Simple directions for making vinegar at home
USDA outlines home vinegar making from ripe fruit including apples grapes and oranges. Steps cover fruit selection washing crushing pressing fermenting with yeast controlling temperature from 80 to 90 degrees, adding vinegar or mother, then aging 6 weeks to 2 months with weekly tastings and filtration tips.
Corn Flour as Substitute for Wheat in Baking
Housewives who used corn flour find it superior to wheat flour in baking. Use equal portions of corn flour and wheat flour in mixtures to achieve similar results.
Making Spongy Cake Tips From A Vintage Guide
A short fragment explains beating egg whites with a wire whisk to create a light sponge cake like angel cake. It emphasizes whipping the whites vigorously to add volume.
Determine Age of Chicken
A method to age dressed fowls from the U S Department of Agriculture is to bend the end of the breast bone. In very young birds the bone bends easily like ear cartilage. In birds about a year old the bone is brittle, while in older birds it is tough to bend or break. Some dealers may break the bone to fool buyers.
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Recipe for Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is valued as a meat substitute for city and country households. If your family tires of cheese as an ingredient, try new approved recipes. Circular 109 from the Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, offers cottage cheese usage ideas and is available by request.
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Household Questions for Frugal Living and Home Care
Practical tips for warm weather living include porch meals and morning chores. Advice covers baby comfort, fruit pies, sewing improvements, soap sachets, cold water dishwashing, and cleaning with lemon salt.
Indianapolis Air Ban Ordered by City Council
An ordinance banned aircraft over Indianapolis except government craft. Also noted were drownings of Mr and Mrs Ray Ellis of Kokomo near Corydon while crossing a swollen stream during a religious literature mission.
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Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Efficient Shaving
An advertorial touts Cuticura Soap as boosting razor efficiency and skin health. It asserts soap prevents irritation even with twice daily shaving and markets one soap for shaving bathing and shampooing.
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