Herald & Lantern 30 November '83

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By Florence L.D. Heal We think of turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving as they are traditional foods served at Thanksgiving from generation to generation in families of English heritage. Each region of the United States has additions to the traditional menu, such as those of German origin who often add sauerkraut when they

serve turkey.

There are certain foods served at Hanukkah such as grated Potato Latkes and Potato Kugel. Following are a few of the dishes served at this time.

LATKES (grated potato pancakes) 6 medium sized potatoes 1 onion

^ cup flour 1 teaspoon salt Vegetable shortening for deep fat frying Pare and grate potatoes into a mixing bowl. Squeeze out liquid. Peel and grate onion into potatoes. Add eggs, flour and salt and stir to make a smooth batter that will drop heavily from the spoon. Heap the shortening in a heavy frying pan, using enough to cover the pancakes amply. Drop the batter from the spoon into the hot shortening, making pancakes 3 inches in diameter. Fry over moderate heat until brown on underside, turn to brown. Lift out and drain off excess fat on paper towel. Pancakes fried in deep fat shoold be puffed and crisp. Serves four to six. Variation 1: Use same mixture in greased shallow baking pan (8” x 12”) bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees or until nicely browned. Cut in squares and serve hot. Variation 2: Add V4 cup well chopped greben to grated potato batter. Subsitutue fine matzo meal for flour and fry as in basic recipe.

Holiday Book Fair

CAPE MAY - A fourday Holiday Book Fair will beheld Dec. 5-Bat the City Elementary School. Conducted in conjunction with School Book Fairs, Inc. of Worthington, Ohio, the fair will be held in the school library, which traditionally has been the setting for the annual event for a number of years. The Book Fair is open to ^the public as well as students 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Dec. 5,6,7, and 8. Over 250 fiction and non-fiction paperback selections will be displayed in color-keyed bookcases. There will also be a selection of posters for sale. Proceeds from the Book Fair will be used to purchase school equipment. This year’s Book Fair will be co-chaired by Deborah Morrell, librarian/media specialist; Carolyn Taylor, 2nd grade teacher; and Libby Forrest-Moore, a member of the board of education.

Hanukkah Treats Holiday Tradition

Variation 3: Turn either basic recipe or Variation 2 into well greased small muffin tins and bake 45 minutes at 350°F. THE RENDERING of chicken or goose fat is referred to as schmaltz The way schmatz is made is to cut fatty skins and other fatty clusters into small pieces. Cover with cold water and cock in a heavy kettle or frying pan, until the water has almost evaporated. Reduce heat and add diced onions. Allow one onion to each cupful of fat. A clove of garlic adds flavor. Also, when rendering a large quantity of fat, the addition of a few slices of raw potato will clarify the fat. The fat

is done when the onion is nicely browned, also the potato, and the cracklings are dry and crisp. Let cool slightly before straining to separate cracklings from clarified schmaltz. Cracklings are called greben and make excellent additions to mashed potatoes. A Kugel in Jewish cuisine is a pudding. Thefe are two types of kugels — those which may be served as a side dish with the meal (generally made of vegetables) and those which may be served as dessert (sweet kugels). KUGEL (Four-layer shalet) 1 recipe of rolled shtrudel dough

4 tablespoons melted chicken schmaltz 1 cup thinly sliced apples 2 Tablespoons sugar Dash of cinnamon Vj Cup chopped seedless raisins 1 tablespoon flour 2 tablespoons sugar Mt teaspoon grated lemon rind Va cup chopped mixed nuts 2 ta blespoons dry breadcrumbs SHTRUDEL DOUGH (rolled) 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar Pinch of salt 1 egg 3 tablespoons melted shortening or oil 1 cup cold water (approximately)

Sift dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and add egg and shortening. Stir to combine, then add a little water at a lime to make dough firm enough to handle. Toss onto a lightly floured board and knead three minutes. Roll out very thin and evenly. If rolling pin adheres to dough dust lightly with flour and continue rolling from the edges to the center, working around the dough instead of from one

side.

Divide dough into four, equal parts. Roll out one to fit inside a greased puddinfe dish. Drizzle with melted fat and cover with apples. Roll out second layer and

Helping Hand For

The Holidays

This marts Ihr third yrar. between Think:.Riving and Oirtslmas. that Thr Herald & The Lantern has compiled a list of the needs of various orjanixa lions throughout the county, publishing it with the hope that people will respond to a caU from within — to help others. This is not by any means a comprehensive list of aU the organizations in Cape May County that wort year assist people and animals who are hungrv. sick, troubled or homeless. There are many people out of wort, there are families with no place to live, there are overwhelming medical problems. There are people who are lonely and would en)oy a telephone call, a package, a simple letter. Money is always needed. But. even lacking money , there are things many of us can do that'coot little Things, yes. that may lake some Ume. A drive to deliver something. A walk to a home where there is trouble. An hour or two. or a dav now A then to listen, to teach, to offer a Helping Hand. Included here art some worthwhile organizations, which can use help this holiday season. There are many others when one starts to think about them too. — The Herald A The Lantern

