The Kitchen Cabinet Feast of Languages Stolen Scraps
A fragmentary excerpt recalls a great feast of languages where scraps are stolen and the hour of meals is blessed on earth. Meredith references a holy dinner moment.
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
2
A fragmentary excerpt recalls a great feast of languages where scraps are stolen and the hour of meals is blessed on earth. Meredith references a holy dinner moment.
Seasonal guidance suggests using onions as blood purifiers with varied fillings such as chicken, sausage, nuts, or breadcrumbs, baked until brown. Recipes include onion stuffed bake, sardine garnishes, oatmeal bread with natural yeast, and codfish with a sour cream sauce, plus roasted onions and using vegetable water in gravies or soups. A culinary snippet also cites a line about poison and meat.
Small bits of chicken too tiny for serving are used in croquettes and mixed dishes. Recipes include a Chicken Souffle with minced chicken and white sauce, Cornmeal Apple Pudding, Tomatoes With Chipped Beef, Asparagus Loaf, Codfish Rolls, and Fish Croquettes. Sauce and bake steps given. cheese added to milk toast.
The article lists various greens suitable for small spaces and all seasons, including pepper grass lettuce radishes parsley chives mint watercress sorrel duckweed mustard and more. It notes flavor uses with breads salads and sauces, plus the health value for children and a Shakespeare quote about friendship.
Silk gingham tops the season with plaid and colorings, replacing harsher fabrics. Dresses in this fabric range from $50 to $60, with modish frocks featuring tunics and organdie collars. Style leans practical yet elegant, influenced by wartime practicality, as women increasingly become useful in society.
A fragmented recipe collection describes parsnip dishes including fritters and mashed parsnip with butter salt and pepper. Instructions cover boiling draining mashing and frying batter dipping into fritter mix plus a carrot loaf with carrots milk rice peanuts or beef and egg. Also outlines Chicken Jelly and Creole Sauce using bones mushrooms onions olives tomatoes and seasonings.
The article notes that a young girl's lingerie should be dainty and refined like her mother's but not elaborate. It allows fine lace and embroidery in moderation, emphasizes sheer quality, and forbids color and ribbons, permitting only a tiny pale pink or blue bow while white remains best.
In cold weather after filling, screw the stopper into the metal socket. Hot water expands the socket so the cold stopper seals tighter, preventing leaks. Once cooled, the spoke expands slightly to maintain a tight seal.
The article notes patriotic use of national colors in women's dress accessories. It highlights a low bandbag in red white and blue beads with a drawstring top and a matching bead belt, illustrating the fashion trend.
A religious teaching card summarizing Jesus challenge to Pharisee tradition in Mark 7, contrasting external ritual with inner heart purity. It outlines four sections: accusation, answer, application, and illustration, including the deaf mute healing and Syrophoenician faith.
As the new season arrives, simple gowns and plain frocks dominate the scene. Experts note that unembellished lines require more skill, while frilled garments are easier to imitate, making understated elegance the hallmark of morning, chambray Southern wear, tricot street looks, and dinner frocks.
Reading is out, stitchery is in. Compose frocks use serge jersey satin with ladder hemstitching. Pink dechine undies feature double-faced ribbons. Lingerie shows color outlines with handmade laces. Camisole knickers form satin combinations. Porcupine quills appear in new chapeaux. Sailors tricornes rams cloches high and low turbans. Double rochettes of ostrich on georgette sailors. Knitting bag purses muff pockets aid burdens. Panama hat knitting bags shown at Palm Beach. Neutral shades lead spring millinery with grays browns beiges tans.
A New York shopper notes simple organdie frocks selling from minimal prices. She cites cute blouses and gathered skirts in pastel greens blues and pinks with a folded hem and white fichu edging. She says the styles are easily duplicated at home and that prices are absurdly low.
Existing reports show no straw famine forecast from the war and shops display vivid color trends. Military tones dominate fabrics with chip gray, officers tan, artillery red, Helgian blue, cavalry yellow, and camouflage or smoke colors. fabrics and straw are often combined for early spring wear.
The passage describes tropical days with sun and wind shifts, a calm morning giving way to cool breeze, then violent nights. It notes indirect reflections from mountains and waterfalls and contrasts tropical warmth with northern autumn memories, capturing sensory details of the region.
The delicate hellotrope yields scarce profit for perfumers. They detect vanilla notes mixed with bitter almond scent and add bitter almond oil, rose, and orange blossom essences to mature vanilla to make helotrope extract.
Fragment discusses biblical plant references in Palestine noting olive, plane and myrtle branches as cited in Nehemiah and related scriptures. It situates vegetation within a religious context and biblical exegesis.
A brief item cites a dialogue from the Boston Evyening Transcript. An old man asks how long married and a reply notes pity for bachelors and envy of bachelors. The text reflects a social quip rather than a full event.
A dialogue contrasts pride in forebears with their impact on the nation. One speaker praises service while the other counters that despite sacrifice, real benefits to the country remain in question. The exchange frames legacy versus action.
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