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The Frontier Woman — Mrs. C. W. Sawyer Wonders If There Will Ever Be Another Nice Wash Day? By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE Now is a good time to return to the menu some of the old favorites — cinnamon rolls, de vil’s food cakes, frothy cream pies.They taste as good as ever, Blanche Spann Pease but n o w a days there is a subtle bul import a n t difiere nee: the baking is done with enriched fl our and that means added B - vitamins and iron are included i n the menu. A basic sweet yeast dough provides me breakfast treat on any day Sugary Cinnamon Twists are a variation of those popular cin namon roBs, except for the twist shape. They have cinna mon-sugar inside and out for spicy sweetness. There "frosting" is already on when the twist comes out of the oven. That's because the pan is prepared with butter or margarine and cin* namon sugar, and the twists laid side by side into this topping mixture. The rolls are then brushed with more of the butter of margarine and cinnamon sugar. Grapefruit and orange sec tions served in a fruit cup or orange shells, and hot cereal with milk are all that is need ed to complete a festive menu featuring these sugary twists SUGARY CINNAMON TWISTS One package yeast, com pressed or dry, Vi cup luke warm water, Me cup milk, Vi cup sugar, one teaspoon salt, two tablespoons shortening, one egg, three cups sifted enriched flour (about) Vi cup melted butter or margarine, one table spoon cinnamon, one cup sug ar. Soften yeast in lukewarm water. Scald milk. Add sugar, salt and shortening. Cool to lukewarm. Add flour to make a thick batter. Mix well. Add 'softened yeast ana eggs, dcm well. Add enough more floui to make a soft dough. Turn out on lightly floured board and kneed until smooth and satiny. Place in greased bowl Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled (about one and one-half hours.) When light, punch down. Let rest 10 minutes. Mix together one cup sugar and one table spoon cinnamon to make cin namon sugar. Prepare twelve by nine inch pan by greasing with butter or margarine and sprinkling with three table spoons cinnamon sugar. Boll dough into rectangle about ten by twenty inches. Brush light ly with melted butter or mar garine. Sprinkle a thin layer of cinnamon sugar over dough Fold the dough over in thirds so as to have a long narrow strip of dough in three layers Seal edge and flatten strip with rolling pin or hands. Cut crosswise into one-inch strips. Roll each strip under hands. Place hands at each end of strip and twist by moving hands in opposite directions. Pick up two ends at the same time to let the dough shape itself into a twist. Place twists side by side in prepared pans, brush tops of rolls with butter or margarine and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Let rise un til doubled (about 45 min utes). Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) about 25 minutes. —tfw— One of the greatest delights is to set a fork into Mom’s still warm coconut cream pie. Un der the toasted coconut mer ingue is a cream filling and a very tender crust. The last is made quickly, with the dry crumbly dough pressed togeth er and rolled out with the rol ling pin to an even thinness. The dough is then folded over and carefully placed in the pan without stretching. It is well pricked and baked in a hot oven, and allowed to cool be fore filling. Here is the recipe to duplicate: INVENTORY CLEARANCE OF Tires and Tubes AT BARGAIN PRICES Tires and Tubes unless otherwise listed are new and first grade. Manufactured by na tionally known manufacturers. 600x16 6-ply Tire $15.90 700x16 6-ply Tire ... 22.90 670x15 4-ply Tire T. 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Sandhill Sal A fact every husband has to learn—if at first his wife does n’t succeed, she will cry, cry again. Judge a woman’s houseclean ing by her upstairs bedroom— not the front parlor. A man who keep his friends has something. She was a woman who prov , ed to be as useless as a hole in a i doughnut. _< COCONUT CREAM PIE i For pastry put one cup en riched flour, Vz teaspoon salt, one-third cup shortening, two to three tablespoons cold wat er, Sift together flour and salt. Cut or rub in shortening. Add water. Mix into a dry, crumbly dough. Toss on lightly floured pastry cloth. Press dough to gether. Roll about one-eighth inch thick. Line one nine-inch pan. Prick with fork. Bake in hot oven (450 degrees F.) eight to 12 minutes. Cool. Fill with cream filling. For the filling put two cups milk, Vz cup sugar, six table spoons cornstarch, Vz teaspoon salt, three eggs, separated, one teaspoon vanilla extract. Heat milk in double boiler. Mix sug ar, cornstarch and