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Evening star., 1936-11-22
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In New Netherlands, meanwhile, a
thanksgiving day was proclaimed in
1645, to celebrate peace made with the
Indians. This seems to be the first
thanksgiving proclamation in the
history of New York: Whereas it
hath pleased Almighty God to
suffer us to reach a long wished for
peace with the Indians -" =" a thanks
giving service was ordered for We'd
nesday forenoon, September 6 :"
the text to be appropriate and sermon
applicable thereto"
Three decades later, the General
Court of Connecticut issued a proc
lamation that the first day of Noven-
Der, 1876, ''be kept as a day of Pub
lique. Thanksgiving throughout the
colony" over the end of King Philips
War; The General Court of Massa-
chusetts also appointed day Of
thanksgiving for the same reason on
November 10 of that year.
THE proclamation issued by Gov
enor Andres ordering day Of
Thanksgiving to be observed through
out New England on December 1, 1887,
seems to be the first published by
civil authority without consulting the
ministers. Consequently, this act Of
the Governor reopened, to some extent,
the old conflict between church and
State, for the ministers felt he had
usurped their prerogative.
Authorities agree that while Ply
mouth originated the harvest festival
called Thanksgiving. Connecticut per-
petuated its annual observance largely
because OF less strife between civil and
religious interests.
The Puritan distrust Of the Christ
mas day celebration. as relic Of
Catholic practice probably explains
the ready acceptance of Thanksgiving
Is an annual festivity. This feeling
even was carried so far that tradit-
ional Christmas foods-baron of beef,
boar's head, plum pudding and mince
pie-were replaced by wild turkey,
Indian pudding and pumpkin pie on
the new feast day. In Rhode Island
and Connecticut, wild turkeys were not
80 plentiful as in Massachusetts, con-
sequently venison replaced turkey In
their Thanksgiving feasts.
4 An old record reveals this interesting
Evening star., 1936-11-22
By John Frazier.
story could very we'll fa,

"HlS story could very well nave
its beginning in any part Of
the United States. 1t could
begin just across the Memorial
Bridge in Arlington County, If so de-
sired Or it could start in the Ever
glades of Florida. or the Great Plains
country of the Middle West, or the
dark forests Of the Northwest, or the
beautiful Sequoia Of California, or the
vast Southwest country. 1t could hop
the Pacific Ocean and have its incep-
ton in the PALM -fringed islands of
Hawaii, or skim the Caribbean and
open in Puerto Rico.
It Is the story Of a dinner. OF a
national dinner on q national scope,
with the youth Of America participat-
ing. 1t is the story Of Thanksgiving
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
$500: go &C THREE MEALS A DAY
The Spoiler

A Woman there was and she wrote
for the press,
CAS- you or 1 might do);
She told how to cut and fit dress,
And how to stew many savory
mess,
But she had never done it herself;
/ guess
(which none of her readers
knew.
Oh! the hour we spent and the
flour we spent,
And the sugar we wasted like
sand,
At the best of woman who never
had cooked,
land now we know that she never
could cook)
And did not understand
A woman there was and she wrote
right fair,
(As you or / might do),
How out of barrel to make a
chair,
To be covered with chintz and
stuffed with hair,
7 would adorn any parlor and
give it an air!
land we thought the tale was
true.)
Oh! the days we worked and the
ways we worked,
To hammer and saw and hack,
In making a chair in which no one
could sit,-
A chair in which no one could pos
sibly sit,
"AIhouC Crlck IN mis- back.
A woman there was and she had
had her fun,
Better than you or y;
She wrote recipes and she never
tried one,
She wrote about children, of
course she had none;
She told US to do what she never
had done,
land never intended to try).
And it isn't the toll and it isn't the
spoil.
That brims the cup of disgrace;
It's to follow a woman who didn't
know beans,
"a woman who never had cooked
any beans),
But wrote and was paid to fill
space.
-Congregationalist.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Varied Butter Filings
Subtle and Intriguing

There are ever so many salads
and meat dishes that are best serv-
ed with thin bread and butter
sandwiches. Now, even these sim
pie little sandwiches can be varied
in dozens of ways merely by add
ing or Dreaming a little something
with the plain butter. for instance:
HONEY BUTTER
Cream Il pound of butter and
blend into it, 2 tablespoons honey.
More honey can be used if desired.
HAM BUTTER
Mix 1 tablespoon of creamed
butter with one small can of
deviled ham.
PIMENTO BUTTER
Place four pimentos in bowl
and mash to a pulp. Press the
pulp through sieve, and add "
cup of creamed butter. Mix well.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Olive Oil Pickles

