Pudding And A Bread A Frugal Dessert Recipe
A food column describes a dessert using berries prune remnants dried fruit or apples or apricots soaked and stewed with two tablespoons sugar. Oil fruit sugar and corn starch cooked five minutes in a double boiler then poured into a wet mould and served cold with whipped cream. Corn starch must boil five minutes for digestion. Flour should be fully cooked to aid digestion. The piece also notes making extra biscuit pans by tearing soft bread and browning pieces for easy digestion.
Uses for common washing soda from a soda housewife
Instructions describe cleaning burnt pans with boiling water and soda, whitening clothes, refreshing white goods, cleaning granite and porcelain pots with hot water and a hazelnut sized soda lump, and a method for shined silverware by boiling in cold water then wiping.
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Steve
Old Time Kitchen Rules From A Frugal Cookbook
Butter the size of an egg equals one ounce. Four tablespoonfuls equal a squid con but a wine glassful. Boil spaghetti or macaroni twenty minutes. Bake a leaf cake an hour to an hour and a half by size. For chicken boil fourteen minutes per pound, broil fifteen to twenty. Polished brass pride, enamel or aluminum pan ok. Spanish toast flavor for omelet. Chop two or three green peppers and onions, add two cupfuls tomato, simmer till smooth, pour over buttered toast.
Spices and Herbs Highlight Uses and Flavors
Ginger acts as a tonic and is wholesome. White ginger is better than black. Bay leaves add a nutty flavor but can make dishes bitter if left too long. Mace is the outer shell of nutmeg and can be used whole or ground. Curry powders from India are used constantly by natives, combining condiments and spices for flavor and medicinal value.
Roasting Pans Offer Gas Stove Alternative
Roasting pans allow cooking chicken and roasts on a gas stove. Start with high burner heat, then reduce as cooking progresses to save gas and achieve tender meat once served.
Sultana Roll Frozen Dessert Description
A round mold lined with pistachio ice cream forms the base for a Sultana Roll. The center is filled with whipped cream lightly tinted pink and studded with sultanas, creating a dainty frozen treat.
Laundry Tips For Soft Collars And Shirt Bands
In the laundry, fabric pieces are worn as long as the garment. Soap the boiled side, turn the piece, then rub the opposite side on the board or in the hands to soften collars and shirt bands. This technique preserves shape and helps misaligned edges lay flat.
Frying Eggs With Water Drops
A kitchen tip notes that adding a few drops of water to the frying fat and covering the pan prevents eggs from becoming tough. The method aims to steam briefly, yielding tender, soft-set yolks and just-set whites.
Read Our Ads Read the Magazine Ads
Read the magazine ads and pick out what you want then come. Thermos bottles priced at $1.00 and a Thermos lunch kit for $3.00. Vulcan heaters offered at 25 and 50 cents. Century fountain pens Colgate items Canthrox shampoo Palmolive soap and cream also advertised.
Violin Pupils Sought by Maine, Lampert Associate
Violin pupils are solicited through H. M. Maine, pupil of Charles A. Lampert of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Drop me a note or send a postal card. Telephone 417.
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H. M. Maine
Chas. A. Lampert
Theodore Thomas Orchestra
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Praised by Local Residents
Mrs Anna Pelzer of Yarh Jefferson St So Omaha Neb recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a rapid cough and cold cure. She cites her daughter recovering from a bad cold and neighbors using it with widespread praise in the neighborhood. 5 H Williams.
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Foley
Anna Pelzer
Yarh
Jefferson St
Omaha
Neb
Benson
H. Willams
Self-Starting HUDSON 33 Breaks Union Car Record
Howard E. Coffin's Self-Starting HUDSON 33, as reported from Detroit via Verril Auto Co., leads sales with about half of 1911-12 production sold three and a half months after its launch. Neville comments on design purity and claims demand will double last year, while the new model features an enclosed motor for quiet operation and reduced parts.
