Radio Digest (Jan-Oct 1926)

February 27, 1926 RADIO DIGES T— Illustrated 11 LEMON OR CUSTARD PIES HARD TO MAKE HOW TO KEEP UNDERCRUST FIRM IS BIG PROBLEM Miss Betty Crocker Gives Two Methods of Preparing Great American Dessert Properly Have you heard, and do you regularly listen for Betty Crocker's Radio talks? Miss Crocker Is nationally known as a home food specialist who is broadcasting from a dozen of the country's largest stations. By special arrangement Eadio Digest has secured a series of exclusive articles by Miss Crocker dealing with her current Radio talks. These broadcasts are made through WEEI, WEAF, WCAE, WGR, WEAR, WWJ, WDAF, WJAR, WHT, WFI, KSD. KFI, and WCCO. the Gold Medal station at Minneapolis-St. Paul. All of Miss Crocker's recipes and discussions are based upon actual investigations and work of herself and her assistants in model kitchens. — Editor's Note. By Betty Crocker ONE of the questions we have had to answer hundreds of times is "How can I make a custard pie or perhaps a cream or lemon pie, without having1 a soggy undercrust?" And another that comes as often is "How can I make a nice creamy meringue that will stand up and not shrink and be tough?" I am going to try to answer these problems for you. It is very important that the undercrust of any pie be well baked and not soggy, not only because a soggy crust is unpalatable, but also because it is indigestible. There are several ways of baking crust for the one crust pie. For cream, chocolate or lemon pies, the crust is usually baked before the filling is put in. You may also use this plan for custard pie if you wish. Sometimes for pumpkin and custard, we bake the crust in a very hot oven for five minutes, then add the filling and continue baking at a lower temperature. If the crust is not baked first, it may be protected by a coating of egg white so that the liquid of the filling will not soak into it. Beat the egg white just enough to break it up, then brush it over the pie crust before the filling is put in. This is a good method to use for juicy fruit pies or custard or pumpkin pies when the filling' is baked in the uncooked crust. When the crust is PAVES THE WAY TO MEN'S HEARTS Miss Vivette Corman, shown above, has won thousands of friends among* the housewives of the country through the daily Table Talks of Westinghouse Station KYW, at 11:35 a. m., Central time, and the correspondence received at the station shows, she has a host of admirers among the married men, who claim the Table Hour has given them a lot to he thankful for. baked before the filling is added, the egg white is unnecessary. Difficult Problem It is very difficult to bake custard pies successfully, because of the fact that the crust and filling require entirely different temperatures. All pie crusts or pastry of any kind should be baked in a very hot oven so that the steam and the layers of air in the dough may expand quickly to make a flaky crust. On the other hand, the custard filling is made of eggs and milk, both of which are tough(Continued on page 12) SHORT WAVES —^ By Marcella ■ "That adorable" (Gladyce's adjective) announcer of KYW who keeps his voice in trim from the Congress hotel studio and known as Harold Isbell, can also be crossed off the prospect list, for he is happily married. My, my, this KYW outfit sure keeps the ministers busy! Harold is in charge of the "Insomnia Club." Formerly of KFI, Los Angeles. No, I'm not sun whether his wife was ever in the movies He lives in Maywood, a western suburb of Chicago, but that's nothing against him. He has nice, curly hair and wears the latest in clothes. No mustache. What's the idea — are mustaches becoming popular with us ladies again? Well, yes, I do like a neat one, but hate them waxed. * * 4 Anna, who is interested