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Wrap Up Your Holiday Shopping THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO PART ONE OF FIVE ~ CONTINUES NEXT WEEK BY FRANCES BROWNE
Once upon a time there stood in the midst of a bleak moor, in the North Country, a certain village. All its inhabitants were poor, for their fields were barren, and they had little trade; but the poorest of them all were two brothers called Scrub and Spare, who followed the cobbler’s craft. Their hut was built of clay and wattles. The door was low and al-
ways open, for there was no window. The roof did not entirely keep out the rain and the only thing comfortable was a wide fireplace, for which the brothers could never find wood enough to make sufficient fire. There they worked in most brotherly friendship, though with little encouragement. On one unlucky day a new cobbler arrived in the village. He had lived in the capital city of the kingdom and, by his own account, cobbled for the queen and the princesses. His awls were sharp, his lasts were new; he set up his stall in a neat cottage with two windows. The villagers soon found out that one patch of his would outwear two of the brothers’. In short, all the mending left Scrub and Spare,
and went to the new cobbler. The season had been wet and cold, their barley did not ripen well, and the cabbages never half-closed in the garden. So the brothers were poor that winter, and when Christmas came they had nothing to feast on but a barley loaf and a piece of rusty bacon. Worse than that, the snow was very deep and they could get no firewood. Their hut stood at the end of the village; beyond it spread the bleak moor, now all white and silent. But that moor had once been a forest; great roots of old trees were still to be found in it, loosened from the soil and laid bare by the winds and rains. One of these, a rough, gnarled log, lay hard by their door, the half of it above the snow, and Spare said to his brother: -“Shall we sit here cold on Christmas while the great root lies yonder? Let us chop it up for firewood, the work will make us warm.” “No,” said Scrub, “it’s not right to chop wood on Christmas; besides, that root is too hard to be broken with any hatchet.” “Hard or not, we must have a fire,” replied Spare.
“Come, brother, help me in with it.
Poor as we are there is nobody in the village will have such a yule log as ours.” Scrub liked a little grandeur, and, in hopes of having a fine yule log, both brothers strained and strove with all their might till,
between pulling and pushing, the great old root was safe on the hearth, and beginning to crackle and blaze with the red embers. In high glee the cobblers sat down to their bread and bacon. The door was shut, for there was nothing but cold moonlight and snow outside; but the hut, strewn with fir boughs and ornamented with holly, looked cheerful as the ruddy blaze flared up and rejoiced their hearts.
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Wrap Up Your Holiday Shopping Mashed Sweet Potatoes
2 lb. russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces 1 ½ t. salt, divided 1/3 to ½ cup milk, half n half or buttermilk ¼ t. freshly ground pepper 1. Boil until tender. Put the cut potatoes in large saucepan. Cover with 1 inch of water. Add one t. of the salt. Cover and bring the water to a quick boil. Uncover the saucepan and let the potatoes boil gently until they are tender when pierced with a fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. (Don’t overcook.) Drain well immediately since potatoes become water-logged if left in
water. 2. Meanwhile, bring 1/3 cup of the milk and butter to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat. Keep warm. 3. Dry potatoes quickly. To remove excess water, return potatoes to the same saucepan. Cook them over medium to medium-low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, shaking the pan con-
stantly, until the potatoes look dull, not moist. 4. Mash while hot. For the smoothest texture, press hot potatoes through a potato ricer (available at the Kitchen Shoppe) or food mill (also available at the Kitchen Shoppe). You can also use a potato masher. Don’t use a food processor. If you use a mixer, avoid whipping them
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