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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1958)
r w TFTTK APPLES TO MARKET The new Gravenstein apple crop is rolling to market bringing this superbly flavored tart-sweet green fruit for the making of many good things including this apple crumb cake. Here we use quick-cooking tapioca, a favorite thickener for berry and fruit pies. Feeding the Family By ZOLA VINCENT Food Editor Gravenstein Apples Made Apple Pies Famous It is green apple pie time and there is rejoicing as Cal ifornia harvests its crop of superbly flavored, t a n g y J spicy, juicy and aromatic green Gravensteins. One third of all the apples grown commercially in California are Gravensteins, practically all of those sold in the United States. Perhaps a third of them are marketed fresh; others go into apple sauce, cider, juice; get processed for bakery pies or are dried. , Said to be "the apple that made apple pie famous," the Gravenstein is an all-purpose variety; good in pies, cakes, dumplings, puddings, as well as for crisp, crunchy, out-of-hand eating. People who make surveys say that home bakers and commercial bak ers bake a half billion apple pies a year. Apple growers declare this their favorite recipe. 6-9 Gravenstein apples, pared and sliced thin ?4 cup granulated or light brown sugar, firmly packed W teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg or Va. teaspoon each J,i teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons butter Pastry for 2-crust, 9-inch . pie. Line pie pan with pastry of your choice, your own or one of the easy mixes. Fill un baked shell with sliced ap ples. Combine sugar, salt, spices and grated lemon rind. . Sprinkle mixture over ap ples, then sprinkle with lem on juice and dot with butter. Moisten edge of crust, cov er with top crust and press edges together. Brush crust with milk or cream. Slash in any design for steam-escaping. Bake in hot oven, 425 degrees, 55 minutes or until syrup boils with heavy bub bles that do not burst. Let pie come to table uncut to show off its beauty and warm for ultra enjoyment. Cheddar cheese fingers or tri angles on the side for finger eating. Lots of coffee. Apple Crumb Cake Super Hot or Cold Favorite with the family Sravenstein apples, will be ior the next few weeks of this apple crumb cake, which is super served warm or cold; with cream if you like. Wte use quick-cooking tapioca as a thickener, mixing it right in with the sugar and spices. li cups sifted flour i cup sugar Dash of saltf l-t cup soft butter 5 cups thinly sliced peeled fresh Gravenstein ap ples 2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca Vz cup sugar 34 teaspoon cinnamon V teaspoon nutmeg Combine flour, one-half cup sugar, salt and butter mixing well with pastry blender, fork or fingers until crumbs are formed. Measure three-fourths cup of the crumbs and set aside. Press remaining crumbs into nine-inch spring form pan, covering bottom and about three-fourths inch up on sides. Mix apples, quick-cooking tapioca, one-half cup sugar and spices. Arrange in the crumb shell. Bake in hot oven, 425 degrees, 20 minutes. Then sprinkle with remaining flour and sugar crumbs. Bake 20 to 25 minutes longer until crumbs are golden brown. Serve hot or cold.. Here too, cheddar cheese alongside is pretty wonderful. Fuzziest Peaches. It is no longer necessary to peel a peach to eat it out of hand. Simply wash and eat. Peach growers have spent many years developing cultural and growing practices which have ilmost done away with "peach luzz". Fresh Apple Sauce In Favored Ways The crisp white flesh of the Gravenstein apple available briefly, is about as sweet and juicy as an apple can be. Light and satisfying, freshly made apple sauce can be easily packed, when cooled, in liquid-tight containers, labeled and stored in the freezer for future enjoyment. Pare, quarter and core eight Gravenstein apples. Add just enough water, about one cup, to steam fruit and prevent scorching. Bring to a boil and cook slowly, covered, 20 to 30 minutes or until apples are tender. Add one-half cup sugar and simmer until sugar is. dissolved. For smooth sauce, apples may be used without paring, Core and quarter apples, cook until soft, then force through sieve. Add sugar and simmer to dissolve sugar. Spicy Apple Sauce. Substi tute five tablespoons brown sugar for granulated sugar; add one-fourth teasuoon mace, dash of cinnamon and grated lemon rind. Cinnamon Apple Sauce, Cook two tablespoons 'cinna mon candies with smooth sauce. For flavor fillip es pecially provocative for serv ing warm with ham, add a bit of butter and chopped ginger to apple sauce while it is heating. Easy Thickener for Berry and Fruit Pies The quality or consistency of the filling is of prime im portance in a fruit or berry pie. Most fruits and berries require a "thickener" if the juice is not to spread out thin ly over the plates when the pie is cut. Favorite thickener of many is quick-cooking tapioca.