From an interested member of
the cooking club, comes this I'M
usual recipe for
OLIVE OIL PICKLES
2 quarts tiny fresh cucumbers
1 quart small dry onions
ounce celery seed
" ounce mustard seed
" pound dry mustard and flour
mixed
tablespoon black pepper
pint olive oil (imported)
2 quarts vinegar.
Onions are cut into halves and
cucumbers are left intact. Place
in bowl and salt well, letting
stand for twelve hours. Then drain
off the liquor. Mix the seeds and
spices with the olive oil (being
sure that the oil is of the finest
and purest favored imported olive
oiD and then mix in the vinegar.
Put this mixture, uncooked, into
pint jars and seal by screwing
down the lids. Let stand for
month or so.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Grocery Stores Give Way
To Food Markets But Good
American Cheese Stays
Sidney Snow

The old time grocery store has
given way to the modern food mar
ket. The pickle vat has lost out
to the fancy jar. The cracker bar
rel has surrendered to the bright
ly colored sanitary carton. The tub
of butter has been replaced by the
cute quarter pound print. The cat
no longer sleeps in a sunny spot
Of the show window because that
spot is now taken up by n cleverly
designed display Of cat food in
autographed tins. Everything has
changed over a period of years
that is, everything except that
grand old American standby the
big, round domestic cheese.
And still, the cheeses have
changed, too. But the change has
been not in the shape or in the
size, but in the product itself. The
newer cheeses which we buy to-day
In the same, old fashioned gener-
Gus slices are causing a genuine
sensation among cheese lovers. The
more advanced Of the American
cheese experts are producing
cheese which Is mild and mellow
rich and creamy. The newer do
mestic cheescs have the flavor and
consisteney Of the expensive inn
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Lilly White Cooked
Egg POne

Dear Miss Wilma,
70 all remember my sister, Lol-
lie. Well, she Twin in Haalem in
New York TO about six months and
she write and say Lilly 20 kin get
yourself eighteen dollar week
cookin up heah so 1 goes to New
York an gifts me a job in family
TO eighteen dollar but I comes back
to Baltimore quick because up
theah jes pc white trash famblys
an everybody on a dot an don
eet. De fust day l cooks EN- fry
chicken an cream gravy and good
biskits but dey say Lilly us all on
a dot an don eat nuthin. An when
l goes home an takes along sum
de leavins de hollar an say Lilly
70 all a theef so a quits an comes
back heah to wuk 70 eight an
totin.
Now, honey, 20 say 20 hongry
10 egg pone so heah am how to
make
Mix about a cup hot soft rice
an one quart corn meal an wuk in
a little butter bout like egg an
three cups milk and three eggs
beat up. Bake it in a fiat pan bout
while 70 kin iron tvvo shirts in a
oven not to hot tut not to cold
unit good an brown.
Hoping yop are the same your
humble servnt Lily White.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30

taught the mental enjoyment of
food, as of everything else, in con-
trast to the merely physical enjoy
ment. Epicurus was in fact one of
the first great teachers and advo-
Gates of true temperance-not the
wrongly interpreted meaning which
now refers to total abstinence
which is not temperance at all
but extremism) but moderation.
The temperate mantle man who
follows the middle way-need new
er concern himself about the sins
and follies of excess. Had we more
Epicureans, we should have no
problem of ever-eating or over
drinking. Incidentally, it is worth
noting that the fanatic extremist
is of much the same temerament,
be he one who eats or drinks to
excess OF one who leans backward
the other way. Both are products
of a still insufficiently civilized
world. The civilized man or woman
can be true Epicurean. The I'M
civilized is apt to lean over to one
extreme or another.
However, give the world time.
AS we become civilized, we become
reasonable. AS we become reason
able, we become moderate and
temperate. Then we can enjoy all
things in their times and places.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
BAKED BEANS WITH
SHERRY WINE

