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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
5
A household menu outlines a four person dinner costing about 91 cents. It lists Roast Mock Turtle Soup Corn Souffle Bread and Butter Pineapple Tapioca Coffee with exact can and ingredient costs, noting sale prices and yields to fit a one dollar budget.
The article notes desserts as essential parts of balanced meals replacing luxuries. It contrasts past habits of infrequent dessert with modern home cooks who include them daily. Ready desserts cut dinner prep time, allowing meals to be prepared in twenty minutes to half an hour.
A column presents multiple ham based dishes with steps and cook times from Mrs H L Loomis and Mrs Wm Kramer plus Scalloped Ham and Eggs recipe by Bertha C Leonard. A closing line notes that a Help Wanted Female ad will help find a cook for readers.
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