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Show Party Lorner Kitchens Improve Th rdi$ h Ancient Egypt Many Centuries of Cooking Begins (Continued from Page meal could be heated at once : . . in a container! With the advent of metallurgy, iron bowls and pots were devised for cookery, and many modern cooks still prefer the iron skillet. Clay hardened in fire was a somewhat less permanent material for stove; utensils, but clay too had its day of popularity. Open fires in the forest gave way to bricked-in- , ovens indoors, and life became easier every century for the lady in the kitchen. Children were assigned to turn the meat roasting on a spit over a fire . ... and eventually dogs replaced kids on the job. "Spit boys" and "spit dogs" were medieval commodity. Well, not entirely medieval either. As recently as 150 years ago, every family in an English seaport town grumbled its way through a a horde of meatless Sunday stolen all sailors had roistering the spit dogs! And if your travels take you within eating distance of the huge Civil War Centennial within the next Vi years it has to run . . . sample a southern "hoe cake." It's popular you shouldn't have any trouble finding a place that serves it. Know where it got its g anname? Our cestors in the fields used to bake this confection on a hoe blade over a fire in a clearing. The preparation's different now . . . but the name stuck! Indoor brick ovens with chim- 1-- A) , .t c I .4' ... SMALL BUT IMPORTANT The well equipped kitchen is a homemaker's dream, and includes basic tools that are too often lacking in today's automated homes. Ranging in size from a food mill to matched measuring spoons, these utensils are fundamental to good cooking results. hard-workin- grain-and-wat- Is Your Kitchen Up To Par? Small Items Are Sometimes Biggest Help w Lutheran Guild Hears Pastor well-equippe- d, Ev-zon- 1361 SUNDAY HERALD Candy Making Story 'L The ancient Egyptians made candy. Earliest existing references are on papyri dating 2000 to 500 B. C. Hieroglyphics show that iff 1566 B.C., sweetmeats were sold from baskets in, market places. Ancient Egyptian paintings show the use of rough, rudely shaped molds to shape confections. It is known that honey was used as a sweetener, combined, with nuts, fruits, sweet herbs and spices. Tools and molds resembling elementary equipment used in today's candy making were found in, excavations in Herculaneum. So the ancient Romans had They used confections food. to topi qff a meal. Similarly, toFireplaces in kitchens are, used day, candy is considered a fine these days as centers for relax-- ' finishing touch to a meal a CANDY PLAYS DOUBLE ROLEA comical clown's ation and comfort while dinner pleasing, satisfying dessert. cooks merrily away in a gas or face sketched on paper-covere- d lollipop tops a cone-shapAbout j Sugar and Candy , electric automatically controlled body cloaked and reruff led in colorful crepe Sugar, first produced' in India, oven. creates an imaginative Halloween centerpiece was known in Persia and paper, On the horizon are new elec later The! Persian word for for fall entertaining. Candy used in party preparations tronic ovens and units that will Arabia,was kandisfid hence the serves a double purpose good eating and original decor. sugar cook food with great rapidity shortened-wor- d AlexAnd candy. with no loss of flavor and retainander's soldiers named a favorite ing all nutritional values. Im sweetmeat kand. confections to children. Tliey Eureka Women Enjoy agine being able to cook a large The cacao bean is the. source' of thanked her with their local roast or turkey in a matter of chocolate and the use of it from phrase "Tante Manon, tu nous minutes! New methods of pres- the bean stems from Mexico which meant "you .;poil Evening (pf Games and gates," ervation are also spinning the Central America. The Aztecs us." The words of thanks grew clock of cookery away in advance EUREKA Mrs. Joan Morris a cacao bean beverage into the name of the candy nouof our current "modern" made entertained, the members of her 'called chocolatl. Columbus took gat. kitchens. ritih at.hnr hnm nn W.H,W a confecIn in 1792, cacao beans from.the New World Holland, Easy-t- o clean, convenient to to Ferdinand and Isabella. But it tioner developed for his roomer, . evening. use, attractive as family living was Cortez who took the one Baron Hendrick Hop, a coffee recipe centers these are the features The ladies played 500 and, Mrs. for the bitter-tastin- g chocolatl to candy. To the candy, some time of today's kitchen. Spain ffbm the conquered Aztecs. later, was given the name bopjes. LuDean Dean, Mrs. Bonnie Laird and Mrs. Afton Berry won attrac-- 1 And when made with the then-neToday's