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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1869
Page
2
A reader describes training pole-supported beans over six feet tall using a vine like morning glory or honeysuckle. The method places vines above ground to keep fruit in light and air, avoiding rot. Plants are spaced four feet apart in rows, with care for weeding and hoeing, offering earlier and potentially better quality yields.
The notice describes a hot weather yeast method from Norgan's trade journal. It uses hops boiled in water, salt, brown sugar, flour, and mashed potatoes, left to ferment and stored near heat. The method claims strong yeast efficiency, needing half the usual baking quantity and a two to three month shelf life in a cool place.
Boil dried peaches or apples until soft then blend to a smooth mass. Beat six eggs with half a pound butter and half a pound sugar, fold in the fruit and lemon essence, pour over puff paste, and bake into two pies.
A recipe instructs to simmer stewed apples strained through a sieve with cinnamon and butter, add three egg yolks and beaten whites, boil the whites briefly, skim, place on apples, and serve with jelly atop the meringue.
Five pounds currants with four pounds sugar and five quarts water are mashed then steeped for three days stirred often. Drain, squeeze pulp through cloth, dissolve remaining sugar then bottle after two fermentations. Keep sealed through winter and bottle in spring.
Use fresh cherries with stems for ten pounds of fruit. For six pounds sugar five pints best vinegar plus cloves mace and spices. Boil with vinegar and sugar, skim, add fruit to jars, strain hot vinegar over, repeat three times, seal jars and store for use.
The instructions describe whisking Yolks of four eggs with grated lemon rind and juice from two lemons, eight tablespoons sugar and two tablespoons melted butter, then pouring and baking. Then beat the whites of four eggs with four tablespoons sugar, spread on the pie and bake five minutes.
A historical cake recipe lists whisked twelve egg whites, three cups sugar, one cup butter, three cups flour, one cup corn starch, one cup milk, two teaspoons cream of tartar, one teaspoon soda, and flavoring to taste. The directions imply beating whites stiffly then folding with dry ingredients and liquids.
A simple baking mix lists one cup sugar one cup sifted flour three eggs beaten two tablespoons milk one teaspoon cream of tartar half a teaspoon soda half teaspoon lemon extract and butter sized like an egg.
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