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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
11
Readable excerpt shows gelatin molds used as bases for egg salad and other proteins. It outlines two recipes: an egg salad with hard boiled eggs, celery, green pepper, relish, pimiento, lemon juice and mayonnaise. and a salmon or tuna mold with egg yolks, milk, mustard, butter, and canned fish.
Wartime kitchen recipe explains croquettes as a meat substitute using creamed vegetables. It provides two versions, Meat Croquette Triangles and Vegetable Croquettes, with ingredients for frying in lard and guidance on shaping, breading, and frying to a 370 degree fry, yielding twelve croquettes.
Ruth Millett suggests a warped view of marriage markets as shortages of men and goods rise. A New Mexico ad hints at dowry fantasies with scarce brides and scarce items like cars and appliances. The piece notes postwar shifts toward youth and beauty. Also a short tip on trimming fats from meat for cooking.
A home breakfast plan includes Oatmeal Griddle Cakes with enriched flour oats egg molasses and milk plus a citrus fruit for Vitamin C. Also a rice tomato bake featured uses rice margarine salt pepper tomato soup and oven baking at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Bride to be Mary Elizabeth Smith may use silver engraved as Mary Smith Burke. A damask cloth sits over a silence cloth. Overhang twelve to fifteen inches. A lace or organdy cloth may rest directly on the table. If the runner crowds the table you may omit it. For silver to be used first place it outside then nearest the plate.
Washington report on wartime leather options notes pigskin from ham skin and bacon rind could supply gloves and shoes. OPA experts cite progress with pigskin leather and oiling processes to boost durability, while next shoe stamp date looms and ration details stretch into 1945.
Four firm tart apples with 1 2 cup sugar 2 cups water and 1 stick cinnamon. Wash and core apples. Boil sugar and water for a minute and a half then add cinnamon and apples. Cover and simmer until soft but not mushy. Cool.
Lima beans cooked and mashed mixed with crumbs and seasonings form small cakes. Brown and serve hot with tomato sauce or creamed vegetables as the main dish for supper. A meat alternate low in ration points and cost.
Madge Graham shelters Major Hugh Grantland and his mysterious companion Mr Howe in her Eastern Long Island home. Family, duty, and a child’s safety collide as Jim and Katie rush to provide privacy and aid while Grantland covers the car's exit and plans.
Instructional food item outlines a meatless main dish for Lent using scrambled eggs and toast cubes. Ingredients include bread cubes eggs milk salt pepper and shortening bacon drippings. Steps describe browning bread, then cooking eggs with milk until set.
Barbecued sauce for pork spareribs with simple onion catsup and Worcestershire mix. Slice ribs, stack in dish, top with onion and sauce, bake at 350 degrees for about two hours. Serves four.
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