies GOOSE Usually we have a goose but my husbands with he ambulance and wc got a turkey this year Doris said Germans traditional ly eat i big meal on Dec Mrs Trotter said On the they re accustomed to having fish With the roasted bird on Christmas Day Mrs will be serving home made noodles called I have a machine and I make the noodles myself she said It an egg flour and milk mixture with a bit of salt Just like egg noodles or spaghetti the are boiled in lots of water drained and rinsed They re served with drippings from the goose Mrs stuffing Isn a German tradition For dessert there a a traditional Christmas milk pudding which Is strawberry flavored and yeast dough cookies called fll cookies They look like a turn over and are triangular in shape filled with ground walnuts The children have been made a ginger bread house and after Christmas they arc allowed to eat It Mrs has also made them chocolates and those gel gobbled then loo Docs this help you decide who you really want to visit over mas With an empty tummy naturally I looks rather Indifferent to the crafts available to Mm at Holy Cross auditorium Wcdneiday Here he receives coaching from Krudwfg who Is helping the children get ready for a special Christmas program this Sunday at Holy Cross Church Sensitive stress prone birds ready for market There almost no turkey Is eating a turkeys mach he says growth he starts eating says turkey thing to Don Gray A vent a ballooning gross Peace Camp appeals decision The International Peace Camp will appeal a dec si on of the Escarpment Commission which recommended against the development of land near Speyslde the Peace Camp Is renting A publ hearing to review the decision will be held Jan M It on The Peace Camp wants louse acres of land southwest of the Highway Regional Road 15 intersection a rccrtatlonal retreat but project has been opposed by he Ha I ton Kills and Milton town councils Council Monday night agreed that the towns solicitor plus other members of staff should attend the meet The Milton hearing begin at 10 a at the M lion Town Hall Main Street East Milton overweight bird is their weak legs says Mr Gray Working for Canada Packers at their farm on Highway 7 and Mr Gray and a part time helper raise as many as to maturity every Christmas The turkeys are shipped to a processing plant in Walker ton after spending some 13 weeks at the farm Just outside Georgetown Turkeys at their leisure and to make sure they gel some exercise Mr Gray keeps the feed he The poults or new bom turkeys are obtain from a hatchery in The Nicho las type birds arc kept under degrees tab rcnhell when they are young but close to maturity at 13 weeks the birds need only room temperature for comfort Turkeys require quite a bit of care because they are sensitive and susceptible to stress which can lead to any thing Mr Gray says SENSITIVE Turkeys arc sensitive to the temperature and are very packoriented and suicidal For example once ho heard a story where someone left a strange wheel barrow in the turkey bom Later the men found not one but a large number of lurkeys under the wheelbarrow who had suffocated If there Is something strange In the barn the turkeys all pile In a corner Mr Gray believes that something flying over their heads and whistling reminds the birds of the dangers when their ancestors ran loose on the range and faced eagles and other predators Bright colors and a flash camera can drive a turkey he says That why the turkeys arc loaded at night so they II be more docile and not as affect by the change of light from their open area pens There arc three classifications of turkeys Broilers up to lbs Hens 12 14 lbs and Toms Its of which tastes the best although Mr Gray says he prefers a heavy Tur keys taste is turkey taste a lot depends on the cooking or season he says SEVEN TRUCKS The birds are taken to Walker ton an seven transports About six catchers or people hired to catch the birds and put them In the trucks work through I ho night crouching and running to pile the keys Into the trucks It takes a strong back to be a catcher and it a a challenge because they hive lo make sure the turkeys don bruise themselves he says Turkey farming is a seven day a week chore for Mr Gray He says the biggest costs of the Industry arc In feed for the birds and heating facilities to keep the temperature constant Because of quotas placed on production by the marketing board Canada Packers can raise mare turkeys at Christmas but they do usually build up their inventories at the three peak periods of the year Christmas Easter and Thanks DENTURE THERAPIST 2 Main St N Georgetown m Weekdays Even Salurchys by 8772359 dollar daze SALE DATES TUES SAT DEC 33 OFF Men Winter Outerwear I A super selection of men a fashion ski vests ski sots and down tilted jackets sure to conquer the Canadian cola front with 50 OFF All Christmas Craft Kits And Craft Accessories A Pi Pack Whisper OneSize Ptnty Hose A value If PurchsMd or n lo COMPUTER GAME MriOO 140 50 OFF CHILDRENS OUTERWEAR SIZES 6x Own Jeans or Girls ton i style also J mo Mens Briefs cotton knit v Whit pack Infant Suit Hooded acrylic I have I lm our choice SML J Hen 14 91 Coetume Jewellery Super buy brace 1 Your Choice pin ft pen CORN POPPER 50 OFF MENS RUGBY PANTS ASSORTED SIZES STYLES now i 50 OFF GIRLS OUTERWEAR ASSORTED STYLES COLOURS SIZES MENS DRESS SHOES 1000 REG I Girl Brushed Stecpwear Choi blue 9K 50 OFF Xma Fabric Quilt Po 4 Chritlmai Print 2 m IIBcmW Tablecloth Fbrlc 3 m Chrlitmae CutOut 1 Pnl S3 iraVardPan S0 1 SO ea 50 OFF OUTERWEAR ASSORTED STYLES 50 OFF MARASCHINO CHERRIES NOW Itoma on this marked a not be available In Mini stores COUNTY GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE FAIR GEORGETOWN ONTARIO Tk Charo With Ybil2IMr Crtdit Account