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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
10
Readable home kitchen notes present two chicken dishes. First croquettes mix ground chicken with butter flour eggs and seasonings, shape and coat in crumbs, then fry until golden. Second dish Chicken a la King blends butter paprika stock milk cream and egg yolks with chicken mushrooms and pimento, served on toast.
A historic home cook note describes frying chicken in a sweet cream bath as a slow bake. Meat is rolled in flour, seasoned with salt and pepper, placed in a pan, and cooked very slowly until browned and tender with ample gravy.
Stew a 4 or 5 pound chicken until meat falls from bones and broth reduces to about 1 pint. Remove bones and chop meat. Break bread into small pieces, layer with chicken in a buttered dish, top with bread. Pour hot milk mixed with chicken broth over until visible on top. Bake an hour in a moderate oven.
Instructions describe singeing feathers, cleaning the bird inside, stuffing through the neck opening, tucking under the breast skin to create a plump shape, and inserting the remainder of the stuffing inside. Seams are sewn tightly to prevent fat from seeping into the stuffing during basting.
This recipe uses stale bread browned celery and onion with boiled peeled chestnuts. Soak bread in boiling water to bind, fry vegetables in butter, then mix with chestnuts and remaining seasonings. Stuff the bird and bake at high heat, basting every 15 minutes for about 20 minutes per pound.
A chilled chicken mousse combines minced chicken with gelatin, beaten egg yolks, and stock or milk. Fold in whipped cream and pineapple with nuts and vegetables, then set in a mold with lemon gelatin and a decorative pimento and green pepper garnish.
A compact guide to a layered cold souffle using liquid chicken aspic, tomato puree, and vinegar. Mix tomato with aspic, fold in chopped chicken, whip cream, then chill to set. Serve chilled for a delicate savory dish.
Remove breasts and second joints of 2 chickens and simmer with 12 small onions until tender. Return chicken to serving dish, reduce stock, and finish with a creamy sauce of fat flour stock and cream folded into beaten yolks. Reheat with onions and serve. Also fry cut up chicken, brown in lard and butter, then bake slowly with celery pieces and milk or water for 2 to 3 hours.
Stir ground meat into boiling milk with corn-starch then cool Shape and roll in egg and crumbs before frying in deep fat.
A refreshing punch recipe combines pekoe tea lemon and orange juice with pineapple and maraschino cherries. Boil water and sugar then mix with tea juice and fruit syrup strain chill and serve over ice with ginger ale. Serves 12.
A simple mixed dessert recipe uses pound peppermint stick candy and whipping cream folded with candy crumbs. Freeze in an automatic refrigerator, then serve by layering in a tall glass with cold ginger ale, accompanied by a spoon and straw.
Plum conserve mixes 1 pound plums with 4 percent orange and 14 percent sugar. Add 1/2 cup raisins and 2 tablespoons chopped walnut meats. Cook 20 minutes, simmer until thick, then fold in walnuts. Pack into hot sterilized jars, seal immediately for about two half pint yields. Walnuts may darken conserve. blanch 3 to 5 minutes then cool and drain before adding.
A historical recipe explains making Peach Chutney using 4 quarts peaches with vinegar, onion, sugar, raisins, mustard seed, mustard root, red peppers and garlic. Peaches are peeled, pitted, cooked with vinegar, spices, then boiled 15 minutes and jarred for long storage. It notes chutney can substitute ketchup in meals.
Peach halves with sugar and cherry syrup simmer to a thick sheet test, then folded with chopped maraschino cherries. Boil briefly, pour into hot sterilized jars, seal immediately for about four half pint jars. Sheet test described by lifting a spoon to observe streaming and sheet formation.
A collection of recipe ideas aims to diversify meals with spinach ring stuffed with creamed mushrooms and a casserole dish supreme of pork beef onion celery peas mushrooms sour cream noodles. Other dishes feature rice with cheese and nut meats, baked with paprika, butter, and milk, offering varied options for home cooks.
A simple luncheon dish combines two cups boiled rice with one cup mixed nut meats and four and a half pounds of mild cheese. Two eggs, butter, milk, salt, pepper, sugar and soaked blanched nuts provide a hearty, savory bake option.
A historic recipe outlines layering 3 pounds stewing lamb with 1 large cabbage, alternating meat and cabbage with whole black peppers and salt, cooking until well done. Planked Meat Hash forms a mound on a greased plank surrounded by stuffed peppers, parboiled vegetables and bread crumbs, then baked 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
A home freezer directions piece instructs placing evaporated milk in the freezer for one hour, dissolving Kool-Aid in water, whipping the milk to tripled volume, folding in the Kool-Aid, and freezing promptly in a tray without disturbance to keep a fluffy texture.
Dissolve 2 cups brown sugar in 1 cup vinegar then boil with 24 percent pounds blackberries and spices tied in a cloth bag. Boil rapidly until thick, remove bag, fill clean hot jars, seal. Yield about 5 half pint jars.
A compact guide to making Medley Conserve with cherries rhubarb pineapple and lemon. plus Pickled Watermelon Rind and Peach Cantaloupe Preserves and Pear Preserves with details on ingredients, simmer times, jar sealing, and yields for each recipe.
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