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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., DEC. 21, l95o Away In A Manger Away in a manager; no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the sky looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay, The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes, I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky, And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay, Close by me for ever and love me, I pray, Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care. And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there. TABLE TALKS clatve Andrews'. . Pie crust that's light, flaky and tender every time you make it! Well, that's what they say, any way; and although it's something new, I know of several--including myself--who have tried this method with very satisfactory results. It was developed by the home economic staff of one of the huge milling companies, and, at first sight, seems rather revolutionary to some of us "old hands" at the pie-making game. Instead of cutting in shortening, you use salad oil; and you simply stir the four ingredients together, then roll the crust between two sheets of waxed paper. There's no guess-work about it, and I sincerely advise you to give it at least a trial. So here are the i for ioubh EASILY MADE PASTRY 2 cups sifted flour \Yz teaspoons salt T/2 cup salad or cooking oil V* cup cold whole milk Method: Mix flour and salt to gether. Then add the oil and milk ail at once. Be sure not to blend «il and milk. Measure them in the saTij£ cup, but do not stir theni together. Stir dough lightly until mixed. Round up dough and divide into halves. Flatten each half slightly. Place one half between two sheets of waxed paper (approximately 11 inches square). Roll out gently until circle of dough reaches edges of paper. If bottom paper begins to wrinkle turn, roll on other side. Peel off top paper. If dough cracks or breaks mend by pressing edges together, cr by pressing a scrap lightly over the tear. Lift paper and pastry by top corners; they will cling together. Place, paper side up, in an 8-inch or 9-inch pan. Carefully peel off paper. Gently ease and fit pastry place over filling. Trim to rim. Seal by pressing gently with fork or by fluting edge. Snip 3 or 4 small slits near centre. Bake about 40 minutes in hot oven (425° F.) until golden brown. For o#e-crust pie,, make half of recipe. Place rolled dough in pan. Prick thoroughly with fork. Bake 8-10 minutes in very hot oven (4751 With self-rising flour, omit salt, reduce baking temperature 50 degrees. Bake double-crust nie about 50 minutes. Now for some suggestions as to filling this new-type pie crust-- or the regular kind, for that matter. First is a pumpkin filling that has a different, distinctly "orangy" tang. PUMPKIN-ORANGE PIE Pastry for one-crust pie. Filling: Ya cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Yz teaspoon ginger % teaspoon nutmeg y2 teaspoon salt 1% cups cooked pumpkin 2 tablespoons orange juice 2 eggs, beaten 1% cups hot milk 1 teaspoon grated orange rind y% cup chopped nuts Method: Combine sugar, salt, spices and pumpkin. Combine orange juice, eggs, milk, orange rind and nuts and add to pumpkin mixture, mixing well. Roll pastry dough out J-jjinch thick. Line 9in. pie tin with Y& ' of dough. Pour pumpkin filling into unbaked shell. Cut small pumpkin faces or balls from remaining dough. Bake pie in hot oven (425°F.) about 10 minutes. Lower temperature to 350°F. and continue baking forty minutes. Place pumpkin pie faces this pie-crust in the form of tarts. Here are a couple of sorts that I'm certain won't linger long; in fact you'll most likely be wishing you'd made more of them. PRUNE CUSTARD TARTS Yi recipe pastry. Filling: 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon cornstarch 6 tablerpoons sugar Yt, teaspoon sugar 2 egg yolks Yz teaspoon vanilla extract "*»■■ % teaspoon cinnamon 20 cooked pitted prunes Meringue: 2 egg whites Y4 cup sugar Method: Make pastry and roll out Y» inch thick. Line 4 individual 4-inch pie cans. Prick with fork. Bake in hot oven (,450°F.) 8 to 10 minutes. Cool. Fill with custard filling. For Filling: Scald milk. Mix cornstarch, 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt. Add to milk, stirring constantly. Beat yolks. Add gradually to milk mixture, stirring well. Cook three minutes. Add vanilla extract. Let t fool. Fill pastry ihells. M ... .lining U-cup sugar with cinnamon. Roll prunes in cinnamon-sugar mixture and arrange them on custard. Make meringue by beating egg whites frothy. Add sugar gradually, beating well after each addition until meringue stands in stiff peaks. Spread on prunes. Bake in moderate oven (350°F.) until meringue is lightly browned, about 15 minutes: Makes four 4-inch tarts. CRANBERRY TARTS Pastry for 4 tart shells. Filling: Yt cup sugar 1% cups water 2 cups raw cranberries Yi teaspoon salt 2 bananas, sliced about '-^-inch thick 8 marshmallows, diced Method: Make pastry. Roll out about ^8-inch thick. Line 4 individual 4-inch pie pans with pastry. Prick with fork. Bake in hot oven (450°F.) 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool and fdl with cranberry filling. To make filling: Combine sugar and water in saucepan. Boil 5 minutes. Add cranberries and continue cooking until cranberries burst. Add salt. Cool. Fold in bananas and marshmallows. Fill into cooled tart shells. Makes filling for 4 shells. Kill The Mistletoe The mistletoe is so associated, in most minds, with Christmas festivities that it is hard to believe that in one part of the earth it is regarded as a deadly enemy -- one to be fought with flame-throwers and other warlike weapons. The unusual battle front is Australia where too many valuable trees each year have been receiving the kiss of death from the harmless looking shrub. Despite mistletoe's popular reputation as the Ytiletide promoter of romance, it is a public-enemy parasite in the woodlands, killing off es that play it host, Optical Illusion--Television gets into a I< days, so it was inevitable that a set would such as this. However, things are not always the set is not installed in the "tool shed" -is, but in the Jrailer home n< A Christmas Prayer His name shall endure for ever: his name as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed shall call him blessed. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: earth be filled with his glory: Amen, and Amen. shall be continued . . from the 72nd Psalm Austral iai ed ha > the fla thrower as a quick executioner for the plant and are using radio-active tracers to study how the mistletoe saps the water and mineral salts from Silent Night oly In mild, ' night, s bright, i Mother and tender and heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night, Darkness flies, all is light, Shepherds hear the angels '"Alleluia! hail the King! Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born." Silent night, holy night, Wondrous Star, lend thy light! With the angels let us sing, Alleluia to our King, Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born. Christmas Legend One of the best known legends that have clustered around Christmas concerns an early Christian missionary now known as Saint Wilfred. One day he came upon a group of pagans who were getting ready to sacrifice a young maiden under a big oak tree. He persuaded them not to do so and had the oak cut down. Immediately a young" fir tree sprung up in its plac idei :ed the s of their astime and nily lithful Holy kgJI haps, but so very charming and touched by the mysticism appropriate to the Nativity theme. With Herod's soldiers in -pursuit, Mary simply had to rest awhile and sought shelter within the hollow trunk of a huge fir tree. As the soldiers approached, the tree bent its branches to conceal the huddled little group. When the danger had passed, the baby Jesus blessed the old tree. And if you cut a pine cone lengthwise at Christmastime, you can still see the imprint of His little hand. 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