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Evening star., 1943-11-18
Turkey Talk

When purchasing your turkey. If
any, be sure you have counted pro-
spective noses around the festive
board, and buy accordingly. For a
family - or guest list - Of 8 to 10
you'll need q bird weighing IL to Is
pounds; for six to. eight people IL
FOUNDER will do; for the family Of
four or less it Is wise to buy q half
turkey-if your dealer will sell you
one, or settle for capon or chicken!
OF course, II you're planning to go
all out and feed large group Of
"the boys" on the big day, you had
better invest in one of the really
stable 10 or 20 pound turkeys!
TO Prepare Turkey for Roasting.
Market-dressed turkey: Request
the marketman to remove the leg
tendons; not chop. but cut OIL, feet;
remove the crop from the back. BY
making an incision down the CEN
ter back Of the neck, skin and free
ing the skin from the neck, latter
may be cut of close to the body
and crop and windpipe removed
from this opening. leaving the skin
unbroken over the breast.
To loosen wing-tip feathers, If any
are present, immerse in boiling
water for a few minutes. Remove
pin feathers. SINCE.
Full = drawn, ready for roasting
turkey is ready for cooking with
out further preparation.
To Roast Turkey.
Rub inside cavity with salt, Il
teaspoon or less per pound of bird.
Place enough dressing in neck to
I'LL it nicely. Fasten skin to back
Stuff cavity well, but do not pack
1t tightly.
Truss (see below, then grease
skin thoroughly with melted or
softened unsalted fat. Sailed fat
tends to blister and break the skin.
Lay In pan, on rack, preferably
on one side, back up. Or place in
V-shaped rack, breast down, and
keep in this position throughout the
roasting.
Cover with fat-moistened cloth,
then roast at constant low tempera-
ture 600 degrees Fahrenheit to 1926
degrees Fahrenheit) until tender,
turning bird over to opposite side,
still back up. Turn bird breast side
up when about half done.
Do not scar. Do not cover. Do
not add water to the pan. Sprinkle
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two eggs and add a little water to
moisten. Last, add the liver, cooked
and chopped fine. Mix well and
stuff turkey.
SWEET POTATO AND SAUSAGE
STUFFING.
Prepare cups mashed sweet po-
tatoes, and saute Il pound sausage
meat, broken up, in a pan, until
meat is golden brown. Remove the
sausage meat, and saute 3 table
spoons chopped onion in the drip
pings. Add the sausage meat, the
sweet potatoes, cups dry bread
crumbs, 2 teaspoons salt (unless the
potatoes were salteO and mix in
gradients well. This amount will
Evening star., 1943-11-18
By Betsy CasceN,
Women'a Nevs EAftor

