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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1925

Page

11

Heavy desserts and white bread cited as diet risks

A food authority, Slfred W. McCann, warns that heavy desserts and white bread, when mixed with a diet, can cause illnesses. He recommends balanced use of white bread with whole grains, fresh dairy, and vegetables, and notes lemon sauce as a dish preparation tip.

Butter and Its History From Ancient to Modern Times

The article surveys butter from Hindu antiquity to Greek and Roman use as skin salve, later evolving as food. It notes early creameries in 1856 New York and emphasizes butter as a valuable, easily digested fat source for children and invalids, with salted and unsalted varieties.

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Escalloped Ham and Eggs and Stuffed Eggs Recipe

A vintage recipe page describes Escalloped Ham and Eggs with butter flour milk and paprika layering ham eggs and bread crumbs baking until browned. It also details Stuffed Eggs using mashed yolks mixed with ham and mustard with chopped parsley greens and pickled beet or red cabbage garnish.

Erarsley

Ham Timbales From Pocket Cookbook

Mix one can potted ham with a quarter cup bread crumbs two egg yolks two tablespoons melted butter one cup milk and one raw egg beaten light. Pour into greased timbale moulds set in a water bath and bake until center is firm. Serve with tomato sauce.

Mock Cherry Pie and Butter Scotch Pie Recipe Fragments

Readable fragments describe making a butter Scotch pie with a syrup cornstarch custard and a meringue topping. A mock cherry pie section mentions cranberries soaked to remove seeds, chopped raisins, sugar, and a cornstarch water mixture with almond flavoring.

Harvey

Recipe for layered cake with coffee buttercream filling

The text describes a layered cake method using butter and confectioners sugar filling. It lists ingredients including flour cinnamon soda hot water and coffee, with butter and vanilla flavor, to create a layered dessert.

Coffee Snaps Recipe Card

A compact recipe for coffee snaps mixing one haw cup maasxses with one cup sugar and half cup lard and butter, salt, and dissolved soda in coffee. Beat well, add sufficient flour to reach a stiff dough, optionally add spices, and bake in a quick oven.

Sandwich Recipe Note

Spread one slice with peanut butter and the other with orange marmalade then press the slices together. Cut into fancy shapes for serving.

Proper Cereal Storage Advice

Guidance to keep cereals in a dry place after transfer from original containers. It notes that grains may harbor small bacteria but remain inactive and harmless if stored under proper conditions.

Shrimps Cooked by Electricity In Various Preparations

Electric grill methods heat shrimp dishes with tomato shrimp, devilled shrimp, and curry shrimp options. Readers mix canned or fresh shrimp with butter onion and spices, simmer briefly, and serve with graham or whole wheat bread.

Soup Meat To Taste Briskly With Horseradish Sauce

A vintage instruction notes soup meat can be enjoyed with horseradish sauce and provides kitchen tested methods for making beef based dishes. It details parboiling onions and carrots, making a butter flour roux, adding soup stock, layering with mashed potatoes and baking, plus a beef Italyenne recipe with olives and Julian tomato paste.

Prunes and Nutrition From Pioneer Diet Discoveries

In a nostalgic travelogue style article pioneers seek soil rich in iron and minerals, linking prunes to health and wartime flu recovery. It notes prune juice and pulp boosted wellbeing in children, compares foods by nutrient absorption, and ends with a two part ham salad recipe and serving tips.

Savore Family Ham Slices With Green Peppers

Recipe fragment describes broiling ham slices and parboiling green peppers. It calls for tomatoes flour parsley butter lemon juice and oil. Parsley butter sauce is prepared in the same pan and poured over the ham.

Amber Pie Recipe Steps for Lemon Meringue Dessert

Soften butter in two pans, stir in flour to form a paste, gradually add evaporated milk and water. Boil, then mix in brown sugar and evaporated milk until thickened. Remove from heat, whisk in two egg yolks and lemon juice, pour into baked crust, cover with lemon meringue.

Frugal Kitchen Notes on Soaking Dried Fruits and Roasting Tips

A fragment begins with soaking dried fruits to save fuel and aid digestion, then mentions broiled meat as easiest to digest, and ends with roast goose instructions and a coffee recipe. It references soaking bones, gelatine, lemon juice, and fry or boil steps without full context.

Quick Cure Found for Tuberculosis in Europe

Copenhagen reports a new metal salt for tuberculosis treatment with Swedish and Danish physicians claiming notable results. The salt, used every fourth day in small doses, allegedly annihilates tuberculosis bacilli in under two months. About 46 metals including aluminum are tested, with reports of safety in use.

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