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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1960
Page
4
A quirky pastry note describes turnovers as versatile treats that can be filled with almost any food. Most use shortcrust or puff pastry, but Baleed Jam Turnovers stand out with a tender buttery dough. A thick jam filling varies by type and can be served hot or cold and even topped with custard for a hearty winter dessert.
A dough with yeast and flour is prepared then chilled and rolled into a thin sheet. Cut into strips and triangles, fill with thick jam, seal edges, bake at a hot temperature until lightly browned, then cool on racks. A glaze icing is made from sifted icing sugar and milk for finishing.
A hands on recipe describes cookies shaped as rounds baked on a lightly floured board. Butter and sugar creamed, eggs and vanilla added, dry ingredients folded in, dough rolled to four inch thickness and cut into shapes. Small hole for hanging, then baked at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about six minutes. Makes about four dozen cookies.
A town foreman tells a Halloween tale of honesty with kids returning a bag of treats untouched. The piece then shifts to a cookie decorating guide detailing glaze, sugar, and candy application on holly and star cookies, plus a nut rolled cookie recipe yielding 32 logs.
Cream butter and sugar with egg and lemon rind until light. Sift flour baking powder and salt. add almonds. Combine gradually with creamed mix. Roll, cut rounds, indent centers, brush with egg white and sugar. Bake at moderate heat until edges are light golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Yield about four dozen 23 inch or three dozen 21 inch cookies.
Dorothy Maddox provides a 1940s style home cook guide detailing stuffing and pastel cranberry dressing. It covers Cornbread Stuffing quantities and steps, use of giblets, freezing options, and a Pan method with oven timing, plus a mini cream cheese cranberry dressing recipe.
In Glasgow near Dumbarton Rock the Ballantine whisky distillery stores twenty million imperial gallons of top quality scotch under heavy guard. A gander leads a platoon of 18 Chinese geese as security. The geese deter raids and alert guards, though they never touch the whisky.
Dennis Kurtz, a 14 year old from Virden, Manitoba, grew orchids at home after bringing a plant from Burnaby British Columbia. He followed local horticultural tips and books and recently his plant produced three blooms, a notable achievement in a demanding hobby.
Municipal authorities weigh a winter works project deemed worthwhile by taxpayers paying directly through L-The Advance in Agassiz Harrison British Columbia. The item underscores a community focus on practical public works with potential local impact.
Beat egg whites lightly then add almond extract. Mix ground almonds with sugar and fold into the egg whites until blended. Drop teaspoonful amounts onto greased sheets, decorate with candied fruit or nuts, bake at 350 degrees until edges are golden for about 12 to 15 minutes. Yield about three dozen drops.
Dr. Helen Abell of the Canada Department of Agriculture reports from a survey of 352 Ontario farm women that wives and husbands should collaborate more in farm decisions and that education programs must expand. They favor more demonstrations, labeling info on purchases, and school children’s Home Economics classes, with magazines, newspapers, TV, radio, and short courses as preferred media. Continuous farm family education in homemaking and farming is needed.
A printed pattern offer describes a doll wardrobe with an assortment of garments. It lists coats hats gowns robes dresses and undergarments for an adult doll of 18 to 22 inch size. Readers are instructed to send fifty cents and provide size name and address to Aone Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto for order processing.
Indian journalist Amita Malik will report Canada to India over ten months, living with Canadian press members from Halifax to Vancouver. She will cover homes, food, fashions, jobs, worries, hopes, and dreams, with broadcasts and stories aimed at 400 million Indians, highlighting Canada’s autumn colourings and regional life.
During the First World War 70 Canadians received the Victoria Cross and in the Second World War 16 Canadians were awarded the same honor.
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