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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
2
A historic guide outlines a furniture restoration method using cabinet scrapers to remove old finish, wood alcohol to soften varnish, careful filling of cracks with putty, and a final two coat plan of finish with varnish and shellac. It notes the piano finish approach and stresses flat application and complete drying between coats.
A vintage recipe lists two cups sugar one cup milk three fourths cup melted butter two tablespoons flour yolks from five eggs and desired flavoring. Mix flour with sugar add milk then beaten yolks butter and flavoring. Whip egg whites with five tablespoons sugar to stiff peaks for meringue.
This tip explains a starch mix using cold water and a small amount of boiling water to keep starch warm but not cooked. Dip fabric pieces, rub in starch, fold, and leave overnight so the ironed items come out smooth without sticking or streaking.
A simple inexpensive marmalade recipe uses one grapefruit one orange and one lemon. Wash and chop fruits include rind juice and pulp soak in water 24 hours boil 10 minutes rest 24 hours measure bring to boil and add sugar equal to fruit amount cook until it jellies about 30 minutes yields about 18 jelly glasses if fruits are large and juicy.
The article describes simple afternoon tea cakes including finger shaped biscuits from whipped egg whites, confectioners sugar, butter and flour baked to a delicate brown. It also covers almond cakes with milk, almonds and flour, almond macaroons with lemon juice, and almond caraway cakes with rose water baked slowly.
Instructions describe paring and baking potatoes to slip skins, shaking boiled potatoes to loosen skin, and making potato soup from mashed potatoes with milk onion celery and seasonings. Also includes a potato salad with boiled potatoes onions vinegar cream mustard and eggs.
Practical guide on indoor gardening stressing proper watering timing and methods. Avoid overwatering and underwatering, check soil moisture, use room temperature clear water, drain excess, and provide drainage holes. Syringing cleans foliage and prevents pests. sponge large leaves periodically. spray like rain with thumb over hose.
A brief recipe describes combining flour butter lard baking powder and salt with milk to form a dough. Roll out to half an inch, cut rounds, and bake on buttered tins in a hot oven about twelve minutes.
A retro baking note describes making gingerbread with sugar, molasses, melted butter, salt, cinnamon and mixed spices. It adds egg and sour milk, then soda and flour, bakes in a square tin for about forty minutes in a moderate oven.
A recipe describes preparing cream puffs by boiling water with butter, then adding flour and four eggs, forming a dough and baking slowly about 40 minutes. It also provides a cream filling using milk sugar flour and two eggs, boiled then combined with the eggs.
A boiled mixture of veal beef and mutton shanks yields a nourishing luncheon meat. Remove bones, chop fine, season with sage and savory, layer with hard boiled eggs in a tin, chill until firm, then slice and serve with parsley. The stock serves as soup base.
A home recipe uses two pounds chopped beef and one can tomatoes with salt pepper and onion. Shape the meat high around the sides in a skillet, pour in tomatoes and bake for about forty five minutes. Peas or dressing may substitute for a side.
Take a two inch thick pork steak with the round bone. Salt and pepper both sides. Make a dressing from two and a half cups moist white bread two large onions or three small ones half cup raisins salt pepper and sage to taste. Place dressing on half the steak fold and sew. Roast in a roaster with a little water for two hours and serve with fried apples sliced as bread.
Instructional note describes making cold tapioca pudding by soaking tapioca overnight then cooking with milk sugar and butter. It covers adding egg yolks, water, flavoring with orange extract, folding in stiffened egg whites, and serving chilled.
Farm shop basics include a sturdy work bench forge anvil and tools. Concrete troughs and solid or hollow posts are described with mixes forms reinforcement curing and practical steps for winter construction on farms.
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