The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
KITCHENS ~ Porto RT(O.
4 WonIan's Account OF the Housewives
CUNT In the Island.
From ne American N,srouarg


The P1rto R!can stove - especially inter-
estinr Ia shape II j. sonnet like a
carpenters bench. about feet vide
feet long and n high a. an ordinary table
The outside tram. l. of wood. and when the
kitchen is being freshly painted tn" stove
must not b. NEGLECTED The TOP and insiG"
are made OF bricks and cement 80 arranged
a. 20 leave an opening running from end TO
end below ia" fireplarcs for draush' >lon ,
the top and az cgulgr intervals are Tour iron
NrrplaCcs, 8 inches square and 4 inches
deep. So 1T into IL" stove that Tho tops are
on a level Win the top OF the stove maid
who often ne2leC's one Mr." would feel over
bu-dtnrd with the care of these :our S"parat"
frc, AZ the sam. time, as IL necessary with
these stoves The imericaa housowii" who
prefers to have her food baked, can use .
gd>olen. oven over one Of these fires and
the result f. quite satisfactory
But even this oven. however crude and
iuconveui'nt. il ~ren ouI, "a ~. better homes
OF Porto REQ After good -ha'ur"d candida.
and has found her way down the nil G'png
the steep, narrow path thai i"lf. 10 shack
tow "n .y,, ID, nIi for M,,'' &
IA" VIII bring oul from ia" corner OF tn"
room "a empty oil cfu, which has been x Ven
nor BY the ,SiouaIN. AID which has b cen
lifted mp hy tar t.H-mith Nth srat" near
tho top and au opening below tor e draught
" uu kIns oi ~" STOW" mas rOsl Ter ~
Pc
house keeping than many 81 ter uctg hors
r." writer had on. OF ti"-' ~.oft~ mad" Tor
her own u.s.. and. a. y can b" LILY carr d
hHs ste sat on low b'nra and popped corn
over the "oal- "a ." o'l-,on stove. Will" on"
or NOR" WONDERING natives stood around
-, ue TO operation Tor tie first time, and
a;trrwHri soru" OF them Nould try 20 ron
their own corn. Charcoal ]. IT." fuel used
ia these stoves, bat many o. 10" Ioot I"opl'
too IoOr tn buy 'hHrCOil max" t'tU mr." NuN
h!'s Of wood and sticks vi''" can %"
Kicked M.
snail green bananas aye he most common
food Of q. Locr I'oll". tOuK'd WITH q
litt" Goldfish H. y are con- r!tr Il % great i!-"t
II want To, Elve .Sp','fl llr3surr TO lnE
- viii prepare Ter invoritc di.n
We have been called lonte'S IL Porto
Rico, aud many times What 81" do and So"
rom iuCis us Of ,omr of tie s'ori "" IN :"
card our e,undiaiI 'r tel OF th' lor,"r iAyS
ilv wrrr supr!i,d hy labor Nit' IN tie house
tod MANY tunes .aN' difficulty N hlv-
INK cornmral, witch !, invoriie articl" OF
food In t,e family one dtN. after an IN;
successful scare fOr the meal candida helped
M. out ot NV difficulty by oN"ring 20 have
= corn ground for me n ter own MN, and
like ose seen t'roug' ou' a." Interior OF
tys ,i-lsnd, differs little from III" mills used IN
II consists Of two stones resembling grind
stones. each foot or more In diameter ana
upper and neither miston"s' of t1c Script
ures Tho lower stone, which rests on the
floor. has ,'s upper surface slightly followed.
and into this ConCavlty FITS tho "onveNty
of N. upper stone. Through ~" centre
OF 80 upper stJu" Is hole. through which
I've corn passes down TO th" grlnd'ng surface
hs'Ween N" stones Near th" outer rim
IL Hnot her hole for tho end Of ~" handle
a pole seven 81 eight feet long. ",th H. upper
end slipped into ioop fastened 10 q BENIN
above occasionally t"is hole i TeIlavcd
hy "A short handle orly IN or cig inches
long, A. w TIE mill used two or three thousand
years aeO.
TIE women or children who do tho grind.
ing sit on the Noor. ana slowly pour the corn
or rice into tn" central opening hSfhcN rotate
the upper stone, ~" lin"uCss OF IN" meal
, being determined by the amount Of pressure
, the ratio Of rot }tiou, or the number Of times
II Is passed through e." mill The meal
| escapes 1T thu sides from between TIE Siour-
Travelling along ~" mountain roads Of the
interior the Sound Of tive grinding can
! often he heard u j. slow work and tire
| some. and the workers have 10 change oil
| hat The result II satisfactory and the mea
! IL alwHNs fresh They grind the rice III the
| sun" way. and from both kinds of -FOUR can.
! didn can max" fritcrs that are very pleasant
| to the taste.