Friday Luncheon Menu Offerings
Friday luncheon features stewed figs boiled cereal of choice creamed salt mackerel with rolls or toast jam or jelly and coffee or cocoa.
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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
6
Friday luncheon features stewed figs boiled cereal of choice creamed salt mackerel with rolls or toast jam or jelly and coffee or cocoa.
Recipes describe scalloped fish with breadcrumbs and cream sauce, Fish Loaf from baked leftovers with clams and bread stuffing, and Creamed Finnan Haddie with green pepper and eggs. Dishes use butter, parsley, onions, paprika, salt, pepper, Worcestershire, milk, and bread crumbs.
A vintage guide lists recipes for mint ice with pink candy shavings, orange ice with citrus flavors, sherbet a la Marguerite with banana and pineapple over vanilla, and cranberry orange Trilby juice mix. Additional notes cover taming sweetness, coloring, and ripening times.
A reader compares egg prices in cities and rural zones, noting cheap 18 cent a dozen eggs from a small farm and outlining a method to preserve up to 30 to 90 dozen eggs using silicate of soda and stored in crocks. The piece discusses delivery rates, pricing across seasons, and practical home preservation steps.
Practical tips on cut work using netting as a substitute for bars in elaborate designs. Steps cover basting netting to linen, cutting away, and avoiding fabric distortion. Also includes methods to remove onion odors from pots and to wrap papers with triangular end cuts for clean mailing edges.
Reader seeks guidance on reducing valve lift from one half inch to three sixteenths or a quarter inch to cut noise, and whether grinding valve tips to round would help while preserving power. Also asks how tire size affects speedometer accuracy, plus carburetor and fuel flow fixes for two cars sharing fuel line issues and a possible idle-rich condition.
Spraying can be done while watering using faucet sprayers that attach to hoses. Small bowls carry insecticide soaps and deliver a mild solution during watering. Used consistently from spring to fall, this method prevents pests and saves money.
The article outlines balancing weight across axles, lowering the center of gravity, equalizing reciprocating engine parts, perfectly balancing the crankshaft, and matching rod weights to reduce engine work bias. It suggests lightening the body to cut drag, and lowering gear ratio toward three and a half to one for higher top speed, noting rotary engines and gas turbine ideas have not yet proven financially successful.
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