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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
4
A column of maple based dessert ideas and recipes designed to refresh winter fare. Maple Ice Cream, Baked Apples With Maple Syrup, Maple Cake, Maple Bread Pudding, Maple Caramels, Maple Custard, and Maple Mousse are detailed with ingredients and method for home cooks seeking new flavor twists.
A historic method explains cafe frappe as a half frozen coffee drink. It uses egg white water and ground coffee beaten together then diluted with hot water, strained, sweetened, cooled, and frozen to a mush with ice and salt, served with whipped cream.
A simple dessert prep details dissolving gelatine in water then mixing with crushed strawberries orange juice and sugar. The mixture is poured into a border mold chilled until firm and served hollowed with fresh berries and whipped cream.
Readable kitchen tip explains drying bread crumbs and grinding them into a batter for griddle cakes. Soak crumbs in milk, add flour salt baking powder molasses and egg then bake on a hot griddle. Make small cakes for easier digestion.
Recipe notes sugar butter beaten egg whites and yolks milk salt lemon flavor with acid flour to form a thick batter. Bake in a moderate oven until done.
A simple mixture of one level tablespoon flour stirred with a splash of cold milk, cooked in one cup milk with a pinch of salt until creamy. Cool and flavor to taste. Suitable for puddings and similar dishes.
By Peter Radford the article argues the rural church must embrace social duties as part of its mission. It promotes the church as a community social center for youth, recreation, and moral formation through clubs picnics dances and other activities to nurture a cultured society.
Beetroot rich in potash offers many serving options beyond salad. Recipes include Beetroot Soun a hearty soup Beetroot au Casserole with rich stock and cream Beetroot a la Creme with pasta and butter Beetroot and Apple Pudding served with rice and custard.
Chopping tougher cuts speeds cooking and yields versatile dishes. Mix one pound round steak half pound sausage bread soaked in water one egg one onion and half pound pork with salt and pepper. Cook steak and onion in fat, add bread, press out moisture, combine ingredients, form into a long roll, top with pork slices and bake forty minutes in a hot oven.
Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of gelatine in eight of cold water. To two cupfuls of granulated sugar add eight tablespoonfuls of water and heat until sugar dissolves. Add gelatine slowly and stir until cool. Add salt and flavor to taste. Beat until stiff, then soft. Pour into buttered tins dusted with sugar. Cool, cut into squares, and roll in powdered sugar. This yields a wholesome sweet.
Salt improves chopping by sprinkling on parsley before chopping. Rubbing salt on knife handles removes stains. A pinch in hot milk enhances flavor. A pinch in boiling water prevents a cracked egg from boiling out. A little salt in wash water helps prevent colors from running.
A simple old fashioned recipe for a light batter roll fried until crisp. Mix one egg with salt and flour to stiffen, roll thin, cut with a biscuit cutter, fry in hot fat for about one minute. Serve with sirup cream and jelly or a delicate pudding sauce.
A sewing hint suggests sewing paper on the back of goods that will hold the fabric steady when adding tatted or other inserts. This prevents stretching during sewing and laundering, keeping both insertion and fabric even.
Heating the lemon before squeezing increases juice extraction, nearly doubling the yield compared with raw fruit. This suggests applying warmth enhances juice release by softening the rind and membranes. Practical method involves gentle heat prior to pressing for higher yield.
A call for a rate increase is urged while arguing products of a blow and a farmer who lives at home should be exempt from the hike. The piece contends farm and home goods merit relief from the proposed higher charges.
Lectures by Peter Radford note ICC rate increases and Wilson remarks prompt farmers to push for equitable transportation charges. The Farmers' Union urges rail commissions to raise rates only where necessary and to shift burdens toward nonessential goods, while shielding rural households.
A man unwell on the Weat side agrees to sleep in a rear porch hammock. After three wakeful checks from his wife, he ends the night indoors and refuses to try outdoor sleeping again. The Worcester Post notes the curious domestic episode.
Professor F Herath reports in the Revue Electrique that rain generally carries a positive electric charge far more than negative. He used a 25 metre square metallic cloth to collect rain, linking a galvanometer to photograph the readings. Positive currents in steady rain are about 0.0000000000000001 amperes per square centimetre, negatives never exceed 0.00000000000000001.
The piece contrasts unmoral and immoral, arguing that obedience to explicit prohibitions defined by arbiters marks immorality, while still in an untaught state leaves one unmoral. It notes ignorance of moral law matters more in modern times, despite ignorance of civil or criminal law never excusing actions.
A witty exchange unfolds as a flirtatious suitor demands a kiss with grand promises. The girl keeps it light with a playful, modern reply about kissing off the front tooth, showcasing cheeky humor and mutual wit.
A minnow barely an inch long weighing a twentieth of an ounce earned an Angler in Armentieres a $60 prize while angering Belgian and northern French anglers. Fifty seven societies with 1,600 anglers gathered to fish but only one catch was recorded, and the lone fish carried the prize.
The article recalls splendid gates in northern German towns and Roman style aqueducts rivaling the grand Aquis. It notes Marcia at the papal capital and remnants from Troy Babylon and Pompeii visible above ground or unearthed from underground.
Advice suggests the best cure for nerves is staying active. If personal work isn’t available, help a busy friend and engage fully in every task. The piece notes washwomen never seem nervous and warns against wrinkles from nerves.
Emeralds used for engraved portraits show their hardness by withstanding work. The Roman Emperor Hadrian and other great figures had likenesses inscribed on emeralds, and the famed portrait of a savior is believed to be a faithful copy from an ancient emerald engraving.
A quotation contrasts unseen good works to a vein of water silently nourishing the earth. It praises the enduring impact of anonymous kindness and steady effort by a virtuous person.
A seasoned observer notes that maturity often means abandoning aggression as it proves futile. The idea that gentleness equates to weakness is challenged by the claim that restraint reflects practical wisdom and self control.
A statement notes that the annual lard consumption in the United States would fill a sphere about 295 feet in diameter and 334 feet deep, illustrating the enormous quantity used yearly.
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