WE WOMEN By BETTY BRAINERD
A 1981 Betty Brainerd column replies to two letters from teens. A self conscious 18 year old male seeks dating advice, debating clubs and drug use while praising looks. Brainerd urges inner growth, self worth, and respectful courtship over copying peers.
How to Buy It Baked Ham A Festive Dish
A whole baked ham makes a festive, economical centerpiece for Christmas. Buy whole for economy or half for small families. Bake uncovered in a slow oven until the thermometer reads 160 F. Score fat, garnish with cherries and pineapple, and add parsley. Remove rind 45 minutes before done.
Ideal Christmas baked ham with croquettes and gratin
The article prescribes a whole baked ham decorated with maraschino cherries and parsley, scored fat, and optional brown sugar or honey glaze. Leftovers become ham croquettes, and recipes for Ham and Celery au Gratin and Creamed Ham with Mushrooms follow, featuring diced ham, white sauce, celery, olives, mushrooms, and croquette shaping.
Sunday Dinner Suggestions for Postholiday Week
Parties and more parties mark the week between Christmas and New Years prompting careful shopping and budget stretching for housewives. Meats are cheaper eggs cost less than usual and butter prices fell last week aiding meal planning.
Relish Tray Ideas For New Year's Buffets And Canapes
A guide to festive buffet adornment with a relish tray featuring celery, radish roses, olives, pickles, cranberry jelly and spiced apples. It includes a tested recipe for Spiced Apple Balls and canape ideas such as roasted pork sausages with almonds, Roquefort butter on toast, sardines on melba toast, and a corn tomato macaroni casserole for Sunday night meals.
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Chocolate Fruit Pudding From Gelatin and Nuts
A dessert recipe outlines preparing chocolate fruit pudding with gelatin milk and a mix of raisins currants dates and chopped salted nuts. After heating blending and folding in egg whites the mixture is chilled in a refrigerator mold and served with whipped cream or currant jelly sauce.
Aldershot Camp as England's chief military post
The principal British military camp sits at Aldershot about 34 miles from London, serving as a central defense hub and training site for armed forces near the capital.
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