salt. Add to milk gradually, stirring well. Cook until clear and thickened, stirring constntly. Cover and cook 10 minutes. Beat yokes slightly. Stir small amount of hot milk mixture into egg yokes to remaining milk mix ture and mix well. Cook two minutes, stirring constantly. Let cool. Add vanilla extract. Pour into cooled baked shell. Top with meringue. For meringue put three egg whites, reserved from filling, Vi teaspoon salt, six table spoons srgar, V4 cup coconut, grated or shredded. Add salt to egg whites and beat until stiff but not ry. Add sugar gradu ally, beating briskly after each addition until mixture holds its shape. Sprinkle coconut evenly over top. Makes one nine-inch pie. —tfw— Prize-Winning Letters — Mrs. Ray Siders, of O’Neill, | is one of the winners of a three months’ subscription today. Mrs C. W. Sawyers, of Inman, also is a winner of a 3 months sub scription to The Frontier. March 28, 1949 Dear Mrs. Pease: I have often thought of writ ing you but when I had plenty of time during our snow bound Winter, we had no mail for over six weeks. Now, its too muddy foe mail carriers. Well, I'll write this, maybe some day the roads will be better. I have been kinda busy the last month getting some work done before the Spring house cleaning and gardening starts. I just canned 49 pints of pork and beans. We don't care for the ones we buy, these are nice if you like them baked, just put in cas serole and add a little more . bacon. PORK AND BEANS Four pounds beans, cover with water, let stand overnight. The next morning drain off this water, add fresh water, cook until done. Cook together two qquarts tomatoes, sieved, one quart water, one cup sug ar, one cup molasses, one large onion, cut up. Cook and strain all, drain beans, add one teaspoon red coloirng. Salt and pepper to suit taste. Fill jar % full, add bacon on bottom, middle and top. Process one % hours or 40 minutes at ten pounds pres sure. A few years ago when I belonged to a project club we learned how to make good white hard soap. This may sound a little old fash ioned to some but during our recent bad weather when we were isolated for weeks. I didn't have to go without washing because I had no soap. I make enough at one time to last a year. We have a little girl six years old, she started to school last Fall but we were unable to have school for six weeks. The Fifth Army took over the school house for headquarters for their store. I did the sewing for her while she was home. I like to make her clothes, she is so tiny. We have five other girls, four of them are married and have chil | dren Audree, 15, is home. She j belongs to a 4-H Calf Club. | They haven’t organized yet this | year. She and I are fixing up our basement for a place for them fo meet. It's a big room but we are painting the walls a light tan, the floor red and dark green. We are refinish ing old furniture. An old dresser was cut down and the two small drawers left to make a desk. A kitchen chair paint ed the same color makes the set. The long table has lin oleum on, painted to match the other furnishings. An old sanitary cot makes a j dandy studio couch, take up one side for the back. We padded ours with two old comforters and dyed some upholstering material we had cherry red. I love flowers and always have some in my vegetable gar den besides those in the yard. I like to try something new each year. The snow broke off some small limbs from the weeping willow. We put them in water and they have rooted. Will see if they will grow outside. MRS. RAY SIDERS, O’Neill, Nebr. Mrs. Sawyer's Letter — March 21. Dear Blanche: March really is going out like a lion this, year isn’t it? My, oh, my, what a year this has been already. I sincerely hope our re cord of storms doesn’t continue for the rest of the year. It seems we’ve had nearly enough bad weather for one year and three months just barely gone! I sometimes wonder if there will ever be an honestly nice wash day again, when a per son can hang all the clothes on the lines and bring them all in dry and not have to finish drying them in the house? We have a brand new 10-day-old baby at our house so washing is a prob lem, we use an electric fan to help dry the clothes in the house, however, it certainly speeds up the process. This is the time of year for a lot of butchering for the Sum mer supply of meat and of course that means f r y i n g doughnuts after the lard is fri ed out. Here’s a hint on preventing doughnuts taking up the grease, just add a teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar to your favor ite doughnut recipe and they won’t take up the grease at all.. j I really couldn’t tell why it is, but it’s a fact. My home ec teacher in high school taught us that