-It is thought best because it pro tects the bright fruit color (doesn't cloud as some thick eners do). It adds no starchy or floury taste. It is time saving and easy to use. No pre-cooking is necessary; all you do is mix the quick cooking tapioca with the sugar and the fruit or berries and pour the mixture into an unbaked pie shell and bake as usual. If recipe calls for an other thickener, replace with slightly less tapioca than is indicated. Salad Main Disb Summer Satisfier Cool, colorful and satisfying main dish salads are popular with west coasters the year around; reach heighf of popu larity in July and August. Lettuce heads and Romaine bunches are big and beautiful, crisp and superb quality; low priced too. V. pound Swiss cheese cut in strips, It pound boiled ham or v other luncheon meat, cut in strips 3 hard-cooked eggs, quar tered 6 radishes, sliced 3 tomatoes in eighths . Vi cucumber, sliced 1 head lettuce, broken in bitesize J4 cup chopped celery Combine all ingredients. Add enough of your favor ite salad dressing to coat let tuce leaves; toss gently. A su perb dressing preferred by many combines mayonnaise and sour cream with a dash of Worcestershire sauce, gen erous squeeze of lemon juice, freshly ground black pepper. ILLINOIS VALLEY First Meeting Scheduled By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction The Illi nois Valley Federated Wom en s club will hold their first meeting at the home of pres ident Mrs. Earl Boyd on the second Friday in September. Plans will be discussed for the year book and program schedules will be set up. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boyd at tended the wedding of Mar jorie Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson of Forest Grove, to Arthur Edward Fish at the First Methodist church in Medford last week. They were guests at the reception following the cere mony, held in the gardens of the home of Dr. and Mrs. Eu gene Ray of Ross Lane in Medford. Judge and Mrs. Edward Ashurst of Wickenberg, Ariz., are house guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Smith. Mrs. Ashurst is a sister of Mrs. Smith and is also visit ing with other sisters, Mrs. John Smith and Mrs. Gordon Leonard. Mrs. Jack Villair was host ess at a bridge luncheon held at the Oregon Caves Chat teau Tuesday, given as a farewell party for Mrs. Rob ert Pence, who, with Mr. Pence, is leaving the valley to make her home in Utah. John Valen and his brother-in-law. Don Cameron, are on vacation in Virginia City. C. H. Boyd of Crescent City spent the week end with his brother's family, the Earl Boyds. This week, Earl is in Butte Falls, helping his son, Oliver, build a new barn on the Oliver Boyds' ranch. Lee Brennan, beauty oper ator at Hazel's Beauty salon, spent the week end with her sister in Tulelake. Lee has moved into Valerie Rauber's home on Caves highway for the summer while .Mrs. Rau- ber is staying at the Oregon Caves. Mr. and Mrs. Les Henry and son, Jack, were with their daughter and family, the William Burks of Cres cent City, for the week end. On Sunday, the two families with the Henrys' older son, Ronnie Green, were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Block and two sons, also of Crescent City, for a picnic on the Smith river. On- Wednesday of last week, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Smith drove to Eugene, re turning their grandson, Stev en Potwin, to his home. Otto Trvon resisned his of fice as a member of the board of directors of the Illinois Valley Jubilee association at a meeting of the association Monday night in the.VFW rooms. He stated he would remain on the board until a new aDDointment can be made by his commander. Secretary of the associa tion, Earl W. Sturgis, also tendered his resignation from office due to his impending move from the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hall, now living in Claremont, - Calif., house guests at the Nat Wool eys in Rogue River, have spent several days visiting with friends in the valley. They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Martin at Mildred's cafe in Kerby Monday evening and dinner guests Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loyce Warren. Funeral services for Mrs Suzie McDougal, 85, a pio neer resident of the Bridge- view area, were held recent ly in Jacksonville, where she had been living for the past 25 years. Mrs. McDougal was born In Kane county, 111., and moved to Oregon, settling in the Illi nois valley, in 1904 on what is now the W. E. Chadwick ranch. At the time of the death of her husband, she moved to the Medford area She is survived by a broth er, Charles Seward of Yreka; two nieces, Mrs. Larry Bar- ba and Mrs. Gill Barba, both of Yreka, and a nephew, Ar nold Durkee of Mt. Shasta. Those attending the serv ices from here were Mrs. Jen nie Tycer, Mrs. Des Byrne, Mrs. James Payne, Mrs. Sam Bunch, Mrs. Harry Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Watts and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hays. Mrs. Herbert Watts is a cousin of the deceased. Taste and tell everybody how good it is. Cantaloupe Conserve Unusual Meat Relish We'd been hearing about cantaloupe conserve, wonder ed about it, found a recipe, tried it and now understand why it is getting talked about, being made by many good cooks. This is truly a treat with meat; good at breakfast too. We suggest half-pint jars. You'll fill eight or nine of them. Combine eight cups diced cantaloupe which is 2Vz to 3 medium size melons, eight cups sugar, one No. 2 can cruched pineapple, juice of two medium-size lemons, juice of two medium-size oranges; cook over low heat until sugar is melted. Raise heat slightly and simmer slowly for about two hours, stirring often. When mixture has thickened, add one bottle maraschino cherries and one fourth pound blanched al monds (one cup) slivered. Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal. Eating pleasure and compliments ahead. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Till ery have their son's and daughter's families with them for a two-week visit. They are Mr. and Mrs. William Tillery and family and Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Cummins and family, all of Whittier, Calif., and Ward Tillery of Rosemead. The Les Adkins were host ing Adkin's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. L, Hoffman of Albany, for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. James Payne had their daughter, Mrs. Glen Halm, and children down from Grants Pass for ' the week end. St. Matthias Episcopal church will hold regular Sun day services Aug. 10 at 4:30 p.m., following a potluck pic nic at Elk Creek camp. Mem bers are to bring their own table service and potluck. The ladies of the Episcopal Guild will work on articles for the coming bazaar during the next meeting of the guild, which will be a 'work day on Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. Why not open your savings ac count with us now and enjoy real profit on your savings, , .... . . WITH COMPLETE SAFETY! Current Dividend 2Vio Per Annum (June 30, an extra dividend of Vi par annum was declared) FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager Community Outlined in The local county extension office has a colorful publica tion for free distribution called "Planning a Commu ity. Fair Booth." It's a cooper ative publication of Oregon State college. University of Idaho and Washington State college. The publication points out that the modern community fair tends to be industrial as well as agricultural and is the show-window of the commu nity. The successful community booth, the pamphlet points out stops the viewer because Fair BootK. Suggestions Extension Pamphlet OFFICIAL RESIGNS Washington (LTD As sistant Defense Secretary Mansfield D. Sprague resign ed Wednesday for "purely personal" reasons involving "family and financial consid eration." President Eisenhow er nominated Deputy Assist ant Defense Secretary John N. Irwin II, a New York City lawyer, to succeed him. . NIAGARA ENGINEER DIES Greenwich, Conn. (UPD Harold W. Buck, 85, an elec trical engineer who headed the project which harnessed Niagara Falls to provide elec trical power, died Tuesday after a long illness. it attracts his attention, holds his attention because the ex hibit is interesting and gives him a lasting impression be cause the message is convinc ing. When planning a booth the committee should decide who will see the booth, city or mostly rural people. The com mittee should decide also what the booth should tell the people and the message should be limited to one subject dairy for instance. What should this message be? "Drink more milk for health?" Such a message might be carried by a large picture of a healthy boy being examined by his doctor. In front of this might be ar ranged dairy products with a tag on each showing the vari ous vitamins in each dairy food." Next step is to sketch a plan. Such a plan would show the booth dimensions, a list of materials to be displayed, art services needed and a check to make sure the plan will fit the budget. Should Have Center The design should start with a center of interest. This cen ter of interest should be placed in a prominent posi tion, be much larger or much smaller than other objects, in contrasting color to other ob jects, in motion or unique or out of the ordinary. Authors of the pamphlet suggest that the booth com mittee stick to one idea for unity of purpose. Choose ob jects' to display that go well together colorwise and in size and shape. Also, keep it simple. The less in the booth, the more likely the central message of the booth will be carried, the pamphlet authors urge. In other words, if the story of dairying can be told without showing the trophies won by a 4-H dairy club leave them out. Finally, a color scheme for the booth should be of colors that go together and are ap propriate to the subject. Dark, rich colors are suggested for industry, light, feminine col ors for bomemaking subjects; yellows, greens and browns for most agricultural subjects. Some colors are warm, ag gressive, stimulating, yellow, orange and red. Other colors are cool violet, blue and green. For building a booth wood and wood products provide the basic structure. Plywood, for instance, is light weight, easily cut, best for covering MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, August 7, 1958 3A large surfaces, and easily painted. Upson board is more versatile than plywood, soft enough for thumb tacks and can be bent around corners for curved surfaces. E3. 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