The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-12-06
VcgI tables :alhdl 'H'iacIF
Cookery.

Who ever heard oi
cn"king IL cucumber? we hear uur
readers exclain Try it and then
tell your neighbours how we'll poo,
man may live in this country. Tax"
Il cucumber just us it begins to turn
yellow, peel and slice into salt amd
water; drop it into cold water and b',i
until tender. 5 asun with salt ani
pcppcr--mix with batter and fry
Few can tell it from egg plant.
INDIAN CoRN OR ROASTING EAKs.--
Who don't know how to cook asii.y
cars! but i every body does know
how to cook them, it is seldom we find
green corn upon the table, with all me
g"Gd qualities preserved. 1t is 10
wonder our negroes are 50 greedy .ul
pot itfuor, when in ninc cases out OF
ten, it contains all the best Of the veg
ctahlcs. C"rl boiled in the car shout,
be dropped into boiling water, with
Psa't to season. Corn cut from the ear
and boiled in milk. seasoned with
butter, ncp!'er, and salt. is IN excellent
dish. Corn cut from the cob atlc,
!"iling, and mixed with butter brau>.
sea omrd with butter, pepper and salt,
makes succo uSh, Il capital dish. Com
oysters is 4 delicious dlsn; crate the
corn ir"m the cob, season with salt
and pepper, mix in batter, aud fry in
butter. Green corn padding s Il great
dricacy; crate the c"ru from The cob,
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consistency OF paste. Season with
a"y thing The taste may dictate, and
bake in hot oven; it should bake
| quick.
OSioSs ASp LrEKs--Many object
To these Vegetables, that they are
strong anil taiut tic hlralh, but il
! onions or lcckS arc roilvd in milk.
they will leave no til upon the
breath. Onions that are To be fried,
should first DC cat up III cod wntrr; il
extracts much of their spirit, and
makes them p!ca>an,er to the taste
Fake them tru'>l the water, and ,rop
the'', into h"i!LAc lsy'! or butter. Sva
son as they ny, with sal. pepper, &c.
EGG l'LA%TS.-- eel the fruit and
cul them into thin slices, boil in sal,
and water until quite tender; drain
oil the water and add sweet milk
ciumb in toasted bread, and while
sllnmcrlng gently, add butter, pepper
Nc, and break three r. four fresh cgr>:
take up before the eggs cook hard. ana
yon will have i dish almost equal l.,
>lcwcl oysters. 10 fry c.g plants
they should hc peeled, cut into thin
slices, parboilcd, tI:cn clipped in batter,
which has been highly seasoned and
fried in batter or lard; either way they
are delicious.
E%GLIsIl fEAs.--Grccn peas to b.,
good, must be- young and Of quick
growth; after shclIing, drop them into
n"liing water, wilha little salt; there
should be just cuonyh water to cover
tie peas; twenty inmates boiling will
cook 'h.m; JUS before taking up, add
a lump OF sweet butter. with pepper
and salt 10 taste; cook them in bras,
or r"rcrlain y table spoonful OF
sugar l." each quar-, OF peas, and Il
pr : or I"o "t mint" added Will,
'""k'nE, greatly improve them--IID-
CtLT.
SeuAsll.--The early bush and
cro"knrrk are .'nly tit to cook when
very young; cut ;hc stems aud flower
ends "lt and drop into boiling water,
when done take up and drain through
Il c"'andcr, then with II wooden spalu
Ia, mash until The mass is perfect irlI,
Now add sweet butter, salt aud pep
per, and serve up for the table. Mar.
r"" suuashcs ,h"ul,! be split open
the seeds taken out, the skin taken OIL
and cropped into boiling water; When
done, take up 'nI mash; add sweet
butter, salt and pepper, break three
or tonr eggs INTO the mass, stir it well
place 1t IN II shallow dish and bake it.
should the squash 'rove dry; it'll,
sweet milk may br used to nrislen it.
Cooked in this way, it will prov,
what It's name import Marrow in
| deed
SrISAciI.--This is one Of the mos,
dcI;co.s Of the whole tribe of tn,
green's family. Wash the leaves care
fully and drop them into boiling wa
ter. IN which there has been n It'll,
salt put; Ell or fife II minutes will be
enough to cook them. When done
take up and drain through n colandcr
NV season with butter, pepper and
SAT-, ana lay over some slices ofloaSt
ed bread, and serve mp for the table.
Satisfy OR VEGETABLE OYsrEn.--
Wash the roots perfectly clean and
drop them into boiling water; when
done take III and mash; add swcc,
milk and flour Sufficient to make q
batter. Season with salt and pepper
and such ether condiments as the oys
ter requires, and fry in butter. An
',thcr way in which they arc very dc
licious is, to gra,o the root on rs lin.
IL greater 80 IT, will mace thr,,,,,L, al ,