and I’ve never known it to fail and it doesn’t taste in the doughnuts at all, either. I enjoy your column in The Frontier so much and I get so 1 many good ideas from it. Just keep up the good work. MRS. C. W. SAWYER, Inman, Nebr. Kitchen Fire Threatens House PAGE—There was an exciting time at the Harvey Spangler home last week when the oil I stove in the kitchen exploded, setting fire to the curtains, floor and window casings. Mrs. Spangler was at the brooder house and the fire was not discovered until Mr. Spang ler came in from the field about noon. He succeeded in getting the fire out before it did much dam age. Other Page News Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aughf, of Oakdale, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Pruss and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Trease, of Orchard, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anthony and Terry, of Bloomfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher, of Page, were Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat. Robert Ballantyne, principal and commercial teacher at Hav Springs, spent from Friday un til i uesday with home folks here. Mr. Ballantyne will be -superintendent of the Meadow Grove high school next year. Mrs. Mary Soukup left Sun day to return to the home of her daughter at Milwaukee, Wis. abe had made an extended visit at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Dorr, and son, of Page. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat made a business trip to Norfolk Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Hamil ton, of near Royal, visited in the Charles Wegman home Satur day. Mrs. Hamilton is a niece of Mrs. Wegman. Mrs. Flossie Held, of Venus, was an afternoon and supper guest Tuesday of Mrs. Otto Mat schullat. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wett laufer had for Sunday dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Strong, and family and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wettlaufer and Gary, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs Joe Madura, of Lynch; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wettlaufer and sons and Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wettlaufer and Andrea, all of Page. This was the first time in over two years they had all been together. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Weyer, of Essex, la., spent Saturday night with Mrs. Weyer’s mother, Mrs. Evelyn Gray. Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. Weyer and Mrs. Gray went to O’Neill where they were met by Mr. Weyer’s moth er and sister, Mrs. Ed Weyer and Shirley Weyer, of Ains worth. From there they all left for California. Mrs. Ed Weyer daughter of Mrs. Weyer’s. The and daughter will remain there for some time with another others plan to return in two weeks after visiting with rela tives and seeing points of inter est there. Mrs. Evelyn Gray spent Fri day at Plainview where she vis ited at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Gene Baber, and fam ily. Mrs. Evelyn Gray was a din ner guest Wednesday evening, May 18, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gray, at Inman. She also attended the commence ment exercises that evening at the Inman high school where Mr. Gray is the superintendent. DANCE at Summerland EWING, NEBR. Sunday, May 29 Music furnished by Tony Bradley and His Orchestra Owing to poor health I must quit my farm n ' and dairying operations and will sell at public auction at my place 12 miles South ar*d 21/2 West of Chambers, Nebr.; about 30 miles Northeast of Burwell, Nebr.; 14 North and 7l/2 miles West of Barlett, Nebr., on at 12:30 P. M., the following described personal property: 28 Head of Cattle 28 17 Milk Cows, mostly milking now, 1 2-year old heifer 3 to 6 years of age. 2 Holstein heifers, 1-year-old 8 White Face bucket calves 5 Head of Horses 5 2 Bay Geldings, 6-years-old, wt. 3 Black Gelding, 7-9- and 10-years 1,400 pounds each old, weight 1,100 pounds Machinery 1 New International Double Unit 1 McCormick-Deering Separator Milking Machine with Gas Mot- 1 2-row Eli or (Never Used) 1 Single-row Riding Cultivator 1 Rubber tired Cable Rack And other Articles too Numerous to 1 Wagon wheel cable rack mention. In Addition to the above Personal Property, I will offer for L E A S E my 480-acres complete with all improvements, consisting of 160-acres of hay land; 50-acres of cultivated land; and the balance pasture. % This Lease will be offered to the highest bidder with possession as soon as possible for the owner to move to his other place. TERMS: Cash or See Your Banker. Lunch on the Grounds. Charlie E. Clark OWNER COL EDWIN THORIN, Chambers, Auct. LEO T. ADAMS, Clerk.