German American Family Keeps Old World Recipes in Middletown
Mrs. Edgar Grunwald, a native of Schlesien now in Middletown, preserves German cooking traditions while embracing American foods. The family, sponsored under a refugee program, speaks German at home and English with guests, and follows meals centered at noon with lighter dinners. Her deer recipe uses butter milk soak, bacon grease, and onions, and she favors sauerkraut, red cabbage, and potatoes with a 4 o’clock coffee break featuring Marbetiegboden or hazel nut ring pastries.
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Germany
Middletown
Edgar G. Grunwald
Schlesien
Grunwald
Frankie
Cornelia
Martina
Grunwalds
United Brethren Church
William J. Long
Rockville
Board of Education
Montgomery County
Mrs. Grunwald
Mr. Grunwald
Edgar Grunwald
Baked Fish Frances For Friday Fare
Fish Frances for Friday fare describes stuffing a three pound cleaned fish with onion celery and herb stuffing browned in butter then baked. The recipe instructs wiring with skewers, buttering the fish, wrapping in foil and baking at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until flaked.
Dip For Chips Guacamole Adds Zest To Chips
A Mexican mix of seasoned mashed avocado serves as a tasty dip for corn chips. A candy mixture at the soft ball stage forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water, or flattens on removal.
Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and Horseradish
British roast beef accompaniments include Yorkshire pudding and horseradish. The York pudding recipe uses flour, corn starch, eggs, and milk with hot beef drippings, baked at 450 then 350 degrees until golden. Fresh horseradish is suggested, served in lettuce cups. Makes six servings.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
England
New York
Foreign flavor meals showcased in family menus
Extension agent Holly Anne Akre presents foreign foods to diversify family meals. Topics include balanced nutrition, color and texture contrasts, and using leftovers. Sample dishes feature onion soup from France, beans plats from Syria, Sukiyaki from Japan, Tejfele s torte from Hungary, and Sally Lunn bread from England with preparation steps and ingredient lists.
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Holly Anne Akre
H & Youth
Winchester Hall
France
Italy
Sweden
Syria
Sukiyaki
Japan
Food For Fitness Guide Promotes Four Food Groups
A 1964 Food For Fitness guide from Newspaper Enterprise Association outlines daily meals from the four basic food groups. It advises 1,500 calories for many women and 2,200 for moderately active men, with sample menus showing portions of milk, meat substitutes, cereals, bread, vegetables, fruit, fats, and sugars integrated into daily meals.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
No Mater
Get Thin By Your Thirties Not Fat In Your Forties
A nutrition expert advises that as people age their basal calories drop, so overweight results from maintaining college-level intake after graduation. Dr. Ruth Luenemann urges reduced calories and increased feasible activity, such as walking, stairs, and daily calisthenics, plus practical cooking guidance using herbs and lighter fats.
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Gaynor Maddox
Young mothers warned to curb weight gain from coffee and snacks
Dr Huenemann warns against “family garbage pair” eating and extra calories from pastries coffee and alcohol. He urges choosing between cocktails and sweets and between butter or gravy bread and potatoes. The piece stresses personal choice in avoiding overweight after college.
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Dr. Huenemann
Red Meat Poultry Top Buys This Weekend
Red meat and poultry compete for housewives at the nation s supermarkets this weekend. Lower beef and pork prices reflect heavy marketing while broiler chick en supplies pick up and prices ease. Prime features include roasts and steaks with tound and chuck cuts sirloin porterhouse ground beef ribs down. Eggs dairy and vegetables highlighted amid winter pinch and regional price shifts. Apples avocados grapefruit and oranges noted among fruit buys.
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Prass
Chocolate Cream Cake Filling and Frosting Guide
Mix whipping cream cocoa and vanilla until stiff to fill and frost two 8 inch cake layers. Refrigerate. For future baking fold chopped pecans into half the batter. Trim crust from bread before making soft bread crumbs.
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Frank J. Keefer
Psa
H. D
Hungary
Sally Lunn Bread
Rederick, MD
Food For Fitness
Judith A. Pheli
University of Maryland Extension Service
Iee
Poultry Top
Biau Salts
Hepernione
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