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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1943
Page
20
In wartime Troy, readers learn to manage red and blue ration stamps. The feature lists weekly point values for a family of four, including meat, dairy, and produce, plus sample menus for Breakfast Lunch and Dinner. It stresses organized shopping, avoiding point shortfalls, and offers recipes like Graham Crunch to use limited ingredients.
A compact fish bake recipe lists 1 pound fish, 1 cup flour, 1 to 3 teaspoons salt, paprika and celery salt, tomato juice, butter, vinegar, and an easy method. Wipe the fish, coat with flour, layer in a greased dish with remaining ingredients, simmer five minutes, then bake about 95 minutes in a moderately hot oven and serve from the baking dish.
A wartime lamb curry recipe yields five to six hearty servings using Armour's Star Lamb. Brown 1 inch cubes of lamb breast or shoulder with onion, simmer in hot water with salt thyme and then thicken with curry paste. Cook rice separately, line casserole with rice, add curry and serve immediately.
A compact menu item noting tea braised celery with peas, pickled beets, peach roly poly with molasses sauce, served with Wednesday orange juice, cornakes and plain omelet.
Wartime rationing prompts home cooks to use crackers and affordable fillings. Six canape ideas include pimento crackers, mayonnaise egg spreads, peanut butter with mustard pickle, olive garnished wholewheat crackers, cream cheese with tomato and pimento, and tongue leftovers blended with horseradish and mayo. A Summer Spanish Scramble using bacon fat, rice, squash, onions, peppers, and eggs completes the menu.
A recipe for Gin gerbread Ring with spicy molasses and ginger notes. Instructions cover flour mix with baking powder salt and ginger, shortening sugar egg and molasses, then buttermilk and soda. Bake in a ring mold, 350 F for 30 minutes yielding 18 inch ring. Apple garnish syrup is brushed on as topping or accompaniment.
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