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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
11
Homemakers who plan purchases and storage save time money and ration points. Buy staples weekly inspect freshness avoid hoarding and keep a notebook of brands and storage needs. Plan larger buys when prices and supplies are favorable and freeze perishables for future meals.
ALICIA HART explains foundation cream can conceal blemishes protect skin and give a youthful glow. She advises choosing a formula with rich oils for dry skin and applying only a light film to avoid a masklike look.
An etiquette Q and A presents four scenarios with authoritative answers. It asks what to do when an old friend visits and whether to arrange a meet or not, and includes typical social guidance on gifts, dripping coats, and paying in groups. The solution favors opening gifts, being considerate on trains or buses, avoiding male-female split discussions in mixed company, and accepting gifts like food for a hostess during war time. The recommended action for a long-absent friend is to arrange a meeting if possible.
A nostalgic recipe item describes griddle cakes suitable for breakfast or a late night supper with options including apple and cheese varieties. It lists ingredients for standard, apple, cheese, and potato pancake versions and notes baking on a hot greased griddle.
A simple praline cake recipe yields 6 to 8 servings. Ingredients include cake flour baking powder salt shortening sugar egg vanilla extract milk. Method beats shortening with vanilla then sugar and egg, alternates dry and wet ingredients, and bakes at 350 degrees F for about 40 minutes. Topping combines brown sugar flour pecans butter and water, spreads over hot cake, then bakes 5 minutes more.
Classic recipe promotes potatoes with cheese as a patriotic, protein rich mainstay. It outlines ingredients including butter margarine, flour, milk and American cheese, plus steps to assemble layers and bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
Simple bean dish uses salt pork onions green peppers and celery simmered then baked in a bean pot. Beans with catsup and stock combine for a savory supper served hot after a slow bake and a brief browning period.
Browning potatoes quickly in melted fat then baking with diced potatoes yields a wholesome dish. Add milk or cream and season with salt and pepper. Chicken fat serves as a versatile shortening for cakes and pastries and can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week. Hot wine punches, served in delicate glasses, gain popularity as after dinner drinks.
Madge Graham awaits word from husband Dicky and father Charles Spencer as she protects college roommate Carolyn Brixton. Marion Morion is in the hands of conspirators, while Crump the waiter may relay a coded message about Marion. A dangerous setup unfolds as Madge contemplates rushing to Marion and risking peril.
A tense excerpt reveals a search for Marion’s captors. Noel reports watchers near the restaurant as a party of two white-haired men and three women enter, while others guard the rendezvous and Lillian remains at the Underwood home. (Continued Tomorrow)
In a dining car a gray haired woman oblivious to the war annoys staff until a 19 year old wife with a baby asks her to hold the infant. The older woman then reveals two daughters in the east facing war’s harsh realities and heads to help them through a difficult winter. The piece suggests the question Do you know there is a war on implies control and empathy.
A gelatin based cocoa pudding recipe using unflavored gelatin warm milk cocoa sugar vanilla and salt. Soften gelatin in cold water heat milk with cocoa paste then dissolve gelatin and vanilla. Chill in rinsed molds and unmold before serving with cream.
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