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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
7
Clara Kelley presents a set of pie recipes for varied dinners including Transparent Pie Cocoanut Pie Vinegar Pie Lemon Pie and Chocolate Pie. Each recipe details ingredients steps and crust guidance for home bakers seeking flavorful changes.
Leftover egg whites from yolk recipes can be transformed into kisses. Beat whites to stiffness, fold in sifted powdered sugar, then drop on waxed paper. Dry slowly in a warm oven for two hours with the door open if hot, or closed if only warm. Cool before removing.
Mint tea is praised as a soothing remedy for nervous and stomach troubles. Leaves are mashed and steeped, then served in a glass with cracked ice and a touch of sugar. The preparation emphasises keeping the bowl covered until cool and storing the strained tea in a bottle on ice.
Instructions for making biscuits from a flour base with butter lard and salt. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk, mix to a moderately stiff dough, let rise in warmth for about an hour, shape into biscuits, allow to rise again, then bake quickly and brush tops with milk.
Take dry figs soaked thoroughly with light sugar. Line tart pans with rich puff paste and bake to a delicate brown. Fill each cup with four or five cooled figs, add a spoonful of juice, and top with whipped cream.
A Woman's Magazine tip advises placing chopped nuts in a sieve and shaking to remove fine particles. This yields cleaner nuts and prevents the grayish tint that can appear in frosting.
Square of sponge cake on a dish with any available fruit fresh or canned. Serve with whipped cream. Delivers a pretty dessert with fresh crushed strawberries and juice.
In a dry pan melt one half cup sugar until clear amber. Coat five or six small cups with caramel. Mix four eggs with four tablespoons sugar, add one pint milk and one teaspoon vanilla. Fill molds, set in hot water and bake until firm. Cool and unmold onto plates. caramel blends with the milk sauce.
An electric chafing dish combines a stove and pan with a copper outer shell and tin lined inner pans. A fused enamel heat plate conducts heat directly for efficient cooking, while a three level regulating switch ensures steady heat. The unit doubles as a toaster when used without the pan.
Banestine Bell De Kol a five year old Holstein Friesian cow owned by Dimick & Bro East Claridon Ohio set a record with 1058.34 pounds of butter fat in 365 days from 27404.4 pounds of milk at 3.86 percent fat. The cow produced over 9 gallons of milk daily enough for 36 families to receive a quart each. If churned the fat equals 1822.925 pounds of butter over the year, 34 pounds daily, without being dried off before calving. Only one other cow has exceeded Banestine's milk record and none have matched the butter fat.
The London post office tests a machine that mails letters by stamping and posting both the letter and penny together removing the need for stamps. New Zealand has used the system successfully for some time and Britain may adopt it widely in the future.
A historic recipe for ginger muffins uses New Orleans molasses and sour milk. It combines half a cup of molasses with soda salt ginger and melted butter, then adds two and a fourth cups of flour and one and a half teaspoons of soda plus sugar. The batter is thinned with sour milk, filled into muffin tins, and baked twenty minutes.
To wash crocheted articles place them loose in a pillowcase and tie. Soak in tepid soap solution then press and squeeze with hands. When water discolors use fresh suds and rinse in three waters of the same temperature. Squeeze out water and hang to dry in the pillowcase.
For Sale. An 184 acre farm near Stone Bluff with black soil and highly improved condition. Another farm for sale and trade. Two residences on North Perry Street near a brick factory in Attica. Will sell cheap on best terms. Some vacant lots also for sale. G. L. McConnell, West Lebanon, Ind.
Advertisement notes an extra heavy hand made wagon for sale by Miles E Baldwin superintendent of Riverside Cemetery. The listing provides no price and no contact details.
Melt one half cup of butter and add cape sugar to make a thick syrup after about 80 minutes. Prick an orange with a silver fork until oil begins to emerge and fold into the syrup, turning occasionally. Aim for a rich golden color like burnt orange. serves well with poor man's pudding or southern style rice.
To bake cakes place pans toward the bottom of the oven for even rising. If heat hits the top first the crust forms and the cake may crack as it rises, producing an unsightly top. Keep heat balanced to avoid crusting and cracking.
Instructions describe washing soaking and boiling prunes until tender then pitting cracking and peeling kernels. Kernels are briefly boiled and peeled then added back to fruit. Finish by sweetening the sauce to taste.
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