in Paul Johnson, the tall, handsome, brunette medicannouncer of WCCO, will no doubt be grieved to learn that after announcing a four-hour American Legion revue from the Gold Medal station, Paul had to go to the hospital and have his tonsils removed. However, he is still six feet two or three inches tall and his voice is even more sympathic now. Married? No. * * Why should a broadcasting station engineer receive so much applause, eh? "Romeo and Juliet," both of 'em, want to know if Walter C. Evans, "that charming Chief Engineer of KYW," is married. The answer is yes. * * Jack Nelson, WJJD's charming voice, is handsome, thin and — married. Another heartbreaker eliminated! But I'm sure, if you write to Mrs. Nelson, she will be glad to tell you all about what a fine husband Jack is. * * How-DoYou-Do Man Harry Geise, exWIBO, Chicago, regarding whose whereabouts many of my girl friends seem anxious, is now out in the land of palm and pepper trees, grease paint and celluloid— in other words, Hollywood, where men are men and long pants and hats to be shunned. Harry has been appearing at the various Los Angeles and Hollywood stations and probably will soon be a fixture at one of them. He likes Holly(Continued on page 12) WOMEN'S PROGRAMS INDEX Saturday, February 27 Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 930a.m. 8;30a. m, 7:30a.m. 630a.m. WWJ (352.7m-850kc) Tonight's dinner. 11 10 9 8 WEAR (389.4m-770ke) Home service talk. WHT (399.8m-750kc) Women's club, Jean Sargent. 12 n. II 10 9 WGN (302.8m-990kc) Household hints. I p. m. 12 n. II 10 KMA (252m-1190kc) Domestic science topics. 12:30 1130 10:30 930 WGN (302.8m-990kc) Discussion of fashions. 1235 1135 1035 935 KYW (535.4m-560kc) Table talk. 4 3 p.m. 2 p.m. I p. m. KJR (384.4m-780kc) Tonight's dinner. Monday, March 1 Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 930 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 730 a.m. 630 a.m. WWJ (352.7m-850kc) Tonight's dinner. 10 9 8 7 WJZ (454.3m-660kc) Women's hour. WRC (468.5m-640kc) Women's hour. 10:45 9:45 8:45 7:45 WEAF (491.5m-610kc) Home service talk, Betty WFI (394.5m-760kc) Gold Medal talk, Betty Crocker. WTAG (268m-1120kc) Talk, Marjorie Woodman, nurse. 10:50 9:50 8:50 7:50 WMC (499.7m-600kc) Home economics discussion. Miss Kitty. 11 10 9 8 WEAR (389.4m-770ke) Home service talk. WHT (399.8m-750kc) Women's club, Jean Sargent. WNYC (526ro-570kc) Women's program. WTIC (475.9m-630kc) "Interior Decorating," Mrs. C. Barstow Langdon. 11:15 10:15 9:15 8:15 WTIC (475.9m-630kc) "Evolution of Washing Clothes," H. G. Kebel. 11:30 10:45 9:30 8:30 KFAB (370.7m-880kc) "Food for the Little Tots, ' Florence Atwood. WTIC (475.9m-630kc) Housewife's forum. 11:45 10:45 9:45 8:45 WCCO (416.4m-720kc) "A Gold Medal Radio Exchange." Betty Crocker. Recipes from Listeners. WDAF (365.6m-820kc) "A Gold Medal Radio Exchange," Betty Crocker. Recipes from Listeners. WHT (399.8m-750ke) Home service talk. Betty Crocker. 12 II 10 9 WGN (302.8m-990kc) Household hints. WQJ (447.5m-670kc) "Baking," Cleve Carney, "Plant Substitutes for Soap in Foreign Countries," Maud Jacobs. 12:15 p.m. 11:15 10:15 9:15 KYW (535.4m-560kc) Meat talk. 12:30 11:30 10:30 930 WEBH (370.2m-810kc) Fashion and household talks. 12:35 1135 10:35 9:35 KYW (535.4m-560kc) Table talk. 230 130 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1130 KFNF (263m-1140kc) Mothers' hour. 3 2 I 12 n. WCCO (416.4m-720kc) Women's hour. WSOE (246m-1220kc) Cooking chats. 4 3 2 I p. m. WIP (508.2m-500kc) Market hints for housewives. WOC (483.6m-620kc) Home management schedule. Aunt Jane. WQJ (447.5m-870kc) "Care of the Skin and Hair." Madame Huntingford. 5 4 3 2 KJR (384.4m-780kc) Home helps. 7 30 630 5:30 4:30 WKAR (285.5m-1000kc) "Individuality Expressed in the Furnishing of a Room." Audrey Hickman. Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 7:45 p.m. 6:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 4:45 p.m. WKAR (285.5m-1000ke) "Prolonging the Usefulness of the Teeth," Ruth Cowan. Tuesday, March 2 Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 930 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 730 a.m. 6:30 a.m. WWJ (352.7m-850kc) Tonight's dinner. 10 9 8 7 KDKA (309.1m-970kc) Domestic Science. Arts for the Housewife. WIP (508.2m-590kc) Menu. Anna Scott. WJZ (454.3m-660kc) Women's hour. WRC (468.5m-640kc) Women's hour. 10:45 9:45 8:45 7:45 WTAG (268m-1120kc) Talks to Mothers, Rosebelle Jacobus. 11 10 9 8 WEAR (389.4m-770kc) Home service talk. WHT (399.8m-750kc) Women's club, Jean Sargent. WMCA (340.7m-880kc) Home makers' hour. 12 n. II 10 9 WGN (302.8m-990kc) Household hints. WQJ (447.5m-670kc> "Your Spring Outfit." "The Need for Children's Dentistry." Dr. H. Killip. "Healthy Hits and Pep Exercises," J. Toedt. 12:30p.m. 11:30 1030 930 WEBH (370.2m-810kc) Fashion and household talks. 12 35 11:35 10:35 9 35 KYW (535.4m-560kc) Table talk. 1 12 n. II 10 KPO (428.3m-700ke) Domestic science talk. 2 I p. m. 12 n. II WGY (379.5m-790kc) Talks. 3:15 2:15 1:15p.m. 12:15p.m. WHO (526m-570kc) Recipes, household hints. 4 3 2 1 WIP (508.2m-590kc) Menu talk. WOC (483.6m-620kc) Home management schedule. WQJ (447.5m-670kc) "Home Dressmaking," Lillian Krauter. 430 3:30 2:30 1:30 WLIT (394.5m-760kc) Household helps and hints. 5 4 3 2 KJR (384.4m -780kc) Home helps. 5:30 4:30 330 230 KOA (322.4m-930kc) Housewives matinee. 6 5 4 3 KOA (322.4m-930kc) Culinary hints, Clara Hoover. 6:15 5:15 4:15 3:15 KOA (322.4m-930kc) Fashion review, Sally Dee. 7 6 5 4 KFOA (454.3m-660kc) Today's recipe. 8 7 6 5 WPG (299.8m-1000kc) Fashion Flashes. 8:30 7:30 630 530 KGO (361.2m-830kc) As a Woman Thinketh. Wednesday, March 3 Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 9:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 730 a.m. 630 a.m. WWJ (352.7m-850kc) Tonight's dinner. 10 9 8 7 WIP (508.2m-590kc) Menu. WJZ (454.3m-660kc) Women's hour. WRC (468.5m-640kc) Women's hour. 10:45 9:45 8:45 7:45 WEAF (491.5m-610kc) Home service talk, Betty Crocker. WFI (394.5m-760kc) Gold Medal Service talk. Betty Crocker. WTAG (268m-1120kc) Talk to Housewives, Mrs. Lydia Flanders. 11 10 9 8 WHT (399.8ra-7!>0ko) Women's club. Jean Sargent. WNYC (526m-!>70kc) Women's program. 11:30 1030 9 30 8:30 KFAB (340.7m-880kc) "What Shall I Wear," Ella Cushman. 11:45 10:45 9:45 8:45 WCCO (418.4m-720kc> "Mary Won't Drink Milk." Betty Crocker. Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 1 1:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 8:45 a.m. WDAF (365.6m-820kc) "Mary'Won't Drink Milk," Betty Crocker. WHT (399.8m-750kc) Home service talk, Betty Crocker. 12 n. II 10 9 WGN (302.8m-990kc) Household hints. WQJ (447.5ra-670kc) "Child Welfare." "Southern Salads," E. Ransom. 1230 p.m. 11:30 10:30 9:30 WEBH (370.2m-810kc) Fashion and household WGN (302.8m-990kc) Discussion of fashions. 12:35 11:35 10:35 9:35 KYW (535.4m-560kc) Table talk. I I2n. II 10 KPO (428.3m-700kc) Sewing talk. 3 2 p. m. I p. m. 12 n. WCCO (416.4m-720kc) Woman's hour. 4 3 2 I p. m. WLW (422.3m-710kc) Cooking school. WOC (483.6m-620kc) Home management schedule. Aunt Jane. WQJ (447.5m-670kc) "Lunch for Kiddies," Jean Rich. 430 3:30 2:30 130 KFNF (263m-1140kc) Flower talk. 5 4 3 2 WMAQ (447.5m-670kc) Recipes. 7 6 5 4 KFOA (454.3m-660ke) Today's recipes. KLX (508.2m-590kc) Woman's hour. KMA (252m-1190kc) Domestic science talk. 8:15 7:15 6:15 5:15 KSAC (340.7m-880kc) "Kansas Maintenance Problems," W. Hole. "The House That Becomes a Home," H. Wichers. Thursday, March 4 Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 9:30 a. m. 8:30 a. m. 730 a. m. 6:30 a. m. WWJ (352.7m-850kc) Tonight's dinner. 