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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1961
Page
2
November marks the start of Christmas preparation with fruit cake and plum pudding. Families gather to soak and mix fruits and nuts, aging the mixture for a month or more. Children join in as many hands make light work and the dessert comes together.
Instructions for traditional steamed Christmas pudding with suet, bread crumbs, and mixed dried fruits, plus optional flaming service. Includes prep a day ahead, steamer times, cooling, and re steaming guidelines. Also notes on judging bread appearance and crumb texture for even distribution of fillings.
The Saskatchewan government approves a new tartan background inspired by prairie wheat. Designed by Mrs. Lillian M. Bastedo and woven with samples by Mrs. Margaret Stephens, the two block tartan features a gold block and a brown green block with colors symbolizing local imagery. The design is registered under the Industrial Designs Act and recorded by the Court of the Lord Lyon. It is available to residents without clan claims and will be used by government units and staff where no other tartan applies.
A 56-year-old Australian woman, Marie Fowle, survived five days trapped in an overturned car in a remote mountain gully. A picnicking couple found her after descending into the gorge and carried her 150 feet up the slope with help from locals. She drank water from a stream with one free hand.
The Dawson City Festival 1962 will be run by Alan Innes-Taylor, ex RCMP, overseeing accommodation, box office and tours of the gold rush area. The key event is a musical at Palace Grande Theatre, a historic venue once hosting famous figures. The festival aims to be annual, conceived by Northern Affairs officials and Tom Patterson of the Stratford Festival. The last line mentions Saturn's volume being about 750 times Earth's.
The text describes mixing egg yolks water vanilla almond extract and almonds, beating egg whites to stiff peaks with cream of tartar, folding batter into the whites, and baking in a tube pan. It ends abruptly with the cake taken from the waven, indicating an incomplete recipe step.
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