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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
7
In Heidelberg Germany Professor Goetsch reports loneliness kills insects faster than food shortages or comfort. A bee dies within five days without companionship and ants deprived of work and friends curl up and perish, suggesting intentionality in their death.
A dough portion forms light rolls rolled with softened butter sugar and currants or cinnamon. After slicing and placing on a greased sheet the shapes rise threefold, then baked hot for about twenty five minutes. Top with nuts or sugar milk glaze for optional iced finish.
A mixed vegetable chowder recipe notes substitutions like rice and okra for potatoes and carrots. It instructs to simmer small potato and carrot pieces, retain water, brown onions, add tomatoes, heat with skim milk, and thicken with flour. Celery tops green peppers and chives may flavor it.
The USDA suggests a quick dish using boiled rice white sauce with flour melted fat milk and seasonings. Combine rice peanuts and sauce bake in greased dish for twenty minutes. The excerpt also notes the sale of Robinson Crusoe’s flintlock musket for £250 and announces Davidson’s July Clearance Sale starting July 1.
Smithsonian pamphlet notes a 56 inch dinosaur stride from a red Triassic shale slab on a Loudoun county farm Aldie. C G Gilmore aided Utah Dinosaurs quarrying for diplodocus skeletons while field work spans Canada to Europe and China as solar radiation studies continue at Mount Wilson and Montezuma.
Helena Mont. reports hundred percent health conditions and few patients to keep St. Peter's Hospital open unless trustees replenish finances with substantial cash contributions from supporters.
A vintage note explains mashed potato crust shepherds pie using minced left over meat with gravy baked until browned. It also covers jelly making from rhubarb and other fruits, emphasizing pectin extracts and a tested rhubarb jelly recipe with exact quantities for juice and sugar.
A 1874 Farmers Bulletin urges careful handling of perishable leftovers such as meat pies cream sauces custards and boiled cereals. Boiled leftovers should be transferred to clean dry dishes and chilled promptly. reheating alone may not kill microbes and can raise temperatures that favor growth, making cold leftovers potentially unsafe.
The shoulder forequarter lamb yields tender cubes for skewers and broiling or pan broiling. The eye of the rib area provides particularly tender meat for skewers. Less tender shoulder pieces can be stewed. Armenian restaurants call this method shish kebab. Anise onion juice and salt and pepper finish the dish.
A guide describes tearing bread into pieces and slowly drying them in a warm oven to make light textured food for children. It suggests tearing crusts from a loaf and cutting to start tearing, noting gas ovens require careful heat and crusts brown too much.
A Chesterfield county woman crafts a tea wagon from an old drop leaf table and baby carriage wheels. The step saving cart, created for a county kitchen improvement contest, showcases ingenuity and thrift under a cooperative effort by Virginia Tech Extension and the U S Department of Agriculture.
A U S Department of Agriculture chart records a housewife’s day across forenoon and afternoon sessions in five minute increments. It aims to quantify time spent on tasks such as laundry, dishwashing, sleep, gardening, and child companionship to optimize household management.
Rural homemakers face clothing fit challenges and can learn to make gummed paper dress forms through cooperative extension programs. Demonstrations at club meetings teach how to assemble forms, enabling one or four people to prepare a form for a person. Circular 207 offers free directions while supplies last.
An iceless refrigerator described by the U S Department of Agriculture and earthenware evaporative cooling devices may preserve foods when ice is unavailable. Other options include heat tight containers and vacuum-jacketed bottles to keep foods cool or hot, plus using deep well water or cistern air for cooling with care to avoid contamination.
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