The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-03-24
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The folio siny advice is found in tn.
Mohave County Miner, of Kingman,
Ariz,, and we deem it good to print it
for the benefit of some of our readers
who may yet be unskilIed in the noble
art of bean cookery:
"renderfoot" writes us as follows:
Can you give me receipt for cooking
beans Arizona stSleS Old timers tell M,
hat must first learn to cook beans ana
eat chile con carne before can grow up
with the country. If YOU can give me
any information on the subject tine favor
viii be greatly appreciated, etc"
My son, it does us proud to comply
with your request. You have the rish'
kind of grit, aud tho acquisition OF few
more such citizens will send our fair Ter
r'tory prancing onward toward statehood
at a Palo Alto gait, and who knows but
your own name will 60 who,ping
down the ages along with Night Shirt
Tabor aud Douglass, the SO 90 shoe man.
But about beans; there are several
methods of cooking beans in vogue
among old timers, but judging from you,
letter of inquiry you desire the receip'
for cooking them by patio Process
First, get your beans Old timers gem
orally get them on credit, but y,u will
probably have to pay cash at first. Hsv.
ing selected the article wanted, then & t
bean pot, the larger the better il there
are many uld.timers near your camp, II
You are not posted on the Bsyo irizole
OF commerce it is best to pick out all the
scorpions, tarantulss and centipedes that
may 10 mix, with them, and alo tn,
rocks and sand which is added to each
sack of beans by the honest California
granger to make them tull weight. F,il
your bean. not third fnl of beans, add
another third water aid place on the fire
to boil We would advise putting the
pot on three 70 k instead Of balancing
on top OF wood fire, as we have worr
out the toes of innumerable pairs o
noots " lille chasing overturned bean. pot,
round the camp ground. While tn,
neans are cooking yau can prepare tn,
seasoning Take lot of chile verde, al
your conscience will allow, cut it up fine
also an equal quantity of chile colorado
which prepare in like manner. Thel
take a few hsndfulls OF chile caribe an,
hile cspio, pound them up aud plac,
'veryth,ng in readiness. When tn
bans are sufficiently crooked so a. 4
iulver,ze easily when placed und,r III
hate heel they are ready to amslgamate
5 me people prefer to test them by usn
N iron.clsd shoe, but you may not al
ways have shoes, and by adopting n,
m~th,d you are always heeled, SO +
- eak. b fore smalgamating drop in
aunk of bacon, or salt horse, after whic
ling in few handfnlls of chile verde
During this part Of the process keep pei
tectly 20 |, aud to d, this don't vast
my time tasting the beans. Then Star
/, the chile co -ado--siu.h in the CHI
car,be-- shower in the chile carin. an
never let up until no more chile rem .in
X the pot Lummiug for couple ,
no IRIS longer, and then sample. II th
first taste sends You bowling like
maniac in search of water, it is safe I
say that the beans are done, and II y.
. have oast.iron st mach they can mo-
be eaten with IMMUNITY and a silv,
, spoon. Ii is said that beans treated
! this way will worA up as high as lbs p'
. cent.