Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, September 2, 1948
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SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
N eeds, Use, F ab ric D urability
A re Keys in S eleeling Linens
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«4 I ’VE been keeping a home for
• seven years," said an intelli
gent homemuker to me recently,
"and now my linens need replenish
ing. But I'm not certain that I
j know just how to buy them cor
rectly."
Contrary to opinion, brides are
not the only ones buying linens to-
J day. Many a homemaker Is seeing
10-year-old sheets fall into shreds
at each laundering, while bath tow
els are developing holes in alarm
ing proportions.
Should the choice be muslin or
percale sheets? What thread count
is best to select? How should the
yarn count affect the choice of
sheets? How large should bath tow
els be? Are cotton or linen towels
better for dishes? These are but a
few of the bewildering questions a
homemaker must be able to answer
before she can make her choice.
Relishes W ill Add Zestful Touch to Mcols
I Ve» recipes h etow j
Canning Relishes
BY THIS T IM E you undoubtedly
have finished your fruit and vegeta
ble canning, but there still remain
those
latcln-theseason
relishes.
Those spicy, zesty accompaniments
to meat and other entrees arc al
most ns essential as the fruits and
vegetables, and many women do
not consider their canning com
plete without them.
Most relishes are easy to put up
and there is little opportunity for
spoilage if direc
tions arc followed.
Enlist some help
from the fumily
fo r c u ttin g up
some of the vege
tables and fruits
and work will go
forward
rapidly.
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SPICED GRAPES are delightful
with mild-flavored meats such as
lamb, veal and chicken.
Spired Grapes
5 quarts stemmed grapes
8 cups sugar
2 cups vinegar
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
Pry seeds from grapes. Drain.
Boil sugar, vinegar and spices for
five minutes. Add grapes and cook
until thick. Pour into hot sterile
Jars and seal at once.
If you aren't certain you have
enough spreads for bread already
canned, make some spicy, delicious
apple butter. It may be used in
sandwiches, cookies or as spread
for biscuits and muffins.
* Apple Butter
1 peek apples
1 gallon sweet cider
6 cups sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
H teaspoon cloves
Wash and slice apples. Add cider
and cook until soft. Press through
sieve. Boil the strained pulp until
thick enough to heap on a spoon,
then add sugar mixed with spices
and continue boiling until so thick
that no liquids runs from the ap
ples. Pour irto hot jars and proc
ess for 10 minutes in a boiling wa
ter bath. Complete sealing if neces
sary.
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LYNN CHAMBERS* MENU
Pot Roast of Beef
•Tomato Chutney
Browned Potatoes
Green Peas with Onions
Molded Grapefruit Salad
Biscuits with ’ Apple Butte:
Baked Pears
Beverage
•Recipe Given
•Tomato Chutney
12 ripe tomatoes
3 onions
3 sweet peppers
6 tart apples
1 pod hot pepper
1 clove garlic
1 cup seeded raisins
3 cups brown sugar
1 tablespoon ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
I teaspoon salt
3 cups vinegar
Skin tomatoes and onions, seed
peppers, pare and core apples,
wash raisins and then run all In
gredients through the food chop
per. Combine all ingredients and
cook until thick.
Corn Relish
2 quarts corn
1 quart cabbage
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped red pepper
2 large onions
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground mustard
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 quart vinegar
1 cup water
Boil corn for five minutes. Cold
dip. Cut from cob and measure.
Chop and measure cabbage and
peppers. Chop onions. Combine In
gredients and simmer 20 minutes.
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CLOVE APPLES are very popu
lar with roast pork dinners. If you
add a few drops of red food color
ing. the apples will be pretty and
eye catching.
Clove Apples
pounds prepared apples
cups sugar
cups water
tablespoon crushed ginger-root
or mixed whole spices
12 whole cloves
Food coloring
Use apples that hold shape after
RELISHES SHOULD be moist
but not juicy. Chief ingredients in cooking. Pare, core and cut large
them should have a firm rather
apples in halves
than mushy consistency. Vegeta
or quarters. Pare
bles In both of these relishes should
and core small
be finely chopped.
apples, but leave
whole. Boil sugar,
Ghow-Chnw
water and cloves
1 gallon chopped cabbage
with food color
12 onions
with the peelings
12 green peppers
of two or three red apples until the
12 red peppers
jellying point is reached (220 de
2 quarts tomatoes, chopped
grees). Remove cloves and peelings,
8 cups sugar
pour syrup over apples.
4 tablespoons ground mustard
1
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4
3
2
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Peplum
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tablespoon turmeric
tablespoon ground ginger
tablespoons mustard seed
tablespoons celery seed
tablespoons mlxrd pickling spice
gallon vinegar
2
4
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1
Crab Apple Piekles
1 gallon crab apples
6-8 cups sugar
3 cups water
4 cups vinegar
1 stick cinnamon
1 tablespoon ginger
1 tablespoon whole cloves
■4 tablespoon whole allspice
M ix all vegetables, which have
first been chopped, with one-half
cup salt. Let stand overnight, then
drain. Tie spices in a bag. Add
sugar and spices to vinegar. Sim
mer 20 minutes. Add all Ingredients
and simmer until hot nnd well sea
soned. Remove spice bag and pack
hot chow-chow into sterile jars; seal
at once.
