Christmas Cheer Across Washington as South Keeps Traditions
The essay recalls Christmas in the Potomac region, noting the White House, Virginia homes, and Maryland as centers of festive warmth. It highlights family gatherings, enduring southern customs, Holly and log fires, changing Northern influence, and Arlington's quiet Christmas heritage. The piece blends history with seasonal sentiment, contrasting old Virginia Christmases with evolving urban holiday life in Washington.
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Christmas Gift Across the Ages in England
An essay traces the Christmas gift as a social practice from medieval lordly largesse to humble dependents and highwaymen. It recalls Christmas waits, carols, and the ritual of hospitality, noting the enduring tension between generosity and coercive penny-ante extortion.
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Dick Whittington
London
Old Cure For Colds Revival Promoted In 19th Century Practice
An archival note outlines the revived “dry cure” for colds credited to Dr J J Williams over a century ago. It prescribes 48 hours without drink or soup, only solid foods like bread and pudding, then a cautious return to eating as symptoms begin to ease.
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J. J. Williams
Evie
Beth
Good Dessert for Winter Bake with Huckleberries
A recipe instructs to sift baking powder and salt into flour, cut in fat and butter, beat eggs into milk, mix, roll into sheets, line a pan with dough, fill with huckleberries and sugar, cover with a top sheet, bake until done, cut into squares and serve with butter and sugar.
Home tips for kitchen care and housekeeping
Practical soup making and cooking advice with household hacks. It covers using a simmering burner for soups and vegetables, whitening frames with egg white, preserving steel knives, brushing corn silk, new nail brush utility, soaking cream of tartar for handkerchief bleaching, speedy jelly making, pumice for under fingernails, tin foil under doilies to prevent dampness, and beating bread dough for lightness.
Codfish Shaker Style Bake With Eggs
The recipe instructs soaking cod in lukewarm water then shredding it. Melt butter, stir in flour, whisk in milk, season, add fish, and bake in a buttered dish. Top with one egg per person and bake until set, served with well browned toast.
Duster Hint for Home Dusting
Feather dusters are often objectionable in homes due to improper use. For general dusting they prove worse than useless, but a single large feather duster with a long handle is handy for cornices and high pictures. Wash it regularly and dry in the open air to keep it effective as a dust disseminator.
Cauliflower a La Hudson Recipe
One boiled cauliflower shaped neatly, with ham and tomato sauce. Fold in chopped ham into heated tomato sauce, pour over cauliflower, then arrange four heaps of grated cheese around and two cross lines across. Bake or serve hot.
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la Hudson
To Make Apple Toast
Core and slice medium apples then stew quickly with butter sugar and water. Fry bread slices in butter to a golden brown. Arrange toast on a hot dish, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and top with the apples.
Banana Mousse with Lemon Rind and Egg Foamed Top
Rub four ounces of lump sugar on the rind of one lemon. Pound four bananas and mix with the sugar. Add beaten yolks of five eggs and cook till just thick. Whisk egg whites to stiff froth and fold into the cooled banana mixture. Serve chilled in a glass dish.
Fresh Salmon Preparation and Dressing Instructions
A compact kitchen note describes buying a fresh whole salmon, cleaning and boning, tying in cheesecloth, and steaming for about an hour until tender. After cooling, prepare a mayonnaise dressing and cover the fish with a layered platter, garnish with parsley and dill, and serve.
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