Of many tasty varieties on hand
Scrod, big and fine-textured red
snappers, trout, sea bass, butterflsh,
porgies and spots are highly recon-
mended. There'u be some filleted
mackerel, but very little haddock or
sole. Oysters are limited in guam
tity, but there are good clans to be
had, and fine shrimp.
The produce picture remains
about the same, with bananas doing
one of their disappearing acts as
the sole exception. Lots Of Florida
grapefruit have been received and
supplies of oranges are much bet
ter-although no table" oranges
have come in as yet. Good persim-
mons are proving very popular, and
some pineapples have returned to
the scene. Cranberries for your
dinner will be scarce,
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melted fat over cloth as It becomes
dry.
Cut trusting string between
drumsticks after about one hour
of roasting. This releases the drum
sticks slightly to make for better
cooking Of the thigh, improves the
appearance.
Ho1o to Truss Turkey.
An upholsterer's needle 8 to 8
inches long threaded with a yard
OF cord Is equipment for trusting.
A darning needle may be inserted
into the opposite side by inserting
hand in cavity.
Insert needle through cavity, be.
tween drumsticks, and bring out
at same position on opposite side.
Leave 3 to 4 inches Of cord ex.
tending on near side where needle
was originally inserted for a knot
to be tied later.
Insert needle down through wing.
draw string over back, then up
through second wing. Cut cord.
Tie knot, drawing cord snugly
to pull drumsticks toward breast,
Insert needle through drumstick
ends, then bring down and around
body, inserting into bird through
bone Just above tail. Remove needle,
leaving inches of cord. Insert
stufflng through rear opening. Draw
cord tightly to pull drumsticks
snugly to tail. This closes the
opening without need of skewers
or sewing unless opening is too
large.
Plump breast end with stufing,
then fold neck skin under cord over
back. Fasten skin to back with
skewer.
When Is Turkey Done?
Roast meat thermometer placed
In center of inside thigh muscle
registers an internal temperature Of
100 degrees F., or placed in the
center of the stuffng, 180 degrees F.
tFollow instructions for using meat
thermometer given with thermome-
ter PACKAGE
To test, move the leg by grasping
end bone. If the drumstick- thigh
joints break or move easily, the
turkey is done.
Carving the Turkey.
Place bird with legs to right Of
carver. Remove leg (drumstick and
thigh; hold drumstick end with
left hand, cut through skin drawing
knife in right hand from left to
right. Press leg away from turkey
to platter with fiat side OF knife,
then cut through remaining skin,
transfer leg to side platter. Aim to
remove oyster, choice dark meat,
in spoon-shaped bone at the back
with leg.
Hold leg at almoss right angles
to the plate; remove triangular piece
OF meat cutting down to joint. Serve
as one, or cut to make two pieces.
Slice leg meat toward plate cir
cling the leg so that slices IS to g.
are uniform. Straddle thigh bone
with fork, then cut lengthwise
strips Cd parallel to bone.
Remove wing; insert knife at
point on breast about 10 inches
from wing. Cut through breast at
a 45-degree angle down through
joint to platter
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12 II1E EVENING" STAR, Thursday, Is, 1913
Report to the Housewife

Although were devoting q lot of
space today to the preparation Of
turkey for your Thanksgiving din
ner, we're doing so only in the hope
that you will be one OF the lucky
individuals who can obtain . ira
ditional bird. From all indications,
turkeys are going to be painfully
scarce In Washington next week
and many family will sit down to
q holiday CD dinner of chicken,
roast beef or leg of lamb instead OF
the familiar gobbler.
Therefore, you'll find that our sug-
gestions for stuff1ngs, ETC., may have
to be translated into use with a
plump baking chicken or capon-
but, after all, they'll be just as
good!
Many factors seem to be con-
tributing to the turkey shortage
and the picture is very confused.
Western turkeys that used to aug
ment local supplies at holiday time
al lew dlll 1dl UCbWCCll llllS yCdI,
what with labor and transportation
difficulties and the lack of adequate
storage facilities here. Also, the
demand for birds in their own terri
tory is so great that most of them
are being consumed "on the spot"
Nearby turkey raisers are having
trouble finding manpower to kill,
dress and ship the birds to market.
Few, If any, dealers are taking
orders in advance this year because
their assurance of supply to meet
the demand is indefinite And you
won't find quick-frozen birds, either,
we are told. Ceiling prices and
other factors have made it i'm
practical for frozen foods producers
to handle them.
But, marketmen say, there will be
plenty of chickens, and as we men,
toned before, many markets will
feature roasts of lamb and beef,
smoked hams and similar meats
providing you have the points to
indulge in them.
For this week end, we suggest
you make the greatest possible use
of fish, as there are good supplies
Evening star., 1943-11-18

QeveD powdered mace, l teaspoon
vanilla, l cup of black walnut
meats, chopped little.
Line a tube cake pan with we'll
creased or oiled paper. Fill the
pan with a layer of the cake, a
layer of raisins raisins sprinkled
lightly with four, then the nut
meat, and so on until the pan is
two-thirds full Bake at 325 degrees
for about IA hours.
Now for a Request! Can any one
give me the recipe for the macaroni
salad as served at the church suppers
at the Takoma Lutheran Church?
Editors Note: We tDould like
to thank Mrs. A. H. d. for sub
nitting her recipe for crisp oat-
meal Ddters D1ich 1De Diu try to
print at later ddteJ
Evening star., 1943-11-18
Stuffings Must Be Thrifty This Year

