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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
4
Palmer College issues paid up scholarships priced at $23 that cover a full year’s tuition in regular courses or $27 toward tuition in special departments. Anticipating increased income, the college plans many improvements for next year.
The article outlines several stew styles including Welsh, French, and Spanish, with detailed steps. It specifies lamb chops, veal, round steak, and beef as base ingredients, plus seasonings, vegetables, and timing for simmering until tender. It notes thickeners and the use of boiling water to preserve juiciness, with cautions about pepper and celery flavor.
Ox gall is a cleansing agent for various materials and is especially advised for woollens. Use one tablespoonful gall per pail of water, with lukewarm rinse for woollens. Gall odor dissipates with air exposure. A whitening method uses one pound of saltpetre dissolved in one gallon cold water, adding one half cup to each boiler of clothes for bright whiteness without fabric damage.
A brief home care tip explains washing delicate fabrics with pure white soap and warm water. Soak in a shallow dish, lay out to sun dry for one to two hours, turning to expose all parts, then rinse thoroughly in clear water.
Wash one cup of rice and cook with one onion one green pepper six cups cold water until tender. Press through a sieve. Melt butter stir in flour then add cream Worcestershire sauce salt cayenne and nutmeg. Boil five minutes. Combine mixtures add two teaspoons chopped parsley and serve.
Gather any leftover cold fish and cut into small pieces. Place in a baking dish and pour a white sauce made from flour butter and water or milk. Layer with seasoned washed potatoes about an inch and a half deep. Top with buttered bread crumbs and bake. Leftover cold meats also work well in this pie.
Halve hard boiled eggs and trim a small slice from the white end so they stand upright. Pour around them a seasoned white sauce flavored with one teaspoon curry powder for a simple, flavorful hors d oeuvre.
A rustic note on adding salt to apple sauce and apple pie. The writer claims salt removes flat taste in spring dishes and can substitute butter in pie fillings, asserting salt improves flavor.
A brief note describes sweet pickles chopped and spread between sliced bread to make an appetizing sandwich. The passage focuses on simple preparation steps and the appealing result of the sandwich.
Advice from personal experience and a store dealer on maintaining stoves and ironware. Exterior rust is halted by daily newspaper rubs and occasional linseed oil benzine coats, applied cold for safety. Inside rust is prevented by leaving the oven door ajar to vent steam and dry surfaces, with frequent air and oiling to stop dampness and corrosion.
A historic recipe lists ingredients for Indian pilau: onions cloves cinnamon butter rice a fowl hard boiled eggs almonds and raisins. The method browns spices in butter then fries rice adds a boiled fowl and gravy, roasts gently, and piles rice over the fowl with garnish of eggs almonds raisins and boiled onions.
A recipe describes making a meat pie using shoulder of mutton, carrots, onions, and potatoes. It details preparing a potato crust with shortening, flour, and water, plus a meat filling with boiled potatoes, baking powder for lighter crust, and seasoning with salt pepper and onion and carrot.
A dainty tomato bouillon recipe without stock. Simmer canned tomatoes with water onion bay leaf and celery seed then strain. Add beaten egg whites boil briefly add salt strain again, reheat with whipped cream and serve with croutons.
A recipe describes assembling Swedish apple cake by layering apples and rye bread slices with butter in a baking dish. The sauce combines milk with dissolved potato starch, eggs warmed, then vanilla and sugar added after cooling. serve cold.
A recipe instructs to chop fine cold boiled spinach and season with salt pepper nutmeg and mold then form on lettuce leaves and garnish with hard boiled egg slices or yolk rubbed through a river. Optional Spanish red pepper strips may garnish. Serve with mayonnaise or a French dressing.
A recipe method instructs to cut four slices veal steak into four inch pieces, chop parsley, mix with butter, stuff centers, tie, brown, and bake evenly for two hours. Baste with equal parts milk and water, and serve with gravy. Yields eight portions.
A reader asks how to prevent cake from sticking. The suggested method is to wring a cloth in cold water, spread it on a clean table, place the tin on top, and leave for a minute or two, then remove the article cap.
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