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10A MAIL TRIBUNE, MeoW, Oregon, Sunday, December 7, 1 938 Old Fruit Cake Recipe Adapted to Electronics Br CLAIRE COX United Press International New York -(UPD- When a housewife boasts of using a recipe handed down in her family for generations, she has more to brag about than many persons might think. At any rate, that is the way I feel about my family's reci pe for fruit cake. Adapting my great-grandmother's recipe she always used the old-fashioned term "receipt" to a modern gas oven with thermostat was a neat culinary trick. She did her baking in a Kansas farmhouse, first on a wood stove and later with coal or oil for fuel. She had an enormous kitchen, with water supplied by a cistern pump over the sink. There was no refrigeration then and elec tricity was available only for lights. I do my baking, in a tiny apartment house kitchen crammed with every work saving device I can fit into it. The fruitcake recipe, as passed on to me by my grand mother, listed most of the basic ingredients in pounds or ounces, and gave no baking degrees or time. Grandmother said she just knew when the oven was right. That meant a do-it-yourself course in weights and meas ures for me. Recipe Adapted I learned that four cups make a pound of flour and there are two cups to a pound of sugar. An ounce of nutmeg or other spice is equal to one tablespoon. But once I got started, everything was much easier for me than for my predeces sors. I can remember when fruit cake baking time came at our house when I was a child. It took several persons at least a day to cut up all the candied fruits and shell the nuts. The grape jelly had to be made to put in the cake. The eggs were beaten by hand. The butter and sugar were creamed with a big wooden spoon, not an electric mixer. And that's hard work. The pans were lined with heavily greased brown wrap ping paper. Uses I4xer But when I turn to making fruitcal'-. I go to the nearest supermcet and buy four ounce jars of candied fruits already cut into tiny pieces, j The nuts come shelled. My mixer does the most tedious part of the task. I put the batter into dis posable pans bought at the five-and-10 cent store or left over from purchases of store- made cakes in tins. I line the pans with aluminum foil and grease it. I leave enough of the foil overlapping so it can be folded over the cake after it is done. My oven has a thermostat, and I have a timer to alert me at crucial times during the baking. Now for the recipe. Here it is, freely translated from the pre - electronic kitchen lan guage of cooking 12 eggs 1 pound butter . 2 cups sugar 4 cups flour 2 pounds seedless raisins 2 pounds currants 1 pound citron (4 jars) Vt pound orange (1 jar) Vz pound pineapple (2 jars) Vz pound candied cherries (2 jars) V pound lemon peel (1 jar) Vz pint molasses 1 pound whole pecans 1 pound almonds 1 tablespoon each nutmeg, mace, cinnamon IVz jars, any commercial - grape jelly Vz cup sherry Vz cup brandy How To Mix Cream butter and sugar, and beat in eggs one by one. Blend in molasses, jelly and spices, then add flour alter nately with sherry - brandy mixture and blend in. Add other ingredients and blend thoroughly. This makes 10 to 12 pounds in 8 to 10 small loaf pans. The instructions given to me merely added: "Bake in loaf pans in slow oven in pans of water. Cover at first." That was not scientific enough for my electronic kitchen, so I consulted cook books and clipped fruitcake recipes from newspapers and magazines. ' With their help and a bit of experimenting, I determined that a "slow oven" would be 250-300 degrees and the cook ing time would be 3 to 4 hours. I cover the pans with baking sheets for the first 30 to 45 minutes. This allows the rake to steam. The pans should be placed in larger pans of water, which must be replenished periodi- Centennial Group Discusses Plans Cave Junction The Illinois Valley Centennial committee Thursday reviewed a tenta tive schedule of events in the valley during the 100 day Centennial observance. Carl Spieth, chairman, pre viously had asked valley or ganizations to formulate a program, and each organiza tion was asked to' submit its plans so the material could be coordinated by the committee in drawing up a 100-day calen dar. Otto Tryon, president of the Illinois Valley Jubilee associ ation, reported on the plans for the three-day Jubilee cele bration as well as the plans to stage logging and mining shows throughout the sum mer. . . The Rock and Mineral club outlined plans for rock dis plays. Many of the organiza tions have not had an oppor tunity to meet since the Cen tennial meeting, but a few are calling special board meetings to discuss the celebration. Easy and Thrifty To add spice to pears for dessert, try gingers, cinnamon or cloves. cally up to the last hour, when the water may be allowed to evaporate. May Be Underdone , According to my grand mother, who baked