Black Walnut Cake Featured by Local Family for Holidays
Naida Christian reports on Mrs. Herbert Britcher and family at 1909 Oneida preparing a holiday black walnut cake with butter frosting. The piece details family members, occupations, hobbies, church activities, and the upcoming grandchild as Phyllis, Loren, Marcia, and Maxine balance work, school, and home life.
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Naida Christian Womens
Herbert Britcher
Britchers
Oneida
Britcher
Grain Processing Corp
Britcher Insulation Service
Homebuilders Association
Maxine
Marcia
John Fiedler
Loren
Grain Poocessing Corp
Muscatine Community College
Georgie Giri
Tiger
Phyllis
West Junior High
Otterbein - Union Methodist Church
Tharch
Walnut Nut Quick Bread From Mrs Britcher
A heritage recipe notes Mrs Herbert Britcher uses two eggs and one percent salt with two teaspoons baking powder and two cups flour. Combine creamed shortening and sugar with eggs, then alternate dry and milk vanilla mix, fold in chopped black walnut meats, bake in a greased pan at a moderate temperature for 35 to 40 minutes.
Grandmother’s stuffing and a festive turkey idea
A holiday cooking piece suggests stuffing turkey with a classic Grandmother's stuffing mix and offers a no-stuffing method by cooking the dressing separately. It includes a stuffing recipe with day-old bread, corn bread, onions, celery, parsley, sage, and broth, plus a method to finish in the last 45 minutes of roasting. It also mentions a Gourmet Apple Pie with white frosting as a finishing touch.
Dream Cake and Fried Fish Recipes From Local Notes
Dream cake instructions detail mixing cake mix whipped topping eggs and water then baking in a tube pan or pans with different times and temperatures. The fried fish recipe outlines a coating using potato chip crumbs with egg mustard and seafood seasoning, then frying in a oil shortenings mixture and garnishing with parsley for four servings.
Canned Meats Help Homemakers With Holiday Feasts
Amid busy holidays homemakers turn to canned meats for easy appetizers meals and snacks. Recipes include canned ham tongue deviled ham Vienna sausages and varied casseroles from spaghetti and meat balls to pork loaves, all fast simple and budget friendly.
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St. Nick
Beets and Orange Sauce with Roast Duck
Beets in an orange sauce pair with duck and mashed potatoes. The dish uses sliced beets, orange juice, cornstarch, salt, brown sugar, and butter to create a thick glaze, then reheats with the beets. Serves four.
Apple-Chicken Salad With Rosemary Twist
Season chicken salad with rosemary or a hint of dried thyme and place on lettuce. Slice apples and dip in lemon juice before arranging around the chicken salad for a bright finish.
Herb Pals Hot Chicken Salad Recipe
Simple Herb Pals recipe uses a half pound chicken cooked and diced with 2 cups crushed potato chips 1 cup chopped celery 1 green pepper chopped 3% cup salad dressing 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup cream of chicken soup Shard cooked eggs chopped cept potato chips. Place in greased casserole top with potato chips and bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes Yield 12 servings.
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Alice Denhoff
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Geneva Grace
Anna Schafer
Margaret Healey
Katherine Eichelberger
Helen Howe
Norman Sleight
Newark
Ohio
Henry Paul
Carrie Rinnert
Paul
Martin Paul
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Ralph Hackett
Julie
Rock Island
Howard Hackett
Lincoln School
Darlene Bersch
Russell Stover Candies
East Second Street
Carlson's Floral Shop
Floyd Park
Nola
France
Santa’s
Walker
Dial
Meplus
Catalina
Lox
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