Local notices from Fairfield area feature visits and travel
Corrine Martin visited friends in Fairfield while editor E R Doty traveled to Washington on business. Grace Finney and kin spent Christmas with uncle H C Finney in Ainsworth. Several residents traveled to Moline Muscatine Davenport and Chicago for visits and returns.
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Corrine Martin
Fairfield
E. R. Doty
The
Letts Record
Washington
Business Today
Grace
Ruth
Mary Finney
H. C. Finney
Ainsworth
Meat and Eggs Recipes from Staite College Bulletin
A bulletin from Staite Agriculture College shared meat and egg based recipes used by Mrs Alma Jones in a Washington county nutrition course last week. The notes show practical kitchen guidance for balancing protein in meals and utilizing common ingredients. The item reflects educational material circulated to extend nutrition knowledge locally.
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Staite Agriculture College
Alma Jones
Washington County
Sweet Breads Preparation and Serving Method
A sweet bread is the thymus gland of lamb or calf and is split into heart and throat parts. Blanching precedes cooking by soaking in cold water, then boiling in acidulated salted water for 20 minutes. Cut blanched sweetbreads into % inch cubes and reheat in white sauce, served on toast or in patty cakes.
Sweetbreads in Gelatin Molds and Bacon Skewers
Soak gelatin in cold water and dissolve in hot stock then cool. Fold in finely chopped sweetbreads and whipped cream as it begins to stiffen. Decorate moulds with pimento pieces and chill until firm. Serve with salad. Blanched sweetbreads dipped in flour egg crumbs skewered with bacon and fried. Arrange around a green pea mound.
Meat Croquettes with Yellow Sauce Recipe
A recipe for meat croquettes with a flour fat milk and yolk based yellow sauce. It details croquette shaping coating steps frying and serving with the sauce including optional capers and onion juice for flavor.
Peanut Croquettes and Apple Fritters From Simple Batter
A thrift kitchen note outlines fritter style treats using ground peanuts milk eggs sugar vanilla and graham crackers or cornmeal mix. It describes shaping frying and serving with gooseberry jelly, plus a fruit fritter batter with sour apples and optional peaches or pears. Annie Merritt Farmer.
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Annie Merrit
Ham on toast with peppered butter and veggies
Instructional fragment describes covering buttered toast with ham slices, adding a poached egg, seasoning with salt and pepper and butter, and garnishing with two shrimplike vegetable strips placed at right angles.
Ham and Keg Sandwich with Egg Sauce
Recipe fragment describes pouring white sauce around beaten eggs then adding chopped ham onion and pepper. Cook into thin cakes and place between slices of fresh bread or toast as desired.
LEFT OVER DISHES Casserole of Rice and Meat
A recipe for a rice and meat casserole uses cooked rice, seasonings, crumbs, egg, and hot stock. The dish is steamed in a rice mould for about 45 minutes and served with tomato sauce. Variations include kidney beans and cheese, beef and celery, or salmon with tomato sauce.
Bake Macaroni With Tomato Sauce and Bacon
Instructions describe reheating macaroni in tomato sauce, layering in a buttered dish, and topping with raw shredded bacon slices. It specifies browning the bacon until crisp in a moderate oven and notes optional capers with the tomato fat mixture.
Gelatin jelly with meat stock and lemon juice
Soften gelatin in cold water then dissolve in boiling meat stock. Add salt and chill until jelly like. Beat thoroughly and fold into remaining ingredients and chill to harden.
Simple Macaroni and Meat Cheesy Bake
Cook macaroni until tender in salted water then drain. Stir in tomato sauce onion green pepper and salt. Simmer ten minutes. Add chopped meat and top with cheese cubes. Cook until cheese is partly melted and blend flavors.
Pepper Beef Kidney Bean Stew
A compact recipe instructs browning beef in hot fat then simmering with chopped green pepper onion and water. After an hour add salt and thicken with flour melted in fat, strain liquid and blend to make a gravy. Combine with drained beans and heat before serving.
Frugal Corned Beef Hash with Vegetables Bake
Melt fat in a pan and cook finely chopped corn beef with diced potatoes carrots and turnips. Add onions salt and milk to moisten. Stir until well mixed and bake slowly. Turn onto a platter and garnish with sliced tomatoes and parsley.
Sugar Cured Ham and Bacon Preparation Notes
Sugar cured ham and bacon prepared with salt then drained overnight. Pieces were packed in a barrel with the ham and remaining cure.
Preservation and curing of bacon and ham and fried codfish
Instructions from Farmer's Bulletin No. 183 describe curing pork with salt brown sugar and saltpeter in brine for four to eight weeks depending on meat type. It notes boiling brine for summer use and non boiling for winter. Also includes a fried salt pork with codfish and white sauce serving suggestion.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pork Cutlets with Apple Garnish
Cut pork into 1 to 3 inch pieces and dip in beaten egg then cornmeal. Saute in hot fat until golden brown. Serve with apple slices and garnish with parsley for a crisp, savory dish.
Local visits noted in Davenport area
Robert Andreson of Rock Island joined his wife to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Benson this morning. Mart Brown returned to Davenport after visiting Mrs. Mary Brown. Mrs. Mae Green of Grandeye Montana arrived to visit her mother Mrs. J. K. Yoekey this morning.
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Iowa City
P. J. Hanley
Kinross
Frances Ward
Winfield
James Ward
E. Phillips
Des Moines
Neil Humble
Leona McFarland
Mrs. L. FE. McFarland
Ainsworth
Harry Shepard
Davenport
W. W. Wilson
Emma Rubrake
Chicago
D. L
Will Sigler
Moline
Tom Brown
Richard Swift
James Swift
Fred Brown
Lillie Allen
William James
Harold Buckley
Mrs
John D. Buckley
Clara Levienn
Harper
Robert Andreson
Rock Island
E. M. Benson
Mart Brown
Mary Brown
Mae Green
Grandeye, Mont
J. K. Yoekey
Did You Ever Have Money Enough for Christmas Gifts
The piece urges readers to avoid last minute shortages by using a Christmas Savings plan. It promotes a 1924 club forming now to help systematically save money through the year for gifts and prevent forgotten presents at year end.
Stephen's Jewelry Store Gift Display Opens
Our gift department is popular these days. Come in and see the many beautiful gifts on display. Stephen's Jewelry Store. 5116 west.
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Stephen's Jewelry Store
West
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