, 1877-01-01

A DIsquIaltlon on d Luscious Article Of New
England Dlst.

England Dlst.
Adironaact .H1rrags Golden Ruiz.
This is a dctum TIM. VIC need not argue, IN
Yankee land. where the favoEite vegetable Is
mis-cookcd III Is many different ways as there
are 10 make poor freaf. We always
:s%sa,Esd u.afss a Il as ias s''qs!a p. Q, woss tfS
have bccotae of her II ahc had kept pent up Tor
tho I.ast dozen years . nycr the decay Ut New
England knack, IL modern days, Ia preparing
M believed d She elsssed il viii the inost-to-ic.
lamvntcd of the lost arts, There arc 1nany
1anifcstutionso Of this loss, arno11g wheh arc the
slippery, slopry, yellow beans o. ts s9rGr
Witt NJ ns. i usr IN easinE s4c
either steamed, boiled, or baked. i Ii 4 fun'a'
mental axtutn III turrect beaiI.baklng, that 10
+. dfsl, Gull b. right that ts ''unmussed." whole
there are thu luked beans Of the .rcs,aurans-l
kof. nf u Yunker, who viii s1uakr way with"
plate Of tile average eating house beans,
5 wsn he .sn,E ss e. a AL 1pelsb pe be s i ass a3 ay.
sign not moro than week, H. deScncrats
baked hcut,k scrvl4l III shallow, dainty pat.cr,
,nurr adapted t" display tho China tllan tn do
Justice .o the generous. historic dtst.-!nn~entt
ii pork, b!caci,cl untIl they aTe aavurless, aud
thrn cooked to deuttl. Beans can not sur.
vtyr "styIe." It Is US fatal 10 them AZ It
i 10 .9afs[e OF toast .y'ts!s' .v. or apy Or
viewed, specially ior this ascasfon, house
keeper whose baked bcaus atc worthy tho re.
nown of That ntlccstor at hcra who hclpol
through. tho Wnr of thu Revolution. by. scclpg
to It tlat the solJ!era homc TN fuElougl,, or Ia
adjacent camps, always tlad good rye and.lujnfs-
bread and haked bcans fit tor llatriot. And
slc says that the only secret aboutitis Is ITO have
tlcnt i'lst riEht.' You ~ant to soak THEM
over night, or raFbeil them 'n two or threc
. xatcrs, until they arc II the cracking point. II
your appetite is not fobust enough to cat pork.
ind YOU have the nrt to cc'ok them without II,
nll that Il required to to srasom the dish 70 the
fine poiut VI lalf pinch Of salt, single shakc
III tic pepper-ho1, anda lump Of butter, neithcr
too la1gc ilor too small, aud hare a picce of
fresh sluats.rit, roasted separately to fcrrc
will them. Tho bcails must a 80 he 1f " Just tho
takiug.'' su far, VIC believe, # is ali clear. II
yul Ilayc etanbif,u enough for pork, pr41se ypur
ancestry aud Kind Heaven, and put the swcct
cIs.erossc piece u beashnlt's meat. with ts pos
abilities ot crisp rin!*, !n the eenru Of the dst,
with sllrcs or1laincntIug the sides. All you need
Of llr oven IL to hasc It "neitheF too hot nor too
slow" Thu leaus must thun snner until they
arc !" Just d.,iie.n To srrure the cxart stlade Vi
rown eyer ts to na ths p5etse hl dsxrce =, II
indIiual bean to tic very point Ut csavklng
a.l,l roalcacing With IT, s.clgitor--w1thont en-
tIrety doing it-tfat y a! the direettun QUE
as st 10 serving: II Is the ecg Ut an ri!ctc
aud oycr-ripe socl4l despotism to dish
out pau of baked beans. Assert your indc-
pcn.lr1tse, aud preserve the integrity Of your
result by pAytuG thcnl upon the tabtt III tllu
dish in which they were rtoked, Let tho ser
Yant pass around The empty china, II you wish,
to assure the family or guest that sou have 1t.
Au.l hare CROUCH lett TO knuw Tic luxury of
enid beans ttlat have heart In them. Thus
sllall onp Of our glorious New Englaod lnstitu-
ttn,Is bc restored 10 add tustrc 10 tho Ccnten-
NH war