New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-14
How to see Your Ancestors.

VueD Tile early 9uflCaDS settled III
New England, their customs. were OF
the simplest possible kind. At that
time they ddned plainly andHruga3y
Theiz. descendants have, however, ex-
tended the list Of dishes, end have
substituted the French worst menu
for the oldfashioned bill offare.- They
have also made that menu as.Erepcl,
as possible often to the disgust OF the
diner, who has to puzzle his bnain 10
find out what flet de- bmuf a.;su to-
matoes fareies is, never thinking that
this high-sounding title is now given to
the plain cid dish that useds to be
called roast beef and tomato sauce.
There are, however: articles oa diet
that are pusely American in origin.
II there is anything in the list Of ar
ticles Of toodwhich is essentially:4arne1-
lean, it ls turkey.
1--WE may well call the turkey the
national bird" said chief at am up
town hotel to- reporter for the Mail
and Expressreeently. "And Think it
would be more appropriate emblem
than the eagle, for | guess there is not
an American living who has,nst at
some time or other eaten turkey.
Roast beef is essentially English, roast
turkey is unauestionably American.
Properly roasted l believe the turkey
to be the most palatable article on
the lief IF ono1 fhirp, -
Are there not many other. dishes
as distinctly American as thest,mkey?
asked the scribe.
Il might mention pork and, beans.
Then THERE'S chicken pot pie, which
believe was discovered somewhere in
the New England States"
A gentleman who has the reppst alton
Of being q diner-out, when asked if he
knew of anything that belonged dis
tinctly to the American cuisine re-
piled: eyes, I believe that PIE was
first produced in this country You
know all our torefathers were of a
somewhat eXuberanu turn 0S mind,
and in order to tone down their spirits
were forced to adopt dyspept,c diet,
SO they took kindly to e-particular-
| ly to mlnce pie. | don't think any
thing will subdue annexubsrance OF
| spirits quicker than that ,miscelane-
Gus compound. To realiMs it's full
benefits it wants to-, be- eaten Just
previous to retiring. | have tried it
quite Often, and although not q be-
lever in spiritualism, l assert posi-
lively, that not only SOM my grand
father, but long line of nay ancestors,
way back to the time when they stood
on Plymouth Rock and hurled de-
fiance across the ocean "a the tyrants
OF Europe"
s:Who first discovered pork and
beans?" asked the reporter
'"rhe origin is greatly involved in
mystery, but it is supposed to have
been some one.-who settled in Boston
centuries ago"
"What about pumpkin pie?"
1.-The great secret of having good
pumpkin pieis not to make it of pump
kin at all. hut to- use squash. The
! pumpkin is the fruat OF the cucurbita
melo, an annual plant OF the natural
order OF the oucuHbita acee. SO is the
squash. Hence the propriety ofmak-
ing pies of squash and calling them
pumpkin pies, "See?"
An old LADY who has a great reputar
ton as al cook was next seen. She
said, looking at the reporter over
her large gold-framel spectacles
"The French people don't know
anything about eating. CAM boil
doughnuts that would make you.smile
if y on were to eat them. When Twas
a girl-but that is good many years
ago, now-I used to make w:affies, but
children don't know what they are
nowadays. Why, there isn't a nicer
thing in the world than watfles, unless
it's crullers-not those tough things
you buy at the bakers, but genuine
New England crullers, crisp and nice
enough for king to eat. Then there
is apple sauce; that's American. So is
apple butter; SO are huckwheat cakes. F"
care not bucl5wheat cakes very in
digestible?"
"Not a bit Of it. If you think they
are just drop in here one morning to
breakfast and eat them right off the
grlddle, with maple syrup, and il you
say they are indigestible, III never
make any more
In order to find out something OF
the delicacles of the Southern table,
an old negress was seen.
sDoes dey have anything good to
eat down Souf?" she said in reply to
the reporters query. 7Now, you'se
just shoutin' you is. Didn't yer. neb-
Der hyear O. possum: Never eat pos
sum? Den yer don kno' what eatin'
is, honey. Roast 1possum and corn
cake. Bless de Lord, if is old / lub
| 'possum. Many and many a time de
young 'uns has gone out in de woods
by de light OF de moon an catched a
fine possum, and Pse cooked it, while
all de time was dom it dem young
mokes was turning fip-faps in front
OBJ decabin. Shoe, it makes mo feel
young again thinkin' OF it,.
Hon. Noah H. swayne, son Of the
late Justice Swayne, OF the United
States Supreme Court. and Miss
Francis Sickles, niece OF General Dan
| SicklcS of New York were, married a +