South Wales Evening Post du lieu suivant : Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales • 47

wwwthisssouthwalesxouk Family "7 POST South Wales Evening Post uesday November 2 1 999 COMPETITION THE Dairy Diary is a big seller every year for Milk Marque and nghtly so The compact hardback contains so much essential lifestyle information from calendars to travel tips that millions of families have already enjoyed using it The 190 page Millennium edition contains all the usual detail plus plenty of fresh material to keep surprising The food section alone runs to 26 pages covering everything from breakfasts to apple tarts Family Post has eight Dairy Diary 2000s to give to competition winners To be in with a chance of winning just answer our question: QHOw many pages are there in Milk Marque's Dairy Diary Send your entries on a postcard or sealed down envelope with your name address and daytime phone number to Val Kennedy Dairy Diary Comp lion Editorial dept Evening Post Adelaide Street Swansea SA1 1QT Closing date is November 8 Prizes will be sent out by mail by the Evening Post This is a oint promotion between the Evening Post and Milk Marque who are providing the pnzes No alternative to the advertised pnze is available the decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into Employees of South West Wales Publications Milk Marque their agents and members of their families cannot enter LOOKS GOOD: Images from the Dairy Diary 2000 Look out next week for Family Post's Dairy Diary kitchen tips W' THE nerine or scarlet Guernsey lily is a bulbous plant that does well in a cool greenhouse It is quite happy also if it is given a spot in a sheltered warm border out of doors The plant will do well if grown indoors in a spot with a good drainage compost Repotting is only necessary about every four or five years as the plant is not happy about being moved but welcomes every year a top dressing of an inch of rich compost and watering until the foliage goes yellow During the summer the plant should be stood outside in sunny conditions and kept on the dry side Offsets can he removed when repotting for the purpose of propagation Strange fruit Along with witches warlocks ghosts and things that go bump in the night there have been plenty of pumpkins about recently I don't know why we are so shy about pumpkins the rest of the year but it seems we are When did you ever see a pumpkin in a shop except in around this time? a shame really because other nations seem to have discovered they are good enough to eat ail year round Pumpkins like marrows courgettes and squashes belong to the gourd section of the cucumber family They are not particularly easy to find in seed catalogues and if you do they are often offered more for novelty value chosen for the size they reach rather than taste Hundredweight is one such variety And although big it pales into insignificance next to Atlantic giant which as the name suggests can grow to enormous proportions (The record is 990lbs) Pumpkins need a sunny site protected from strong winds Soil should be rich in humus and well-drained Sow outdoors in late May or early June and protect seedlings with cloches in northern areas You may need to watch out for mice they find the seeds a delicacy Try covering the area with spiky twigs Seeds can also be sown under glass in late April and planted out in early June The soil should be kept moist and needs plenty of water but water around rather than over the plants Add a layer of mulch before they begin to fruit Pumpkins should be limited to two fruits per plant When fruits begin to swell feed every two weeks with a tomato fertiliser They should be ready for cutting from the beginning of August until early October Allow them to mature but cut before the first frosts Store them in a cool (fry airy place and they should keep until Christinas Write vWl bnll of your gardening concerns to: HWkcto Val Kuwedy EdfeoriaJ deft Evening Poet Adelaide Street Swansea SAI IQT ST Children? The cream of the crop Knickerbocker glories Maple syrup Whipped cream Pecan or walnuts I (optional) You wi need Chopping board sharp knife I glass spoon or ice ice cream scoop piping bag or spoon long bandied spoon dexrtspoon chopped I working with children is to set bask rules of the kitchen before you start Before cooking wash your hands Wear an apron Collect all the ingredients together and measure out Be careful with knives Hold them downwards Use a chopping board When cooking on top of the cooker turn saucepan handles to the side so that you do not knock them Wear oven gloves when picking up something hot or putting things into the oven Make sure your hash are dry before you ping or disconnect an electrical HERE are a couple of quick and easy recipes for the children to make la just minutes with little help from an adult they will have made something that not only looks great but is scrumptious too As the Dairy Diary 2000 points out children take great pleasure in lending a hand in the kitchen Angela book Quick and Easy Cook Book contains a range of recipes that many young cooks will want to make They are presented with step-by-step dear I S5f (2oz) Strawberry ice cream 3 Strawberry flavoured syrup 1 Wipe the strawberries and remove the stalks Slice the fruit If making banoffee glory peel and slice the banana 2 Put the layers of ice cream and sliced fruit in a tall glass When the glass is nearly Kill pour a little syrup over the top JPipe or spoon whipped cream on top of the ice cream and fruit then sprinkle with the nuts or other topping Note Some people have an allergic 'tacJ to nuts As an ahematho top your vjiory witn cnoccnate crops or crushed biscuits for toffee With Richard Spencer What is important when Oh baby! The Rugrats are out COMPETITION multi -media soundtracks Mark has created a diverse score for Rugrats: A Live Adventure The show plays Cardiff International Arena from November 1 1-13 Family Post has two sets of family tickets each valid for four people for the show on November II to give to competition winners To be in with a chance of winning just answer our question: DOES the thought of papering the ceiling driveyon up the wall? Aching arms and the threat of paper covered in paste landing on your headarejusta "y-couple of the problems which make the job daunting But papering a ceiling is not as difficult as you may think: The techniques are the same avtor papering a wall: except that the strips of paper are usually longer and more difficult to handle while being brushed into -place' One problem is access to the ceiling It is no good' standing on a chair or step ladder that is not high enough to reach the ceiling comfortably And standing on a single step ladder and trying to move it along while you hold up the paper is virtually impossible on 'our own It is better to put up a work platform which is strong and secure so you can walk along it without having to keep climbing down A row of chairs is the next best thing Also try and persuade your partner or a friend to help you support the folded paper while you position one end and work backwards across the room If you construct a platform that spans the width of the room the best type to use is a purpose-made decorator's trestle You can also use a pair of scaffold boards spanning two stepladderv For a good quality result when hanging the paper start by marking the ceiling This gives a guide to positioning the paper Ideally try to work parallel with the window and away from the light so you can see what you are doing and so that the light will not highlight the seams between strips Pace Variety Entertainments what this show is doing for live entertainment" Central to the show's success is the music written by Mark Mothersbaugh Now the director of Mutato Musika which works with Coca Cola Turner TV and Toshiba and is regarded as one of the world's foremost producers of interactive TPHE Rugrats arc the I cartoon world's biggest babies Now in Rugrats: A Live Adventure the biggest babies on stage If you've not heard of Tommy Chuckle Angelica Phil Lil and Susie get your ears syringed because everyone knows they're the most animated infants on the planet They're the stars who have helped to make Nickelodeon a leading cable and satellite TV channel for kids Nickelodeon airs Rugrats three times a day seven days a week and are a prune time favourite for a huge audience of children aged six to 14 Rugrats A Live Adventure features bfl-tail Rugrats i nappies to match plus a i of giant singing flashlights dancing scissors and hammers monster swarms of bees and a terrifyingly enlarged dinosaur all integral to a powerful plot driven (as ever) by Angelica's mischievous influence Parents glide back and forth on moving platforms above the kids and with a third tier of musicians and a backdrop of huge video screens projections puppetry and a barrage of rock's best technical effects Rugrats: A Live Adventure ta a wacky and fun spectacle 'People thought they knew what a circus was and then Cirque du Soieil came says Jonathan 1 from co-producers Who wrote the music Rugrats A Live ture? 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