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!Wxr,7M-w TOE McHENRY PLAINDEALER ^ '7>~v "' Wf -\f* . v.: «•*§»! 'FWilP ipM fy George %lmMifaT. Petwufcw 11. 19H perfect Fudge Fof .Christmas Giving f| Homemade fudfe, creamy, %ich and delicious, is a welcome at Christmas time or a welcome holiday treat for your family and guests. To make ' fudge that is smooth in texture ^"Ind is just the right consistency *very time has been a problem With many home-makers. Dr. Mary Fuqua, foods specialist, University of Illinois College of Agriculture, has suggested a formula 'for making good fudge. Try these proportions and directions for the best fudge you've ever made: Chocolate Fudge 2\k ounces (2»2 . squares) chocolate - ,- 1^2 cups milk: 3 cups sugar J Few grains salt I 3 tablespoons corn sirup ~ 3 tablespoons butter or mar-, f garine | % cup chopped nerea (optional) I . 1. Combine chocolate and milk f in a deep saucepan. Bring to boil ! With stirring. ,( 2. After -the chocolate has | "slightly thickened the milk, add I »£he sugar, salt, corn sirup and » - butter. | 3. Stir constantly until sugar I dissolves (try not to get' fudge i mixture on sides of saucepan). 17 4. Place a candy thermometer * hi fudge mixture. Continue to » boil, with occasional stirring, to 236 degrees F. or 112 degrees C. 5. Remove fudge from the •tove, add vanilla, but do not atir. 6. Cool to lukewarm (110 degrees F. or 45 degrees C.). Beat until the mixture becomes soft and loses its shiny appearance. 7. Quickly $tir in nuts--pour into a buttered pan or pyrex dish. There is . a reason behind each step in the directions, Dr. Fuqua says, and it is necessary to follow them exactly to produce a perfect product. Corn sirup is used because it reduces the speed of crystallization during «f cooking and beating and makes ---r--m fine-textured creamy fudge. A •, deep saucepan is used to pret *ent fudge from boiling over. < The mixture must be stirred un- Y~*--til the sugar is thoroughly dissolved ; otherwise the undissolved crystals form nuclei for larger t crystals which cause a coarse, , grainy fudge. A cooking thermometer is the i best guide to correct cooking T time, but if you don't have one ? you may test the mixture by 1 dropping a little in a glass of [ 'bold water. When the drop I forms a soft ball, the mixture is done. The fudge is stirred during ^looking to prevent part of* the /^inixture from settling in the * l>ottom of the pan and scorching. The most common error in fudge-making is beating before the mixture cools. Stirring the mixture before it has cooled "causes larger crystals to be - formed and the candy Will be grainy. Maybe They Ain't Far Sale Did you ever stop to think that the poor old duck'a business ii always in a slump, due to her lack of advertising? She lays her egg? in seclusion--she never makes anj noise about it. But when the her I lays her eggs--her cackles art heard far and near. She tell* th< ! world about it--she advertises! The result is, the world eat» hens' eggs by the millions, while ' the poor old duck's eggs are un < sought By Mrs. Charles Freund Billy Olsen celebrated his sixth birthday on Friday afternoon by inviting several of his schoolmates to his home for a party. Games were played and ice cream and cake was served the* little guests. Billy was the happy recipient of many nice gifts. Those to make up the party were Danny and Vicky Freund, Dickie and Waynne Buehrer and Wesley Smith. Members of her club met at the home of Mrs. Frank May on Tuesday night. Games of fivehundred were played and prizes went to Mrs. Peter May, Mrs. Math Nimsgern and Mrs. Char* les Gillespie. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. Those from here who enjoyed a Christmas party of the Mothers club at Richmond high school on Monday night Were Mrs. Harry Myers, Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Eve Holliday and Mrs. Charles Frennd. All present enjoyed the games provided for them by the committee and there was a lovely lunch. A gift exchange was held. Those who enjoyed an evening of cards and visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Freund Sunday night were Mr. and Mrs. Ford Hanford of Mc- Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ray M%y and Mr. and Mrs. Edward May. Refreshments were served after cards. Billy Kattner of Camp Le- Jeune spent the Thanksgiving holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kattner. Mrs. Charles May and daughter. Mary Anne, spent the weekend with Jimmy May in St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Nick Klein returned home this week having spent several months with her daughter in Chicago. •I I 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1•> COMING EVENTS I I I It illl! 'l-M-H-Hflfr* ILLITERATES^ A man-abont-town was la serteas trouble and called up his lawyer. "It's a dirty trick," be screamed into the phae, "a dirty trick." The lawyer «eotbed him with, "Calm down, calm dawn, and tell me what's the trouble." "That girl's husband has made a horrible mistake," screamed the man. "He's named me as ce-respondent In a divorce case eaa't even write!" December 11 W.S.C.S. Luncheon And Christmas Party -- community"Methodist Church December 13 'Teen-Age Club -- Edgebrook School -- 7:30 P.M. December 14 High School Choral Concert -- 8:15 P.M. -- High School Auditorium St. Mary's Juvenile Forester Girls' Christmas Party -- 3 To 6 P.M. Juvenile Forester Girls' Christmas Party -- St. Mary's School Hall -- 3 to 6 P.M. -- Twenty- Five Cent Gift Exchange. December 16 C. O. F. Meeting. Boys' Juvenile Forester-Christmas Party -- 8 PJM. -- St Mary's School Hall St: Agatha's Court, No. 