The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 2

The Daily Journal Murfreesboro. Tennessee Home of Middle Tennessee State College Tuesday Afternoon, November 29, 1955. Page Two Society NEWS Phone 2237 2238 JFEATTraiES Jary Neile Morris, Editor ke Ham armnint of salt 'water addingf it while 'water i boilingr. Cook until done, about twenty minutes. Drain and wash off in cold water before adding to the mixture.

Then add grated cheese, bacon, olive oil and stuffed olives, pap-rika, red pepper and salt to taste. fut in pan with some' cheese. over top. Bake about half hour. And how Mrs.

Alexander fried chicken, and how Mrs. Rob- ertson does it: Soak chicken (two and a half pounds) in cold salt water half an hour, Drain well. Dredge with flour in. a paper sack with salt and pepper pdded. Have the heavy iron skillet heated at about half-full of Wes-' son Lower to njieclium when1 chicken is added, arid -cover and cook until brawn, on one side, be- Ca Set 17 Sale i t- 1 2 "ing careful not to scorch it I oven by nine o'clock.

With the oven temperature at 150 degrees, the cake is baked until, eight fir nine o'clock that night in 8 pan especially made for it. besides" the one for the Auxiliary, Mrs. Robertson be carrying on the Christmas rite at home for' the family, sometimes baking smaller cakes to use as the perfect gift for close relatives. Their son, Robert Lytle Robertson lives in Chattanooga with his Turn the chicken, brown on other side. Remove top and let cook five to ten minutes without top.

Drain on paper and serve. The rich, moist delicacy, of fruitcake made front the same recipe has for the past four generations been as much a part of Christmas in the family of Mrs. T. A. Robertson as tinsel and holly', Baked first by her great-gran4-mother, Mis.

Sarah Morton Searcy, the black fruitcake has been an annual tradition in "the home of that lady's daughter, Mrs. Julia Searcy Lytle', whet, in turn handed the recipe to herdaitghter, Mrs. Kate Lytle Alexander. And from mother, Mrs lit i i7 I -1. Your Birthday family, 'and the daughter, Mis, lives jyove.mber.29 ena) Robertson learned to make" -there.

The fruitcake baking tra- MR S. F. tv-R A SO j-hair man-of the ospiiaLAuxiliary ham and fruitcake sale, and Mrs. Emory Sumner, Auxiliary president, are shown re with Mrs. T.

A. Robertson, center, who baked the 35-pound cake. the cake which has become fam Mrs. Walter Adkinson Henry B. Adams Clifton Leyhew Brenda Gayle Jones Truman L.

Blanton Jr. William G'riff jn Jr. Mrs. Leonard Douglas Jr. Betty Douglas fifty-pound i'ama- ditioiivisill extend into their homes, Mi-Si' Robertson here snares the recipe and'-jqeedure care of the cake baking the latter part of November:" Black- Fntil ake -36 eggs, 3 lbs.

of buUef, 3 lhF. of sugar; 3 lbs. of flour broWhed One spaghetti, pound can tomatoes; one cent can hrooms: one cheese---one can cinnamon and nutmeg; two tablespoons cloves. 1 lb. each of lemon" and -orange paste; I can grated pineapple; 1 ous'.

-the' past eight or: nine years through the effortg of the Hospital Auxiliary at Christmas, This Week the huge cake; 'with enticing dainties, wilL he. baked and ready for of the right number in the cake drawing part of the "cake and ary Bryant MRS. ROBERTSON and her granddaughter, ANDY HOLLOWAY, are pictured with the mammoth fruit-cake which, along with a Tennessee country ham, will be given away near Christmas; Ticket are 25 cent each, or five for one dollar. ries; 1 lb. each of dates1 and figs; 1 package of red and green citron: one-half cake of bitter chocolate, melted.

Extra flour dusted over in the oven; 8 lbs. of raisins, seeded; 8 lbs. -of currants. 3 lbs." each used. Jr.

summer it is kept in the basement. A sample will still he as tasty in July as it was in December, more mellow if anything. While the recipe calls for the brandy, Mrs. Robertson points out that the cost is prohibitive for this item and substitutes the whiskey, using a pint poured over the cake every three or four days to keep it moist. She also allows the raisins And -currants to stand overnight in it.

Another recipe which is a favorite of the family also came down from Mrs. Alexander. "It is the recipe for Julian apagneili; of citron, shelled -almonds, shelled "fruit before putting into batter, pecans, and English walnuts; 2 I dd The baking pan should lbs. each of candied pineapple and be lined witlv six or eight layers candied. cherries; -2 grated oranges of heavy, brown; greased.

to" SouprTone-T large onion 34 rloves gai'licT-a- pound ground steak; one large green pepper; half pound bacon; one jar (10c now) olives; one small bottle Olive oil. Broil bacon, remove, from grease. Add chopped onion, pepper and let cook but do not brown; Add the tomatoes, mushrooms, tomato soup, garlic and ground steak. Cook until tender. Cook the spaghetti In large Master Sergeant Fred H.

Mc-Clain has returned from 16 month overseas, stationed in Japan and Korea. His wife and two children have, returned at 611 East The family expect to move to Camp Gordon, upon his trans-fer, shortly after Christmas. ham" sale which is already, underway by the Auxiliary workers. "How in the.world does she ever bake if? "It must take all day or all night." Wondering -cooks comment on 4he immense, size of the cake. And Mrs.

Robertson assures them that it does. Party Dec. 9th Mrs: Robertson cools the cake in the pan, -removes it to make sure all is well done, and returns it to 2 grated lemons, and the juice of each; I pint whiskey, one pint i French Branch-: 2 oz. each of va- Car On extract; 'the pan, wraps-it in a blanket to allspice, 'store a place until i nilla extract and Hmo'n 4 tablespoons each of CLASSIFIED ADS PAY Actually the preparation and baking of the cake consumes the largest part of three days. Ihe procedure involves: first day.

get- i Uing everything together; second party. 'Reservations may be made with Mrs. W. D. Adkerson, at -2022 or Netherlands ready to nix; third dav, mixing tHe ingredients in 3 large dis h- There's NO TIME LIKE RIGHT NOW pana.

and. placing the cake in the. Member of the Woman's Club, their husbands and guests, are Invited to a special Christmas dessert "card party to be held on- the evening of December 9, it was announced today by Mrs. Carlyle Jennings. Mrs.

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