Wash and pierce each apple with
a needle. Heat sugar, liquids and
spices, tied In a bag, until sugar
dissolves. Cool. Add apples and sim
mer until tender. Let stand several
hours or overnight. Pack cold Into
sterile jars.
Released by WNU Features.
L Y N N SAYS:
Following Rules for Pickling
Fruits and Vegetables
Pickles should be crisp and firm,
solid and evenly colored. The cor
rect color for the green pickle is
olive rather than bright green.
Pack sufficient liquid In the Jars
In which you can pickles so that
those on top will not shrivel.
Fresh spices are your best guar
antee of flavor when making
pickles. Spices lose flavor as they
stand so only freshly opened pack
ages should be used.
Fruits and vegetables used for
pickling should not be overripe.
The same rules for selecting pick
ling material as for general can
ning holds true.
When making fruit pickles, cut
the fruit in uniform sizes and shapes
so the pickles look attractive when
served. The syrup for fruit pickles
is as thick as that for preserves.
Vegetables which
are brined
should be kept thoroughly covered
with the brine, otherwise those
standing uncovered by brine will
spoil.
Correctly Chosen Sheets
Are Satisfying
Decide on the best size before you
ever get to the store to do your pur
chasing. Anyone who has ever been
troubled by having sheets that are
skimpy will realize the wisdom of
this point. Beds are more comfort
able, easier to make and stay well-
made longer if there is sufficient
tuck-in on all sides.
For the standard five-inch thick,
76-jnch long mattress, the 108-inch
torn length is most desirable. If you
select one less than 99 inches long.
Measure blankets for quality . . .
Plastic Bag
com fortable sleeves, crisp co lla r
and tw o-button closing. A style
of w hich you’ll never tire
Sticky fingers can’t hurt tills
bunny-decorated bag because
it's made of vinylite plastic
that wipes clean with a damp
cloth. The good workmanship
of this gay, serviceable little
bag will withstand rough usage
while the shoulder strap offers
maximum protection against
loss.
The strap also leaves
small hands free for such im
portant matters as dolls, bal
loons and lollipops.
Few women have linen sheets and
cotton is thoroughly satisfactory.
For everyday wear, the best choice
is muslin; for “best” accasions, a
good quality percale frequently is
chosen.
Hemstitched sheets do not wear
particularly well; if you have them,
use for “best" occasions. Other
wise. the plain edges will give best
wear for both occasions.
Tinted sheets are attractive if you
want to match or contrast the bed
room, but only fast-colored ones
should be chosen. White sheets give
best all-around service.
there will be skimpiness on the tuck-
in. A single width bed requires a
65-inch width.
A three-quarter bed requires a 72-
inch sheet and the double bed re
quires an 81-inch width sheet. Most
sheets are labeled as to size on the Pillowcase Requirements
tabs but, if they are not, measure
Are Identical With Sheets
them to 4>e certain.
After you have selected a sheet
The type of the sheet usually gives
the thread count. A type 180 sheet for thread count and weight, select
signifies there are 180 threads per pillowcases in the same type. P il
square Inch, a type 128 sheet means lowcases that are six inches longer
that many threads to the square than the pillow are best for appear
inch. Usually, the higher the thread ance and wear.
When pillowcases are too wide for
the pillow, as many of them are that
you receive for gifts, turn them in
side out and stitch on both of the
long sides to make them fit prop
erly.
Pillow fillings are another consid
eration to bear in mind when you
choose bedding. Those filled with a
combination of duck and geese down
are best from the standpoint of
comfort and lasting wear.
Chicken and turkey feathers are
used in the cheaper pillows, and
frequently have stiff quills in them
that may be uncomfortable.
Make certain, the feathers are
count, the better the quality of the clean or the fillings will develop a
sheet. The number of threads in rancid, musty odor.
Kapok filling is good if you have
each direction should be equal to
get the greatest benefit from the allergies to feathers. However, ka
pok tends to pulverize when used
sheet.
for
a long time and will lose resili
Weight on sheets is not nearly as
important. Light weight may mean ency, thus making a replacement
a very fine yarn or few yarns, so necessary, with its consequent ex
pense.
that sheet is poor and sleazy.
Pillow ticking should not be heav
Lots of wear on a sheet comes ily sized for the filling will come
from the top hem. Hems should be through readily. Rub the ticking
at least four inches and, if you can to test it; if dust flies, sizing is
find a sheet that has both top and present
bottom hem, the sheet will wear
longer.
Hold Blankets In Light
To Check Yarns
Be Smart!