With ration points to be con-
sidered, the thrifty housekeeper will
select her turkey stufhng with
greater care than ever this year
The lavish use of fats in the max
ing is definitely "out large
quantities of sausage, oysters, etc.
are also prohibited.
So we're giving you several recipes
below for stuffings that 60 easy on
the scarce or rationed items, and yet
are tasty and filling enough to
please your family and guests. One
advantage of making use of some
sausage meat is that the fat there
from takes the place of other, more
precious cooking fats.
CORN BREAD STUFFING.
Very Old Recipe.)
l cup flour.
2 cups milk.
2 cups white corn meal.
2 tablespoons lard.
2 tablespoons baking powder.
l teaspoon salt.
l onion.
l turkey liver.
2 eggs.
Pepper and celery salt to taste.
Make a batter of the corn meal
flour, salt and shortening, baking
powder and the milk. Bake in hot
oven until done. Crumble this
bread, add the onion, chopped fine
and the seasonings. Break in the
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dealers say, and cranberry Jelly
takes a good deal Of sugar to make
so perhaps you will be glad to make
use Of the cranberry sauce we sug-
gest elsewhere on the page today,
which Is eked out by oranges, and
does not require much sugar. There
Is some prepared cranberry jelly In
jars In local markets-but the 12%
ounce size will part you from eight
Of your precious blue points.
There will be plenty of sweet po-
tatoes, as well as white, from all
indications, and also in good supply
are cauliflower, spinach and other
greens, acorn and hubbard squash,
turnips, beets, Eastern lettuce and
celery cabbage. Mushrooms are
cheaper than they have been, which
is good news, for they may be
utilized as a main dish in so many
appetizing ways. Broccoli and snap
beans are higher than last week,
but among the recommended buys
you will find cabbage, celery, car
rots, rutabagas, tomatoes, chicory,
escarole, brussels sprouts, cucum-
bers, satisfy and lima beans. Onions
are scarce but there are some leeks
to take their place. Chestnuts and
other tree nuts are on the short
side at the moment.
Here and There: The Ameri-
can Hotel Association has compiled
a neat little booklet, for sale at 10
cents copy, called wartime Food
Recipes" by famous hotel chefs.
Many names famous in the cpl
curean world appear in the list OF
contributors, and the recipes, though
unusual are we'll adapted to the
exigencies of wartime cooking. =.
Experts warn that the changes In
packaging of foodstuffs will make
for alterations in the storing Of GER
tain items. For instance, now that
cooking fats, oils, coffee, shelled
nuts and other fatty foods are SELL
ing In glass instead OF in tin. they
must be kept in a place that is
dark as we'll as cool If they are to
retain their flavor. Both heat and
light hasten the process that turns
fats rancid. Foods in paper con-
tainers need to be carefully guard
ed against mice, insects and mois-
ture. Very often it is advisable to
remove them from the original pack
age and put them in covered CAMS
torS Or CloSe iarS Save all
metal jar and bottle tops this win
ter-they're becoming scarcer and
scarcer
Evening star., 1943-11-18
THANKS to Mrs. G. D.,
Gdifhrshur0

