Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-29
FOR THE ADVERTISER.
THE SWEET POTATO,

MEsSRs. COULTER G SCOOTER - ne
Muses. once thought so much of the hasty.
pudding, that they set one Of their worship.
pers to work to celebrate its merits in song
and this fact has led me to believe that those
fair dvnities are little partial in the bes.
towal of their favors. 1t is not my wish,
gentlemen, to depreciate the merits Of the
hasty- pudding; but beg leave to say, that
in my humble opinion, there are objects
more meritorious which have been left Gun.
honored and unsung,"-nay, even unthought
of, and the sweet potato is one of them.
The sweet potato! Oh! ye devotees of
the lovely nine," here is a theme upon
which you may exercise all your powers of
art and fancy, and yet your song will but
be begun!
The subject Of this article, gentlemen, is
household blessing. 1t is worth more in
stopping the noisy mouths Of " "incipieut hu-
manity," than all the knick.knackery of the
confectionery art combined. For example,
just see that young specimen of humanity
yonder, with his face and mouth all twisted
up like cork.screw Hear him:
Mother, mother, oh, mother"
"What in the world do you want, my
dear child! Why, you are enough to run
me crazy"
"Pease nam give baby 'tater."
The dear lady administers to his wants by
giving him a large potato. There, all ye
who don't believe in potatoes, just see that
childs bright and smiling countenance as he
passes out Of the door, and exclaims to his
elder sister, soho, I've got 'tater." Ah,
there's happiness, for the time-being, that a
King might wish to possess--and it is all
produced by the potato.
What more lovely sight would you wish
to see than half dozen of these precious
household jewels around the domestic hearth,
roasting potatoes! Oh, gentlemen, if it has
never been your happiness to see it, l beg
you to believe me, when | assure you, there
is nothing like it in the beautiful world we
live in. And let me persuade you, if you
have any children, to raise potatoes-sueet
potatoes-for them.
In discussing the merits of the sweet po.
tato, the question is not what it IS, but what
is not good for. 1t would be comparatively
easy to say, "The sweet potato is good
roasted or baked, fried or broied, stewed or
boiled, in puddiugs and in pies, in custards
and in bread, in dumplings and in tarts :"
but tell me who can, what it is not good for
what it is not good in-how it may be
cooked and not be good9 Ineedn't pause
for reply, fornobody will dare to attempt it.
A son of the Emeral Isle," once came
over to this country with his family. He
wrote back to his friends in the auld coun.
try" telling them of the many blessings en-.
ioyed here. The oldest son, hearing his
father read the epistle, and perceiving that
he had left out the most important item,
jumps up and exclaims. "yis, and father
put in that we have sreet praties here, too. !"
Discerning boy He had the true idea of
the utilc cum dulce. FARMER.
Higgins Ferry, Aug %, 1855.
RECIPE FOR ToMATo F1Gs.-Pour boil
ing water over the tomatos, in order to re.
move their skin; then weigh them, and
place in stone far with the same amount Of
sugar as tomatos. Let them stand two
days, and then pour off the syrup, and boil
and skim it until no skum rises; pour this
syrup over the toma,os and let them stand
two days as before; then boil and skim
again; after the third time they are fit to dry,
if the weather is good, if not let them stand
in the syrup until drying weather; then place
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