The times., 1897-09-13
oLD-gAsHIoNED FOOD.
Missourians Feast on Pumpkin
Bread and Paw-Paws.


Bread aud Paw-Paws.
A little group OF ex-Missourians gath.
cred ar the corner of Fifteenth and Farnam
one night lGst week, and discussed the paw
paw crop. II war agreed that the season
had never been finer for the growth OF
the fruit, aud il was decided that at the
frs sign OF frost shipment or pawpaws
would be secured, and reunion OF Mis-
sourians would te held in some convenient
hall.
TIE pawpaws chief charm is its sweet
ness and the ease with W which one can get
at it. II must be slightly touched by frost
/ before it's best qualities are set forth. re
senbling the persimmonin this respect
After agreeing upon the matter Of secur-
ing consignment of pawpaws for the re-
union, one of the group lifted up his voice
and remarked:
II oplne that there is one other Missouri
condIment that we should obtain to help
cut that feast. What's the matter with
getting some good old colored aunry To
| come up and bake US few slabs Of pump
kin bread"
The mere suggestion made all mouths
water, and a committee was appointed TO
looH after the matter Pumpkin bread Is j
| dc!icacy too little known in Nebraska,
where the hestlnsredients may beohtained
/ Pumpkin bread Is made like corn bread,
save FIAT pumpkin prepared as for pies is
/ miScd with the meal dough. Eaten hot
/ with good butter, IL is dish fit for kings.
] While talking about the great time tnat
| was TO be Lad at the reunion a thought
/ flashed through the mind of one of the
/ group.
/ Say he exclaimed, 'If We have pump
| kin bread and pawpaws, why not have
some good old crackling bread for des-
| sert2''
His suggestion was greeted with wild
! applause, and 4 look OF hunger spread
! over every face The very thought Of
| cracking bread brought back old times.
| Visions Of hog killing days, " hen the fam,
! ily meat was put up and the family sup
| ply Of lard tried out. Cracking bread Is
in season at hog killing time. Like most
| of Missouri 5 famous. .delicacies its founda-
/ ton S corn meal. While the small chunks
| OF pork Fat are being tried out a batch of
meal dough is made up and set to wait
until the lard has been boiled from the
| fat Then the crisp and brown chunks are
dipped from the boiling lard and mixed
! with he dough. The whuleis then baked
in a hot oven The crachlings give a rich
ard delicious flavor to the bread, and it is
dish fit for ali epicure.
TIE possibilities Of corn meal are lltsle
known in the country west of the Missouri
River 1t makes the best bread known 10
mankind, s flesh producing, healthful, ,Iud
easily prepared. Above all it is Cheap.
Corn pone baked III the ashes beats rh,.
/
bakery. Corn meal cakes, piping hot
aud floating in a little sea OF ma pie
syrun, are worth going miles to secure
Corn bread, corn meal muffins-in fact,
corn meal baked in any style is fit :or
any table.
With pawpaws, cracking bread, pump
hin bread and genuine buttermilk- -hutUer-
| milk from an old-fashioned chucn the
Missourians who are now residents Of
Omaha are going to have feast that VIII
20 down IN history. The Limner knows .jne
Missourian who will be there up to his
chin, and if the fates do not prevent he
is gcing 10 add another great Miss solri
delicacy tc the list Of good things per
| simmons.
When Dame Nature had finished making
all the good fruits, she rested a spell, and
| then took from each good fruit its best
| quality, and squeezed the whole into an
| other fruit making one of unsurpassed
richness. 1t was the persirnmon But
| after giving this delicious fruit to suffer
ing humanity, Dame Nature decided to
play practical joke. If you have q yearn
ing desire to know where the joke comes in
just tackle persimmon that is not yet
ripe. 1t is real fun to feed d green persirI-
mon to pretty girl and then take advant-
age OF the cute pucker that takee tight
hold upon her ruby lips. Every Missouri
girl knows that a green persimrnon win
pucker her lips into the best kissable forlll,
but each one forgets during the winter, and
has to learn it over again in the fall. The
Missouri girls are not SO far behind as
some people imagine. Omaha World Her
aid.