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Newspaper
The Blackfoot Optimist
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
3
A practical home tip suggests making a heavy washable rag rug from denim strips folded and braided into an oval base. Use blue and white strips to hide soil. avoid long lengths and ensure the braid is sturdy to reduce slipping. Produce a durable bath rug from grandmother era materials.
Household tips cover plaster nailing with hot water, oilcloth flooring, breadboard care with lemon, leather chair restoration with linseed oil and vinegar, and a pickled fruit recipe using peaches pears and apples with sugar, vinegar, cloves and cassia.
A simple ham balle recipe uses one cup chopped lean ham four tablespoons milk and yolks from two eggs seasoned with pepper and parsley. Cook the mixture until thick then form balls dip in egg and crumbs and fry in hot fat. Serve with parsley garnish and creamed potato dice.
A historical recipe describes making fruit pinwheels with flour baking powder salt sugar butter milk egg raisins currants citron. Roll dough half an inch thick, brush with melted butter, add fruit, roll jelly roll style, cut half inch, bake. Icing uses powdered sugar cream vanilla. Spread with knife.
Cut three gold potatoes into bite sized dice. Remove seeds from green pepper and chop finely. Mix vinegar with ice water powdered sugar pepper and salt. Layer potatoes and pepper in a bowl spritz with oil. Repeat until full then pour dressing and chill thoroughly.
A crusty dish method describes layering sliced apples and batter, baking until done, then inverting and topping with sugar butter and spice. Serve hot with milk or cream. The recipe specifies a pint of flour two teaspoons baking powder two tablespoons butter cep milk and one quart sliced apples.
Cut marshmallows into small pieces and mix with broken English walnuts and whipped cream. Chill and serve in glass for a very cold dessert.
A veteran State Veterinarian explains hog cholera in the northwest, its spread from the Midwest, and the varying forms seen in Idaho and neighboring states. The piece outlines economic losses, disease symptoms, and recommended responses, including state veterinary guidance, depots, disinfection, vaccination, and herd separation to control outbreaks.
A vintage kitchen tip explains making a small very tender French omelet using more yolks than whites. Combine two whole eggs with the yolks of two, add water salt pepper then cook in buttered pan. Shake and roll the creamy omelet onto a hot plate for serving.
Instructions for chafing dish cheese soup with milk onion peppers tomato salt sugar and egg, served on toast. cream of lima bean soup with butter flour milk onions peppers and salt. notes on bean color and flavor. waffle batter with flour baking powder butter eggs milk and folded whites.
Instructions describe making a fish souffle with a butter flour milk sauce. Include one cup cold fish pieces, beaten egg yolks, salt, optional sauce, fold in stiff egg whites, and bake in buttered ramekins in a hot water bath for about two hours.
Codfish soaked overnight becomes tender after a second scalding. Flake it with hard boiled eggs and chopped lettuce, line a dish with crisp leaves, top with the mixture, and dress it. Round steak browned in butter is simmered in water until noon, then thickened gravy poured over and meat turned once.
The instructions describe cutting green tomatoes for frying. Soak salted slices for 20 minutes, drain, dip in beaten egg seasoned with salt and pepper, roll in bread crumbs, and fry in drippings or vegetable fat until brown. Serve with creamed macaroni or curried rice.
Wash and drain two heads of lettuce and tear into pieces. Mix with watercress shredded celery and mint. Place in a salad bowl. Sprinkle with salt pepper sugar and lemon juice. Pour over dressing. Garnish with slices of hard boiled eggs and pickled beetroot.
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