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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
8
A collection of practical tips on selecting fish and bread, handling kitchen tools, tempering casseroles, using sugar with fruit, cleaning nails, pouring milk, filling fats, and preserving cleanliness. It emphasizes practical judgment and hands on practice as the best teachers of cooking.
Tips on saving paraffin for future use and keeping kitchen gear clean with kerosene. Advice on fruit for jelly, pectin from unripe fruit, currants and raspberries for jelly, and proper handling of hot dishes. Also notes on mushrooms, lettuce leftovers, salads, and a friendly closing questions line.
The article explains that the main aim of poultry standards, prepared by the USDA, is to secure uniformity and establish grades for trading. It discusses size, shape, and color as key breed and market factors, noting color’s secondary role and the benefits of using a well established standard breed for consistent flock quality.
A fashion column argues American designers shape trends by adapting Paris ideas, highlighting how American merchants turn overlooked materials into chic gowns. It praises taffeta and blue serge as modern staples, notes wartime dress limits like low shoes, and urges practical, stylish, serviceable outfits for women.
A homey guide outlines salad possibilities using common ingredients like pear, pineapple, almonds, beets, asparagus, string beans, radishes, and leftover dishes. It suggests formats for Wedding Salad Veal and Chicken Salad and a Surprise Salad with lamb chops, tomato jelly, and mayonnaise or boiled dressing, all served on lettuce leaves with appropriate garnishes.
The piece offers wartime cooking tips using available ingredients. It describes a cornmeal cheese dish with water eggs and salt, then cheese stirred in, plus onion on toast and onions in ramekins with butter and tomato sauce. A banana ball dish and leftovers used for banana ice cream are also noted.
An article extols chickens as the most profitable and versatile poultry. They convert kitchen scraps and farm waste into food, control numerous insects, and adapt to diverse feeds and conditions, suggesting heavier emphasis on chicken husbandry alongside other poultry types.
Two turkey hens with similar age broods kept on free range stay in one flock making them easier to find and care for. Avoid keeping more than this many young poults together to prevent crowding under hens.
A large polka dot foulard dominates fashion discussions this season as designers showcase bold prints and versatile styling options for day and evening wear. The accessory brings a lively, retro vibe to modern wardrobes.
A reader notes a work on how names alter over time in England. Spelling shifts and pronunciation shape surnames, with Birch becoming Bireh and Birch living among the changes. The piece comments on editors who alter names for titles and the social display of good names as marks of fortune.
A fragment stresses the value of adults reading aloud to children for pronunciation and understanding. It notes that hearing words aids learning and provides a chance to ask about meanings when unsure.
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