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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
7
A vintage guide extols homemade ice cream as a beloved nourishing dessert suitable for all ages. It details quick freezing methods, vanilla custard, peach and chocolate variants, and freezer and ice salt techniques with step by step yields and practical tips for smooth texture.
A recipe fragment details making peppermint ice cream with evaporated milk, gelatin, candy, and freezing steps in an automatic refrigerator, plus apricot cream and a cranberry sherbet. It includes yields of six portions for sherbet and six portions for other frozen items, with specific ingredient measures and preparation notes. The text covers custard-style banana ice and general freezing directions.
Salads for the summer menu are popular and several recipes ease family meal prep. Lima Bean and Tossed Salad are shown: mix cooked lima beans with celery and cap lettuce and Bermuda onion on lettuce leaves with olives and French dressing. Tossed Salad uses lettuce cucumbers tomatoes garlic and French dressing for a six serving yield.
Stuffed meat recipes fill the family table as cooks improvise due to busy butchers. Recipes include Stuffed Pork Chops with apples and raisins, stuffed lamb breast with celery and parsley, and veal breast with pork and mushrooms. Instructions cover slit pockets, browning, stuffing, and baking times, with serving ideas and variations.
A cake recipe lists sifted cake flour baking powder and spices mochas, shortening and sugar creamed, then eggs and flavoring. Alternate flour with milk beat until smooth fold in stiff egg whites bake two 9 inch layers at 375 and frost with mocha frosting yielding two layers.
The article urges decorating cold drinks to stimulate appetite in summer. It suggests using grenadine or maraschino for pink lemonade, colored ice cubes, and fruit garnishes. It recommends frosting glass rims and slow freezing, plus serving drinks in garden or porch settings after outdoor activities.
Advice urges conserving hot water by washing each garment in a basin or small container rather than a large tub.
A cook suggests a meat stretching trick by adding well seasoned chopped meat to a milk sauce and serving it like shortcake atop hot biscuits.
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