HEWS LETTER TO
THE HOMEMAKERS
iThe following article was sent to
The Kusko Times by the Extension
Service in Home Economics, of the
University of Alaska, College, Alas
ka- Owing- to its length,- only a part
is primed this week, i he remainder
will be publshed in the next issue.)
Otar. Homemaker:
We are attempting from now on
to get out out Uomemaker’s - News
Letter each month. If you have a
ret pe you like specially well or a
time and money-saving idea, we shall
he glad to have you send it in for
cs : i use on our Readers Exchange
page.
SEASONING CANNED FOODS
Homemakers in Alaska are quite
dependent on eommer, ial canned
e Ids. While a great variety is ob- 1
tainahle, there s often a longing for
ather flavors. Commercial canned 1
goods are seasoned for what is con
sidered the average taste, to which j
the able cook can add touches of her
wn.
Some families like a little extra ■
■nostard and molasses added when
tannedbaked bean are warmed fur
sttving Many put a ham bone or
a piece of bacon in with string bean
when healing them. Some people
put a teaspoorrful of additional sug
ar with any can of vegetables that
ere supposed to be a little sweet.
H orseradish. onion, and celery are
flavors that transform plain tomato
juice into tomato eotktaiL
The flavor that is so distinctive in
French creamed spinach is a bit of
nutmeg, and it may be used equally
well with canned spinach. Lemon -
juke is one of the housekeepers’ 1
friends when it comes-to toning up
xr. ned. vegetables, including spinach.
On. -a is perhaps the very first flav- '
aring accessory on the list. A good
waV :o add it is to mince the onion
and cook it until soft but ned brown
in a little butter or other fat. then
idd it U> the heated canned vegetable,
:-r use it as the basis of « sauce for
the veaetable.
clances of different kinds play their
part in preparing canned foods in j
appetizing ways. For canned aspar
agus. Hollandaise sauce: for whole
hominy, cheese sauce, or tomato or
Spanish sauce. The- la-t two are i
also geod sauces for canned fish and
some canned meats.
With canned fruits, many add- a
few drops of lemon juice to bring
cut an otherwise mild flavor tike
that of pears, figs, or berries. Crys
tallised ginger or ginger root goes
wdl with ean-rred pears, just as cin
:.sm«n does with prunes or: apple
; . or mint, with cherries. Broil
:ng canned peaches and aoricots
brings out more flavor. Fried pine
apple is another example of a can
ned product Enhanced by cooking.
Combining canned fruits with cheese ■
makes good salads with little
trouble. 11
Canned meats and poultry need the
same seasonings every - good cook
uses with the fresh products. There :
are the peppery seasonings—black .
pepper, cayenne, tabasco, Worces
tershire, and chili sauce; herbs like
bay, thyme, sage, basil, celery leaves,
parsley, curry powder, garlic, mush
rooms, paprika: and soy;; salt-meat
flavors—salt pork, ham and bacon.
Any of these can be used' in- gravy
stuffing.
.SEAT PADS 0!N WOODEN CHAIRS
SAVE CLOTHING
Doubtless you have some of those
straight varnished or painted chairs
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PHOTO SHOP
IRCHGRAGE, ALASKA
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ENLARGING
Laden* ood Portables and ■
Royal Standard Typewriters
—Stationery — Kodaks and
Accessories—Eastman Deal
We FiK
MAIL ORDERS
Promptly and KCeiently
loout the house. Sometimes such
•hairs seem a little plain and unin
teresting-. Often they are uncom
"ortal-le, and they tend to make
•lothingt shiny.
An inexpensive may to improve
hem is to make seat and* back pads
if a printed fabric that harmonizes
vith other furnishings. The pads
•roitci the clothing and also the
■hair finish. They are tied, snapped
rt and can be taken off to be laun
iered. As straight chairs are us
ia!ly the right sitting level, the pad
nust not he made' too thick or it
viii make the seat too high for com
!ort.
id make a seat pad. cat the de
sired number of thicknesses of cot
,on batting the exact shape of the
:hair seat, but half an Inch smaller
>n all sides. Put these between lay
■rs of cheesecloth and haste twite
-ach way and then around the eut
iide edge to keep the cotton from
moping when the pads are" iaun-'
lered. The outside cover is merely
i slip that may be put over the pad
ind closed with snaps at, the hack
• r basted together. Make tapes of
he same material to tie the pad to
he chair prists.
The back pad is measured and fit
ed' in a similar way, and" kept at
he right height «n the chair by sew
ng tapes to the top corners and
napping them just below "the top
iar of the chair back. At the bot
om, the back pad may be finished
vitb tape loops and the tapes of
he seat pad passed through 'these
o hold the back pad dowrt.' Another
dea is to make the back cover Slip
■n. with two bound holes for the
>osts to come through. This type
caches about two-thirds of the way
lown the back. An attractive finish
s to sew white cotton braid or ball
rings around the lower edge.
