Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
PRACTICALLY


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ads and uncooked vegetables opened
the lesson, and the Importance of
knowledge Of the various food Gle
ments in the planning Of family
meals was especially stressed by Mrs.
Dougan. She illustrated her sugges-
ton and recipes by preparing a po-
tato salad, msczroni salad, the flap
per salad on the platform. and pass
ing them out TO the audience to be
sampled as proof Of her theories. AS
few Of the women had brought
spoons with them for tasting, Mrs.
Dick Harris, nag of the cafe
terra, loaned the cafeteria spoons.
giving every one an opportunity to
pass judgment on the delectable-
looking dishes prepared by Mrs.
Dougan.
While working Mrs. Dougan kept
up a running comment on practical
phases Of salad making. She x
planned her method of making dress
ings, mentioning the use Of mineral
oils TO give a mountaineering oil dress
ing. She told the audience how she
looked potatoes to rave them mealy.
how 10 mix a salad so that il would
not look stirred and broken. and
gave them simple points about mold
ing and decorations. so that they
could make a salad 70 look just like
the picture" She also illustrated
the making Of covered lemon and cell
cry, and discussed the development Of
color schemes in such dishes.
School Moves
During the remainder Of the week
the school will be held in the high
school auditorium, beginning Tues
day afternoon.
At the close Of the lecture and
demonstration. several prizes. con
sIsting of cans of Calumet baking
powder a three-pound can Of Crisco,
one of Gebhardt's Mexican dinner
packages, and several loaves Of Real
bread were given away. A special
prize for the day was a table lamp,
furnished by the Borderland Fur
niture company. One of these priz-
es viii be given each day. That for
Iuesday. Is a mahogany sewing bask-
ct. from Ed~elstein's Furniture COM
pany. The grand prize for the week.
a Universal in-a-drawer gas range
from the Rio Grande Valley Gas
company, will be- awarded at the Fri
day session. Besides the various
prizes, the Pioneer Flour company,
through the Champion Grain COM
pany, IS giving a sample sack Of Pho
neer flour to each Of the first hun
dred women 70 arrive each day for
the school.
An additional feature OF interest at
the school ~ the display Of up-to-
date kitchen equipment made by local
firms cooperating in the project.
among whom are The Champion
Grain company, distributors Of Pho
neer and Angel Food flour. ~nnoun
ed that 100 sacks Of this flour would
be given away each day for the first
three days Of the school 10 the first
100 women arriving for each DAYS
session.
Manufacturers and merchants who
are cooperating with The HeraId's
cooking school are: Ainsworth and
Colgln, B~0rderland Furniture COM
pany, Brownsville Bakery Calumet
Baking Powder company, Champion
Grain company, Eagle Pharmacy.
Edelstein's Furniture company, I'll
Jardin hotel, Cara Hardware COM
pany, Gebhardt Chill Powder COM
pany, Mercedes Creamery. Mistletoe
Creamery company Of Weslaco. Model
Laundry. J. {. Penney W.
n. Putegnat tkelvinator), the Proc
tor and Gamble company Quinn and
Derrick Rio Grande Valley Gas COM
pany, Rio Grande Valley Gas AppIi-
ance company and the Texas Buill
ing and Loan company.