In answer to Mrs. B. G.'s request
for black walnut cake I submit this
one which we have used for years.
Cake of the Golden West: One
half cup shortening, IA cups sugar
l teaspoon vanilla, teaspoons bak
ing powder, 2l2 cups -four df cake
flour is used, add tablespoons more
to each cup). teaspoon salt (scant)
q cup nuts chopped, whites of 3
eggs.
Cream shortening, sugar and
vanilla together. Alternately. add
water and sifted dry ingredients
add nuts with a little -four sprinkled
over them, beat slowly, thoroughly
Last fold in stiffly- beaten egg whites
bake in 3 layers about 20 minutes
Put together with raisin filling cov-
ering top and sides with boiled icing
Filling: Three-fourths cup sugar
4 cup flour, l12 cups hot water.
cup raisins chopped. Mix sugar and
-four. add water slowly, add raisins
and cook in double boiler until thick
Then add beaten egg yolks and
lemon flavoring and spread between
layers. This is very good.
X Il
REQUESTS ANSWERED;
REPLY TO MASCULINE VOICE
(Thanks to Anonymous,
Washington.)
Candied Sweet Potatoes: Pare po-
tatoes, halve quarter very large
Evening star., 1943-11-18
STUFFED IDAHOS

Scrub and dry Idaho Russets,
bake in quick (450o) oven until
tender when pinched (about so
min.). Cut thin slice from one
side, scoop out potato. Mash with
butter or margarine, hot milk,
seasoning. Fill potato shell with
creamed tuna, oysters, fish. chip.
ped beef, veal, chicken, or beef
cubes in beef gravy. Pile on
mashed potatoes and toast under
broiler until slightly Drowned.
Serve at once, with a vegetable
salad.
Evening star., 1943-11-18

Idaho Russet Potatoes are su.
preme in quality-in favor and
economy. They are pnrationed,
and because they supply Vita.
minis c, Bl, and G, plus iron and
fine quality proteins, they are in.
cluded in the government list of
7 Basic Food groups that we
need every day.
Here's one of a number Of ways
in which you can make a meal
of Idaho Russet Potatoes:
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Yankee Cranberry
Sauce

Boil " cup of sugar in 2 cups
water for S minutes. Add 4 cups
cranberries, and let all boil without
stirring until the skins pop open
(about minutes). Remove from fire
and let sauce remain in vessel until
cool. Makes 4 cups.
Cut oranges in halves, and scoop
out pulp, removing seeds and mem
brane. Mix the orange pulp lightly
with the cooked cranberries, fill the
orange shells with the mixture, and
serve on the platter with the turkey.
Evening star., 1943-11-18
CHICKEN GRAVY.

(Thanks to Mrs. S. F. H., Brentwood J
In answer to request for
chicken gravy: After frying the
chicken, if there is too much grease
in pan, drain off and leave IL or
2 tablespoonfuls. To this add table
spoon flour, stir in well, and loosen
the brown particles in pan. While
the flour is browning, add cup of
sweet milk, stirring continually until
the gravy thickens. Salt to taste.
Gravy made thus, where any kind
of meat is fried, is very good and
will conserve butter.
When cooking black eyed peas, if
a bud of garlic is cooked with them
the flavor will be much improved.
CLEANING VENETIAN BLINDS.
(Thdnks to Mrs. J. H. F., Arlington
Venetian blinds should be taker
apart to be cleaned. On this point
I disagree with Miss NOVEL;, but ]
have had such satisfactory results
that I should never bother again tt
clean them at the windows. q dc
not, of course, advise taking them
apart for dustingD
Unite the knots in the cords al
the bottom Of the shade, pull the
cords from the holes in the Stats and
slip out the Stats from the tapes
The tapes can be dunked in cleaning
fluid, squeezing hard to remove dirt
1 do not know whether spots caused
by soap and water can be removed
with the cleaning fluid as 1 have
never used soap and water on mine
If Mrs. c. R. has already used water
on the tapes. and they did not
shrink, I should not hesitate to give
them a good soap -and-water scrub
bing instead of the cleaning fluid
bath.
The Stats q am referring to the
painted wooden ones) will be good
aS neu affor boipp uro cbaJ xf,;tl, q
Evening star., 1943-11-18

