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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
9
A Frosty home method uses mechanical refrigeration to keep ice cream ready for any meal or gathering. The recipe for Devil's Food Ice Cream Loaf layers vanilla ice cream with chocolate cake and whipped cream, chilling the dessert for several hours before serving. Serves 8 to 10.
Summer menus feature Frozen Roquefort Salad with cream cheese Roquefort mayonnaise evaporated milk lemon juice and watercress folded to a stiff mix poured into a freezing tray cut into cubes and served over watercress with salad. Lettuce Roll Salad combines cream cheese ham relish and pickle on lettuce leaves rolled and chilled, served with French dressing.
A recipe suggests adding two squares of melted chocolate one teaspoon vanilla and four extra cups of granulated sugar to vary the doughnut dough. The instruction emphasizes enhancing sweetness and flavor with chocolate and vanilla in the batter.
A how to guide on keeping sandwich makings on hand for emergencies and planned gatherings. It covers various sandwich types from appetizers to tea sandwiches, plus methods to flavor spreads with flower petals, and includes sample recipes for cheese ham tomato soup avocado and liver sausage combinations with bread and garnishes.
A recipe listing sugar salt unsifted all purpose flour egg pineapple juice and vinegar. Mix in order and blend well after each addition. Cook stirring constantly until very thick. Cool.
For Better Homes and Better Foods, salsify and egg plant appear in Scott county gardens this season. Salsify is hardy but slow. egg plant is tougher to grow and pests attack it. A half dozen plants suffices for an average family. Use lead arsenate against chewing insects and nicotine sprays against sucking insects. Do not set egg plant outside until danger of frost is past.
For the bedroom the article notes walnut and other light period woods gaining popularity and describes two rooms. One uses peach and blue with bold accents to flatter the wood, the other features aspenwood and satinwood with gray blue bedspread and curtains. A recipe section follows with creamed ham and mushrooms and a strawberry note.
Left over soap pieces are saved in small sugar or salt bags to be used for cleaning bathtubs and lavatories. The bags act as a sponge and provide cleansing action for each wash.
Pour boiling soups or syrups into a bowl placed on a dish cloth wrung out in tepid water. This practice helps prevent the hot liquid from cracking the bowl by providing a cooler, cushioned base.
A homely reminder urges full ice chest usage to save ice. Keeping the ice chest full prevents warming, protects food quality, and reduces the amount of ice needed to chill again.
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