Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-07-30
PRIZES AWARDED AT PURE
FOOD SHOW SATURDAY.
(From saturdav'a NAM,

@N
Ihs following women were win
ners IN the baking and menu compe-
sI'ions held during the Pure Food
snow cooking school and household
arts exhibit, that closes tonight.
hundred-pound sack Of Pollock's
palsy flour prize: Mrs. Branstetter.
Wost Love street. Mrs. Branstetter
BAKED the best loaf OF bread.
h~undred-pound sack Of PoIlock,s
Daisy flour. prize for best cake:
won by Misses Anna and Edna Nc
Murtry, r F D, Mexico, No.
Two pound pail Armour's Simon
fure Leaf Lard. prize for best cake
using this lard for shortening, to
Mrs. Averltt, Western avenue.
Hetzler. Columbia, Old Log Cabin
Ham prize for best recipe for most
appetizipg meat dish from cheaper
cuts of meat, to Miss Alta Paxton
Ritchio of woodlawn. +
The judges in the cake baking com
petition were; Mrs. Tina Dobyns,
OF Hardin College, Miss Anna Lewis,
and Mrs. c. w. Edmonston. Both
Miss Lewis and Mrs Edmonstou have
taken the domestic science courses
at Hardin. Mrs. Dobyns is a grad
uate of an Eastern College Domes-
tic Science Department.
The judges in the meat dish re-
'ipe competition were: Misses Lena
johnson, Natalie Morris, Bah Bell
and Matte Rea Sebastian.
The meat dish recipe that won
the prize fellows:
Pressed Veal.
Boil l ID. cheap veal neck cut.
Reduce stock to l cup. To this add
| tablespoon OF gelatine which has
been softened in cold water. Hard
boil six eggs. grind veal and season
with salt, pepper, celery, etc. Also
season stock adding juice of IL lem
on. Put veal, yolks of eggs and
whites in mold in layers. pour ov-
or all the stock. Press firmly; set
in refrigerato to CONCEAL.
There were about two dozen en-
tries in the various competitions.
Nearly 1900 persons attended the
various sessions Of the Pure Food
Show Friday. The unusual crowd
combined with the great interest
Of women of Mexico and vicinity In
the cooking and pure food demonstra
tions, has practically assured Mexico
Of another exhibition Of this kind
next year. The various merchants
and food manufacturers Of Mexico
were especially pleased with the at.
tendance of women from various
parts of Audrain County. There were
several coupons presented from Van
dalia, Laddonia. Martinsburg, ant
other places In the county.
The lecture and demonstration
Misses Bell and Sebastian, on meats
and meat dishes yesterday MORNING
was especially we'll received. Miss
Natalie Morris of Mexico, daughtei
Of Sam Morris, who has been II
the domestic science department Of
tho U. s. government Indian ser
vice. assisted Miss Bell yesterday.
Miss Morris again assisted in III
demonstrations this morning.
In the afternoon yesterday, a den
o%nstration in cake.making was 81,
on, In which the uses of the fire
less cooker were explained and DEM
strated.
Last evening Miss Lena Johnson
Mexico gave an exceedingly interest
Ing demonstration of the uses
crisco. Cakes were baked, doughnu
fried and potato chips fried.
All OF these were excellent al
made a hit with the crowd.
: Yesterday morning a new exhit
was added to the Pure Food Show
coooking-school and household arts
= hlbit. 1t is a display Of paints, al
wood stains for the home by Lie
ellyn & Sons, druggists, with a lar
y banner advertising their soda fou
y tain.
Owing to the excessive heat la
/ night, the scheduled demonstratioI
,. and lecture on salads, was not 81
en-. 1t was changed to this NOR
ing, with the canning demonstrate
this afternoon.
+ The program tonight will cons
of a lecture by Miss Bell on bre
IN and yeasts, together with a demo
" stration in the proper manner
1T cooking and preparing a ham. II
r zler's Old Log Cabin ham will be
! ed in the demonstration, and the Ell
p trical cooking devices from Mr.. Tue
Ss er's display will be used.
T. The electrical display at the TO
en- show has excited the admiration of
Dir every Visitor. The regular lightir
fixtures in the Greer building We
used, and to them was added a .
oil play by Mr.. Tucker. The light
IN current gas. and water installati'
d are all furnished by the Mexico Lii