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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
4
The Russian vogue for lavish furs extends to coats, stoles, and muffs worn with evening gowns and street wear. Short jackets dominate general wear while long sealskin coats remain popular for carriage and driving. New pelts include azure seal-hair and widespread use of sealskin, mink, ermine, and white fox with ornate trims.
The article details the season’s fur and velvet fashion, with loose wide coats and ribbon eyes for ornament, short and long fur coats, sable pieces, and velvet evening cloaks. It notes practical fur benefits, bold trims, and Paris shops like Max on Rue Saint Honoré influencing styles.
A host plans a festive Thanksgiving dinner with popcorn as a featured dish. The article describes home popping, prewetting dry corn, and cooking steps for large, flavorful kernels, plus storage methods in paraffin paper bags and advance preparation tips.
A colonial housekeeper receives tested Thanksgiving recipes using popcorn. Popular items include Assorted Popcorn Bars with flavored sugar, Thanksgiving Popcorn Potatoes shaped as eyes, and Popcorn Savories baked as ginger snap rounds with cheese filling. Each dish aims to please eye and palate.
A historical recipe notes reheating the oven and serving popcorn based confections. It details melting sugar with water, adding popcorn, lemon zest, and almond extract, then baking to brown and shaping into caramel squares. It also describes crystallized popcorn with cream sugar and rose water, coating large kernels and drying them neatly.
An article describes women offering chaperone services for dances and social events, including taking motherless girls shopping and accompanying others to church, school, and outings. It notes volunteering in Sunday School, reading to a blind person, assisting a student with college attendance, and suggests earning extra income by owning or renting a wheat chair.
Practical kitchen tips note how to thin stiff batter with granulated sugar for smoother results. A day-old crust baked with the pastry on the plate yields a rich brown undercrust. Merin gues and sugar suggestions improve texture. Recommends using partial lard in place of all butter for softer cake.
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