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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1978
Page
3
Microwave ovens are popular Christmas gifts and offer quick clean operation. A fruitcake recipe uses whole wheat flour and natural dried fruits to produce a brown baked look, finishing in sixteen minutes in a microwave or two hours at 300 degrees in a conventional oven.
A recipe outlines making a fruitcake using whole wheat flour walnuts dried fruits raisins eggs sweetened condensed milk lemon juice and a blend of spices. Batter is created by mixing wet ingredients then folding in floured fruit mixture. Microwave cook time is four minutes in a greased 21 percent quart ring mold.
The text describes rotating baking power settings, baking for sixteen minutes, testing doneness with a toothpick, letting the cake stand covered for half an hour, inverting to cool, optional brandy soaking, wrapping, refrigerating, and finally serving with icing sugar. It yields 214 pounds of fruitcake.
The Working Group on Scales in the Retail Food Industry announced that retail food items will be weighed in grams and kilograms starting next year. Initial scale conversions will occur in Kamloops, Peterborough, and Sherbrooke on July 1, 1979, with nationwide rollout to begin January 1, 1980 and expected completion by end of 1981. Canada Post acceleration confirmed by Gilles Lamontagne.
Dr. Gordon C Smyth argues that racial heritage should not bar adoption as he recounts the Drummonds in Atlanta losing a bid to adopt Timmy a mixed race child The piece invokes a biblical scene to question colour specific judgments and urges acceptance in a global village
A new completely metric tariff takes effect on July 1 1979 with postal rates calculated by grams and kilograms rather than ounces and pounds. The change marks a shift to metric measurement for pricing.
The piece notes Pierre Trudeau in a combative mood and mentions a US city zoo with a separate insect building. The director argues insects are essential, while the column mocks parliamentary slang and cites a quip about newspapers having the last word.
Catalone and Byron Chase with son Jeffery of Airdrie Alberta spent a week in Roblin visiting relatives. They also visited The Pas and Swan River and were accompanied home by Martin Falkowski. Mrs Cheryl Cooke visited her parents in Winnipeg and her friend in St Boniface Hospital.
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