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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
12
A compact guide shows a two burner kitchen producing a Dixie dinner including Pig Pork Sausage Doo-dahs and a chicken with corn and lima beans. It covers prep steps from browning sausages to simmering stew and a Carolina Cole Slaw, plus a berry butter pastry roll for dessert.
Practical household tips on ant control with sulfur in silk bags, warming milk for potatoes, measuring shortening with a water cup, party room setups for refreshments, supper timing at private dances, balancing washing with maid duties, hiring help for home laundry, using a washing machine, and cleaning advice for cocoa stains and dresser drawers.
A rich layered pie recipe uses shredded pineapple, sugar, flour, oranges, banana, and Malaga grapes or raisins. Build two alternating layers over pineapple base, add upper crust, bake until brown for a summer fruit pie.
A fragmentary, rough excerpt features Gene Ahern style dialogue mentioning a cabin project and a wallet payment. The text includes phrases about paying to fix up a cabin and a character leaving a hotel tonight due to mirrors making him look like a target.
Take halves of grape fruit remove seeds but not the dividers or the center core. Spread with dots of butter then sprinkle a tablespoon of brown sugar. Broil on high flame to melt butter and sugar into the fruit while it keeps shape. Serve immediately as a first course. This surprising delicacy suits luncheon or dinner.
In West Plains Missouri Principal J W Welsh investigated four tardy girls who claimed they were locked up in a cell by a courthouse guide. The guide admitted he had playfully locked them in but failed to unlock for about a half hour while staff assisted.
Instructions describe making corn bread with cornmeal sugar salt egg milk melted shortening and baking powder baked at 400 degrees in a greased pan. A thin crisp Johnny Cake is made by spreading batter thin. Then a note from Albuquerque New Mexico: Ed Grabb grabs but releases an opossum and injures himself on a mountain road, pulling porcupine quills from his arm and legs.
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