The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21
DAT MEAL CAKE AND PORRIDGE.

wonder that Julia Colman, who wrote the
long article on Dat Meal and It's Prepara-
TONS" should never have mentioned the
most delicious of oat meal preparations, oat
meal cake. Porridge is good occasionally, of
a cold winter morning, with bowl OF sweet
milk along with it but there are very few
who know how to eat it after they have it. l
had my instructions from Scotch lady whose
oat cakes and porridge disappeared like chat
before the wind whenever they were served.
Put quart of boiling water and pint of
milk in a'small kettle, and as soon as it comes
to a boil stir IN the oat meal, leaving 1T rath-
err thin; three or four handfuls will suffice for
the quantity of water and milk; add pinch
of salt and let it boil until the meal will
smash easily between the fingers. Then re-
move from the fire at once and serve on a
deep plate. The milk should never be poured
over It, as it spoils both milk and porridge
to do SO !; but it should be in a bowl and quite
cold. Then the spoon should go first to the
porridge, then to the milk, then to the mouth.
In this way it is rich.
But far ahead of this is oat cake. It is pre-
pared by mixing a quart of Oat meal with suf-
ficient water to make it thick, and halt tea
cup of butter. 1t is quite a trick to work oat
cake-to roll and bake it without crumbling.
Nevertheless it can be done with little prac-
tice and patience. Some add teaspoonful
of flour to make it adhesive. After working
it thoroughly it should be rolled about the
thickness of soda biscuit in sheets about
foot or six inches square. These sheets arc
put in the oven and and left until partly
baked, being careful not to let them brown.
They are then taken out and stacked away on
the shelf for use. When wanted tor break
fast d sheet is taken and put in toaster and
Drowned nicely on both sides. 1t is then sent
to the table hot, and each guest breaks off
such sized piece as they wish. It is butter
ed with sweet, fresh butter and eaten. A king
could not ask better breakfast than piece
Of oat cake, fresh egg and cup Of good
coffee. g. 500
If the oat meal is not fresh and coarse, don't
try it there is nothing worse than old ,musty
Oat meal, such as we see sitting in shop win
dows for weeks at time. 1t is bitter and
disagreeable; but when fresh and well made
it is, as said before, fit for king it posses
ses that peculiar parched corn " flavor that
reminds one of childhood days when they
used to start for school with pocket Of
parched corn to eat on the way. should
like to have Julia Colman try it and tell us
what she thinks of it.-W A., Mercer Co. Pa.
5ra Rural NetU Yorker. 44 a
A Nose OF MAGN1TUDE.-EYery one in b.
tavia, N. Z, knows " Old Fenton or THE
Governor, /" as the boys call him. He is the
executive officer of the village beyond. In
the administration of matters pertaining to
that branch of the public service he enjoys
the confidence of his fellow. citizens, and is
esteemed intelligent, honest and faithful to
the Constitution" A decent regard for We
raclty compels us to say that his personal ap-
pearance would be inaccurately described If
we were to call it engaging for his body is
long, and his nose is very long. The latter
peculiarly, however, must not be spoken of
TOO lightly, for Shakespeare, in :" Winters
Tale, " makes Autolycus say, "a good nose
is requisite to smell out work for the other
senses. Besides its length, the general get
up Of Fentop's nose is wonderful A stranger
on viewing 1t the first time, Is struck with it
! as something awful. And Fenton knows it,
and laughs. On one occasion, last winter,
the weather being very cold, he went into a
bar-room where a number OF strangers were
seated. One of them, seeing that his usually
rose co.ored proboscis was evidently touched
with frost, mentioned that fact The {" Gov
| ernor" drew his long face to its fullest extent
and replied $500
ssWaal, amt to b-b-blame if tits. At
another time he was wheeling a barrow
Howard the railroad depot. Seeing portly,
well dressed stranger, with satchelin hand,
coming up town, he quietly sat down on his
/ load and waited his arrival. When the
| raveler came up the governor said II
is say, friend, / wish you'd b-b-brush that fly
off my nose, Icsc-can't getlto him r
THE Lawyers SUBSTITUTE lin 1858 fat
man rushed into the Office of a well known
lawyer, aud told him he was drafted. . The
deuce you are.' said the lawyer. : 1t must
be strong man that could draft a man OF
1 your size" Well, / am drafted, and want
Iyou to get me off. I'll pay well for it,"
/. Very well - aud they proceeded to the
Provost Marshal. I" Here,' said the lawyer,
I"I've got you substitute ''He won't do, "
said the Marshal. "He's too fat and wheezy;
he can't march, s Cannot you take him
lust for me 20 said the lawyer. "No," said
& the Marshal, tit is no use; don't want
him., Thisswas just what the lawyer want
ed. He won't do, eh % s. No, he aeon't!'
, said the Marshal. ''Well, then, scratch hi
name off the list, for he's drafted and cam,
here with me to'be exempted - The Marsha
saw that they had proved too much for him