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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
2
A compact guide presents several duck and fish recipes. Duck cooked French style uses thyme marjoram winter savory rosemary mace pepper and egg yolk gravy, then striped bass boiled with mustard mayonnaise. Red snapper in tomato sauce and halibut with shrimp a la Newburg show seafood options, while Sportsman’s Duck offers a hot roast with currant jelly and wild rice.
Western Newspaper Union reports General Eisenhower hails Ernie Pyle film The Story of G Jee as a standout wartime work. Hollywood lines up fresh talent including Van Johnson Eddie Bracken Cornel Wilde and Robert Walker while veterans shift to new paths in film radio and business.
Lynn advises preparing as much as possible in advance. Dry ingredients for breads muffins or biscuits can be mixed ahead. Puddings custards gelatin desserts and cookies can be made days ahead. Vegetables should be cleaned but not pared sliced or cut until needed.
A veteran in northern Germany writes of longing for home and family as healing for war-strained minds. He recalls meals, laughter, and shared routines, arguing home life sustains sanity and steadies the return to normal life. A Memphis wife describes mending ties with Yeats’s mother as a valuable, unifying gift. The piece notes broader hopes for postwar construction and industry reforms, including cable sets.
A serviceman writes from abroad that most soldiers return to familiar life rather than new passions. He, age 22, longs for home farm, family, and sweetheart, preferring simple pleasures and hearty food over foreign cultures. He plans to study engineering after discharge.
The passage traces napkin use from antiquity to the 17th century. In Roman times bread served as the wiping tool, guests carried their own napkins to banquets. By Charles II's era napkins became decorative, with hostesses presenting folded napkins as a social display.
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