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Custard Sauce recipe from “Meet the Millers”

CUSTARD SAUCE

  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon liquid non caloric sweetener
  • 1 cup liquid skim milk

Mix yolks and salt in top of small double boiler. Gradually add milk and when well blended set over boiling water and cook stirring constantly until mixture coats the spoon. Remove from heat and add honey and sweetener. Mix well. Chill thoroughly before serving.

“Meet the Millers”, Tuesday January 7, 1958, Iroquois Gas Corporation

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Custard sauce
Custard sauce

Pan-Fried Bananas

Loblaws grocery stores was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1919. By 1928 they had expanded into the United States, including the Buffalo, NY area. In the mid-1970s the Buffalo stores were bought out by Bells supermarkets. The two companies still maintained a working relationship where Loblaws supplied Bells with generic foods (First the yellow and black “No-Frills” line & later the slightly more upscale “President’s Choice”). Bells lasted another twenty years in the Buffalo area before being bought out by Quality Markets. Loblaws is currently the largest supermarket chain in Canada.

Circa 1949- Loblaws grocery stores

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pan fried bananas from Loblaws
pan fried bananas from Loblaws

 

Floating Island Soup recipe “Meet the Millers”

FLOATING ISLAND SOUP

from the always loving and fighting first couple of Buffalo, NY food- the Millers

  • 1 quart tomato juice
  • juice of one lemon
  • ½ teaspoon basil
  • 2 teaspoons minced onion

Combine all the ingredients and simmer for ten minutes. Top with the following:

MAYONNAISE FLOATING ISLANDS

  • 2 egg whites, beaten stiff
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • Fold mayonnaise into egg whites, drop by spoonfuls in shallow pan of hot water and bake at 400° for seven minutes or until set.

Tuesday July 9, 1957 “Meet the Millers” Iroquois Gas Corporation Home Service

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#tbt Buffalo Boy Scout Catholic Vesper Services April 24, 1950

April 1950 was the first time that Diocese of Buffalo awarded the newly created Boy Scout Pelican award. The Most Rev. John F O’Hara (yes the high school was named in honor of him) presented the award at St. Joseph New Cathedral.

The men receiving this award were:

  • Buffalo Council: William F Payne, George Weinfurter, Charles F. Eichhorn, John M Gavin and William Robillard
  • Senecal Council: Dr. James L. Hayes (Olean)
  • Genesee Council: Francis J. Guppenberger (Batavia)
  • Niagara Frontier Council: John B. LaMunsch (Niagara Falls)
  • Chautauqua County Council: Bernard G. Dougherty (Dunkirk)
  • Lewiston Trail Council: William J. Madden (Lockport)

153 boys received the Ad Altare Dei Award. This award was started in 1926 to recognize Roman Catholic alter boys and is still awarded today.

 

Buffalo News and Buffalo Courier Express newspaper clippings
Buffalo News and Buffalo Courier Express newspaper clippings
Top left photo- Gerald Hathaway of Our Lady Rosary parish in Niagara Falls receiving award from Bishop O'Hara, Top left photo (from left to right) William Robillard, George Weinfortner, Charles Eichhorn, William Payne and John Galvin.
Top left photo- Gerald Hathaway of Our Lady Rosary parish in Niagara Falls receiving award from Bishop O’Hara,
Top left photo (from left to right) William Robillard, George Weinfortner, Charles Eichhorn, William Payne and John Galvin.
Boy Scouts and their families entering the cathedral for the rally
Boy Scouts and their families entering the cathedral for the rally

 

Kasymilon yarn from Sears

Kasymilon yarn from Sears- the finest in 100% Acrylic yarn.

It includes the handy 7 reasons why you should buy yarn at Sears.

  1. Each yarn goes through 18 different inspections to give uniformity of weight, color, strength & quality.
  2. Sears yarn is pull-skeins for instant knitting (apparently not meant for crochet)
  3. Each dye lot is numbered to give the most perfect color match
  4. Sears interchangeable Yarn Chart helps eliminate guesswork in pattern and yarn selection.
  5. Sears will teach you how to knit. Ask about our schools for Beginners or Advanced knitters. (Today one is lucky to find an employee willing to take your money)
  6. Sears knitting teachers are available for consultation after class or in the department (and today can’t even find anyone able to mix paint for me. Much less an actual knitting teacher- and what about crochet?)
  7. “Satisfaction Guaranteed Or Your Money Back” (tempted to try this to see if I could get the $1.29 this originally cost back. But that would assume I could actually find an underpaid employee to help me). 

 

sears yarn
7 reasons why you should buy yarn at sears

 

Kasymilon yarn
Kasymilon yarn