Minden Press-Herald

Tuesday
May 21st

Life

Nancy's Kitchen

Trusty black skillet used on Candied Sweet Potatoes

Does everyone have a favorite cooking pot? My favorite pot is a black skillet and lid. It is eleven inches around, three inches deep and many skillet years old. I use it almost everyday.

When Hurricane "Ike" flooded our home, my skillet was underwater. My two grandsons, B.J. and Mick Rasberry, from Bridge City, rescued it. Somehow they removed all the rust, cleaned and seasoned it. Then they surprised me with its return. God Bless those boys...I just do not know how I could cook without my old black skillet.

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Echoes of Our Past

Minden from the Picayune

This week's Echo will in some ways be a hybrid of the last two published Echoes.

Two weeks ago I published some descriptions of Minden written by visiting journalists. Las...

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Community News

Piney Hills Master Gardeners sponsor 4-H Garden Contest

Piney Hills Master Gardeners, a volunteer servie organization to the community, has sponsored the 4-H garden contest for the fifth year. Fifteen young gardeners from all ...

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Cameos of Minden

Old things and friendships

Way, way back, when I was young, we used Tangee Lipstick, which was pink in the tube but turned a bright orange on your lips.

Men used Jeris Hair Tonic or Brilliantine. Wo...

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Engagements and Weddings

Ardoin — Alley engaged to marry

Ardoin — Alley engaged to marry

Cholla and Ellen Ardoin of Gibsland are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Renn Sklar Ardoin to Zachary Ray Alley, son of Ken Alley of Haughton and Red ...

Community News

“Why I Love My Family” Summer Art Camp Stories

Why I Love My Family
By: Haley Gray, Age 10

Well, it all started about three years ago. My mom and dad got a divorce. I love them both, which is why it was kind of hard on ...

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Echoes of Our Past

1880’s crime from new news sources

For many years, most of us who research Northwest Louisiana and Webster Parish history have relied on this quote from Biographical and Historic Memoirs of Northwest Louis...

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