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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
9
A historic recipe describes roasting a hen turkey stuffed with truffle force meat and fat bacon, using both fresh and substitute truffles when unavailable. The preparation includes resting five days for perfume to penetrate the flesh, then buttered paper and liberal basting.
Practical tips on removing grass stains with alcohol and soda, cooling and storing dairy to prevent odor absorption, hanging woolens to dry to avoid shrinking, preserving velvet hats with black stocking, removing medicine stains from spoons with sulfuric acid and soap soda, adjusting cornstarch and salt for custards, and treating paint stains with turpentine butter and benzine without excessive turpentine odor.
A small firm cabbage is blanched and boiled then cooled. The center is hollowed and filled with chopped ham or salt pork, fried fat, and bread crumbs. Mixture returned to cabbage, baked in beef stock, topped with crumbs and butter, then browned.
Combine flour sugar salt and baking powder sift with flour. Beat an egg into a cup and a quarter milk, mix with two cups cold boiled rice until smooth. Stir into batter, heat a greased griddle and cook thin cakes until browned. Serve with maple sirup honey or thick fruit sirup.
Break half a pound of macaroni and boil in salted water until tender. Make a white sauce with butter flour and milk. Stir in macaroni and chopped ham with mustard red pepper. Add beaten egg, bake in a buttered dish, top with bread crumbs and cheese. Bake covered then uncover to brown.
Beat yolks of three eggs and whites of two with one pint milk and one tablespoon flour. Let stand 15 minutes then pour into a flat pan and bake in a very hot oven about 20 minutes. Cut in large dice and serve around a platter with roast beef.
Advice to extend umbrella life by adding a few drops of oil into the top notch about once a month. Oil prevents rib ends from rusting and doubles the umbrella’s usable time.
A central town correspondent reports a single sixty foot square patch of horse nettle, a serious weed like Canada thistle. The advised control is regular cutting every ten days, trimming plants just below ground, to prevent spreading.
Do not expose freshly made concrete to heat. avoid rapid drying and freezing before setting. Use uniform Portland cement and finely ground cement for better coverage. Do not reuse cement that has set. soak old surfaces and roughen before applying a thin neat cement wash. Mix thoroughly and do not fear overmixing as it can reduce cement use.
The Iowa Homestead describes a method to lift and reload a heavy hay rack without heavy lifting. Use two 18 foot 2x6 planks as supports with two short and two long posts four feet apart. Drive between the pieces to slide the rack across the planks and unload, then reverse to load.
Discussion on how many acres of tillable land a team can plow, noting it depends on farm type, machinery, and especially the driver's skill. Two to six horses may be used. quiet, efficient handling yields better results. Emphasizes checking harness fit and timing, with steady work and no yelling.
A Wisconsin writer explains a low cost construction for wells where driving a pipe is difficult. Build a 5 to 6 foot wall arching with large stones and cover with a flat stone with a hole for a finch pipe. Install a 18 inch diameter stone bottom, make a concrete cone to fit a sewer pipe, and place the pipe with staged reductions to avoid breakage.
Buy clover seed early and prepare soil thoroughly for soybeans and corn. Broom corn output exceeds a million dollars annually. sorghum silage and Rys silage are decent. Alfalfa fields mark progress, celery rows need earthing up, and storage cabbage should be handled carefully.
A playful exchange has a boy asking about a bright star near a cross while a companion explains Deneb is far away, prompting the boy to mishear the name as Denebt. The dialogue captures a child's wonder and a quick, light rebuttal.
A woman sent home an umbrella order with a wag on the same trip. She returns late to find her seamstress still in charge and asks if any packages arrived. The servant replies the wagon with the umbrellas came with the couple for them, in a humorous miscommunication from a bygone era.
An English wit, visiting New York for two weeks, summed up a small dinner with the remark it has been excellent. He said he never heard older storf anor drank newer wine in his life.
The squire jokes with his gardener about naming a newborn. Wiggin says they plan to name him James after the squire, a plain, modest choice. The passage also notes historical writing materials such as wax tablets and the stylus for letter writing.
An advertisement promises a one day cold cure using LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLOTM with a refund if it fails. It states a signature on each box and a 250 price, urging purchase for quick relief.
To help in hanging pictures cut a groove in the end of a curved tin pole, slot the wire end in it, and hook it to the ceiling fixture. This reduces climbing and lets you see how the arrangement looks before final placement.
A local tale recounts Zachary and his wife arguing at supper. Rube notes Zachary left the table and stayed away until shortly after nine, warning the town of potential disgrace if he does not reform.
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