SWEETMAKING CORNER

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1934, Page 19 (Supplement)

SWEETMAKING CORNER

UNCOOKED CHOCOLATE NOUGAT. Get. a quarter of a pound of sweet almonds, drop them into boiling water, take out, and remove the skins. Dry the nuts in- a; cloth, then cut them up into ‘strips.' ’ Roll a- good half-pound of icing sugar till there are no lumps in it, and mix in the almonds and two heaped tablespoonsful of ; unsweetened cocoa. Beat the whites of two eggs to a froth and add this gradually to the mixture, working it to'a thick 1 paste with a wooden spoon. Turn the nougat on to a dish covered with greaseproof paper, press it into a block’ with a knife, decorate the top with little strips Of angelica, and leave to dry in a fairly warm place. When quite set, cut it into, cubes with a sharp knife. : ! ‘ STAND BACK, PRINCE. ' We have just heard this good story about .the Prince of Wales. The incident must have occurred while he was on an American holiday. With one of his royal brothers he once went to a cinema incognito, hoping to escape. being, stared at and fussed over. -But when they reached the place they found a crowd, and the Prince said to his brother: “Someone has betrayed us.” At that moment, a policeman’s arm hit him in the chest, and as the royal brothers were thrust aside the officer said: Stand back, me bhoys, for Greta Garbo. JOAN’S CRUEL JUDGE. A curious link with events 500 years ago has come to light on the occasion" of the French gift of a memorial to the RlOl victims at Allonne. The ground on which it stands was the property of the notorious Bishop Cauchon, who took so cruel a part in the trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen. He was Bishop of Beauvais, and he shared with Bishop Beaufort of Winchester the shame of Joan’s doom. This cruel man conducted with a sort of glee the drawn-out torture of the village maid in a prison cell. He was not satisfied to trick and trap her in the public court. He acted thus to curry favour with his English colleagues, and now the land he owned in France has been offered to Britain as a tribute to her brave airmen.