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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
3
English beefsteak pudding and beefsteak and kidney variants feature rich boiling and pastry methods. The article lists preparation steps for the pudding including meats, stock, pastry, and steaming times, plus a potato soup, veal cake, and al a Anglaise breaded sausages suitable for athletes, travelers, and picnics.
Get a large firm sponge and slice it across the grain to one inch thick. Trim edges and cover with suitable material. Sew on stiff cardboard to the back to keep pins from sticking. Attach to your sewing surface. it holds pins firmly and is easy to use. Better than cotton hair wool or sawdust.
Wash and soak a pint of peas overnight. Put on a beef bone to cook at dawn, skim carefully, then add the soaked peas and simmer at the back of the stove. They should cook soft in three hours, then add half a cup of finely chopped carrots and optional minced onion. One more hour finishes a wholesome soup.
A concise reflection attributed to Plato stating that self conquest is the greatest victory. The line emphasizes inner mastery as supreme over external success.
A vintage home guide lists steps for Mellow Cucumbers Pickles Onions Dill Pickles and Good Quince Jelly. It details cucumber prep salt vinegar sugar spice additions jar methods and drying. onion soakings and vinegar boil. dill layering and salt water preservation. and quince juice jelly with sugar thickening method.
A chocolate sauce serves with frozen desserts and enhances plain ice cream. Toast two squares of unsweetened chocolate with sugar butter salt and water, boil ten minutes, then add vanilla. Serve hot or let cool but shorter boiling if served cold to avoid thickness.
Scald one cup milk with half cup sugar beat yolks two eggs and add two tablespoons powdered sugar a quarter teaspoon salt and hot milk. Stir until thick then add two tablespoons gelatin dissolved in hot coffee Strain stir over ice until thick fold in one cup whipped cream pour into a mould lined with lady fingers and chill until set.
Butter small earthen dishes. Place chopped ham in each. Break an egg over the ham. Season with salt and pepper. Dot with butter and bake until the whites set.
A home recipe describes making tea biscuits with one cup of sifted squash and tea spoons sugar. The squash softens the flour reducing required milk in the mix, and the result should yield moist dough for baking.
The piece explains hurdling technique with emphasis on front leg height clearances for the high and low hurdles, sprinting as the core training, and starting pace. It also describes folding paper pyramids into a diamond and assembling a paper frog with a corkscrew jumping mechanism for a simple kite-like toy.
A playful Japanese frog paper toy delights children with simple folding steps. The craft starts with a square sheet marked with diagonal and midline folds, forming a box and then a triangular figure.
A playful note contrasts frog styles with tadpole and frog wearing different skirts. The tadpole is described in a hobble skirt while the frog wears a harem skirt, highlighting whimsical clothing differences among amphibians.
Father Graham, a kindly old village mentor, counsels a furious youth to wait before demanding an apology. He compares an insult to mud and urges cooling down to mend relations. The young man heeds the advice, and the offender seeks forgiveness the next day.
A young reader recalls a large white rooster named Old Tom favored by Willie. When a much smaller rival rooster arrives, Old Tom flees, proving his speed. Willie, amused, declares Old Tom the fastest, while his father laughs.
Prof Emil Otto read a Milwaukee dinner essay on Breath by a nine year old Milwaukee pupil. The piece, cited as a curiosity, claims breath consists of air and uses quirky lines about lungs lights livers and kidneys and warns boys confined indoors should not breathe.
A Sunday school joke shows a boy named Johnny defining a centurion as a rider of a hundred miles on a bike. The quip captures playful misinterpretation of ancient terms in a child’s view.
A brief fragment shows a conversation about meat preference. One speaker asks about rarity, the other misreads or jokes about frequency, revealing a playful exchange with no clear context or outcome.
The article highlights keeping tomatoes icy cold and skinning carefully, then marinating before use. It describes serving ideas on lettuce, plus numerous fillings such as cold peas with butter and capers, corn with butter and cream, spaghetti in tomato sauce, chopped chicken paste, anchovies, minced ham, and egg yolk decorations, all finished with mayonnaise.
Practical tips cover tomato prep over flame to avoid mush, washing sponges of soap and drying in sun, scalding in soda water, and vinegar to prevent mold on cut ham ends. Vinegar also helps beef freshness without ice. Canning warns preservatives are dangerous and notes improper gas spoilage remedies. Cold water is preferred for scrubbing floors to avoid wood absorption and quick drying.
Wash and cure quinces without peeling then grate. Sweeten with sugar and macerate a day. Strain juice clear, mix with sugar and brandy or whisky two cupfuls each two cupfuls per batch. Let stand two weeks, shake daily, then bottle for use.
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