Prepare baked beans in your
favorite manner and during the
last hour of baking add 1 cup do
nestle sherry wine for each pound
of beans used. Unless you are par
ticularly fond of salt pork or
bacon with baked beans, try them
prepared with small pieces of raw
smoked ham added to the beans IN
the beginning of the baking period
This is especially good ghen wine
is used.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Baked Beans With
Sherry Wine Make
Fine Picnic Dish
Prepare Beans In Glass Cas-
serole, Wrap In Layers Of
Newspapers To Keep Hot

Going on a picnic? If you are,
you may gain an inspiration from
the above illustration showing a
suggested array of some of the
necessary food and beverage items
which make a meal in the out-of-
doors so delightful.
The first duty to be taken care
of is to select suitable hamper
in which the food may be carefully
packed. Then lay out all the things
you plan to take with you to see
that you have sufficient knives,
forks, spoons, cups, sugar, salt and
pepper and last but not least,
enough sandwiches and all the 9th
er eatables to make your picnic
lunch complete.
AS to the beverage, those who
prefer coffee may arrange to take
this along in a thermos bottle or
jug, or prepare it at your picnic
site. If a cold beverage is desired
bottled beer or lemonade Will
answer the purpose admirably.
Those who insist on serving hot
dishes on picnic may delight in
preparing baked beans with sherry
wine. To prepare baked beans for a
picnic, bake them in a glass casse-
role. Plan so the beans will get
done just before you are ready TO
leave. Immediately upon removing
the beans from the oven, wrap the
casserole and it's contents in lay
ers of newspapers. Hours later you
will be able to serve them hot-as
hot.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Cheese Great Aid
To Summer Appetites

Cheese can do so much towards
aiding and abetting summer appe-
titles, especially at that time when
one has the urge to drink meals
rather than eat them.
Cheese in the raw is used for
everything from appetizers to des-
sert but in cooking the best is
probably American cheese which
melts so well and has such an ap-
petizing odor all it's own.
Here is a grand cheese recipe
that is just the thing for Sunday
night suppers:
CRABMEAT RAREBIT WITH
RICE
1 tablespoon chopped green pep
per
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons -four
teaspoon prepared mustard
y cup strained tomatoes
1 cup crab meat or 1 can crab
Y pound grated American cheese
/ egg
y cup hot milk
Salt and pepper to taste.
Melt the butter in pan, add the
chopped pepper, and cook for five
or six minutes. Blend in the flour
and the seasonings. Add the toma-
toes and cook until thickened, STIR
ring constantly. Add the grated
cheese and well-beaten egg. Stir
until smooth and add milk and crab
meat. Season with salt and pepper
to taste. Heat thoroughly and
serve on boiled brown rice.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30

ported cheeses-in fact, everything
which a costly foreign cheese
brings with it-that is, everything
except the price. Furthermore,
these domestic cheeses lend them
selves particularly well, not only
to sandwiches and the other forms
of eating cheese Gin the natural"
but to the countless recipes which
American home cooking has de-
vised.
These round red wheels Of gold
en- rich cheese do double duty, as
it were, being equally at home on
the dessert platter or as aristo-
cratic tid-bits at cocktail time, as
in company with other ingredients
in the chatting dish or the casse-
role.
Here are three Of the latest con-
ceits in native American cheese
in wholesome American dishes, but
we add a fourth Zucchini with
Cheese, a splendid and nourishing
vegetable and cheese adaptation in
which a New York Italian chef
has made the most Of q great
Italian vegetable and the mild and
meaty goodness q cheoas g. made
In this country.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
"Epicurean" Desires Simple
Food Of The Finest Quality

We are letting ourselves get all
mixed up on our food terms. In the
first place, the word gourmet"
and the word "gourmand" are Of
ten confused. Gourmet" means, in
French, judge of wine. "Gour-
mand" is a glutton. We are using
them INTERCHANGEABLE to mean a
man who lives WELL
And then the word "epicure."
An "epicurean" is a man who is
not particularly interested in ex-
presive foods, in fact, he includes
toward the simple, but each dish
must be made up of the finest in
quality. The vegetables must be Of
the freshest, preferably, he grows
them in his own garden. His fruits
should be from his own trees and
his berries from his own vines. His
poultry should be from his own
range, but, in any event, fresh
killed, while his eggs must have
ever qualification or being new
laid. His beer may be limited to a
single glass, but it must be well
brewed, well aged and properly
served, while his single glass of
wine is enjoyed for flavor and
bouquet. Rousseau speaks of the
true Epicurean as one who will
abstain, so as to really enjoy.
Epicurus, the philosopher, whose
followers are the Epicureans,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Fish Fanciers
Find Fish Flakes
Fine For Feasting
Try Eating Fish Other Than
On Friday And Taste
The Difference