"No man Is an island " No person or thing upon the Earth is an enti ty We ore entwined, one onto another During the holiday season human beingi reach out more generously to one another than perhaps the rest oj the year Reaching out j« a selfish motivation We all feel better for an act of kindness, a check put into the mail loan organization or individual in need Oh. it can be recorded as a tax deduction — and there'* nothing wrong with that Yet we cannot always afford to send a check or make a &ntribution Throughout Cape May county there ore countless people who give o/themselves in very special ways to help their fellow man - people who volunteer time at the hospital, other* who take in stray animals. women Who knit ond make craft items for church bazoor*. children who are already learning their voices and hands can cheer old people From this sharing comes hope No one can have too much of that — Libby Demp Forrest

TOYS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN c/o Richard M. Teitclman. Jr. High School U.S. Hwy. No. 9 Erma, N.J. 884-3475 ' Nora Dpughlerty. an tth grade student at the Teitelman School, wrote to The Herald A The Lantern about a toy drive underway by members of the Ecology Club, collecting used toys for distribution to needy children Tth and 8th grade students are asking fnends and neighbors for discarded toys that can be made usable and given to children without many toys of their own Members of the club are fixing the toys, wrapping them in Christmas paper and distributing them where needed Distribution is made through organizations which know of needy families Mr John Williams, a science teacher at the Teitelman School, supervise* the Ecology Club, a group of 25-30 young people who believe in recycling their feelings of compassion for children who have leas Organizations that wish to distribute the toys are asked to contact Mr Williams or Nora Daugherty as soon as posable

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF CAPE MAY COUNTY. INC. Crest Haven Road County Central Mail Room Cape May Court House. NJ 08216 465-4100 According to James Gregory, partial care coordinator at the county's mental health agency, past Christmases have been made cheerful and bright for client* by thoughtful and useful gifts such as sweaters, toiletries and "little gifts canng people have given them " In spite of an improving economy, emotional problems persist Families that have undergone ravaging hardship, teenagers in conflict, old people suffering the loas of loved ones come to the mental health center to learn to cope The little grab bag gifts that have helped to cheer client* are again needed as early as poaaiMe - items that do not cause much of a dent in a wallet — but which show hurting people they are not

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place over the apples. Roll raisins in flour till coated and arrange over layer of dough. Sprinkle sugar and ( grated lemon rind over evenly. Roll, out the third layer of dough and cover with raisins. Drizzle a little melted fat over dough and sprinkle with chopped nuts, lemon juice and crumbs. Roll out the four layer of dough and', cover Brush with remainin&jnefted fat. Let stand 10-15 minutes before baking at 375° for 45-50 minutes or till nicely browned. Invert on serving plate while warm. Sprinkle with chopped nuts f and sugar if desired. Serves 4-6. Charlottes or shalets are puddings made with a base of stale bread, plain or toasted. The fruit used is arranged on the bottom layer of bread and topped with more bread. These puddings are served hot and often served with a> fruit sauce. : APPLE CHARLOTTE (basic recipe) Use V 4 inch thick stale break slices, plain on' toasted, whole or cut into sections to fit the bottom of t pudding pan. Grease the bottom and sides of the pudding dish, preferably rectangular in shape, and fit the pieces of bread in as close as possible. Cover with applesauce seasoned to taste with nutmeg or cinnamon, grated orange or lemon rind, or enriched with finely chopped nuts. Cover with more stale bread slices, buttered on top. Dust with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees till wellbrowned. Turn out on a large serving platter while hot. Serve hot or cold. Serves four to six. CHANNUKAH CANDLE SALAD 2 bananas 4 slices canned pineaple 4 orange gumdrops 4 strips green pepper Lettuce Mayonnaise Cut bananas in halves and remove tips. Stand upright in pineapple centers. Top with gumdrop to represent flame. Pour a little mayonnaise from Up of each candle to represent melted wax. Arrange strip of pepper for the handle, making a loop fastened into the pineapple at base of candle. Serves foy. Happy Hanukkah Open House At Museum COURT HOUSE - The Cape May County Historical Society is sponsoring its annual Christmas Open House 10 a m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, in the County Museum, Route 9. This year theme will be ‘Babes in Toyland". Featured will be an exhibit of antique dolls and a display enUUed "Operation Trains ", which is a collection of Lionel trains from the 1950’s presented by Tom Jorgenson of Wildwood Crest. The museum will be decorated for Christmas and carols will be played on the piano 1-3 p.m Refreshments will be served.