Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-09-27
HOW TO ROAST ROASTING EARS


HOW TO ROAST ROASTING EARS.
From the Denver Republican
When the Union Pacific aud Gulf
passenger officials weroarranglng their
last Around the Horn" excursion or
the season two weeks ago the people
OF Loveland asked that an extended
stop be arranged for the train at their
town 1t is the custom in these ex-
cursions TO make stops at several
towns, en- route, generally Of thirty
minutes each. Loveland waited an
hour and a half this time and prom
ised to take care of the excursionists
every one OF The ninety minutes they
would be in town.
Yesterday the last "Aruund the
Horn" excursion went out and, as was
predicted because OF the contemplated
treat at LoveIand, it was trcmen-
dous one The train was scheduled
to leave the Un'on depot at 6:45, but
at that time and for fifteen minutes
later the ticket clerks at the depot
Office were selling tickets SO fast their
date punches ratified away like type
writer's. 1t was after 0 O'Clock before
the crowd could be ticketed, and
away went the train for the excur.
sion.
At / o'clock LOyeland was reached.
T. was about II o'clock, so conductor
harry Dickson declared, that the peo-
pie Oh the train began sccnting roast
ing ears. All manner of cxtrayagant
ideas were contemplated as to what
would be in store when the train
reached Loveland. Extravagint as
they were, none of them were short OF
realization. The people of that town
had gone to NO end of trouble. With
IN hundred yards Of the depot, in
lhc shade OF long rows of cottonwood
trees, tables bad been constructed,
and along these were, arraycd great
heaps OF eatabics. Apples there were
in abundance, besides other fruits,
there seemed to he no limit to the
sandwiches, aud clearly. the profession
al carver, whose proud boast it is that
he can c'ver an acre of ground with
ham, had no part or parcel in prepar-
ing those sandwiches. Coffee had
been promised before the train start.
ed, and coffee there was, but never Il
word had Leen said about lemonade,
fresh milk, and Outtcrmllk as is bat
termilk, yet there were tubs and
whole dairy wagon loads of all Of
them.
Then there was the corn pit. Ey.
cry body knows what roasting ears are,
or at least thinl, they do. Once there
was little girl who,5as She regarded
half acre OF peas growing, asked in
all sincerity when the cans aud bright
green labels would grow on them.
She was about as near the exact CON
dition Of things as some Of those ESQ
Denver people yesterday concerning
roasting ears. The popular idea Of Il
roasting ear of corn is one boiled.
Nothing Of the sort. A roasting ear
Is Il roasting ear, as anybody about
Loyeland can tell, and there are men
there who know how to roast them
quite as well as Miasourian knows
how to barbecue a side OF beef.
The Lovelaud corn was all roasted
in pit. A deep pit was dug and
lined. Into this were thrown ears If
young corn encased in the huSk.
When enough had been put in the pit,
aud the Impression of the liberal folk
at Luyelaud was that each Denver
man was good for dozen ears or more,
cool ashes were put over the whole,
then warmer ashes, until there was a
regular fire burning on top. BY keep
ing this fire going the cora was roast
ed, and by the time the excursion
train was TO reach the place the bot
tom ears were done to turn.
1t was worth going to Loyeland to
see the pit and the way the corn was
handled, 1t was the sight Of = life.
time to see an able-bodied man get in
to the pit with a fourtine ptch-fork
and begin hosting the roasting cars,
Attendants stood near with buckets
TO receive the corn, and these distrib-
uted them TO the cxcursionists. Each
ear had its quota of wood ashes on it,
but by the exercise OF little care the
husks were removed aud the rich
brown kernels brought TO light.
There are several ways of eating
roasting ears, most Of which, however,
are to grab hold of either end of the
ear and set the incisors to work.
There are other ways, but the excur-
sionists voted this was the proper one,