Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-18

WluttI tlIdu l. OO W dstGT dit III ullu-
summer, or eat cakes other than at Twelfth
Night. Nature issues her edict against it
it is unnatural and though, by keeping the
hens in warm houses and feeding them we'll,
such things have been made to come to pass,
the eggs do not amount to much. They are,
you have doubtless observed, exceedingly
watery, and never have any yolks in them
My wife said she had not observed it but
she presumed | was correct. Anyway our
hens early layers.
Eggs" l said, taking my favorite place
on the rug before the fire, and warming, as |
proceeded, :. are historical The subject
carries us back to what may very properly
be called the good old times when a goose
was in the habit of laying golden eggs and, -,
if it had not been for the avariciousness of
one person, who slaughtered that goose in
the hope of rapidly making q fortune, the
breed might have descended to ordinary times
and those golden eggs would have greatly as
sisted in paying the income tax.
/" Then there were other famous eggs, de-
scribed in the Arabian Nights '-rocs' eggs
as big as a meeting house, which that clever
young mariner, Sinbad, discovered in hi.
voyagings And speaking of sailors reminds
me of Columbus and his little trick with the
egg. You remember the story, of course :;
but, after all, Christopher Columbus was a
bungler there was not the least necessity in
the world for smashing in that egg at its
point, to cause it to stand for observe -
and took the antipodal Benjamin of the
brood, in future, which l had been gently
shaking up in my hand AS | talked, and bal
anced it upon its small end the table.
My wife looked surprised Jeannie asked if
Hartz had sent the egg to me and the little
ones, crowding around the table, shook the
egg from its pose, and it rolled off upon the
floor:
= Now it's broken, said my wife, evident
ly thinking of the carpet.
g No, it is not, | replied porcelain eggs
are not so easily broken. And with these
eggs continued, picking it tup, Z" tlattened
a little at the small end, one can readily do
that which all the wise men. seated around
the table with Columbus, failed to accom-
plish These kind of eggs too are good to
use at Paus and our little black boy, YOU
Will remember, won more eggs at Hillside, OF
the broad-scated Dutch boys dwelling down
in the valley. with one of these porcelain ar
ticles, than they, all put together, did of
| him
My wife said she was not surprised at it
for that he was always smart lad. - But,
after all, you have not proved that spring is
coming for | have yet seen no freshly laid
egg
!. True ! replied, . hut tou soon will
only give our hens time, and they do Won
derful things.
" There Is an amnsing incident related, =
| continued, - of young lady who, seated
by an exquisite young man at the breakfast
/ table, in a country house, declared it to be
impossible to break an egg by pressing it ever
so tightly, provided you held it in such a
/ manner that the two ends, and no other part
/ touch the palms of the hands. To prove her
assertion-for the nicely dressed young man
was incredulous-she cssayed to do it, when
to her dismay, the egg smashed at once, and
/ it's contents flew over the faultlessly dressed
I youth, soiling his clothes and whskers.'
I" What pity exclaimed Jeannie
! Well, | don't know about that | an
swered :. he was, evidently, an egotistical
! youth who received no more than his deserts.
My wife held her finger up. and reminded
me that the Professor would never forgive
me if he should learn of my making so bad
pun.
/ - Do YOU know | said, - that | have
thought it would have been a great deal ca
sier-to say nothing OF the less expense in
the matter of feed for good old Noah u
have taken with him into the ark the eggs o
the birds, instead of the birds themselves
which he did He might have engaged few
of the larger birds TO hatch them. or he could
have buried them in the sands, where the
sun would have hatchcd them, or he might
have used artificial means for the purpose.
Ny wife said it was naughty in me tC
speak thus. especially before the children.
| said < Yes and went on; - no break
fast in springtime is complete without fresl
eggs. Simply boiled, they are excellent
but. remember, they must be placed in cole
water, and allowed to come to Il boil over the
fire. The plan of thrusting Your eggs int
boiling water is barbarous IN omeieue j.
: ol, 70 Ifsl ,,ra,acl,- rcI
one can place before 4 breakfast guest. The
CAV and festive Tomaso-who, by the way
ought to write a cookbook, something artis
tie, mean prides himself on his omelettes
In his last note TO me, knowing full well tina
the hens would soon begin to lay he says -
- Make thee an on,elsHe by beating up
thoroughly and separately, the whites an,
yolks of six newly-laid eggs; add teaspoon
iul of sweet cream. trif1e of salt, and cool
in proper pan, in which there is half al
ounce of melted butter, over a quick fire. Ii
order that the omelctte may remain juicy anC
soft, it is necessary that the pan should b,
hot before the eggs are poured in. During
the frying, move the pan continually, lik'
your - Ships at Sea- to and fro: so tha
what is below may always come on top again
YOU may help it with the fork. Continue thi
till there is formed cake, four inches il
width and one inch thick ; now hold the pa
, still for a moment, to give the Onaeletfe col
or then turn it out on a warm dish-not
hot one-and serve Immediately. p. S
need scarcely add that sprig of green pars
lev, cut fine, and added to it, improves it
2 - That sounds" said my wife, 90 like
good recipe; but where did Mr.. Tomas
learn to make these dishes :? :"
9 don know, y | replied g but | thin
he takes private lessons of poor old PalmC
t Palmo, who brought the Italian Opera to til
country, and who used. in his palmy days,
give grand entertainments and drive foul
in-hand, is compelled now to cook for live
lihood. Tomaso talks about importing ostric
eggs into the New York market; he says tn;
I the contents of one are equal to twentv-fN
of the domestic hens They arc very nutr
tious. and the best way to cook them is I
: place one end of the egg into hot ashes, ope
:, the other, and through the orifce, stir wit
. a spoon the contents, putting in butter, sal
> and pepper. When done, you have dish
: for a king.
J - Eggs, my dear, | continued, " are gel
orally pronounced to be laid by hens; but,
Z Spain, a superstition exists that eggs hay
been laid by old cocks. They are usually
very small size, although chanticleer new
lays but one. This egg, which it takes sevt
y wears to hatch, contains a basilisk and tt
: first person he sees, on breaking his shell,
is able to kill by the power Of his eye
20 At Easter everybody eats eggs, and son
l. boys and girls delight in colored ones. Co
e , ored red, they are typical of the drops
i blood shed by our Saviour, and the custo
81 of staining them, doubtless, arose to cor
y memorate his crucifxion. 1t is little si
: gular, though. that colored eggs form a pa
IL of all the Malay entertainments in Borne
e Ham and eggs is an honest dish, and, in Il
y province of La Mancha, Spain, according
1t Ceryantes, the phrase, The grace of God