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— ' ' - Looking for new dessert? a fondue can mean fun THE BATTALION Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 24, 1971 By SUE DAVIS Battalion Women’s Editor Looking for a really new des sert idea ? Try a fondue. Last week I gave recipes for cheese and meat fondues, but this versa tile type of cooking can also be used for the last course of the meal. Fondue for dessert can be a delightful ending for any meal, or it will lend conviviality to a mid-afternoon or late evening snack. All kinds of fruits can be used for dunkers. Also good in dessert fondues are marshmallows, angel food cake, pound cake, lady fin gers and doughnuts. My favorite ones are chocolate and butterscotch. All the choco late fondue requires is: 6 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 cup light cream 1V& cups sugar Vs cup butter % teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Heat all ingredients except va nilla in fondue pot at the high setting, stirring occasionally un til chocolate is melted. Reduce heat to medium. Continue cook ing, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes, until thickened. Add va nilla , and mix well. Set control at low for serving. Butterscotch fondue is even easier. For it you need: % cup butter 2 cups light cream 1 cup dark brown suger IVz tablespoons cornstarch 3 tablespoons light rum Heat butter, cream and brown sugar in fondue pot at high set ting, stirring until melted and bubbly. Mix cornstarch and rum together; pour into cream mix ture, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Set control at low for serving. Both of these recipes will serve from six to eight people. Too much luggage can cause many honeymoon troubles To save money, decoupage a purse By SUE DAVIS Remember when decoupage was the thing a couple years ago? I didn’t know then how handy a knowledge of this art would be when I left home for college. What do you do when your monthly allowance is running low and you absolutely have to have a new purse. Your parents refuse to send anymore money, so you are on your own. Solitaire girls best friend; Tiffany creates new style NEW YORK <A>> _ Wedding traditions may be changing in many respects, but engagement rings are still in style and the diamond solitaire remains a girl’s best friend. Next in popularity are sapphires, followed by emer alds, rubies and pearls. The round, brilliant-cut dia mond continues to be the favorite for engagement solitaires, ac cording to offiicals at Tiffany & Co., though some prefer the grace ful, boat-shaped marquise, the straight-sided emerald-cut or the pear-shaped diamond. “There has been no letdown in the buying of engagement rings —every woman alive wants one. But people began asking for some thing different, so we’re giving it to them,” said Tiffany designer Donald Claflin, who has created a new “Tiffany setting.” The old Tiffany setting, invent ed over 100 years ago and stand ard ever since, is a gold or plati num ring with a brilliant-cut sol itaire held by six platinum prongs. The new setting, which has been copyrighted, is a solitaire diamond set between concentric spheres of either gold or platinum. “The time was ripe for pro ducing a new type of setting but it couldn’t be too radical because you still want a soft, simple feel ing,” explained Clafin. “It still has the quietness of the original Tiffany setting, which I think will be around 300 years from now. “The new design is a piece of sculpture, rather than jewelry,” he added. “I got the idea from taking two wedding bands and moving them around together. And there it was, crisscrossed, with the symbolism of two rings together.” When it comes to buying the ring, almost every man brings the girl along, the sales staff at Tiffany notes. However, he often comes in a few days in ad vance to check on prices and when he brings his fiancee the sales man will show them a selection in the desired price range. Buying wedding bands is also a joint enterprise, they report. And as many as 50 per cent of the men shopping at Tiffany with their prospective brides get wed ding bands too. The store estimates that as many as 20 per cent of the cou ples buy rings matched in de sign but of different widths, while 10 per cent get identical bands. “Men’s bands were less popu lar for awhile but they are in creasing in popularity as men are becoming more interested in jewelry,” Claflin said. “Men’s wedding rings are becoming more designed, rather than being mere ly a plain gold band.” “In women’s wedding bands too,” the designer added, “there is a trend toward change, to ward a more intricate type of ring, especially where it will be worn alone.” When an engagement ring is worn with the wedding ring, he pointed out, a simple solid gold or all-diamond band is the best choice. s This engagement design is Tiffany’s new setting. It is a band new concept in engagement rings. A solitaire dia mond is set between concentric spheres of either gold or platinum. (AP Photo) FREE DORM DELIVERY Phone: 846-5777 RALPH’S No. 1 at NORTH GATE Cold Beer On Tap SMORGASBORD ALL YOU CAN EAT MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 5 - 7 P. M. — $1.50 RALPH’S No. 2 at EAST GATE Cold Beer On Tap Open: 3 p. m. - Midnight, Saturday ‘til 1 a. m. Don’t Forget To Ask About The Ralph’s Pizza Calendars Why not try making your own purse. It is easy and does not take much time, and it is cheap! For about $4 to $5, you can con struct a purse the size, color and style that you choose. Decoupage purses are decor ated with whatever you want. On the first one I made, I put for eign stamps my pen pals had sent me. Later I cut pictures out of magazines for two purses I made for friends. One had