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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 02, 1938
Page
4
A regional old fashioned fruit cake recipe details cleaning, mixing and baking steps. Ingredients include raisins sultanas currants peel almonds dates and rum. Method covers creaming butter and sugar adding eggs fruits and spice, baking slowly, lining tins and storage tips.
Instructions warn amateur cooks that long boiling times are needed for fruit puddings and brats with electric stages. Steps include using cloth ties, boiling six hours, and careful handling to avoid danger from swallowed ham hands. Modern coinage alloys are noted as unsuitable for puddings kept for long periods.
Wedding cake tins and cards offered for 3/6 per dozen with post free under Commonwealth postal regulations. Available for delivery via Perth office of the paper or United Press Ltd at 971-3 Hay Street.
Guidance on washing delicate coloured china with warm water and soap or borax, using Fuller's earth for old pieces, and avoiding soap on antique items. For silver, rub with salad oil to prevent tarnish, clean with oil, and wash with soapy water, then polish. Cautions include using oil and ammonia pastes, and avoiding hot soapy water for some items.
In harvest season women share the load with men, handling tasks from cooking to housekeeping and first aid. Plan ahead with meals, baked goods, and preserved foods. stock cold meats, salads, and desserts. keep teas ready. and assemble a first aid kit with bandages and antiseptics for frequent accidents during busy days.
Sister Nicholson outlines how to assess infant health by recognizing typical development patterns. Key signs include regular crying and feeding, cheerful behavior, balanced growth, sturdy limbs, and peaceful sleep, with emphasis on nutrition, nervous system health, and overall vitality.
Guidance urges women to protect energy during harvest season by rest and nutrition. Emphasizes shared duties, avoiding burnout, and practical tips for eyes skin hair and mouth health as part of maintaining strength to care for others.
A fragmented recipe describes making crème brûlée with yolk rich custard and caramel topping, plus a long, unclear health section advising breathing, teeth, and body shape guidelines. The text mixes culinary steps with unrelated medical-ish remarks about facial features and physique.
Instructional piece on home canning methods detailing fruit preparation, sterilisation, and syrup making. Emphasizes Fowlers patent fruit vessel Yacola and Hartnett pears, with step by step guidance on peeling, blanching, packing, bottle sealing, and maintaining color and flavor for long storage.
A poetic fragment describes misty mornings, grey skies, and birdsong as symbols of peace. It speaks of nature’s call to cheer the soul, offering brief prayerful renewal and strengthened heart amid a tranquil dawn.
A reader offers tips on preventing curdling in baked custard. If the custard boils then cools before adding eggs it remains smooth. If curdled, whisking with cold water re blends the mixture to a smooth state even after the eggs have curdled.
A guide describes cleaning and polishing furniture using hot soda water to soften grime, then washing with suds from the copper. It suggests a finish with a home brew containing raw seed, LuRps, war, and methylated spirits, mixed in measured parts and shaken well before use.
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