10 9 8 7 WIP (508.2m-590kc) Menu talk. WJZ (454.3m-660kc) Women's hour. WRC (468.5m-640kc) Women's hour. 10:45 9:45 8:45 7:45 WTAG (268m-1120kc) Talk, Marjorie Woodman, nurse. 10:50 9 30 8:50 7:50 WMC (499.7m-B00kc) Home economics discussion. Miss Kitty. 11 10 9 8 WEAF (191.5m-610ke) Talks, cookery lecture. WEAR (389.4m-770kc) Home service talk. WHT (399.8m-750kc) Women's club, Jean Sargent. 12 n. II 10 9 WGN (302.8m-990kc) Household hints. WQJ (447.!>m-670kc) Home Economics program. "Economics Cooking." Beatrice Cary. 12:30 p.m. 11:30 10:30 930 WEBH (370.2m-810kc) Household and fashion talks. 1235 1135 10:35 9:35 KYW (535.4m-560kc) Table talks. 1 I2n. II 10 KPO (428.3m-700kc) Domestic science. 1:35 12:35 p. n. 1135 1035 KSAC <::10.7in-880kc) "Throwing Things Away." Maria Morris. "How tho State Serves Your Flomc." Amy Kolly. 2 I 12 n. II WGY (370.9m-790kc) "'Idiosyncrasies of Childhood and How to Meet Them." Dr. Nellie Perkins. 4 3 2p.m. I p.m. WOC (183.fim-fi20kc) Homo management schedule. Aunt Jane. WQJ (447.5m-t>70kc) "Feet and Efficiency." Dr. F. Furch. "Golf — the Uso of Iron Club," Ralph Thorn. 5 4 3 2 KFOA (454.3m-660kol Home helps. KSD (G45.1m-550kc) Women's hour. 5:30 4:30 3:30 230 KOA (322 ' 930kc) Housewives' matinee. Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 6:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 4:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. KOA (322.4m-930kc) Culinary hints. Clara Hoover. 6:15 5:15 4:15 3:15 KOA (322.4m-930kc) Fashion review, Sally Dee. 7 6 5 4 KFOA (454.3m-66nkc) Today's recipe. 8 7 6 5 KFRU (499.7m-fi00kc) "Hints on Personal Grooming," Dorothy Logan. 8:15 7:15 6:15 5:15 KSAC (340.7m-880kc) "Throwing Things Away," Maria Morris. "How the State Serves Your Home," Amy Kelly. Friday, March 5 Eastern Central Mountain Pacific 9:30 a.m. 830 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. WWJ (352.7m-8.J0kc) Tonight's dinner. 10 9 8 7 KDKA (309.1m-970kc) Domestic science and Arts for tho Housewife. WJZ (454.3m-ti40kc) Women's hour. WRC (468.5m-640kc) Women's hour. 10:45 9:45 8:45 7:45 WTAG (268m-1120kc) Food hints, Mildred Thomas. 11 10 9 8 WHT (399.8m-750ko) Women's hour. Jean Sargent. WTIC (475.9m-630kc) "Gunning for Bacteria at the State Capitol," F. Lee Mickle. 11:15 10:15 9:15 8:15 WEAF (491.5m-610kc) Sunday night suppers. Marie Sellers. WTIC (475.9m-630kc) "Better Parents," Mrs. H. Wooster Webber. 1130 10:30 9 30 8:30 KFAB (340.7m-880kc) "Colors and Material You Can Wear This Spring." Grace Morton. WEAF (491.5m-610) Columbia U. lecture. WTIC (475.9m-630kc) Housewives' forum. 11:45 10:45 9:45 8:45 WCCO (416.4m-720kc) Betty Crocker talk. WDAF (365.6m-820kc) Betty Crocker talk. WEAR (389.4ra-770kc) Home service talk. 12 n. II 10 9 WGN (302.8m-990kc) Household hiuts. WQJ (447.5m-670kc) Sunday Dinner Menu, Ted Wilmes. 12:15 11:15 10:15 9:15 KYW (.r>35.4m-M0kc) Meat tails. 1230 p.m. 11:30 10:30 9:30 WEBH (370.2m-810kc) Household and fashion talks. WGN (302.8m-990kc) Discussion of fashions. 1235 1135 10:35 9:35 KYW (535.4m-!i60kc) Table talk. 1:45 12:45 11:45 10:45 WOAW (526m-.r)70kc) Sunshine Sunday dinner menu. 3 2 p. m. I p. m. 12 n. WCCO (416.4m-720kc) Women's hour. 3:15 2:15 1:15 12:15 p.m. WHO (526m-570kc) Recipes, household hints. 4 3 2 1 WOC (483.6m-(j20kc> Home Management. Aunt Jane. WQJ (417.5in-670kc) "Supper Surprises." Mary Martin. 4:30 3:30 230 1:30 WFAA (475.9m-630kc) Homemakcrs program. WMAQ (447.5m-u70kc) Foibles of tho Moment 5 4 3 2 KJR (384.4m-780kc) Home helps. KYW (535.4m-560kc) Woman's hour. 5:15 4:15 3:15 2:15 WMAQ <477.5m-670kc) 530 4:30 330 230 KOA (322.4m-930kc) Housewives matinee. 6 5 4 5 KOA (322.4m-930kc) Culinary hints. 6:15 5:15 4:15 3:19 KOA (322.4m-930kc) Fashion review.