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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1928
Page
30
A 1930s style advise piece argues buying a whole ham saves time and money for homemakers. It highlights planning meals, reducing waste, and using ham in multiple dishes from breakfast to supper. Mentions Star ham and various preparations like croquettes, omelets, and salads.
A scanned weekly menu lists breakfasts and dinners with diverse dishes including eggs, bacon, toast, cereals, fruits, juices, and beverages. It also contains extensive handwritten notes and recipe instructions for roast ham, prune sauce, and various baked dishes, blending meal planning with culinary steps.
A detailed description of preparing planked steak with butter, herbs, and vegetables, including cooking steps, planking method, and serving suggestions. The guide covers trimming, broiling, oven finishing, and arranging tomatoes, peppers, beans, and mushrooms around the steak, plus a layered vanilla cake recipe at the end.
Fish for breakfast may seem odd yet is rising in households with regulated routines. Fish cakes now play a growing role in early morning meals across many homes.
This OCR fragment lists several dessert recipes including Golden Gate Cake and Devil's Food Cake with ingredients such as shortening, sugar, oranges, nuts, and baking powder. It includes mixed text on instructions, measurements, and optional steps, reflecting a vintage school or home economics style. The readable portions mention methods like creaming shortening and sugar, folding in eggs, and baking in moderate oven temperatures.
The document cites production figures from 1914 to 1920 for pounds of vegetables and canned goods, with per capita consumption of commercially canned fruits and vegetables. It notes differences in nutritive value, and mentions processing methods and storage tips.
The article extols vegetables and fruit for their minceas and vitamin content delivering digestive fiber and stimulant acids. It provides a rough recipe including sour milk, raisins, chopped nuts and various spices, ending with instructions to mix and add ingredients.
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