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.
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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:
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AT
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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.
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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.
