New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-07
LETTERS FROM IHE PEOPLE
A SECOND LESSON IN COOKING.

70 cookery ouitseo the once famous bean portage,
Sbs poper preparation of which great test OF
sahpary ski0 veil made tarte soup re.ste' leg
s9 ssdole Of verisop is at the pressp dsy ld'oot
May bs fouod wso sb'e 10 sstify tn it men"
m sss~rt it, rights to be regarded &C unoet eIcee't
stomach furniture.
r. Ibaye beard Old DANES who hsve attained an uo-
uexsl kpgevity, when comparing their soP@ho''T
ov.r vha they termed the present ouoy r.cs say
"Ah,tis 70 be scce euuted for, We have bean Por
",ioss constitutions instead Of and coffee" rho'g'
.f,sd 10 tie Scotch bre.is or broee Itabk nsy De
claimed AZ a seruiDe Yspkee invention. rhe f1''s
of the kposl.dse Of this may be nsefu' 10 farmers
family vb.rs salt beef and pork are staple ARTICLES of
zosd ard may give variety to diet Tnico distance
from a market often nskes compulsory.
TIL o;scs OF salt beef tcoroec beef il preferable
~ ,s.diy obtained, Of siI pounds, and pot il to coax
che night before the morning ,bsDge tbe water aod
mt IL N cook slowly 90 a. TO coax al the taste Of
the pickle. Hsvs ready pot th.t will bold over q
paifnl of water, beahy fill it, and put 1t 10 boil when
boiling put in piece Of salt pork (wel ~ashedl,
weighing two and hsf or three pounds. Psfboii a
pint bowl Of wbie beans skim them out Of the water
INTO the pot where the pork Vs. aud keep the pot boil
ing bour before tervIe; peel good sized French
tprnp and Gu. 1t to mt pieces, and put toem INTO Toe
pot with the beans and as soon ss the beef is
freed from the taste Of the pickle and that 80 lsoDe
sdd sliced potstoes Just before II 10 to be dlshed up
mix together t.b'spooDful o. 8cur and one OF To-
dian meal Nth half pint Of milk or water, sno snr
II into the pot while it boiling and str nott it thick
eps peos of dried red pepper lwhic every farmers
wne has d aIiDg of pat n when the bsaos are, ano
sHa-.pooufull of po sderd summer savory or thyme
IL the last thing added. Thu must be from three TO
four hours cooking have known invaids 70 eat this
when all OTHER food dlstsstefu 70 them Another
excellent di,h was Of great sccouot-White Pot, or
Whitpot. Tbis is a hce p.latable and healthy fool,
economical a. veil bssl'hy; 1t Is good cold or bot
requires care in the cooking and wheo dooe is OF
reodiso hue Pot gallon Of milk 70 scald, have ready
gill Of fted Indian meal the same of dour, p'nt
Of molss e. egg, and sstspoonfal OF salt; beat
these together and STIR the mixture into the scaiine
milk or s,l better, pour ersdo4Ily the scadiog mis
upon IL, stirriDg IT the Whole time This should be
poured into deep Dish and ifto be cooked in rsng-
or eovep covered and cooked from three to four
boprs. The old custom to cook il in q pot over
the fire, but If MT very care uly watched there
dar ger of its being scorcetd and thst spOlef the
whole. Everything made of Indian meal, with mils
and nolssses requires gr. ater length Of time to cook
d an when made Of wheat -four.
Hued corn is also another healthy food formerly of
gre at nae in New. Eng land 10 the Winter.
aches and as soon the hull sips easily fro u the
corn this must De skinned out wsshei put INTO clean
cold water and set over the fire to boil If it tastes Of
the I've I, must DO washed again; it bur-ts open
like popcorn after boiling awhile. THIS is good, eaten
In milh with little salt fred With bit of butter,
strrpg IL ourirg the cooking, made iotO succa
tasb with beans that have been paboled ana piece
of corped beef that has been nicely skinrDed after be-
ing partially cooked.
Indian meal is very valuable az an article OF food
and II is to be regretted bst many excellent metbods
Of preparing I. in by the od Inhabitants are lost
yet many of these Owed much of their excellence to
the psI Dsr Of cooking TIE Indian pudding aud
brown bread reqore lopg bakiug-the lz'trr TO
remain in the all night If baked IN the afternoon
very good Loaf of brown broad can be msis thus:
One pint rye meal, two pntr Indian msal, ste,-clp
ful Of olass pinch Of sal, aud teaspoon foil OF car
bopste OF soda ssoratus, aud Sufficient milk to St
IL into thick batter; bu er good sized TIN pudiios
uold pan that has cover 6t'ed closely, aud pour
tbit mixture in; tie the cover down sscoey, and PIT
this into pot kettle with sufficient lung water 10
cone up cot quite half ssy tie eSgtb Of toe puddlfg
psD, NJ W keep mp steam enough 70 ccos this o7
tween fonr and i've hours. continued and moderate
boDipg OF the water must be sept up AMI the wa'e
svsporate lapdIy more (hotj ust be added. This,
wbep done, forms Ia ht nice brown loaf snd i. very
with butter or cream. bsk I'd 10 stove rage
oven becomes esusty. Rye meal Is named because
we -four is too 6De end bOted tndisu meal sSes
in cooking, 80 that one accustomed TO the common
brown meal s spt 10 make mistakes Seigbt placed
On tee top OF the puddingpsn will ksep IT in place
eEere slk ali be used 10 advantage, the sd Of
the molsss.s nenrahzing IT, aud the effect rs to make
~.he loaf hgt.
These recipes may seem uDimpoItani to those who
can pdnlge their hsngs for cho food but may prove
Acceptable to many whose sppettes are sbsrpened by
hei, labor in he open air, and who value food in
proportion to it, satisfying ,bsis immediate wants.
II do not isdorse tte doctrine thst houskreper is
obliged to bave inferior bad things TO cook tn.
Tbe nl value Of the money spent in qu,ty not guam
styought TO be motto, and is the true
scopeny. Tue vide diaer,loe between SAVING and
economy is not generally understood. Saving house.
keepers are abundant with us but genuine economical
ores rare II is great mstake 10 buy barrel OF bad
eenri ii ongttt ID be made. i know Of an in
tspcs where for fourteen years this has never hap
p end. Wbyi Tue right step was tssento preveot
il MAKE al effort Gays Mrs Chick to poor Mrs.
ID eUhey; % if you could only be induced Ia make
sf or; sen need not lie here" If people would make
at BE effort they reed rot put up xish half ,be i'm
Do, hseos they subuntto. Isdvic usl deuquences
cree 10 national vices. do not bsleve In necessary
evils, bat that mans sehshness and iadoeoce s the
real siain of the universal misery which dqoists and
prosn tue greater part OF the human race.
crave your ps'dop, reader, l am depressing too
much from my subjec', which resume, ano 70 ue~
portion direct your attention; the most ifhcu IN the
whoLs art ct cookery, she most cercshle ~heu per-
acct Snd TIE ucst de,estsbe ~bep lmsde and that is