So many people leave all their
fish-eating until Friday and oh!
the faces that accompany it. 1t
might be because Friday is fish
day, but just for fun, try it some
other day and see if it doesn't
taste better. For example try:
FISH FLAKE BALLS WITH
BACON
2 cups cut potatoes
l tin or cups fish flakes
Sliced bacon
" teaspoon black or red pepper
l egg, well beaten
Mix ingredients thoroughly.
Take up the tablespoonful, shape
slightly and fry in deep fat to a
delicate amber color. Roll slices of
bacon into cylindrical shapes, run
a wooden tooth pick through each,
to hold it in shape. Fry in deep
fat until crisp and well cooked.
Garnish with parsley and pieces of
lemon. Serve a roll of bacon with
each fishball.
FISH FLAKE SOUFFLE
! tin or 2 cups fish flakes
Q tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons -four
X teaspoon pepper
III cups milk
teaspoon minced onion
tablespoon finely chopped par
sley
8 eggs
Melt butter; in it cook Rour and
pepper; add milk and stir until
boiling; add scraped onion and
finely chopped parsley, fish flakes
and the beaten yolks Of eggs; mix
all together thoroughly, then fold
in the whites of the eggs, beaten
dry. Bake in a buttered dish in a
very moderate oven until firm in
the center. Serve at once with or
without cream or tomato sauce,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
Sunday Breakfast Gains
In Popularity With
Guests And Hosts

Whereas many families have
gained popularity among their
friends because of either their
buffet suppers or Sunday night
suppers, so have others very sue
cessfully gained the same popular
ity for Sunday morning break
fasts.
Invitations read breakfast on
Sunday Morning from 10 to IL.
Come and Get it,"
The table consists of various
electrical gadgets such as toaster,
waffle iron, electric grill and cof-
fee pot. There is a large bowl of
fruit or platter of melons, cream,
syrup, sugar, a bowl of waffle
batter, butter, bread and from the
kitchen at intervals, comes a fresh
supply of omelet mixture to be
prepared in the electric grill.
For each individual serving al
low
CHICKEN-LIVER OMELET
! egg
/ tablespoon milk
Salt and pepper to taste.
Beat lightly. Melt butter, e or
a tablespoons) in the grill and turn
in the mixture. AS it cooks, lift it
along the edges, permitting the
liquid portion to run underneath
that which is already cooked.
When firm, arrange the chicken
livers (cooked) over the surface
and roll up with spatuls.
A small amount of baking pow
der added to the uncooked mixture
is good Wrinkle and will help
greatly in creating fluffy, light
omelet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30

Cheese as breakfast food isn't
as exotic as it sounds. / know sew
eral grown and responsible men
who dote of the following breakfast
menu; Fruit, then fresh toast, a
bit of cheese. cup of coffee and
pipe IF tobacco. If it makes HIM
peaceful and contented, why argue
with what may seem a queer trait.
After all, in many countries of
Europe, cheese for breakfast is
quite the thing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
PRIZE WINNING
RECIPES

