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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1941
Page
12
A garbled old recipe fragment touts prunes with All-Bran for breakfast muffins and prune bread. It lists ingredients and steps for Bran Prune Muffins and Bran Prune Bread, plus a dish called Prune Pickings and a prune surge with a spiced syrup. The text favors California prunes, toastable breads, and simple baking guidance.
A quirky recipe outline for a ham salad loaf and a jelly loaf, with gelatin and flavored fillings. The directions reference simmering, dissolving sugar, and pouring into a loaf pan, suggesting a luncheon dish suitable for gatherings and parties.
A rough citrus punch recipe describes combining quart water with orange juice, lemon rind, brown sugar, and spices. It mentions heating, dissolving sugars, adding a lemon garnish, boiling briefly, then serving hot with bread or fruit, yielding about 73 servings. The text contains numerous OCR errors but maintains a focus on a spiced hot punch mixture.
A recipe describes a special cheese spread for canapes to be served at midnight with wine beverages. It combines Roquefort and soft cream cheese with sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, and Madeira wine, mixed and rested 24 hours before serving on toasted biscuits or wafers.
Hollow green peppers are parboiled then filled with scrambled eggs, milk, butter and cheese. Bake briefly until cheese melts, yielding a soft, savory dish. Also notes dried fruits concentrate minerals and energy in prunes figs pears peaches apricots and apples.
A festive New Year scene describes a five before midnight gathering with a Magic Clock motif. A buffet table glitters with confetti, crayon titled serpentine rolls spelling Happy New Year, glittery noisemasers, plates, and vivid decor. A costume dance and radio music promise lively entertainment as the party continues into late night.
A recipe for shepherds pie with canned meat and vegetables, mashed potatoes and gravy. Instructions are garbled but indicate layering meat and onions in a casserole, topping with potatoes and egg, then baking at a high heat. Serves two to three. half the recipe for four.
A fragmented recipe describes layering sliced potatoes and orange slices in a buttered casserole with salt sugar bread crumbs and butter. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour. The text ends with a signature line.
Potatoes are baked in a hot oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit until soft, about one hour. Halve, scoop, mash with hot milk and butter, then add boiled beef or mashed carrot. Fold carrot into the mixture, refill the potatoes, and reheat until ready.
A vintage recipe for Gumdrop Bars calls for four eggs and brown sugar. Mix with water, corn syrup, shredded gum drops, and pecans, bake until set, then glaze with orange juice, butter, grated rind, and powdered sugar to a thick spread.
A vintage note describes using Calavo pears for holiday salads. Arrange half-shells on lettuce and watercress with minced parsley French dressing. If meat is added, fill shells with green or red pepper relish or dried cranberry sauce.
A recipe for shrimp salad in gelatin. Ingredients include one pound balied shrimp, one package gelatin, celery, pepper, Worcestershire, hard boiled eggs, paprika, and salt. Dissolve gelatin, cool slightly, fold in shrimp and other ingredients, set in molds, chill, and serve with mayonnaise and garnish.
A quirky recipe note on repurposing leftovers for a gala event. It mixes turkey with olives and pimientos, outlining pastry puffs and a hot olive turkey filling. Detailed steps cover dough, boiling, mixing, piping, baking, and final serving for six to eight guests.
Simplicity is urged as the New Year theme with a focus on national service and minimal celebrations. The piece suggests simpler gatherings, emphasizing defense support, nutrition, and practical menus. It provides a sample menu including Dainty Orange Cookies and Orange Ice Cream with basic preparation steps and ingredients.
A fragmented recipe describes baking 16 cheese squares with butter and oregano cheese cubes. Each piece is brushed with butter, coated with grated cheese on all sides, placed in a shallow pan, and broiled briefly until melted and lightly browned. Serves 1, or 4 with half the ingredients.
An old styled recipe for caramel popcorn explains combining grapeseed oil with hot water and brown sugar, cooking to a soft hard stage, coating four quarts of popped corn, and finishing with confectioners sugar. It suggests shaping portions into ears for a decorative presentation.
Recipe for hamburger cakes with minced onion garlic salt pepper and Worcester sauce mixed with fat, shaped into round patties, browned or broiled until desired doneness. Notes that mustard and Worcestershire may be omitted, yielding a simpler version.
A garbled old recipe fragment describes a Fruit Juice cocktail with two ripe pineapples and ginger ale, mixed well and served. It also details Peak Her Cheese Potato Putts, using four potatoes, hot milk, butter, cheese cubes, corn flake crumbs, and a buttered bake at about 350 degrees for thirty minutes, yielding six to eight servings.
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