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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
7
A guide outlines a frugal plan for a family of five to eat well on twelve dollars weekly. It includes peach cobbler dessert ideas and simple recipes with peaches, sugar, flour, almond extract, butter, and lard for a crisp top and fruit-filled bottom.
The excerpt lists Saturday menus with breakfast and dinner items for ten to twelve servings, including peaches baked at 325 degrees, creamed peas with bacon on croutons, peach cobbler, and a detailed party salad recipe using alligator pears, cottage cheese, nuts, olives, chives, lettuce, and French dressing. Also notes a mixed grill broiler method and a beef lamb veal pork liver assortment.
A recipe instructs baking rice with cooked dry grains and assembling twelve inch skewers. Slice meats into half inch squares in a layered pattern with mushroom flavors and bacon, then broil four to seven minutes per side. Serve hot with rice and meat juices. Serves 4.
The Mount Vernon project will install 1,636 feet of 24 inch storm drains to separate storm water from sanitary sewage. 21 WPA workers will be paid with 4,726 dollars in federal wages and 2,651 dollars from Mount Vernon for materials and equipment.
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