77' Christmas Party -- #:«u Pot- Luck Supper Riverview Camp, R, N. A. Christmas Party -- K. of C. Hall -- Fifty Cent Gift Exchange. J u v e n i l e F o r e s t e r s ' A n n u a l Christmas Party -- St. Mary's School Hall -- 8 P.M. December Jti Johnsburg Juvenile Forested -- Pot-Luck Dinner -- 2 P.l^ December 22 Johnsburg P.T.A. Children*! Christmas Program -- School house. February 7 Valentine Daxjc^ -- Sponsored by St. Patrick's Parish School Mother's Club -- Legion Home -- 8 P.M. LOOK OVER ACCOMODATIONS • • «**" '• Ticklers * J1*' * * Mooseheart Roburke Baith, a registered Holstein from Mooseheart, is shown above as she looks over room accommodations in the Leland hptel so she can make a reservation for the Illinois Holstein-Friesian convention in Aurora Dec. 11-12. "A far cry from the cow barn" she moos to, left to right, John Case, Naperville, convention chairman and director of the national association; A. C. "Whitey" Thomson, president of the state association; William Peffers, resident manager of the hotel; Gene Denning, Aurora Chamber of Commerce>m&nager; and Merle Howard, manager of the Mooseheart herd, after she had been given a ride to the 16th floor on the hotel elevator. Early Pert*! Sendee Ancient Hammurabi might be called the First Postmaster General. The Babylonian king Lad a regular "postal service" between towns. His "postmen" were foot-runnersr hir "letters," clay tablets, addressed" and stamped with the official seal of tbl sender. • Caster the Jetnt In ftalporia, Kans., Cirl Tate Williams drew 90 days after be d<^ nied that he was a Peeping Tom* told the judge that he was merely looking for something to steal. New Soup Is Ptrforming- Wondtrs for Sick People A new soup, which looks like black coffee, is performing wonders for sick people. It is building up hiuiian strength before or after operations. It was the only food for 461 days for one woman while plastic surgery built her a new jaw and mouth, removed in a cancer operation, It kept another person alive for a year during a coma. When laced with a little alcohol, a single quart of the soup supplies 1,000 calories--and proteins, minerals, sugar and salt. Many patients take three quarts a day, and eat other things besides. You wouldn't want to drink it; 11 has a vile taste. It is fed, drops at a time, through a small tube going through th^ nose to the stomach. The tube isn't irritating--and let* people eat and drink other things. The tube can be left in for days er weeks. Known as Prolac, the formula waa aeveloped by Br. John Elliott, cf Jackson Memorial hospital in Florida, and the Dade County (Fla.) Blood Bank, Inc. It's made by breaking down proteins in defatted milk --and adding mineral's and otter things. It is germ free. Wild Plaees Ridged by chains of acthtt volcanos, parts of Indonesia are still among the wildest places on earth, inhabited by peoples seldom If ever visited by outsiders. In other parts of the islands, modern manufacturing plants turn out an increasing flaw of gqods. Intense Heat Powdered coal, prepared by machines which grind the product as fine as talcum, provides the intense heat needed for best results in many modern industrial furnaces. No Gift LIKE THE Parker"21 Special Profitable Milk Buying large quantities of dairy feed pays only when milk prices are extra good. And a good feed production program is beneficial only when it is based on feeding cows proper amounts according to weight, milk production, and physical condition. Tannin Soft drinks usually have tannin in them and since these sfains are colorless at first, they're usually ignored. When old, they become difficult to remove. Variety When you need variety for French dressing on a vegetable or green salad, mash some hard-cooked eggs with a fork and blend into the wellseasoned dressing. You might like to add a bit more vinegar and a speck of grated onion to highten the flavor., JUST IN CASE In his rocm at the state institution sat a man whose only, article of clothing was a hat. "Look, friend," an attendant said, "that's no way to be sitting around. Why don't you put some clothes on?" "Why should I?" replied the inmate. "Nobody comes to. see me." "But why wear a hax?"* "Oh." shrugged the other, "somebody might come." HARDEST BUSIEiX? CHEAPEST WORKERS IN TOWN! PLAINDEALER WANT ADS MAICO Hearing Aids Batteries - Cords Supplies For all makes of Instruments. Loaner Instruments Available. Rena Scheid 207 N. Green Street PHONE 125-R Contour Farming Contour farming reduoes loss «t the top soil,and retains the water in,the soil for the use of plfents. ^ j':./ BUY YOUR • CHRISTMAS TREES At Hie . PARK PUB Si next to yw... she'll love he{ 'He's hitji<njn ^ He juet heard that Friday was fish day.' otice We are pleased to announce the addition of Chinese Food to our already popular menu. Beginning Saturday, Dec. 13th Food Served from 5 p.m. to 1 am. | Sundays from 12 to 10 p.m. U RED STAR INN | 12 & 31 IV2 mi. So. of Richmond I , PHONE RICHMOND 9503 Thrill her with a Coronation the royal achievement of master' designers. Protected by insurance policy issued irce-of-cost Diamond Seta Priced from $182.50 In HM magntflc.nt Coronal J«w»l Coca ERNIE WAGNER AT THE HAMMOND ORGAN and PIANO. Every Nile Except Monday and Tuesday. « USE OUR EASY TERMS ONE YEAR TO PAY S I E F F A N 'S JEWELRY & RECORD SHOP 514 W. Main St. McHenn; PHONE 123-J * We give and redeem Gold Bond Stamps. Just imagine... both a genuine Parker Pen and matching pencil l .. putin gift box at this § low price. * EASY TERMS BOLGER'S DRUG STORE 108 S. Green St. Phone 40 i | We give and redeem Gold Bond Stamps. 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