Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-09-25
up in small paper packages which sell

The cigarettes they offer for sale ar,
made of sun-dried tobacco, with ordi
nary white newspaper for wrappers
| Their tobacco never goes through
course of working over before it is OF
| fered for sale, but is sold as pure as
can be. The poorer class buy the to
bacco and use the thinner shucks o
the corn (called oja) for wrapper
This, by the way, is the sweetest smok'
anyone could indulge in; but, as the
ola invariably burned our tongue, W.
stuck to the ''readX-made" cigarettes.
The floors in all their houses are
mother earth. A wooden floor in 6
Mexican adobe house would be a curl
osity. We never saw or heard OF one
Let us describe, or try to describe, q
| Mexican kitchen and its cooking para.
phenalia.
A kind of dirt fireplace, with sew
eral rocks lying around it, does service
as stove. A small sheet of old tin
and couple of small earthenware yes.
sells, a large rock about fifteen inches
wide by two feet long, with a depres-
sion of about an inch in depth, and a
round stone about foot long made to
tit this depression, and a large earthen
bowl completes the furniture" The
wheat or corn is ground on the rock
with the depression, by rolling the
round stone up and down over it; the
flour or cornmeal thus ground is then
put in the large earthen bowl, with a
little water and salt, and the mixture
worked for a few minutes. A small
piece of the dough is taken between
the hands of the cook and patted until
it is about the eighth Of an inch in
thickness, and eight inches in diameter,
and perfectly round. Goals of fire are
then drawn under the sheet of tin,
which is laid across several of the
rocks, the cake is laid on the tin, and
allowed to cook until it is done. If il
is desired to eat them hot, after they
are taken off the tin they are leaned up
againt one of the rocks near the fire.
During the entire operation of cooking
the cook either sits fiat on the ground
or on her "hunkers." AS We have
dishes are composed of pepper, either
red or green, according to the season OF
the year. The peppers are taken and
laid on the Goals of fire; as soon as they
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they are then taken off and skinned
and pitched into small earthen ves-
sci. After sufficient quantity has
thus been skinned and put into the
vessel. little water is poured on them
and they are set on the fire to boil. A
strip of beef is then taken, a small
piece of an iron rod is run through it.
and stood up over the Goals until thor
oughly done. A small saucer is then
filled with the pepper, two or three
small pieces of beef cheese, or few
beans, put in, and the dish handed to
you for consumption. The small cakes
(tortillas) are given you. You dip the
mixture up with piece of tortiltd,
used in lieu of knife. fork and; spoon,
and follow it with another, which you
eat. Knives or forks are never used
In some kitchens will be found spoon
or two, but they are used only to stir
the victuals while cooking. A small
paddle, however, is generally used for
that purpose. Coffee is seldom drank,
except just before retiring for the night.
You are then given a bowl of coffee, a
piece of puro pan (wheaten or white
bread), and couple of cigaros, and
you drink and smoke alternately. The
meal or lunch just before retiring is
changed by boiled milk
(teche), highly sweetened with sugar,
instead of coffee.