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Verril Auto Co
Hudson
Detroit
Howard E. Coffin
Howard BE
Coffin
Next Week's Call Brings Mixed Signals in Avenue Romance
A timid suitor frets over a mistaken hat and a looming engagement as a playful courtship escalates. A coy exchange ends with the promise to decide a definite day after a second meeting. The text also includes an advertisement for Meritol Kidney and Backache Pills urging readers to send fifty cents for a relief package.
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Asgn
Decorah
Iowa
Meritol
American Drug and Press Assn
Druggist Claims Quick Relief for Skin Troubles
A local drugstore advertises a skin remedy promising to stop itching in two seconds with a 25 cent trial. The message touts products like oils and sun screen, claiming fast relief for conditions such as eczema and psoriasis, and mentions a reader response open to testaments. A separate line notes the death of a local employee, Edithing else can.
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Be McGregor
Foggy harbor romance saves Vera and Allen
In a summer harbor a thick sea fog isolates boats and two strangers, Vera Gale and Allen Cramer, who meet in a frail canoe. A dangerous rescue, a dramatic plunge, and a warm bond form as they survive the peril and share a new life together after the fog lifts.
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Gay
Island Point
Vera Gale
Vera
Ike
Allen
Quote on women improving politics sparks porch debate
A porch conversation ends with a pointed remark from Mr. Grovener about women in politics. He suggests that if women were to investigate, they might uncover undisclosed information, reflecting a skeptical view amid the dialogue.
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Mr. Grovener
Cold Luncheon Menu With Clam Cocktails And Egg Apps
A vintage luncheon guide suggests clam cocktails frapped as a modern touch for a warm day. Instructions cover making clam juice mixtures, serving in champagne cups with shaved ice and watercress, plus egg based appetizers and a cold chicken entree prepared in broth with herbs and a molded finish.
Summer Soup Recipe From Old Notes
Three pounds of coarse lean beef cut into strips and one pound of ham bones cook in four quarts of water to reduce to two quarts. Strain and skim then return stock to heat. Parboil diced carrots and turnips, add parboiled vegetables with peas and corn, simmer thirty minutes, add tomato sauce and cook ten minutes more before serving.
Mushroom Sandwiches For a Dainty Lunch Treat
A mushroom sandwich is a delicate dish for vegetable lovers. Sauté mushrooms and onion in butter, simmer in seasoned stock until tender, strain, mix with lobster meat, season with salt tomato catsup and lemon juice, moisten with liquor, and spread on thin white bread.
Tomato Preserves Recipe Instructions
Peel twenty four good sized tomatoes quarter and cook slowly one hour with one cup less sugar than tomatoes. Add nine large peaches peeled and sliced, cook another hour. Leave four peach stones in while cooking. Remove from heat add one tablespoon vanilla. Pour into glasses and when cold cover with paraffin.
German Beef Stew Recipe Steps
Cut two pounds of Jean beef into cubes and brown in dripping with one onion. Add two cups warm water or stock and simmer three quarters of an hour. Add twelve small peeled onions and cook a half hour, then add twenty four pitted olives. Fifteen minutes before serving add half a cup sultan raisins or prunes.
Eggplant Prep Tips From A Historic Kitchen Note
A historical kitchen tip advises slicing eggplant into one eighth inch pieces. Use a grapefruit knife to trim around the edge of each slice to remove the skin in one piece, saving time and preventing waste by avoiding thick peeling.
Vegetable Hint Adds Sugar To Boiling Veggies
A home kitchen tip suggests adding a generous pinch of sugar to all boiling vegetables except potatoes to create a favor that will be repeated after try.
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el Paso
New Mexico
Byron M. Coon
Towa
Washington, D.C
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New York
Coon
B. Soper FL E
Alexander
Soper & Alexander
Emmet County
Nutherville
Laws
Albert H. Nash
Otoe
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Eagle Cluthing
M. E. Wilson
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Taylor's
E. W. Bachman
First National Bank
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