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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
7
Instructions for rolling steak with bread crumb dressing and pork fat, browning with potatoes, making a pan gravy. Includes spiced beef helish roll with eggs and butter, creamed hash from chopped meat with flour and milk, and baked hash from mutton with potatoes parsley onion juice and breadcrumbs.
Proper dusting requires a duster in each hand to avoid finger marks on polished furniture. Wipe each piece lightly from top downward, shake the dust outside, then rub the wood to restore the shine. Brush stuffed cushions before wood to prevent upholstery dust from settling on chairs and sofas.
The Topeka State Journal notes a new trend in table decoration crediting men for innovations in milk glass and porcelain goblets. Long slender milk glasses aim to improve appearance and sanitation, inspired by the unattractive look of smeared ordinary glasses when milk is consumed.
Scour kettles with squeezed lemon pieces for stain removal on hands and copper tarnish. Salt-dipped lemon scraps scour copper kettles and remove brass stains. The lemon also cleans pans and kettles, removing odors from fish and onions.
Whip one pint of chilled double cream until solid. Gradually fold in one cup of unfermented grape juice and the same amount of powdered sugar. Add a tablespoon of orange juice, freeze like ice cream, repack in a melon mold, unmold on a glass platter, and sprinkle with chopped pistachio nuts.
Grate pineapple and mix with two cups sugar and two quarts water. Add juice of two lemons and two tablespoons gelatin softened in half cup cold water. Heat pineapple sugar and water to boiling. Pour onto gelatin, cool and freeze.
A terse instruction for a cocktail using grapefruit pulp chilled before serving. It advises dusting with powdered sugar and garnishing with green creme de menthe cherriea. The tone resembles a casual home bartending tip from a vintage recipe.
A described recipe for maple sugar rolls and manic biscuits. Directions include using bread dough with maple sugar soda and butter, letting rise, shaping into small rolls, and baking quickly. Also details for rich crust and cutting biscuits, with maple sugar dusting and pressing halves together for rise.
Small wooden tubs are best for washing fine dishes as they lack hard surfaces that could mar delicate items. Use padded bottoms, turn pan handles away, and have warm rinsing water with mild soap plus a hot-water basin and a draining basket with a soft pad.
A vintage recipe prints an apple pudding with three cups of prepared apples lemon rind sugar lemon juice eggs butter milk flour baking powder and salt. Bake one hour in a moderate oven and serve hot with wine sauce made of butter sugar whipped cream and sherry.
The article shows how to repurpose ham sandwiches from a post tea or reception. Toast the sandwiches to a golden brown and serve with a cream sauce containing minced ham and parsley. For heartier breakfast, place an egg on each toast before adding the sauce.
A dessert recipe instructs to whisk yolks with hot maple syrup over boiling water until thick, cool, fold in stiff cream and vanilla, mold and chill in salt and ice for four to five hours. Then brown almonds in oil, drain, and sprinkle on top before serving.
Mix two large spoons of flour with half a pint of milk smooth. Beat four eggs with salt. Bake in a small pan in a hot oven until the center is firm, about twenty minutes. Serve immediately.
Save soap scraps and never discard old pieces. Collect them until you have enough, then pour boiling water to cover and dissolve. Store in a jar and use as needed for washing fabrics like flannels and blouses.
Two quarts walter and two pounds pork plus two quarts sliced potatoes, one onion, one small carrot, a slice of turnip all cut fine. Season with salt and pepper. Thicken with one tablespoon flour mixed in cold water and boil. Serve with croutons.
A vintage gingerbread recipe instructs butter, sugar, milk, soda, and ginger mixed with flour to form squares rolled thin. Bake quickly for a simple treat.
614 hair brushes that have become soft can be made firm by dipping them in a strong alum solution, improving stiffness and usability.
A reader recipe column offers pressed beans and sausage baked with sau sage, Spanish ham and eggs with leftover ham and milk, cream of celery soup with onion juice, celery stock variations, and a steamed peach roll with peach syrup.
Scald one quart of milk then thicken with cornstarch sugar and salt. Stir into the hot milk, cook ten minutes, add beaten yolks and cook three minutes. Prepare figs with water yogurt lemon juice until soft. Combine custard and figs, chill in a serving dish. Beat egg whites with sugar and lemon juice to form meringue, pile atop the pudding.
A home recipe guides roasting twelve small sausages over a bed of lightly browned onions and rice. The method calls for butter, salt and pepper, a pint of stock, and boiling without rinsing the rice, then draining and combining with butter before serving.