Candy cane sugar, the brew beThere are some 2,000 varieties tive prizes. Mrs. Morris served a came popular. of confections available, contain- tasty lunch to those above and to Some Famous Names ing many highly nutritious basic eight present. A cook of Marechal du Plessis-Prasli- n ingredients. Yet, piece by piece, combined boiled sugar and candies have been found to yield is, of ground nuts in a confection and relatively few calories. The .cal- calorie yield per piece i NEPHI The opening meeting the praline was born and named. orie yield for an average piece of course, lower. A doctor in Germany asked his candy is 47; for a miniature of the Ladies Literary Club was ine etiquette of candy eating held at the home ' of the presi cook, Franz Maraip, to make an 27; for a sourball, 14; a forbids pinchingt squeezing or re-dent, Mrs. W. W. Stephenson, on almond dessert. He made it of al filled "raspberry," 14; a fruit turning an unwanted piece to the mond paste, and his name has slice, 20; for an uncoated pepper- dish. It is correct to leave the Monday evening. Mrs. Stephenson welcomed the been given to it ever since mint patty, 15; for a chocolate paper frill around the, candies members to her home and to an Marzipan. peppermint patty, 30. An average when they .are arranged for servAn elderly French woman call- lollipop yields 25 calories, a candy ing. And, when helping oneself, interesting year's program. Mrs. James Eagar, chairman )f the ed Tante Mahon, so a legendary bar about 200. When candy bars the paper frill should be picked up year's program, presented the tale says, gave her homemade are sliced for attractive service the with the piece of candy. program books and read the programs, the hostesses and the different committees. The theme fof the year is "Americanism." .'. Don Hardy presented a film, entitled "DDD for' Central Utah," explaining direct distance dialing, soon to be installed in Nephi. The treasurer's report was read Adorable New Styles. Outfit Them Now From Our Wide and by Mabel Sperry, secretary-treasure-r. Other business matters were presented and announceWbnderful Winter Fashion Collections. ment made of the conjoint meeting where Gen. Maxwell E. Rich will give a talk on Americanism. Clothing was sent to the Utah State Hospital in the name ,of the club by Mrs. Jack Cotton. Cards from the American Cancer Society were distributed to the 19 members present. can-dies,to-o. ed . - Addresses Jaycee Janes v choc-colat- e, NEPHI Marilyn Ostler was the guest speaker for the Jaycee Janes who met at a local cafe recently, with Mrs. Forrest Anderson, president, in charge. Miss Ostler showed slides of her missionary travels in Canada. She told of the weather and how cold it gets there, and how much cloth ing was needed to keep out the cold. She told of the money used and the exchange for the United States money. She showed a beautiful sweater made forv her and places of interest visited. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Douglas Christiansen had the year's program books ready for distribution to the members." The tables were decorated in for a Halloween jack-o-lanter- ns motif. The group will sponsor the New Years' dancing party it was dis- cussed by the group. i II) Y Fa I. 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Decora-tivel- y by the wallpapered screen speaking we are prone to which highlights and softens one At If IIIIIIBI TT I"- -- BRIDAL WREATH fcy PLACE SETTING only J -- $2175 Prou&new beauty starring a grey wreath with raised enamelings on the flawless body of the most famous china in the world-Ro- yal . Worcester of England. Platinum edged. Full open stock at ail times. HEINDSELMAN'S Jewelry, Knit 124 W. & think of a chic room as one which has a sophisticated air and is very often understated. Ve associate a cozy feeling with snugness and comfort and frequently with a homespun flavor. This doesn't always hold true. Chic has to do with style, and it is our firm belief that in a well planned room comfort and style share equal honors. This is evident in the small contemporary room sketched above. A pair of love seats and a circular coffee table provide a fireside group for cozy conversation. The simple lines of the furniture echo the structural design. Color scheme of French blue, beige and brown was inspired by the natural wood tones corner of the room. e draperies across one wall give the room the illusion of being larger than it is. The carpet is pale beige, matchthe walls and draperies. ing Here is an engaging room tastefully designed in the contemporary fashion which can be aptly described as "chic and cozy." We have selected every piece of furniture we offer you with an eye to good design, careful