The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-05
TEACH THEN TO COOK.
WOMEN GOODNATURED
AND READY TO SMILE.
Loath to Confess ,Ignorance--Rose
Medicine-Bird's Experience. With the
scrubbing Brush-scenes on Issue Day
Learning Culinary Art.

-Learning Culinary Art.
.~> ms rs LANDING on eth
K4}sMA\ er side of the long
ERRtYnHA table, wat hi n 6
SW w IN with attentive eyes
M&X~SL (mV that help the un-
Kn\MHA derstanding of the
IWj) 9eAA1klq@ unfamiliar Ian
INN, E/\l<AMY guage, they show
<6dLikN INM$E themselves ready
.kMVSsAys pupils, using the
,MNNE&& strange cook n 6,
= utensils with ? an
ADAPTATION that has no awkwardness
II, says writer in the American
Kitchen Magazine. "They are not
lulck, but exact, and nothing seems to
oe TOO much trouble, although one wo-
nan said: She make us wash our
hands very much when we cook' The
yeast lesson is often asked for, and
as we teach the simple potato yeast,
Without hops, it is quickly learned and
very helpful in putting good bread into
me homes. Occasionally we have
:ound on visiting the cabins an array
ot crisp, brown loaves that would do
credit to Boston cooking school.
The physician complains that these
people eat too much meat, so we have
;onhned our lessons during the sum-
mer to luncheons and dinners with
out meat, the women doing all the
work OF preparing and serving the
meal and afterward making the kitch-
en- tidy, under direction. They1 do so
we'll and are so good-natured and the
pleasant smile is always lurking in
the corners of their eyes or trembling
On their lips, ready to break and ripple
over the face at the slightest provoca-
lion. Even the old women, whose lives
nave been spent under the conditions
so hard that there is no grace or beau
ty, left in the scanned and weather.
beaten faces or the bent figures, show
hearty friendliness in their pleasant
smiles that explodes the idea of the
hard-visaged Indian so long pictured
as typical of the race. Sometimes, how
ever, they are 1oath to confess igno-
rance. Our laundress, Rose Medicine
R1rd, professed perfect familiarity with
the scrubbing brush and attempted to
use it in our absence. On our return
we found her sitting in the pool of
water looking woefully at the brush;
on seeing us she said: He no good.
He no make it dry. Gimme towel. .
Teaching cooking in the Indian
homes gives opportunity to exercise
much ingenuity. After collecting from
out-of-the-way corners, scrubbing,
securing and washing, we are often
limited to a dishpan, iron kettle, fry
lng-pan, biscuit-pan, and perhaps a
knife, fork and spoon, but these last
are not always to be found. The tin
can comes into use on all occasions,
although we \ find few at the cabins.
but the absence Of markets brings a
good many to our home, which are
carefully washed and made to do duty
as pals, cups, receptacles for tea, coffee,
sugar, rice, oatmeal, and even as bak-
ing tins, the pretty round loaves CIV
ing us dainty circular slices for our
poached eggs. OF food materials, also,
we find but scarce supply. Flour, bak-
ing powder and salt is the limit. in
many houses, and if by chance the
supplies include sugar and lard we
are fortunate and extend our lessons.
Milk and butter we find in only one
or two homes, where by much encour-
agement we have been able to intro
duce then. But with the few conven-
fences it nm be a long time before the
use of milk will be a regular and per-
manent CUSTOM. Some of the dishes
cooked by the Indian women would be
appetizing were their habits more
cleanly. We cook our squash by Mrs
Mary Bears recipe Perhaps you would
like to try it if it is not already famil-
| lar to you. Cut the squash into half.
| inch cubes, put in baking-tin with
butter or drippings to season. Bake
in the oven forty minutes or until soft.
Sprinkle with sugar, salt and a yer,
little pepper. Return to oven for ter
minutes, stirring once. If the squash
be of good quality it has the. flavor q
l-caramels CD, nuts ca, something
good, don't know just what. But ou1
/ work is not confined to cooking-ont
day in each week is sewing day, whe1
we are glad to welcome our wome1
and give them help in what ever worl
they are doing-cutting garments
mending, making over. The four re-
naming days are devoted to visiting
then the lessons receive practica
demonstration in their own homes ant
| become of real value to them, we hope
We plan to help in whatever may b,
on hand-cooking, serving meals
mending or making garments, attend
ing the sick, bathing baby, or in as
sisting in making home neat We have
grown to think that nothing is GU
Of our line and to adapt ourselves t,
all situations, even to sleeping in tn,
cabins when attending the sick, al
though the last is a severe trial. Ono,
in two weeks, on Saturday morning
the agency commissary is a busy plac
when the Indians come for their issu
Of rations. It is a gala day and the.
come in holiday attire. Gay prints
gayer blankets and bright faces Civ
color and animation to the scene, which
is interesting indeed to a novice. The,
come in big, numbering farm wagon
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