a travel theme and the other a love theme. First you need to buy a box to use as the purse. These can be found in all shapes and sizes in most any hobby shop for a couple dollars. At the same store, you can buy hinges, a handle, decou page paste, a clear lacquer and a stain if you want. Most girls use a walnut stain on their purse. If you do use one, the purse must be given at least a day to dry after it is applied. If the weather is humid, give it about two days. Then you paste on the decora tions. Do not use anything cut from a newspaper because it is too thin and will not look good after it is pasted down. Be sure to leave spaces for the hinges and handle. After the decorations have dried, attach the handle and hinges. These can be put on with just screws. The final touch is a clear lac quer to keep the decorations from peeling off. So now you have a purse that is really your thing. It can be used in all seasons, for all occa sions. The art of decoupage can be employed in making plaques and decorative boxes for your home, too. They are made the same way as these purses. It is a cheap, easy way to decorate both your home and you. NEW YORK (A*)—Most brides pack everything but their pet parakeets when they leave for a honeymoon. The trick is re straint. Don’t take too many clothes. “I brought every outfit that was in my trousseau,” says a Memphis bride who went to Puerto Rico. She ended up liv ing in her two piece bathing suit. The old tradition of the expen sive white nightgown and robe set is hard to break. But many brides find it relatively useless. “I wore the white nightgown once. That’s all. It’s been hang ing in my closet ever since,” says the bride. A suitcase full of fluffy night gowns seems to be every moth er’s dream of a good way for her daughter to start a honey moon. “My grandmother and mother wanted me to take 14 night gowns,” says a New York girl. She held firm and packed two “bridie” things and a long flan nel “unsexy” gown, which served her well in cold climates. She and her new husband took a three week trip in December, but as a veteran traveler, she managed to plan carefully for winter in France, spring in Spain and warmer weather in Morocco. The wardrobe included a heavy coat and tweed suit for Paris. Her long turtle neck cashmere sweater and a sleeveless top in terchanged with her suit and an extra wool skirt. For warm weather, she took five light wool sleeveless dresses, a lightweight raincoat and high rain boots, as well as a silk print dress for parties. She didn’t forget soap flakes and collapsible hangers. “I had to do the washing in most places,” she says. She did leave her hairdryer at home and went to beauty salons when she needed a pickup. “In Tangiers, by mistake, I went to a salon that catered to Moroccan women. They put heavy goo on my hair, anc^: it stuck out about 12 inches all over my head,” she says. So stay away from strange beauty parlors — unless you’re ready for a good laugh. “If you’re not in love, you can bring hair rollers,” says a Palm Beach brunette who packed k hairdryer for a week's hone! moon in Bermuda. “I figured we’d be there seva days, so I took seven shifts I wear with bathing suits oris dresses. I took two pairs of k muda shorts, two pairs of slack sss: Brides can save themselva much trouble if they pad only knits, like the one pic tured here. She she never take clothes that may wrinkle or take more till she needs. (AP Photo) tyednesa Di Vi WAS! eratic s( day to U.S. trc time do of Cong Sen. 1 eratic 1< flexible, ffithdra ident h certain. 1 The 1 menting sidered Sen. chairma Services Henry J commitl spent n cus del of the resolutl A| ONE-YEAR-OLD Beth Pohlmann finds out that this animal isn’t stuffed. She is playing with a one-month-old lion cub described by her mother as “about as mean as a turtle.” Beth’s father is deputy superintendent of the Audubon Park Zoo. (AP Photo) one tennis outfit, three dime dresses, three nighties, and mi robe. “I took too much. I diiW wear the slacks or shorts or 111 the dresses,” she says. The one thing she was have were her fluffy bedrai slippers. “You’ve got to take sometlis really feminine,” she says. Many brides can’t resist /? ging a large selection of chai® on their honeymoons, but i member one important tion. “Take anything you must In —makeup, nightgown, an ata dress—in a handbag and csir it with you. I had a friend A got her luggage lost and esi« up spending four days ink traveling suit,” says one briit A fi Aggie I rik Ib» rehearsi present "Ghoi Wenck ior Eng appear social i immora Her ! father’s by Audi keting Pastor Alving (Co “Thei year is being o these g know.” She i no one about “i t: said > preside “I v someth added, they di as well AGAINST POLLUTION ? ? JOIN SCOPE Student Council On Pollution and Environment If you are interested in any of the following activities, you should join this national organization: • action against water pollution • improvement of local streams and ponds • action against roadside litter • activities for EARTH DAY, April 22, 1971 • involvement in a national student organization whose goal is to protect the earth’s air, water, and land resources • consumer action for reusable containers and environmentally safe products • lectures to school and community groups interested in environ mental improvements • influencing legislation dealing with the environment SCOPE membership is available to any high school or college student. Fill out and mail the following information form and come to our “new membership” meeting. Room 3B, Memorial Student Center, Wednes day night, March 3, 7:30 p. m. (Please print) NAME ADDRESS PHONE HIGH SCHOOL or COLLEGE MAJOR Mail to: SCOPE: Texas A&M Chapter P. O. Box GK College Station, Texas 77840