birthday or something or Christ
mas entitled to a fancy concoc-
ton? After all, We can only use
what is our share of the foods that
are scarce, and If we are ingenious
and economical I believe we are en-
titled to the pleasure of whipping
up a fancy concoction" for the
family who perhaps have helped tc
save up the sugar and butter fol
one good splurge. I went without
my butter and sugar ration just fol
the pleasure of seeing my little
girls face light up at the sight of q
birthday cake once! So there!
The department stores preserve
baby shoes in several ways at sew
eral prices.
Editors Note: Thanks to
Anonymous for her recipes TOR
Southern spicy gingerbread and
to Mrs. T. r. W., Washington, for
her Hungarian goulash and candy
recipes Which 1De are unable to
print at this time)
PINE CONES.
REQUESTED by G. B., Fort Belvoir. }
This request may seem a little
amiss among recipes, but I have
quite few pine cones this fall
and I would so much like to have
different ideas about uses to make
Of them and how to decorate then
in pleasing ways. Thanks to any
who may answer.
You can help bomb Berlin too
Buy the War bonds that outfit the
outfits" that 20 there,
Evening star., 1943-11-18
This Pie Easy
On Shortening

What IS home-in these United
States without pie-pie and ice
cream that run a perennial neck and
neck race for popularity! And now
comes rationing with red points as
scarce as hens teeth-or so it seems
to harassed menu adjusters-and
the question of whether or not to
spend them on shortening for pie
crust.
There are ways to get around this
problem without foregoing pies-not,
however, by cutting down the amount
of shortening in pie crust. Heaven
forbid! Why make pie crust unless
1t has the f1aky richness that is its
reason for being? Achieve your econ
omies in other ways, for example, by
getting along with less crust. Make
the custardy and chiffon types, bot
tom -crusted, open pies and make
the fruity kinds deep dish with only
top crust.
If, of course, you don't want to
bother to mix and roll pie pastry
you can use the cracker crumb base
for chiffon pies that do not require
baking. OF you might try this mex
pensive quickie: Line pie plate with
graham crackers cut so they will At,
filling any little open spaces with
crumbs and using half crackers
around the edge. Then pour in chill
Ton filling and chill until firm.
MOLASSES CHIFFON PIE.
u cup molasses.
u cup brown sugar.
3 tablespoons ground chocolate.
eggs.
u cup milk.
envelope plain gelatin.
teaspoon cinnamon.
u teaspoon nutmeg.
u teaspoon ginger.
4 teaspoon salt.
Put molasses, milk, sugar, choco-
late, spices and slightly beaten egg
yolks in top of double boiler and cook
for Is minutes. Add gelatin, which
has been soaked in 4 cup cold water
for S minutes. When gelatin is dis
solved, remove from stove and chill
until thick as jelly. Fold the jellied
mixture into the stiff1y beaten egg
whites. Pour into a baked pie shell
and chill
1920 graham crackers.
n cup sugar.
Il cup soft butter or substitute.
tablespoon water.
Graham cracker pastry-Crumble
crackers very fine, add sugar. Com
bine with butter and mix thoroughly;
add water. Spread in pie plate,
packing firmly and bake in slow oven
1925 degrees F. about 10 minutes.
Cool and add filling.
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CORRECTION

In printing the gingerbread
recipe submitted by Mrs. A. L.
A.. St. Georges Island, 1Dhich
appeared in the Clearing House
on Tuesday, the amount of short
e71ing to be used ,Dds inddpert-
emily omitted.
The list OF ingredients should
include ~ cup butter and lard,
mired."
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strong soap solution, rinsed and
dried. Miss NOVEL; recommends
coat of wax on the Stats, which could
be put on at this time to avoid
getting wax on the tapes.
Spread the frame and tapes out
on a table, insert the Stats, run the
cords through exactly as they were
before and knot.
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dients alternately. Bake in two
layers at 325 degrees.
Filling-1 tablespoon melted butter,
I egg beaten, juice Of orange, y
cup brown sugar. Cook until thick,
stirring most Of the time When
cake and filling have both cooled,
arrange filling between layers and ice
with caramel frosting.
I usually line pans with waxed
paper as this batter has tendency
to stick to pans.
My recipe file is overfowing with
things to make after the duration!
Evening star., 1943-11-18

This devoted exchange ideas recipes
keeping short suggestions between
ingon and vicinity Please send contribution requests
Readers Clearing House. the Womens
expressed this open necessarily
those but simply opinions
readers of the Wonlens
AS 1t obviously impossible for this department all
offered for the column responsibility
B..
Evening star., 1943-11-18
(Thanks to Mrs. J. r. M,
(ArlinOfon.

