C4 - Sunday, January 1, 1934 - North Shore News

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HOLD ON just a minute.

We can’t much longer stay the hand that will fl-
ing open the door on the awesome potential of
1984, and we’ll be forced to stick our necks out
around the lintel to get a bearing on it. Try to put
him off, just until I get 1983 quite tidied up, eh?

brim on the other side. One
of my senior men gave it me

at the end of the last lot of .

lessons, he being especially
grateful for being helped into
making white sauce and the
profundities of oregano. |

Kitchen gadgets make work play

potter’s whimsy? I phoned
the donor to say thank you.

it’s an egg-separator, he
told me, nobly restraining
himself from adding ‘‘dum-
my’’. And to my amazement,
it is, and it does. It’s big
enough to hold two raw eggs
at once, but, whether one or
two, a slight tipping starts the
white slowly flowing, -while
the yolk is fully protected!
It’s a darling thing.

fresh tastes better and has whether they’d be as good

amazing food value. J like to with already-shelled walnuts.

put parsley in everything. Shelling them one’s self
The grinder will save me means there—will be perfect

from future shame. It’s of halves, too, which’ makes

quite sturdy metal, and the them distinctive.

grinding bowl, at the end of a

curved arm, will hold at least. Fortwo pounds of nuts,

a quarter-cuip of the which amounted to roughly

greenery. There,are teeth and two cups full when wrested

slots in the bdttom of the from their protection, this

bowl, activated by a little: ‘did the job:

crank, and a covering C :

the kitchen ranger

Not half as subtle is the

1 like the ancient Oriental
custom of going clean and
serene into New Years, and I
still have three things here in
my apron pocket that I’ve
been longing to show you.
Nothing that will actually
change anything for you, but

Pe travel

by Eleanor Godley

may put a pillow between you
and some of life’s
pummelling.

The first is this cunning lit-
tle pottery bowl. Looks like a
doli’s tea-party, doesn’t it,
until you notice the small
smile cut out just under the

looked at it for a long time,
admiring its graceful shape,
the classical Chinese jar, wide
at the top, without a neck,
tapering gracefully at the bot-
tom. And not having the least
idea what to do with it. Why
the cut-out smile? Was it a

parsiey-grinder I found in a
cookery shop on the Oregon
Coast. I’ve had a parsley
chopper thing for years,
looks like a miniature har-
row, and is designed to be
run back and forth across the
bunch of parsley, but it took-
forever to do the job and left
a green stain on the chopping
board, as well. Because of its
inadequacies, | was often
guilty of reaching for the
dried stuff, when I know the

e flange
cooperates by keeping the.
parsicy firmly in its place. -

¥ ege-white, beaten to froth
with -

The third pleasure is a lLtspn.ofcoldwater (SmL)
recipe for a delectable con- - .
fection that doesn’t have the.

exclusive stamp of Coat all the nuts with this
*“Christmas”’ on it. A friend mixture, stirring in a bowl,
brought some of her then.add a dash of salt and 1
Caramelized Walnuts for me cup of brown sugar(250mL)
to try, and when I found and mix thoroughly. Spread
them ravishing, yielded up on a baking sheet and give
the recipe. Both of us started them one hour at 225F
with nuts in the shell, which (110C). Store tightly covered.
have such a much fresher A perfect finish to any meal,
taste, so IL don’t know even in 1984.

A Christmas ode to garbage

YES, I KNOW that Christmas 1983 is history and I
know that most of you aren’t interested in hearing
any more Christmas stories. But, if I waited to use
this one until next year, I might move to Australia

— and you’d miss the story of the can.

Christmas day was as hec-
tic in Our house as it was in
yours. We made every at-
tempt to bankrupt ourselves
to ensure that our three
. daughters got their hearts’
desires. A clammy lump of
raw turkey had to be
transformed into something
edible and gue3ts dropped in
all day. At about four p.m. !
dispatched our youngest
daughter to the yard with a
few bags of garbage. She
came back looking puzzied.
**Dad, there’s a humungous
big white can in the driveway
with a letter on top.’’

Brian opened the envelope
and found this: To Barbara
and Brian, Merry Christmas
1983.

ODE TO GARBAGE
lt seems to us a gift should be
both practical and nice. We
like to give what people need,
regardicss of the price. We
looked around to fill your
needs, i didn't take much
thought. We found, because
of what we've seen on the
front part of your lot) Wath
garbage strewn from porch to
street. Your needs became
quite clear And if you keep
the hd on ught, you never
more will fear for cats and
dogs and farest beasts will
have to look for others Who
haven't got thew garbage
neat and ady unde covers
There are some rules one
must obcy to make = the

Careers in Travel

We can open the door to the

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system work. The bag comes
out on garbage day, a twistie
on the top. Not too long
before the truck — the sides
will surely pop. We think this
is a unique gift and hope that
you agree. And if you don’t,
we borrow words — As
Quakers say: (Blank) Thee!

The can is a marvel of
homespun engineering.

Who says old friends
aren’t the best friends? Not
only do we thank you,
Chester and Shirley, but all
our neighbors are gratcful
because you've raised proper-
ty values in the street.
However, if something with
four legs, a ringed tail and a
black mask accosts you in
our driveway — RUN?

| hope that the travel agent
who prepared my mother’s
last itinerary soon quits and
plans a career in another
field) Now. please unders-
tand that my mother ts quite
elderly In addition, she has a
back problem

To begin, her flight from
Medicine Hat was scheduled
at SIX O'CLOCK IN THE
MORNING Even if the
temperature hadn't been . 35°
or thereabouts, that kind of
schedule isn't wise As it was,
she woke at 2 30 am on the
morming of depanure and

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didn’t get back to sleep for
fear of missing her flight.
Then, as a Christmas pre-
sent, they routed her home —
not on one of the easy, non-
stop flights from here to
Calgary, but on Pacific

Western #118 which departs

by Barbara
McCreadie

Vancouver at 11:10 a.m. but
doesn’t arrive in Calgary un-
ul a quarter to three. With
stops at Kelowna and Cran-
brook! Anyone with half a
brain knows that during the
winter both airports may ex-
perience difficulties AND
Mother must be in Calgary in
tume to catch her Time Ag

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flight to Medicine Hat at 4:30
p.m.

When will sone agents get
smart? It wasn’t as if she
booked the flight late — try

October 12, for one, only, ,

er.

My first move was to
counsel my Mother never to
deal with the agency agin. In
fact, I was so angry I nearly
called the agency long
distance to tear a strip off
whoever was responsible. In-
stead, I called Air Canada
and recited the problem.
Mother is now routed via Air
Canada, non-stop to Calgary
on flight 124, leaving at 1:25
p.m. giving her ample time to
connect with Time Air.

I am also going to speak
with the agency here (it’s a
big, national firm) and ask a
few pointed questions. 1
might add that this is the
same bunch of jerks that
routed her home from Maui
with three stop-overs
(Honolulu, Los Angeles (!)
and Calgary). There is no
damn need for that kind of
inefficiency. |t’s cnough to
make me want to move back
to Medicine Hat and open a
travel agency.

By the way, !| didn't call
Aur Canada and say, "This ts
Barbara McCreadie and I!
want you to do me a favor.”’
in fact. | got marvellous,
courteous service and they

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still don’t know any more was clearing up a problem.
than an outraged daughter Thank you, Air Canada.

. Quality is still your
best bargain

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&

Bob MacDougall
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sincere thanks to all my friends on
North Shore for your support and

encouragement over the past four years.
¥ shail miss you ail

Best Wishes for the New Year.

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