Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
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What Roasting fcnr Ia, and How It Ka Eaton by Experts.
 Whan the Union Pacific and Gulf pas senger officials were arranging their last ssAround the Horn" excursion of the season a few weeks ago the people of Loveland asked that an extended stop be arranged for the train at their town. It is the custom In these excur- sions to make stops at several towns en route, generally of thirty minutes each. Loveland wanted an hour and half this time, and promised to take care of the excursionists every one of the nine ty minutes they would be in town.
 The last Around the Horn" excurs sion went out, and as was predicted be- cause of the contemplated treat at Loveland, it was tremendous one. The train was scheduled to leave the Union depot at s: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 rat tied away like typewriters It was after nine o'clock before the crowd could be ticketed, and away went the train for the excursion.
 At one o'clock Loveland was reached. It was about eleven o'clock that the people on the train began scenting roasting ears All manner of extrava- gant ideas were contemplated as to what would be in store when the train reached Loveland. Extravagant as they were, none of them were short of realization. The people of that town had gone to no end of trouble. Within hundred yards of the depot, in the shade of long rows of cottonwood trees, tables had been constructed, and along these were ar- rayed great heaps of eatables. Apples there were In abundance, besides other fruits, there seemed to be no limit to the sandwiches, and clearly the pro. fessional carver, whose proud boast it is that he can cover an acre of ground with ham, had nc part or parcel in preparing those sandwiches. Coffee had been promised before the train started, and coffee there was, but never a word had been said about lemonade, fresh milk, and buttermills as is buttermilk, yet there were tubs and whole dairy wagon loads Of all of them.
 Then there was the corn pit. Every body knows what roasting ears are, or at least think they do. Once there was little girl who, as she regarded 8 half acre of peas growing, asked in ail sincerity when the cans and bright green labels would grow on them. She was about as near the exact con- dition of things as some of those six hundred and fifty Denver people con corning roasting ears. The popular idea of roasting ear of corn is one boiled. Nothing of the sort. A roast- ing ear is a roasting ear, as anybody about Loveland can tell, and there are men there who know how to roast them quite as we'll as a Missouriaa knows how to barbecue side Of beef.
 The Loveland corn was all roasted in a pit. A deep pit was dug and lined. Into this were thrown ears of young corn encased in the husk When enough had been put in the pit, and the impression of the liberal folks at Loveland was that each Denver nna.a was good for a dozen cars or more, cool ashes were put over the whole, then warmer ashes, until there was regular fire burning on top. By keep ing this fire going the corn was roasted. and by the time the excursion train was to reach the place the bot- tom ears were done to turn.
 It was worth going to Loveland to see the pit and the way the corn was handled. It was the sight of life- time to see an able-bodied man get into the pit with four-tine pitchfork and begin hoisting the roasted ears. Att tendants stood near with buckets to receive the corn, and these distributed them to the exeursionists. Each ear had it's quota of wood ashes on it, but by the exercise of little care the husks were removed and the rich brown kernels brought to light.
 There are several ways of eating roasting ears, most of which, however, are to grasp hold of either end of the ear and set the incisors to work There are other ways, but the excursionists voted this was the proper one, and for fifteen minutes over the allotted time in town they regaled themselves on the bounteous feast the Lovelanders had provided. Denver Republican.