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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1936
Page
8
Holiday treats feature Divinity Fudge Fondant and Almond Slices from Miss Maxine Robertson. The page offers White Christmas Cookies, Anise Cookies, Chocolate Macaroons, popcorn ideas, and several candy bases with step by step directions and measurements.
A recipe lists sugar salt corn syrup and water boiled to a firm ball 250 degrees then poured over stiffly beaten egg whites. Mix in nut meats and vanilla, spread in a greased dish, rough top set, and cut into squares with decorative candied cherries or citron leaves.
Mix confectioners sugar with condensed milk and vanilla until creamy. Roll into a ¼ inch sheet and cut stars. Press a small red wintergreen candy into each star center. Flavor fondant as desired and shape for stuffing dates.
Chef Paul Reich warns that heat, not the knife, causes turkey slices to curl and dry. He advises cooling 25 to 45 minutes after roasting, removing sinews from drumsticks, and notes bones help retain heat for serving while allowing easy carving.
Instructions describe two cheese coating methods for popcorn. The first uses half a cup of popcorn with butter and very dry American cheese plus salt, melted and stirred over hot popcorn. The second omits butter and uses soft grated American cheese to melt over hot kernels, then salted.
The passage lists butter mint and praline candy making steps with ingredients and stages, followed by a briefam remarks on Christmas confections. It then reports Albany Oregon forecasts from Lou Wallace of the state fish and game commission about potential income from fishing and pheasants, suggesting up to 50 million dollars yearly if stocked properly.
Bob suspects Pearl Pierre as the killer after a tense night in the old estate. Betty fears for her safety as Tante Josephine accuses Pearl Pierre and Pearl John. The scene shifts to a kitchen amid Christmas pudding recipes and candies.
A historical recipe combines brown sugar light molasses and milk with unsweetened chocolate cooked to 235 to 245 degrees F. Butter is stirred in then vanilla added before pouring into a greased 6 by 10 inch dish to cool and cut into squares.
Charles Husbeck wins top honors in a national contest for oldest bread, with a Delaware biscuit bought in 1878, a sea biscuit carried from the Isthmus of Panama in 1878, and a Maryland cracker also brought west in 1878, all collected by his father.
Six "loco tractors" are being built locally to serve as switch engines for an eastern railroad. Each tractor features caterpillar tracks, diesel power, front and rear drive and steering, and can operate on either tires or steel rails. Tung oil production rises in Dallas as a key crop for paints and lacquers, with the All-South Develop ment Council noting the shift from imports.
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