Talley Builds Legacy With State Fair Goodies
Omadeane Talley pursues a long running State Fair success with cakes cookies candies and pastries. She hopes to repeat her 1966 1977 record run while planning baby quilts paintings and numerous food entries. Her tips emphasize careful preparation sanitation and traditional family recipes including German Sweet Braid and grape jelly methods.
Avoiding jams and jellies spoilage with expert tips
Teresa Shaffer of the University of Nebraska Lincoln warns home preservers to test seals and discard moldy jars. She describes off odors from yeast on unsealed jelly, glassy grape crystals from tartaric acid, and guidance on pouring, standing, and straining grape juice to prevent sugar crystallization and improper cooking.
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Teresa Shaffer
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Shaffer
Winter Canning Guide with Fruit Conserves and Preserves
Readable excerpt outlines methods for peach amber conserve pineapple marmalade and brandied applesauce. Instructions cover prep, cooking times, safety seals, water bath processing, headspace, yields, and optional liqueur additions. Includes ingredients like peaches oranges lemons almonds honey pectin and brandy.
Kitchen Barter recipe requests fill Lincoln column
Readers seek exact amounts for family favorites such as a blue plum orange jam, Case Noodle with cottage cheese, sour cream sugar cookies, and a coffee lemon cheesecake from the Cornhusker Hotel. Included are Home recipes for Half Way Cookies and Point Lime Pie, plus a stuffed zucchini squash dish.
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Cornhusker Hotel
Stevens Point
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Allen Blocher
John E. Cullen
Skinnies v fatties battle in Ann Landers column
In a 1977 Field Enterprises column readers debate weight and work ethic. The assistant notes the skinny and obesity camps, confirms women can be efficient regardless of size, and dispenses light guidance on etiquette and wording.
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Ann Landers
U.S.A
W.T.L
Field Enterprises
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