A cheese tray with an assert
ment of Seven kinds of Borden's
Cheese has been awarded to Mrs.
Ralph Willis of Pennsgrove, N. j.,
a subscriber of the Salem, N. j.,
Sunbeam, for her recipe which is
as follows:
LOBSTER SUPREME
8 tablespoons butter
" small onion, sliced
1 tablespoon chopped green pep
per
tablespoon minced parsley
1 tablespoon chopped pimento
/ cup sliced mushrooms
2 tablespoons -four
1% cup evaporated milk
n cup water
2 cups diced boiled lobster
2 egg yolks, beaten
" teaspoon salt
Dash of cayenne
Dash of nutmeg
Melt the butter in the top of
double boiler. Add the onion, green
pepper, parsley, pimento and
mushrooms and cook for 10 min
utes. Add the flour and mix
thoroughly. Dilute the evaporated
milk with the water and pour 2
cups slowly into the vegetable mix
ture, reserving u cup. Add the
lobster and cook 10 minutes longer.
Just before serving, add the re-
naming " cup diluted milk to the
egg yolks and pour into the lobs-
ter. Cook gently for minutes
longer, stirring constantly. Season
with salt, cayenne, and nutmeg.
Serve at once in patty shells or on
toast points. Garnish with parsley.
Serves 8.
Mrs. R. R. Conklin of New
Canaan, Conn.,, a reader of the
New Canaan Advertiser has been
awarded an apron and a box of
Cox's Gelatine.
A case of Ruppert's Beer has
been won by Mrs. John Hahn of
Islip, L. l., a reader of the Bay
Shore, L. l. Journal.
Mrs. Belle Pangbourn of Hudson,
N. Y, subscriber of the Valatie,
N. Y. Rough Notes, is the winner
of rice ball and a box of All
Comet Rice Products.
A metal recipe holder with rec
ipes and can of Pompeian Olive
Oil has been won by Mrs. Walton
Evans of Upper Fairmont, Md, a
reader of the Chrisfeld, Md. Post.
Mrs. R. M, Johnson of Airing
ton, N. j., reader of the Mont
clair, N. J. Times, has been award
ed a Seceni, Hand Made. Hand
Painted Salad Bowl.
A Case of Trommer-s White
Label Beer has been won by Mrs.
E. Davis of Jamaica, L. l., a read
er of the Whitestone, L. I. Herald.
During the past two weeks there
has been a decided increase in the
number of recipes being sent in
and it certainly does make us
happy to be able to give prizes to
seven women a week. Perhaps you
too, would be a winner if you sent
your favorite novel or original
recipe. If you would care to try,
just send it to Sidney Snow in care
of this paper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30

Cooking School
For Children
Or Grown-ups
Jellied Combination Salad
First Try; Dessert, Bev.
erage Next Week
By Wilma E. Denta


I've been thinking and thinkino
and thinking, and just can't think
of anything that would be moro
fun than to start a miniature cook
ing class for children and grown.
ups too.
Cooking really is fun. 1t is not
for those who grit their teeth and
go about to get it over with. It is
for those who like to putter around
and fix little of this and that
not only because the family likes
this and that but because it's such
great satisfaction to be able to
do it.
Well start first Of all with a
luncheon. Something simple yet 50
delicious. Here is the main dish and
next week we will have the recipes
for the dessert and beverage.
JELLIED COMBINATION
SALAD
l tablespoon gelatine
" cup cold water
l cup hot water
1-3 cup sugar
Is teaspoon salt
u cup lemon juice
2 cucumbers, diced
u cup cold meat diced
2 carrots, grated raw
l teaspoon minced onion
A few radishes sliced.
Pour cold water in bowl and
sprinkle gelatine on top of water.
Add sugar, salt and hot water
and stir until dissolved. Add lemon
juice, mix thoroughly and pour in
to mold that has been rinsed in
cold water. When cool, add the re-
naming ingredients and chill in
refrigerator. When ready to serve,
turn out on platter and surround
with shredded lettuce and quart
cred tomatoes and serve with may
onnaise.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30
SIDNEY SNOW sOiH b SIod -
Gssss0er GRv QWsstiOms
on food
Fresh Vegetables
I'm Summer Dishes
Appealing To All
Baked Corn And Green Pep
pers Will Bring Calls
For Seconds

With very few exceptions, vege-
table recipes are disable both sum-
mer and winter. This is due to the
fact that when fresh vegetables
aren't to be had in the markets, one
substitutes canned ones. However,
using fresh vegetables now that
they are available here, is splen-
did recipe that will bring calls
from all the family for second
helpings:
BAKED CORN AND GREEN
PEPPERS
2 cups cooked corn
! green pepper, chopped
" teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
/ cup milk
! egg, well beaten
n teaspoon pepper
n cup bread crumbs, mixed with
/ tablespoon melted butter.
Melt the butter in a saucepan.
Add the flour, blend, and add milk,
stirring constantly. Add seasoning
and cook, stirring constantly until
thickened. Add corn, well beaten
egg, and green pepper. Pour into
a well CREASED casserole, cover
with buttered crumbs, and bake in
a moderate oven for about 80 min
utes. Serves six.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30

Canned corned beef hash is
quite the thing for a picnic. 1t is
SO easily prepared over a camp
fire and doesn't require burdensome
cooking equipment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30

When heating canned peas, add
a few leaves Of dried mint. You
will find that the flavor is greatly
improved.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-07-30

In boiling old potatoes. lemon
juice viii keep them from discolor-
ing.