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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
9
Delicious desserts play a part in daily diet with Crumble Tarts as a sweet indulgence. The recipe mixes black walnut meats dates sugar flour eggs cinnamon vanilla and whipped cream then bakes small cookies at 300 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes yielding five to six dozen treats.
A nostalgic home recipe offers steps to bake chocolate chip cookies as a thoughtful gesture for an uncle. It includes creaming shortening with sugars, adding eggs and vanilla, folding in flour with salt and soda, and baking with chopped chocolate and nuts. The method suggests chilling, slicing, and serving with whipped cream.
A Moravian cookie recipe explains melting butter with molasses then adding brown sugar spices salt and soda before folding in sifted cake flour. Chill dough for one to two weeks, roll paper thin, cut shapes, bake six minutes at 375 F, and store in tins for long keeping yields about 200 cookies.
Santa Claus centerpiece with fresh flowers and a roadway of holly brightens holiday tables. White carnations red roses snapdragons and African daisies plus silvered angels and reindeer novelties add cheer. Also shared are coffee punch and holiday souffle recipes for festive gatherings.
The 23rd National Junior and 22nd National Boys Indoor Tennis Tournaments will be held December 26 to January 2 at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York. The fields are strong though not as large as last year, with last year’s champions aging out. Joey Fishback and James Evert, previous winners, cannot defend their titles.
Florida's 96 day horse racing season opens at Tropical Park with 2000 horses and a 1000 purse for the opening sprint. Beau James, son of Jamestown, is a leading probable in a field of 15. The meet runs 17 days and moves to Hialeah Park January 10 for 46 days, then returns to Tropical Park March 4 to April 10.
The entry shows a participant who has progressed in both age and proficiency and is now entered in the Junior meet, highlighting improved performance and potential competition.
A home kitchen dessert guide for a simple caramel custard pie. It lists ingredients milk sugar corn starch eggs butter vanilla and a pie shell, with steps to caramelize sugar, make a thick custard, fill the crust, top with meringue and bake until crusty. Serve cold.
A short guide on making a simple cheese appetizer for a family meal. The recipe uses 2 egg whites 1 cup grated cheese 1 4 cup grated stale bread crumbs and cayenne. Form into small balls and fry until hot and crisp.
The Rest Methodist Church Sunday School presents a Christmas pageant cantata Come Ye To Bethlehem on December 24 at 8 p.m. directed by Miss Esther Ridgeway with the whole school assisting. The nativity story will be sung and staged to spread Yuletide spirit. all are invited.
Notice announces waste pickup changes for December 23 and 22 in place of the regular Monday and Tuesday collections. Garbage normally collected on Monday will be moved to Saturday December 23, and Tuesday pickups to Friday December 22, due to holiday closures.
A recipe outlines a mushroom dish baked in a ring mold with butter mushrooms cream flour egg yolks and whites. The mixture forms a ring around Brussels sprouts and a bed of peas and carrots for a vegetable centered dinner.
In Newburgh Indiana an elderly man, claiming to have lived 11 miles away for 75 years, walks from the Southern Indiana hills and chats with a dam worker on the Ohio River. The astonished workman, aged 50, forgot to ask the man’s name.
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