A NEW USE FOR PEANUT
BUTTER
The Gingerbread Boy, long favorite
viih children, has a rival, peanut
jutter cupcakes, cakes with a nut
ike Savor that appeals especially to
rhildren.
Ingredients for peanut-butter cup
cakes include l-a cup peanut butter,
cup sugar. 3 cups sifted all pur
>ose flour, ^ CUp butter or other fat,
- eggs, 4 teaspoons baking powder.
lc teaspoon salt, 1 cup milk, and 1
easpoon vanilla. Cream together
he fat, peanut butter and sugar.
Add the beaten eggs and the sifted
Iry r ingredients alternately with the
nilk”. Add the vanilla. Bake in
rrezsed muffin tins in a moderate
>ven, for about 20 mkmtes.
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FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
ANCHORAGE,' ALASKA
Capital and Surplus $100,000
WILL ADVANCE MONEY ON GOLD
AND
Ship Gold at Very Reasonable Rates'
VANDERPOOL’S
FREIGHTING SERVICE
Has Established A Dependable '
and Quick Service on the
TAK0TNA RIVER:
Careful attention toall freight
orders, whether large or small -
WOODROW
VANDERPOOL
TAKOTNA, ALASKA
MAY -MOTE CHURCH ON
ACCOUNT GOLD STRIKE,
JACKSONVILLE. Ore.—The Meth
odist Church here, built in 1853. and
- aid to be the oldest- Protestant
church west of the Rocky Mountains,
may be razed to make way for an- ^
other of Jacksonville'« •‘backyard"
mines.
Luring the depression amost every
resident of Jacksonville, the second
oldest city in Oregon; sunk a shaft
a his yard and went into gold mii> •
ng on a small scale. Some made as
high as $500 in a single day working
ver Territory that had been combed
Jfty years before.- • •
It-has been estimated that more
han $1,000,000 in gold nuggets rests
in the three u nett plaited spots in
acksonville—the site of the old
.-hutch, the courthouse grounds, now
abandoned since - the county seat
moved five miles east; to Medford
and California Street; the main
.horoughfare.
The--’votu>ty cotmt’has rejected hun
dreds of applications to mine the
courthouse grounds, the chdrch had
refused milling rights,, arid the city
council had vigorously "protected-all
ffforts to mine under” California
Street; which in 1850 -rang to the
boots of miners at one of -Oregon’s
richest gold strikes.
Two rich creek beds rtfflTrhrtiUgh
the- town—Daisy and Jackson Streets
—carrying placer 'gold. The church -
and the courthouse’are near ” these
creek .beds, but their grounds are as
yet unwdrked and a imystery as far
as the yellow metal eontenf-is known.
A few years ago.^despite-the-ef
forts of the city council, amateur
miners “drifted” their tunnels under
California Street and’ a largt bloek
of paving caved in. Cdve 4h» r ■'ft-r
Be Sure to
STOP
At the
Little Store in McGrattT
SHOES
for all ages and sizes.
We Specialize in
CHILDREN S CLOTHIN*
In fact, everything to wear and
good things to eat.
We will be glad te see you.
MAIL ORDERS
given special attention
HRS. THOMAS H.
M’LEAN
McGRATH, ALASKA
TV-1 J‘J --Kt-J-jm. 1U ■ JW 1 -w
abandoned mines are not tmeoimnOTi.t.
if the church is sold to private in- -
teresta—and the Methodist ‘.'-ounril -
has. announced it is on the block— j
the building probably will be. razed: ■
and several shafts sunk. Residents -c
hope to retain the building as a his- f
toric landmark and make a museum: v
of it. It is said gamblers helped to- ]
build it. t
COME IN FOR SUPPLIES ' j
Wm. Gagan, Bon Lowrie and E. _
Hegg came in from Yankee Creek t
yesterday to get some supplies, re-^ ]
turning last evening to the dredge, t
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OATES Bl'SY FREIGHTING
Joft/ Oates has been busy- the last
ew cays hauling- freight ’ with his
eat’- from a point a short distance
own' the river where the river
reighters vare forced to unload,
orae of the freight was for O. E.
tindheim of Ophir and the rest for
he 1 S'. C store.
MAW IN F(»R THE FOURTH
Among those who came in from
he various Creeks to cethrale the
ourth of Juv irf Takotna were Mr.
nd Mrs. Frank Larson, Air. and Mrs.
irvid Larson, Ower. Gray, Dick
InUoton, and many others. Practic
Mv nil the Road Commission men
l*o (June in to spend the day.
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We Have Lots of BEER on Hand NOW
ALSO* A I-\BGE ivHlFM'ENT OF ALL KINDS OF
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TAKOTNA OQUOR STORE
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FRESH SHIPMENT 1!!.
BAR CANDIES - TOBACCOS
SALTED PEANUTS - FRESH SNUFF
SDH DRINKS
"WHERE OLD FRIENDS MEET"
TAKOTNA CIGAR STORE
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