Casually smart, right In de
tailing, capacious enough to per
m it overnight use, these are
the new carry-all bags. You’ll
find them In finest quality
leathers at luxury prices but
also In modestly priced fab
rics, fibers or straws with
leather or simulated leather
trims. All are new and growing
more popular day by day.
A good blanket always is marked
for size. If you think you are get
ting a bargain, have the blanket
measured and compare it with those
which have size stated on the label.
Hold a blanket up to the light to
see if the yarns are well distrib
uted. If you see thin spots, you can
be certain that these will wear out
soon.
Blankets may be cotton, rayon,
wool or a combination of two or
more of these fibers. Cotton makes
a strong blanket, wool a warmer
one. A part wool blanket with less
than 25 per cent wool is no warmer
than a cotton one.
Virgin wool does not necessarily
mean the blanket is of the best qual
ity. The best blankets have long
fibers. Virgin wool may be stronger
if it is of good quality but, if it is
poor, It might be better to buy a
reprocessed wool.
The sizes on most bathroom tow
els are important. Select those 20
by 40 for most practical purposes.
You may have some that are 28 by
44, but any larger than that will
make the towels a laundering prob
lem, either by adding a lot of excess
weight If the laundering is done
commercially or by being too heavy
If you do your own.
Youthful Wear
A Y O U T H F U L fro ck fo r pleas-
• * ant daytim e w ear w ith a pert
peplum to w h ittle your w aist, and
a parade of buttons down the
fro n t. Sim ple and s m a rt in a
b rig h t plaid or solid tone.
• * •
Pattern No 1810 comes In sizes 12, 14,
16, 18 and 20. Size 14. 4 yards of 35 or
39-Inch.
S h irtw aister
T 'H E fa vo rite in every ward-
robe—the neatly ta ilo re d s h irt
w aister. T his version has b rie f
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Pattern No. 1617 Is for sizes 14. 16, 18
20; SO, 42. 44 and 46 Size 16. 3’, yards
of 35 or 39-inch.
Send 25c for your copy of the Fall and
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To rem ove coffee or tea stains
fro m teacups, dip a dam p cloth
in salt and rub the stains away.
Alw ays store peanut b u tte r ja rs
upside down. I t w ill help keep the
peanut b u tte r fro m losing its oil.
A good thick gravy can be made
by using the w ater in w hich rice
has been cooked.
Keep french dressing in the re
frig e ra to r and then drop an ice
cube in it ju s t before serving—
i f you lik e it th ick, th a t is.
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You can usually rem ove rust
When you forget to put salt in
fro m iro n fry in g pans w ith scour
the cooked cereal, dissolve sail
ing powder and steel wool.
in a little b oiling w a te r and m ix
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Cardboard m ilk containers can th a t w ith the cereal so the taste
be torn into pieces w hich are w ill be u n ifo rm .
handy to use as plate scrapers
and sink cleaners.
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If you m ake your own fr u it
cake, here’s a super w ay to do it.
Slice the top off an orange and
e x tra c t the fr u it so th a t the shell
is le ft in one piece. Candy the
shell, let it d ra in d ry ; then fill it
w ith the fr u it cake b a tte r. Steam
the whole business fo r tw o hours
before you bake it ; and you end
up w ith fr u it cake in an a ttra c
tive , edible container.
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Add a little salt to the w ater in
a double bo ile r and i t w ill come
to a boil m ore qu ickly.
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Tweezers are handy fo r getting
pinfeathers out of a chicken, but
so if p araffin. Pour m elted p a ra f
fin a ll over the b ird , le t it harden,
then peel i t off. The pesky pin
feathers should come w ith it.
TAKE LAXATIVES ?
7ty
testead
Columbus Letter
Up for Sale
A rare auction of important his
torical documents will be held In
London soon. Probably the Item i
which will command the highest
price Is the letter written by Chris
topher Columbus In which he an
nounced his discovery of the New
World.
Tins letter is one of the 7,000 rare
documents dealing with five centur- .
les of North and South American
history to be sold. They are in a col- j
lection formed by the late Sir Lei- !
cester Harmsworth.
Among the other Items are the
prayer book of Benjamin Franklin
and the deed of sale of East New
Jersey by William Penn, founder of
Pennsylvania.
L E M O N IN W A T E R
IS G O O D F O R Y O U
Try it JO d a y s -
S u n k ist
(4 cup butter or margarine
H lb. marshmallows (about
2 Mi doz.)
(4 teaspoon vanilla
1 pkg. Kellogg's Rice
Krlspies (5(4 os.)
*8t
Heat butter or margarine and marshmallow
over water until syrupy. Beat in vanilla. Pu
Rice Krlspies In greased bowl and pour mix
ture on top. Mix well. Press into 8x13 grease«
shallow tin. Cut into 2(4' squares when cool
Yield: 24 delicious Rice Krlspies Marshmal
, low Squares. Everyone will love them!