Nine to eleven egg whites with cream of tartar and salt are beaten stiff. Fold in one cup flour and one and a half cups sugar, then bake in a moderate oven until light brown.
Soak handkerchiefs and white clothes overnight in a tub of clear water with a teaspoonful of cream of tartar added. After washing and ironing, the fabrics will be white as snow.
The guide explains isolating keep items from discard items and packing early with large boxes and excelsior. Use notebooks to list contents per box or barrel and label with numbers so unpacking is quick. When opening boxes, consult the lists to locate parlor pictures lace curtains and other items efficiently.
Instructions for handling jars and kettles, washing, wringing delicate fabrics, and serving foods like apple rose. Also tips on roasting meat with a spoon, eating olives and citrus by hand, adding vinegar to cream sauce, winding curtains, and dust control with tea leaves.
A thick round steak is browned in a short pan with onion, seasoned with salt pepper and flour, topped with bacon, and baked twenty minutes. Water is added, then the dish slow-cooks three hours. Sauce is thickened with flour and served over meat.
Soak a pound of salt pork to freshen it. Drain it and cut into inch square pieces. Fry in hot fat, stirring for even cooking. Add six to twelve well beaten eggs, beat quickly till set. Turn onto a hot dish and serve with baked potatoes. Drain excess fat if needed. Time about a quarter hour for four or five servings.
Use puff paste rolled to a quarter inch thick and cut into circles. Place a teaspoon of fruit on half, add sugar, wet edges, fold, seal, and crimp. Brush with egg wash, dust with sugar, and bake on tin sheets in a hot oven about twenty minutes. Raw fruit or jam may be used.
The guide explains outlining round forms by stitching left to right to fit curved shapes. It warns against knots in embroidery of kigad and advises starting with a few stitches at the starting point, covering them with outlining stitches, then finishing with a backstitch and buttonhole stitch to fasten.
Old wooden tubs can be updated cheaply with a side tap and a long garden hose to direct water outdoors or to a sink in another room, enabling easy drainage with minimal effort.
Practical guide to using cheaper meat cuts with flavorful preparation. Describes Veal Loaf No 1 and No 2 with detailed mixing, seasoning, and baking steps. Adds ideas for sauces, marbled veal, calf tongue paste, and butter sealing for luncheon or Sunday supper.
Soak gelatin in cold water then dissolve in boiling water. Stir in dark red canned cherries and juice. Add stiffly beaten egg whites and salt. Mold, chill, then unmold onto serving dish. Surround with sweetened vanilla whipped cream and Jordan almonds baked gently.
Sugar sour milk is used to make spoon bread. Break an egg into two cupfuls of sour milk and add cornmeal salt and soda. Beat, heat a pan, pour batter, bake in a hot oven for about fifteen minutes and serve immediately.
Be careful to trim beef and wipe, then bake two pounds of rump or neck with onion carrot turnip and pork. Add water salt pepper and cook three hours in oven. Serve over boiled macaroni with tomato catsup and mustard in juices.
Cooking vegetables should follow simple rules. Above ground vegetables belong in boiling water while underground vegetables go into cold water, except new potatoes which are treated differently. This method aims for even texture and flavor in mixed produce.
The attorney general and state weights and measures commissioner rule selling fruits by box or bag without marked weight or measure violates state law. Circular directs deputies and inspectors to prosecute such violations and require clear content labeling on all such packages.
Light rent for May and water rent for the second quarter are due. A 10 percent penalty applies if unpaid by June 10. City Treasurer Albert Holm announces office hours Saturday nights June 7 and 14 from 7 30 to 8 30 for convenience. Paul Stewart drove to Terre Haute Sunday with his niece assisting in the Stewart home during Mrs Stewart's absence. Mrs Stewart returned with him after visiting a sick sister whose death was chronicled last week. For sale a pen of prize Rhode Island Red chickens 10 hens and 1 cock including top prize birds at Lafayette and poultry show. Carl Ault of Danville Ill visited here Sunday.
A concise promotional note offers to demonstrate proper horse shoeing to stop interference and forging. The speaker promises a methodic show of the technique and invites Missourians to observe, asserting practicality and benefit.
Charles Thompson informs his father W. A. Thompson that Miss Jessie Thompson, who went to California for health reasons months ago, has relapsed and is too weak to stand or write. She remains in the sanitarium where she was taken weeks ago, and her father fears she may not return to Indiana.
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