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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1939
Page
7
Susan Snow shares practical kitchen advice on citrus juicing, omelets, seasoning, and serving. Tips cover preserving lemons, creating appealing omelets with fillings, seasoning blends, grading desserts, using bread crumbs, handling fish leftovers, and energy-saving baking methods.
An old English origin tale traces plum pudding to German fruit and meat mixtures, later transformed by English cooks who substituted raisins currants and flour for plums. The piece notes the flaming brandy ritual, then provides a traditional recipe with bread crumbs milk eggs sherry raisins currants citron suet spices and a long steaming method.
A vintage instruction excerpt explains serving salads cold on large plates with creamed cheese balls or canapes, and suggests fruit or vegetable salads baked in shells. It advises keeping shells unfilled until serving to prevent sogging and includes early 20th century relish for croutons, whipped cream, paprika, and entertaining tips.
A party salad recipe features potatoes onions pimentos and eggs with sour cream and mayonnaise dressing. It includes asparagus tips lettuce, green pepper, tomatoes, shrimp, peas and a decorative mound on a bed of lettuce for a festive buffet presentation serving six to eight.
A brief cooking instruction. Sauté parsley briefly then stir in vinegar and add two drops of an unnamed sauce. The fragment references a quick flavoring method and a minimal ingredient list.
A vintage recipe describes Moravian Christmas cookies made with melted butter brown sugar molasses and spices. Dough rests chilled a week or two then rolled paper thin cut into shapes and baked six minutes in a moderate oven. Cookies keep indefinitely in closed tins. About two hundred cookies result.
This recipe blends one cup chopped cucumber and half cup shredded coconut with two tablespoons mayonnaise. Let drain briefly, spread on buttered white bread slices, cut into shapes, and serves as a distinctive party sandwich filling.
A home cook can create quick, elegant soups using a basic white sauce. The article lists foundation sauce ingredients and method, then demonstrates a cream of carrot soup by cooking carrots with onion and sugar, then thinning with the sauce. It emphasizes convenience, storage, and a simple serving suggestion.
A collection of child letters to Santa from Denton Maryland dated December 13 to December 18 1939. Young writers request toys clothing candy and fruit while asking Santa to remember family teachers and friends. The notes reflect Christmas wishes from siblings and classmates.
Mary Johnson writes a holiday wish list asking for doll gloves snowsuit and candy nuts apples and oranges for Mother Daddy little brother and Betty Patten as her small friend. The note mentions Betty Patten and a desire for festive treats and gifts.
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