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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1936
Page
8
A nostalgic walk through grandmother's pantry with toasty apricot nut bread and butterscotch pie. Recipes cover creamed chipped beef, cranberry relish, pumpkin pie, and meat loaf, all urged as quick tested fare from local cooks.
A family recipe card from Goldie Hartley of Logan Route Four shares a Devils Food Cake method. It lists ingredients like sugar cocoa milk eggs and shortening, plus steps to mix beat bake and finish in loaf or two layers. The note notes the card came from a sister-in-law about ten years ago.
Mrs. Frank Beebe submits Sponge Cake recipe with whipped cream serving suggestion. Instructions: beat three yolks with sugar until bright yellow, add water vanilla and beat to a cream. Fold in two eggs and continue mixing. icing details accompany the cake.
A recipe from Mrs Forest M Guthrie of Athens details Apricot Nut Bread using cooked dried apricots chopped nuts butter sugar sour milk flour baking powder salt geda with quick bread method. Bake two loaves about 30 minutes.
Mrs. EB N Culluma received a custard pie recipe at a cooking school within the last five years. The recipe yields two pies with ingredients including butter lard milk flour and spices. The filling uses sugar butter cinnamon nutmeg vinegar nuts raisins eggs and is baked at 300 degrees for one hour.
A longtime recipe from Mrs. L. C. Gibson of Albany Route Two details a white cake using one cup sugar half cup butter four egg whites half cup milk two cups flour two teaspoons baking powder and salt. The filling combines egg yolks sweet milk butter corn starch sugar and a meringue made from egg whites with syrup.
One of the first pies Mrs. Thomas Rosser made after marriage was butterscotch pie. The recipe calls for brown sugar and vinegar in boiling water, egg yolks with cold water and salt, then mixing and filling a baked shell with the hot and thickened mixture.
A holiday recipe for Cranberry Relish is shared by Elsie Welch of Route Two Rutland. The method uses fresh cranberries sugar orange rind and pulp with salt then chilled and served as a meat relish.
Mrs H V Carpenter of Sharpsburg favors parsley in meat loaf. Her long standing recipe uses round steak pork egg parsley onion juice pepper milk bread crumbs butter and bake time with butter baste. Also notices Sylvia Emery has been named Administratrix with Will Annexed of Barbara Clinesmith's estate in Athens County Ohio dated November 10 1936.
A cold night suggests a taffy pull and a Sorghum Taffy recipe by Mrs Roy Gold. It lists sugar water sorghum molasses butter and soda, boiled to a hard ball then pulled on a buttered surface.
Sunday preaching by Rev. H N Snider at 10 30. Families and friends gather at various homes and events, including taffy party at Zuspan residence and visits among Tate Darst Rupe Tipton and Bradbury families. Eastern Star members attended and funeral of Lydia Rufe noted with Ladies Aid meeting held locally.
Miss Joe Floyd Beasmore, director of the National Beauty pageant, judged the Mississippi Beauty revue in Tupelo praising southern ladies for warmth. She noted northern contestants as the finest in sheer beauty.
Bashan social notes list multiple residents visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns. Notable mentions include Arthur Orr in Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg and Thanksgiving dinner guests at the Courtney home in Chauncey Corning.
Mrs Don Young of Garfield Ave offers a simple recipe for filled cookies ideal for parties or snacks. The method uses shorting sugar eggs flour soda salt and dairy with a date fruit raisin and fig filling, rolled thin and baked at 425 degrees for about ten minutes to yield four dozen cookies.
Combine chopped meat with sugar lemon juice and water and cook until thick. Cool before using. Mince meat serves as an excellent filling for these cookies.
Kellogg promotes ALL BRAN as a bulk-adding cereal to ease common constipation. It claims 98 percent satisfaction among users, with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory after a week, recommending two tablespoonfuls daily. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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