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Tips On Preparing
Wild Game
During pioneer days
hunting wild game, large
and small, was a necessity.
Today, however, it’s more of
an invigorating adventure.
With hunting season here,
it’s also open season for
game cookery.
People eating game for the
first time usually try to
compare it with beef, pork,
or other domestic meats, but
good cooks will remember
that game has a distinctive
flavor which for the most
part, is not comparable with
the meat of any other group
of animals.
But we need more than
recipes to fully enjoy eating
game. It must come from the
field to our kitchen in good
condition. That means that
every sportsman should
know the proper way to
dean, transport and store
what he shoots.
The necessity for dressing
game immediately after
shooting depends, of course,
on the weather. Hunters
agree that game birds may
be carried through the day
without cleaning. If the
temperature is warm and
the birds are to be kept more
than one day without
cleaning. If the temperature
is warm and the birds are to
be kept more than one day
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without ice or refrigeration,
they should be drawn as soon
as possible but leave the
feathers on until reaching
home.
The abdominal cavity of
mammals must be cleaned
out the same day they are
killed. Carefully remove
splintered bones, pieces of
feathers or fur and shot from
shot wounds. This makes it
possible to cook wild meat in
a good condition.
Loosely wrap fresh game
birds and then store them in
the coldest part of your
refrigerator for two or three
days before cooking. For
best flavor, cooked game
should be stored in a covered
container and eaten within
three to four days. Or you
can freeze the birds, if they
are waterfowl.
As you would do with
poultry, yon can roast, broil
or fry tender birds. These
birds have light-colored skin,
and may need to be well
basted. Older turds, more
solidly fleshed and fattier,
require moist cooking -
stewing or braising. They
are also suitable for cooking
in a pressure cooker.
If you prefer a milk rather
than a game flavor, soak the
bird in a salt or vinegar
solution overnight in the
refrigerator.
Berks County
Society 4
The regular meeting of the
Farm Women Society 4 of
Berks County was held on
Tuesday, November S at the
home of Mrs. William
Shuler, RD4, Boyertown.
Mrs. Harold Good,
president, presided over the
meeting with 15 members
present. Mrs. Roy Youse is
in the Reading Hospital and
members are encouraged to
send cards.
Christmas gifts have been
purchased for the Wer
nersville and Hamburg State
Hospitals. Anyone wishing to
send other gilts or cooides
should deliver them to Mrs.
Good before November 35.
All members going to
group 10’s night of en
tertainment at Camp
Swatara on November 20
Inflation Fighter Tips
Shopping takes more skill
today than it did in Grand
mother’s day. Where she had
two products to choosefrom -
you have fifty, thanks to
modern technology. These
days it’s harder to make an
informed, wise purchase.
But here are some tips to
avoid unnecessary drains on
your spending power.
- Limit yourself to
products with features you’ll
use. For example, don’t buy
a combination can-opener
knife-sharpener if you don’t
plan to use the knife
sharpener.
- Purchase only those
products you know you’ll
use. Buying all the newest in
pans or casseroles is
wasteful if you will only use
your old favorites anyway.
- Buy at a level of quality
appropriate to your intended
use. A lower quality garment
may be the best buy in a
child’s swim suit, if it’s not
worn a great deal and will
soon be outgrown.
- Consider the costs of
maintenance and upkeep
before you buy. A
“drycleanable only” dress
may cost you much more in
the long run than several
“machine washable” ones.
- Avoid impulse buying,
but plan ahead. Buy what
you need. Then budget a set
amount to be spent “just for
fun.”
must be at Mrs. Paul
Bechers by 6:15 p.m. that
evening.
There will be a game night
with the patients of Berks
Home November 12. Mrs.
Jacob Rothenberger will
bake cakes for the refresh
ments. All are asked to
donate game prizes.
The state convention will
be held January 6-7 in
Harrisburg. Group 4 will
donate cookies for the tea
hour. Two members from
the group will serve as
ushers Tuesday morning.
Linda Taylor has been
named County safety
chairlady and will compile a
list of suggested safety
programs which will be
made available to each
group.
Group 4 will have their
annual banquet December 5.
Several locations were
discussed and Mrs. Charles
Taylor will complete the
arrangements and notify
members.
New officers will be in
stalled by the county
president at the December
meeting.
Committees for the next
two years were announced:
Mrs. Ronald Barrett, Mrs.
Alfred Harrison and Mrs.
William Shuler, program;
Mrs. Francis Mauger, Mrs.
Richard Farrell and Edna
Angstadt, membership;
Mrs. Harold Good, Mrs.
Raymond Haring and Mrs.
Leroy Steffey, ways and
means; Mrs. James Bechtel,
Mrs. Roy Youse and Mrs.
Paul Becker, sunshine; Mrs.
Lester Kulp and Jean Waldo,
auditors; Mrs. Walter
Burkepile, Mrs. Jacob
Rotbenberger and
Georgeanna Fullertown,
nominating; Mrs. Alfred
Harrison, photography and
Mrs. Ronald Barrett and
Mrs. Charles Taylor, con
vention delegates.
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Banquets seem to be the
thing to go to in November.
Somehow we managed to
have two or three each week.
Now that is too many! At
least the bathroom scales
says it is.
Maybe I should do what
the couple sitting nearby at a
recent banquet told me they
did. She only ate a small
bowl of jello for breakfast
while he ate a dish of corn
flakes for each meal the day
of the banquet.
It seems as though we
always want to get our
money’s worth and don’t
think of the consequences.
Now I shall have to practice
the best exercise a dieter can
use-shake my head “no”
while pushing my chair
away from the table.
Little children love to
dress up at Halloween and
collect a big bag of sweets.
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Cindy went to one party
dressed in her Daddy’s
overalls and old straw hat
She went trick or treating in
my old gypsy costume.
What can older boys do
when they are not allowed to
wear masks, after they are
12 years old? Some boys in
our neighborhood solved the
problem by dressing their
dogs in cut-off jeans, T-shirts
and belts. Such a sight, but it
paid off for everyone as even
the animals got dogfood.
Last week I did an un
precedented thing-I bought
a box of pie crust mix. When
I served the lemon meringue
pie, my husband ate it
without comment as is usual.
So, I had to ask him what he
thought of it. His answer
surprised me
“ The lemon was fine but I
didn’t care for the crust.”
Whereupon I confessed it
was a mix.
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