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By Cathy Oliffe Unbelievable! Christmas, absolutely my favouniie me of" year, is less than a month away That's why | freaked out so much the other night when my stove blew up. | had been craving a good dose of Johnnycake for more than a woek, when | finally £01 10 i. | tumed the oven on © preheat, | mixed the corn meal, the four, the sugar, the egg. and then POOF! Buzzazzzz, sizzle, sparks, smoke, POOF! The stove, which | bought second hand for 50 bucks about three years ago, went 10 oven heaven After | finished crying, | put the Johnnycake mixture in the COMMUNITY DAYCARE 2nd Annual Dinner & Dance to be held at Utica Memory Hall DECEMBER 7th 6:30 PM Tickets $35.00 per Couple CALL 985-8783 209 MARY STREET, PORT PERRY (416) HoME COOKIN' Bring on the Madeira, dear! microwave, and cven though ut was a hile on the rubbery sade, it wasn't all that bad. The problem 15, I'm stove-less st a ume when everyone else is starting the anny al Christmas baking ritual ARRRHHHHH! | LOVE baking for Chnstmas, and if | don't soon get another stove, I'll be nuking the Christmas pudding Not © worry, though, my hus. band has already arranged for an intenm stove until he sells enough advertising so | can buy a new stove (the next Lime you soe me out and about, ask me about this second hand stove, which is actu ally a third hand stove, and I'll tell you a neat little story). So hopelully, I'll be back in the heat" of things before Christmas baking starts in camest In the meantime, I'm happy © bring you the first of a senes of Christmas recipes I'll be running (space provading) until Chnsimas This onc amived in the office a couple of weeks ago, accompa med by a fnendly woman named Margery Webb and a half a slab of the cake in question: "Ye Olde English Madews Cake' By geez, this cake 1s yummy, with a boozy, rich, poundcake style sexture. It tastes really nice with a hot cup of tea on a busy day Thank you so much 10 Margery (you ch bring food in here anytime) PERSONAL | ¢ ; 28 Floral Specialists - Elegant Flower Arrangements - Silk, Fresh, Weddings, Funerals - Gift Baskets - Balloons XE on © nna | HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to our little "MONKEY" BOYS JACK & STEVE BRAITHWAITE on November 30th, 1991 With All Our Love Mommy & Daddy (Karen & Don) Announcements will also be published, free of charge , with a submitted photograph and copy of 100 words or less. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE "SCUGOG CITIZEN" at 985-NEWS (985-6397) or drop into our office at 36 Water Street, Port Perry, Ontario 19L 1)2 If you have a family Chnstmas recipe you'd like 10 share, by all means bring it an 10 the Citizen office as soon as possible. If you feel like bringing me a sample, I'd be more than happy to wolf ut down for you Ye Olde English Madeira Cake Preheat oven to 328 degrees F Baking time | hour (approyimaic) Ingredients V4 cup butter, room tem- perature 1 cup fine fruit sugar § eggs, room temperature Grated peel of 1/2 lemon 2 V4 cups Nour 1 tsp baking powder Pinch cifhamon Pinch mace (optional) Pinch salt 174 cup Sweet Malmsey Madeira wine (or 1/4 cup milk may be used instead) Sur five dry ingredients (not sugar) in a bowl With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar thoroughly until very light and fluffy. Add eggs onc at a ume, beating well after cach one, making sure no egg residue remains unblended. Then beat in lemon peel With spoon, gently stir in mixed dry ingredients, aliermating with madeira wine until well mixed. Pour soft batter ino 7 12° X 3 1227 round, greased pan (or equivalent). Dust batter wath frust sugar. Bake in 325 degree F oven \ After baking 20 misutes, check if thecake 1s browning 100 fast If so, lower iCmperature and bake until cake tester comes out clean and center of cake will nse 10 1p of pan and crack beautifully ai "1 bake this cake when | feel good about life," Margery says "That 1 am 71. That I've raised my family. That | married a Canadian many, many years ago And it's festive and good 0 bake something other than 'fast food' Merry Christmas! | enjoy your tecipes when you put them in!" And Merry Chnstmas 0 you wo, Margery! Harvest health treats Healthstyle Tip: Autumn is a very special time of the year. Enjoy the later harvest in engaging your palate in the root vegetables and vancty of squashes of the season. These squash veg pureed, store well in the freezer for year round use. They are con sidered as starchy vegetables with low water content. Baked, they have deb mcdonald healthstyles ctables are nch in Navour, high in nutrient content, capable of lung storage and quite versatile They can be stuffed, made into breads, muffins, incorporated into stews, soups or puddings. and their seeds can be toasted for nutritious snacking Winter squashes, cooked and about 130 calories per cup and boiled, about 90. They are very rich in vitamin A and potassium and are a fairly good source of niacin, ron and protein Pumpkin Seed Snack Place seeds on a cookie sheet Wace AT Me. At of Moe Wit _Uhritas Celobrali not available in + Adults and ~ PROFESSIONAL COLOUR PORTRAIT PACKAGE + $2.00 Sitting fee for each subject in portrait * Advertised package is on blue background (poses our selection) + Sma photographer 5 beautiful poses in one portran + Personality Portrant, Props, scenic, white and black backgrounds for details on our new personaiity portrait ised package. Groups welcome. + Limit one special offer per family. 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Stir them into the wet ingredients, mixing them unttl the batter 1s fairly smooth. Add more milk if the batter is 100 thick 4. For each pancake, place about 3 thsp batier on a hot, light , ly greased griddle. Flip the pan- cakes when their undersides are golden brown and the tps begin 10 bubble. Makes four servings. "All of my little friends are invited!" Jol that Jolly OM EI Himaels for Bonahiant! re S 3120 SHIRLEY RD. 985-1598 a il SUNDAY DECEMBER 8th 2 SITTINGS at 10 & 11:30 AM Adults: $350 Chvidren 10 8 Under $2.50 Advance Tickets Saies - Cah 985-1508 Proceeds to Operation Scugog HT ---- EE ----