The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-12-05
MISCELLANY.
rHE AMERICAN Tale
MAIZE AND ITS usEs--HrNTs FOR THE AMERf
CAN xrTcHEN AT THE PARIS ExrosITIoN.


CAN KITCHEN AT THE PARIS ExPosfTfox
The proposition Of Mr.. Hewitt to provide
for the establishment Of an American Kitch-
en- In connection with the display Of our in-
dustries at the forthcoming exhibition should
meet with the hearty concurrence Of every
citizen. Those who write under pressure
their columns of weekly wit for the Times,
Tribune and other papers could not Of course
overlook such fine opportunity for their paid
for nonsense, but Mr.. Hewitt is right, aud de-
serves more thanks and honor than he is like
" to receive. Indian corn Is one OF the special
ly glorious products Of our country. It is
raised from the shores Of our great lakes to
the boundaries of Texas. 1t has made this
the greatest stock-laising country In the
world. It has more nourishing qualities than
any o.her grain, and it is the only complete
substitute for meat. Give man few acres
of good, corn. producing land, and with that
alone he Gould defy hunger. With the broad
leaves a house can be thatched /; its stalks
cut up aud mixed with meal are eaten raven
ously by cattle, and the "cobs /" make an ex-
cellent fire.
Poets have sung the praise Of Indian corn
and snch men as Edward Eyeritt and Daniel
Webster have elorifed 1t in their speeches. -
Why should not I. therefore, a woman. speak
in its favor. And / do so with the greater
good will because this project Of Mr.. Hewitt
looks to the better feeding of the poor labor
find an addition 10 their humble tables Of all
article worth more to them than anything
else upon il. The use to this country of an
increased demand for corn | leave to others
to set forth my object is merely to give some
practical hints which may be of service here
as well as abroad.
1t will be an encouragement to the use Of
corn in Europe to- let the people know that 1t
is by no means a modern esculent nor is its
use confined to the United States. In fact It's
origin can hardly be traced. Tie tir2t settlers
found IL among the abyrvines, all the way
from North 10 south America. aud varieties
have been discovered In the most ancient
tonbs even AS wheat lias beea found among
the mummied Egyptians. It is the food Of
a greater number OF people thar any other
article. The M.xicans prepared II in cakes
called fortillas. The grain was soake, in I've
to remove the llull, then washed and crushed
between, two stones into haste. This was
patted into thin Cakes and baked upon al,
iron plate. Except in the process Of grinding
this is NOT essentially different from the we'll
known Southern hoe cake. The Mexicans
also made dish called pinoIs.n They
roasted the grain then ground 1t to ,iieal,
mixed il with sugar and spices. AMI formed. it
into Cruel which il said 10 be both pala-
table and wholesome. shall, however, give
only these preparations of corn with which
We atelnofe intimately conversant,
In this article propose to consider the us
es OF corn 10 It's dried condition ~ which "
co.nes into commerce. There are receipts ,or
the various preparations Of green corn which
| will give hereafter. They too might par
tally come into play 10 faris, the canned
corn being used, oua VIII keep them sepa-
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