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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
9
A new cool dessert using cream cheese with raspberries and pineapple. It becomes a decorative, festive treat for luncheons and parties, easy to prepare and ideal for summer gatherings with cookies and iced drinks.
On rising drink a glass of cold water to stimulate digestion. Exercise for ten minutes then drink another glass. Maintain hydration by a glass of water between meals.
Summer Salmon Salad and Broiled Salmon and Mushrooms use canned salmon to speed summer meals. Salmon, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, lemon and pickles form a center platter salad with mayonnaise dressing. Broiled mushrooms stuffed with flaked salmon and breadcrumbs browns under a broiler for a hot entrée.
Salmon salad picnic rolls offer a cool afternoon refreshment or midnight snack. Mix canned salmon mayonnaise chopped pickles and celery then fill hollowed picnic rolls for a quick delicious treat to serve with iced tea.
A vintage style recipe describes transforming Angel Food Cake into a dessert with pineapple, berries, marshmallows and pecans. It guides shaping the cake, filling with whipped cream and fruit, chilling for hours, and serving with chocolate sauces or ice cream sandwiches.
Creamy raisin peanut dessert serves six to eight. Rinse and chop raisins, soak crackers in milk to soft mush, blend with sugar peanuts and chocolate. Whip cream stiff, fold into the mixture, and top with soft custard in glass servings.
Enthusiasm for the Montana Newspapers Association recipe contest grows as readers from all parts of the state send in recipes for various dishes. Entry is open to all, with prizes including a first group awarded on September 1. Submit recipes to the Food Editor, Box 1906, Great Falls.
Walter J. Sullivan, a former Butte resident, is elected commander of Hollywood American Legion Post No. 43, leading a unit with 1,409 members. Corne lius Hayes serves as executive committee chairman. Sullivan served 20 months in the Navy after enlisting from Butte. The Madeira wine trade remains largely in British hands dating to the 16th century.
The article explains why lemonade cools on hot days and offers recipes and serving ideas. It covers lemon juice uses, Lemon Fizz with carbonated water, Lemon Ice Bergs with sherbet, and vegetable platters with lemon cream cheese. It provides a lemon sherbet recipe and tips for chilling and presenting a refreshing garden menu.
Bids for an earth filled Willow creek dam on the Crow Indian reservation were received July 1 in Billings and sent to Washington for approval. The 113 foot high dam will create a 23000 acre foot reservoir to irrigate over 28000 acres, supply crops and stabilize water for alfalfa beans grains and sugar beets. Construction began in 1938 and the project includes feeder canals gates and rip rap protection with a 75 man camp ready for work upon bid approval.
President approves housing administration funds including a 294000 grant for Helena slum clearance and low rent housing. The article notes the project will include the most expensive dwelling to be built under the plan, though the exact cost is not fully stated.
Frances Lee Barton shares a rich chocolate icebox cake method using lady fingers cream and a chocolate ganache. The recipe lists ingredients and step by step directions including gelatin, folding egg whites, and chilling 12 to 24 hours. Serves 12.
Denver hosted its four day summer wool auction selling 2,121,350 pounds of wool. Prices ranged from 16 to 28 cents per pound, reflecting strong demand in the annual event.
The famous honeybread baked in France and Germany lasts about a year and a half without drying out or spoiling, offering long shelf life for travelers and households.
The Montana State Board of Equalization announced a 5.14 mill state tax levy on property for 1939. Chairman E A Dye explained levies appear higher than 1938 due to dropping a 4 1 2 mill charge on assessed valuation for educational bond interest and sinking fund. Livestock levies totaled 4 mills, with 2 mills for general fund and 3 for university.
Strawberries earned their name from being sold on straws. Bananas two feet long are produced in East Africa, reflecting early market sizes and regional cultivation.
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