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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1923
Page
7
The weekly Cookery Page prints many recipes and awards Mrs Shankle for a white cake with fruit filling known as Knickerbocker cake. Comanche merchants promote a concentrated Mrs Shankle recipe focus to Housewives with ready baked crust and brief directions from Miss Johnnie Goggin of Comanche Texas Route 5.
Cream butter and sugar until light then add water gradually. Sift flour with baking powder, fold in, add vanilla. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks and fold in. Combine batter in two greased tins bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cool and sandwich with fruit filling.
A handwritten recipe lists 2 cups sugar and 2 to 3 cups boiling water. Whits of 2 eggs and 1.4 cup chopped nuts with 1 cup mixed figs raisings citron cherries and pineapple. Boil sugar and water to thread, beat whites dry, then slowly add syrup while beating. Fold in nuts and fruit and spread between cake layers and on top.
A historic recipe from Ruth Thompson lists 2 pounds lean beef, 1 pound suet, 5 pounds chopped apples, 1 pound seeded raisins, 2 pounds currants, 8 4 pounds citron, spices, salt, and sweeteners plus sherry or boiled cider and grape juice. Mix, pack in jars, store cold, stand 24 hours before use.
A vintage recipe from Miss Lena Janes in Sidney Texas, describing a cabbage beet carrot potato celery salad served on lettuce leaves. It uses red cabbage, red beets, carrots, potatoes, celery, pimiento, and French dressing, seasoned with salt pepper and onion juice, with optional meat or veggie pairing.
A recipe instructs beating two eggs with one cup sugar then creaming into a mixture with one cup chopped nuts one cup chopped basil one teaspoon cloves one teaspoon cinnamon one half to one teaspoon allspice and one cup melted butter. Fold in stiffly beaten whites and boil until thick.
Mrs. Ernest M. Bean of Comanche Texas Route 5 shares a dessert method. Combine 2 cups grated pineapple with 1 pound marshmallows and let stand overnight. Beat until fluffy add 1 cup sweet cream and chill. serve with cherries nuts or bananas.
Recipe fragments list ingredients and steps for peppers onions and tomatoes pickle blends. Includes Mrs Mart Sherrill and Mrs Paris Smith contributions with measurements for brines, spice blends, and egg-thickened dressings. Fort Worth area attributions appear for two recipes.
A brief public notice urges readers to call 209 for reduced price meat options. The item emphasizes deals on select cuts.
To cup of scalded milk add 1 2 cup sugar the yolks of two eggs and two teaspoons cornstarch mixed with cold milk beat together cook in double boiler Add one cup grated coconut which has been soaked in milk overnight bake with lower crust only beat white eggs to form foam mix with two teaspoons sugar spread over pie when baked
A vintage kitchen note from Mrs Robert Davenport outlines lemon dessert steps. Grate lemon rind, juice, and cream butter with sugar, beat eggs separately, then fold rind and juice in. Bake with an under crust creating a lemon flavored pie.
The page emphasizes that advertisements from local dealers support daily menus and customers. It notes courtesy, thoughtfulness, and good business judgment as virtues that earn a reward, and urges readers to notice advantages offered by the ads.
Fort Worth homemaker Mrs Hardin Plummer shares a quick pecan salad recipe mixing chopped apples and pecans with salt pepper and lemon juice for a bright finish.
To a two pound can of oysters chop ped fine, add eight crackers rolled to crumbs, one-half cup of vinegar, salt and pepper to taste, celery seed or fresh celery chopped fine, and four hard boiled eggs. Mix thoroughly and moisten with oyster liquor. Use as much mayonnaise as desired. Reduced prices on meat at Moody's market. Phone 299.
Fruit salad made from oranges bananas cocoanut dates pecans and pineapple with sugar. Red gelatine dissolved in water then mixed with hot water and poured over fruit. Chill until congealed and serve with whipped cream. Mrs. Geo. E. Smith.
A brief poetic exhortation calls for betterment and virtue. It urges growing toward light and choosing right over reliance on earthly power, framing the message as a shared moral aim.
A seasonal home style dish featuring peach halves on lettuce with celery and grapefruit slices, pecan garnish, and a cream dressing seasoned with paprika and lemon juice. Includes oat bread, shirred eggs with bacon, hashed brown potatoes, and a raisin gruel with cornstarch and milk.
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