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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
20
Homemakers receive a recipe-based guide to fruit pies and bran pastry. Instructions cover oven temps from 425 to 475 degrees, steps for making apple, plum, peach, and elderberry fillings, plus a bran crust method and decorative lattice. Additional tips include timing for multiple pies and a summer foods reminder section.
The writer reflects on farm rhythms from spring tractors to fall threshing, describing labor strains and the need for cooperation among farmers. Roosters crowing on hot days illustrate rural life, a buyer buying half the chickens, and the quiet after birds are culled, ending with a playful complaint about roosters.
Violet Lillico of Vancouver is Canada’s only woman tea taster and a former sea importer who now blends and distributes tea across British Columbia and Alberta. She describes judging tea by dry leaf, infusion color and aroma and notes wartime rationing transformed sourcing from government channels.
Denmark faces a major disruption as German headquarters move to the frontier and sabotage cripples rail routes from Norway through Jutland. Explosions hit ships and stations, cutting communications and threatening food supplies for occupying forces while Danes remain resolute.
A fragment list advises whipping sauces to achieve rich textures. It mentions adding nastardum leaves to cheese sandwiches and cucumber dishes for extra flavor. The text is incomplete with several numbered steps and unclear context.
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