construction, wearability and beauty. We cordially invite you to come in and make leisurely selections. Styles for every room at prices you can afford. Come in today I ; Gift Shop CENTER 264 NO. 1st x r- ft fcU --: Wall-wid- wall-to-wa- WEST j Nephi Literary Group Holds First Meeting Of Season Miss Ostler nd Your Home new triumph in bone china I . . up-to-da- 3A w American housewives are proud your culinary Efforts will be both durable plastic. The best models with a of today's automatic ovens, beat- speedy and tasty. Better design, are ball bearing-mounte- d ers and blenders, dishwashers and better materials and better con- steel shaft that will never bind or garbage disposals. However, na- struction have been introduced in wear. The food mill is a device of a tional surveys show that many recent years to make your work thousand uses. It " mashes, rices, American kitchens lack the inex- more accurate and less time-con- pensive basic tools essential to con- sumingr In cost, the best kitchen strains and purees for soups, utensils and gadgets are priced sauces, salad dressings, aspics and sistently good cooking.. more than the cheapest. little is especially good for invalid or For example, a recent survey To be sure you have quality as baby foods. showed that only one housewife in So wether you're bringing your four had a set of divided measur- well as quantity, check these own kitchen up to par or helping ing cups so necessary for accur- points: brand-nea housewife start her ate measuring. Three out' of four marked Individual, clearly didn't own a slicer or serrator for measuring cups are essential. You cooking career, check the list of kitchen tools. preparing vegetables and salads. can't accurately measure a half-cu- p indispensable Less than a third had a kitchen measure. in a one-cu- p A full set of measuring spoons . tongs. is essential, too. Look for the modAnd even the well equipped d of to a be is apt ern, spoons which grab bag into deep containers, spoons, sifters, beaters and other reach easily tools that are obsolete by today s make accurate work easy. Pastor Ronald Leach presented The flour siftculinary standards. While the man a talk on "The Christian Home out of is sifter his er date. Today's of the house won't do without is the Workshop of the Holy one hand, leaves your complete tool kit or his matched operates in set of golf clubs, the housewife is other hand free to stir or pour. Spirit" at a meeting of the Mary-Marth- a Guild of St. Mark's LuthThe cake tester, a little-stee- l likely to work three meals a day, seven days a week with odds and probe, is scientifically designed to eran Church Thursday evening at ends bought years ago or passed get to the middle of things in test- the church. A business meeting followed ing cakes and vegetables. along by a favorite relative. d If you've been using a give during which three new members What's par for the kitchen? Not including pots, pans away can tapper, spend half a dol were welcomed. precision-mad- e The hostess, Mrs. Gladys Shaw, and mixing bowls, usually in ade lar for a large-handlerefreshments to the. 12 You'll be served are kitch other there surprised tapper. quate supply, en utensils which will give you the how much needless .effort you've members and one guest. basic equipment you mus have for been putting into punching fruit Kilts worn by the famous good cooking results, according to juice cans and opening bottles. of Greece sometimes contain should ManufacThe modern rolling pin research 'by the Foley e of or more hardwood precision-madthan 40 yards of material. be of kitchen turing Company, maker use utensils. Some of them you'll many times a day; all of them will probably come into use at least once a week. To purchase all would cost you less than $20, a fraction of the price of the automatic api pliances found in almost every American kitchen. 1 Check this list against the con and. tents of your drawers cup f ) boards to see how your kitchen measures up; Set of divided measuring cups, Kay Jensen set of measuring spoons, flour sifter, kitchen tongs, glass measuring fork, cake tester, cup, two-tine- d pastry brush, grater for cheese, fruit rind and vegetables, slicer serrator, can and bottle opener, long-handle- er neys used to be lighted just once a week, and the housewife had to cook as much food as she could at one time. Fuel wasn't always readily available. And freezing, preserving or packaging weren't what they are today. The first cook stoves ever marketed appeared on the scene about 1830. They used wood for fuel. Coal stoves, kerosene oil, natural and artificial gas stoves paraded into view, each to be re placed by something better. 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