Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-20
Some SeasanabIe Dishes.


the substantial dishes for some months to
come. When properly cooked, they are
wholesome to stomach of normal
strength, if the taker be accustomed to
active exercise. They are not so good
for the sedentary, but the greatest diff
Guilty in digesting them results from the
fat usually cooked into them. They may
not relish quite SO well without this at
first, but proper cooking will help great
ly, for they are much richer if cooked in
but one water, and that not drained off,
The very water that is called strong, and
thrown away when the beans are half
done, would, if cooked, make tooth
some soup. Let it remain, having the
beans nearly full of the liquid, and salt
just before serving. They should cook
gently but thoroughly, being kept coy
cred, so as not to waste the flavor. The
time required depends much on the age
and the variety Of the beans. Some will
cook in an hour and half, while others
will require three hours. They are best
very tender, beginning to fall to pieces,
but not so soft as to become thick and
pasty with the necessary handling. Some
prefer them thick; but in that case they
seem to require some trimming-while,
If not moist, they become a trimming to
other dishes, especially to the potatoes
eaten with them. Indeed, it makes a
very palatable dish to cook the potatoes
with the beans, being careful to serve
them as soon as the potatoes are done. A
more stylish dish in appearance, but no
more palatable, is made by placing the
beans, when nearly done, in nappy lin
which they can be served, covering the
surface neatly with potatoes pared and
halved, and baking until the latter are
done. Some like a squeeze or two
of lemon over the plate, and to most
tastes they serve well with rather acid
fruits, like cranberries and sour baked
apples, or with cold or warm slaw while
sweet potatoes and rye-and-Indian bread
form an agreeable contrast.
Bean soup is a dish that many people,
and especially children, would relish if
properly made. 1t requires about half
pint of cooked beans for quart of soup.
Mash and boil until well diffused in the
water, and then run through a colander
to take out the skins Thicker with
about one gill of wheat meal, and add
sprig of thyme if desired. Boil five min
utes, and salt to the taste. The wheat
meal makes it much richer than thick
ening of fine flour.
Onions can be used in many ways,
though they do not range high in nutri-
tious qualities. The odoriferous are alto
gether too high until well cooked Like
cabbage, they are almost Indispensable to
meat and vegetable soups They are
good also for stews. A delicious little
stew, can be made of about
equal parts onion, potato and ap
pie. Peel and quarter three onions, and
put them to stew in double their measure
of water for forty-tive minutes for red or
yellow onions one hour. Then cut up
and add three medium sized potatoes, and
three apples, pared, quartered and cored
Then, upon one gill of wheat meal, pour
boiling water enough to scald it, stirring
it lightly; and when the stew boils up,
after putting in the potatoes and apples,
add this dough, in bits as big as an al
mond, and not compact. Cover close and
stew gently until the potatoes are done.
Then dish the stew; and if the LIQUID is
too thin, add little wheat meal; salt, and
pour over the stew, and serve warm.
Rutabagas and parsnips can be used in
stead of the apples, but they require more
| time to cook, and are not so delicate. If
| meat is wanted in these stews, use the
| lean of mutton, not lamb nor veal. Per
| haps a word of caution is necessary at
| this time of the year about young meat.
| 1t contains very little nutrition (probablv
because not fully formed), and that little
| does not seem to be well adapted to our
wants. In many cases, the effects of eat
| ing it have seemed little short of poison
Gus. 1t is the best economy to kill the
calves at once, if there are any to be dis
posed of, or keep them until they are at
leasta year old Science Of Health
| DEAREST LOUISA: Darling John died
last night. Congestion of the lungs.
Our loss is his gain. will join him on
the other shore. | have ordered the low
| Hest Mohair for the funeral-made with
polonaise and trimmed with real point
lace. Loss covered by insurance on the
ten year plan; will be paid in sixty DAYS.
| | know you sorrow with me- We had
! four doctors at 50 a visit. Aunt Maria
will not go into mourning, because she
has just bought her fall and winter things.
Her bonnet is straw There is balm in
| Gilead. but my heart is nearly broken.
| Send me cut paper pattern of that
| sacque of yours. Your devoted SARAH.
| THAT nervous youth in Louisville who
| OV ii..s.ake S1Innai pinLnf fivp