fruitcakes every year for nearlv 50 years, it is far better that they be underdone than cooked too long. She says that if a fruit cake seems a little douehv. toss it in a double boiler, steam it and serve it with hard sauce, as though it were plum pudding. One modern convenienre that enhances fruitcake today is the deep freeze, something as unheard of as atom bombs in greatgrandma's day. After the cakes are baked. sprinkle a little wine or brandy on them, wrap them snuggly and put them in the freezer. They will stay moist until time to thaw and eat them. All of this adds up to a cake that is bound to be good, just because of the ingredients. I'm still NOT convinced that it is any better made with modern conveniences. B u t there is no doubt that it is a lot less work. 7127 p- rvv: Easy and thrifty! Keep baby cozy in this smart set in stock inette and openwork stitch. Easy-knit set takes 3 ounces of 3-ply fingering yarn. Jack et all one piece. Pattern 7127: directions for cap, jacket jiffy in infants to 6-month sizes. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to ' Med ford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUM BER. Our new 1959 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog, just out, has many designs for crochet ing, knitting, embroidery, quilts, dolls, weaving. A spe cial gift., in the catalog to keep a child happily occupied a cutout doll and clothes to color- Send 25 cents for your copy of the book.: The best values in eggs this fall are small sizes. If small eggs are more than 15 cents cheaper than large eggs, they're a better buy. Medium size eggs, 8 cents cheaper than large eggs, also are a bargain. Today: 2 p.m. - Alpha Rho chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, home of Mrs. Mamie Sleeter, 1715 East Main st. - 2:30 p.m. - Degree of Honor Past Presidents' dinner, with Mrs. Matilda Dietrich, 939 North Central ave. Monday: 1:30 p.m. - Jackson County Retired Teachers' association, home of Mrs. Amos Willits, 129 Almond st., Ashland. 6:30 p.m. - Medford Neigh bors of Woodcraft, Eagle hall. 7 p.m.-Mariners club, First Presbyterian church of Phoe nix, at church. . 8 p.m. - Degree of Honor lodge, Girls Community club. Tuesday: .10:30 a.m. -Kaffeeklatsch, Derby Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Edward Burg. 10:30 a.m. - Oak Grove Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Kenneth Williams, 1060 Stewart ave. 12:30 p.m. - Central Point First Presbyterian church as sociation ol .Women, at church. 12:30 p.m. - First Presby terian church circle meetings of Womens' association: Beth any, Mrs. Lloyd Neilson, 2130 East Jackson st.; Charity, Mrs. C. W. Lemery, 200 Windsor ave:; Faith, at church; Grace, Mrs. Garner Haupert, 222 Val ley View dr.; Hope, Mrs. Clar ence Young, 2418 Hillcrest rd.; Mercy, Mrs. Otto J. Frohnmayer, 1656 Spring st.; Temple, Mrs. Al James. 1 42R Euclid ave.; and Trinity, Mrs. James Rowan, 828 Minnesota ave. 12:30 r.m. - Women's Fel lowship, First Baptist church, at church. 7:30 D.m. First Prpshvtor- ian church circle meetings of womens association: Candle light, Mrs. R. J. Custance. 1310 West Main st., and Ves per, Mrs. John Dellenback. 257 Windsor ave. 7:30 p.m. Woman's Soci ety of Christian S t r v i r a Christmas party, First Metho dist church. 8 p.m. - AlDha Beta rli an. ter, Beta Sigma Phi. with Mrs. Floyd Robertson, 932 Winchester ave. - 8 p.m. - American Lesion auxiliary, Legion hall. 8 p.m. - Roguette circle Military Order of Lady Bugs, Veterans hall. Wednesday: 10 a.m.-Roxy Garden club, home of Mrs. Robert Stokes, route 3, box 86A, Foothills rd 10:45 a.m. - Prospect Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Willard Huffman, Prospect. 11 a.m. Medford Town- send club, Carpenters hall, 123V& West Main st. 12:30 p.m.-Adarel Past Ma trons club, Rogue Valley Country club. 12:30 p.m. - Women of Ro tary, home of Mrs. Ralph Dip- pel, l Eastwood dr. 7 p.m. Jackson County Medical auxiliary, with . Mrs. Ted Barss, 332 Windsor ave. 7:30 p.m. - Medford Lady Lions, home of Mrs. Lee Mel- lish, 117 Black Oak dr. 7:30 p.m. - Pythian club, Pythian building. 7:45 p.m. - West Side Moth ers' club, at school. 8 p.m. - Oregon Nurses as sociation, Girls Community club. Thursday: 10:30 a.m. - Derby Home Extension unit, Derby gymna sium. 10:30 a.m. - Howard Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Jack Campbell, 3252 Bursell rd. 12 noon - Congregational Women's Fellowship, Pilgrim house. 12:30 p.m. - Medford So journers, Girls Community club. 7 p.m. Pythian Sunshine Girls, Pythian hall. 7:30 p.m. - Alpha Rho chap ter, Beta Sigma Phi, Medford hotel. -7:30 p.m. - Altrusa club, home of Mrs. S. Ralph Dippel, 1 Eastwood dr. 7:30 p.m. Interior Decor ation Study group of AAUW, home of Mrs. Kenneth Shuler, 470 Eastwood dr: . 8 p.m. - Reames chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Medford Masonic temple. 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