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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
6
A housewife outlines two pear preservation methods. The first uses ten pounds pears five pounds sugar one lemon one teaspoon cinnamon nutmeg ginger and gauze tied spices simmered until pink then jarred. The second preserves Bartlett or Seckle pears with one pound sugar per pound fruit, cloves, and syrup in jars.
The article explains jam is cooked whole fruit pulp with water and sugar, preserving form differs from preserves which keep some original fruit shape, and from jellies which remove pulp and are firmer. It notes jams, jellies and preserves are common spreads for bread and snacks.
Quick lunch idea using four hard boiled eggs. Butter flour and milk form a thick sauce seasoned with salt paprika then folded with eggs. Serve hot for a hearty egg based dish suitable when time is tight.
The text describes shaping croquettes, rolling them in cracker crumbs and eggs, and frying in deep hot fat to finish.
A light family dessert suggests stewed fruits paired with a pound cake recipe. The cake uses one pound each butter and sugar, one pound flour, ten eggs, mace, and brandy. Directions include creaming butter, folding in egg whites, and baking at 300 F for about ninety minutes.
Simple crust method uses 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt and shortening cut in then mixed with cold water to form dough. Roll out the dough and fill with stewed fruit to make fried pies.
In Boise Idaho a 3 12 acre brush fire in Boise National Forest was blamed on a woman heating her baby's bottle. Ranger Harry Van Winkle reported the blaze started from that fire.
In Charleston Missouri Leo and Ralph Carr described a 16 foot 6 inch corn stalk from their Mississippi bottom land farm and warned that levee land is so wet farmers plant the corn and then run to escape flooding.
Homer Butler kept his license cigars in a safe place but found a large bull snake chewing greedily under the seat of his high truck. The incident underscores local wildlife encounters with unusual objects.
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