In reply to request for cake using
black walnuts, you will find this
most delicious:
One cup sugar, tablespoon butter,
l egg, l teaspoon cocoa, y teaspoon
soda dissolved in l cup sour milk.
z cup black walnuts, rolled and
added to IL cups flour and l tea
spoon baking powder. Sift -four,
measure and sift three times with
baking powder added. Then add
nuts. Mix ingredients in order
given, adding milk and dry inpre-
Evening star., 1943-11-18
(ThankS to Mrs. II. M. H.,

W UoTEIUytOTI.I
To Mrs. H. C. r. request for
cleaning the tape on venetian
blinds. I would suggest that she
try the following solution which I
have used successfully.
Add l teaspoon household am
monia to l pint of warm water.
Dip stiff brush in the solution and
brush the tape, taking only a short
length at time, then wiring a
rough, but soft cloth out of warm
water and wipe. Follow with a dry
cloth. Make clean solution for
each length OF tape.
Evening star., 1943-11-18
BLACK WALNUT CAKE:
REQUEST.

(Thdnks to Mrs. A. H. D., Arlington
Two cups fine white sugar, creamed
with Il cup butter or margarine, 3
eggs. % cup sweet milk. 3 cups sifted
-four, 3 teaspoons baking powder
sifted through flour, | teaspoon
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Attention!

We have prepared three leaf
lets to help you in planning box
lunches. There are IL menus"
and a group of suggestions con-
. tanned in each one. If you'd
like one or all, simply check
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coupon, and mail it with a
stamped, self-addressed envel-
ope to the Woman's Page, The
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You can help bomb Berlin too.
Buy the War bonds that outfit the
outfits" that 20 there,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16

Dollar Days buyl Four handy G
ovenware bowls for baking, serv- '
ing, mixing or storing. Assorted
pastel colors. Good shower giftl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-06
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1913.
FAREWELL TO THE WPA

The Works Projects Administra-
ton which ended its eight-yeal
$9,042, 928,000 career last Friday tided
hundreds Of thousands over times
when they had no jobs. That depres-
sion-bon service produced great
volume Of construction-bu buildings
roads, airfields, etc. Its sewing pro
jects for women brought out millions
upon millions Of garments. 1t did
many other useful things.
But the WPA proved a curious
mixture Of good and evil. 1t wasted
many millions. 1t had harmful infu-
ence on politics. But principally it
tended to instill in many-not all
an artificial attitude toward work,
which fortunately the demands of the
war have offset Old timers on the
WPA passed the word on to new
Corners to slow down, or the job
wouldn't last. Many settled down to a
career ION the Government" even at
its low work-rehef wage. "Two OF
my men went on the WPA," re
marked business agent Of a carpen-
ters' union in large city not long
ago. at ruined two good carpenters.
Jobs may again have to be pro
vided by the Government in periods
of business slump. Out Of an expert
ence costing $1,0O0,O0O,00O a year
for close to decade, ways should be
found to preserve the morale Of the
needy who have to have help through
no fault of their own. The Govern
ment has a responsibility beyond sup
plying work and money, 1t must give
its help in way that preserves char
acter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-06
MT. LAKE PARK

Mrs. Mabel Brock mas returned to
the Park from Fairmont whore she
had attended district conference OF
the WSCS held there during the clos
ing days Of last week.
Professor Rufus A. West, Of the
West Virginia University at Morgan
town, spent last Thursday and Fri
day here with his sister, Mrs. F. p.
Arnold.