The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-26
CANNED RICE.
Great Possibilities for Progressive
capitalists.

In recent issue of the Manufact-
urers, Record George b. Edwards
has the following article On the pos
sibilites in rice canning:
THE condition of the rice-plantlng
industry in the South at the present
time is not satisfactory, the selling
price of rice being at or below the
cost of production.
Production has largely increased
during the last few years, while the
consumption has not correspondlngiy
increased, One of the most potent
reasons for lack of increase seems TO
he that the knowledge of how to COOK
rice tor use as a staple article of 1000
exists only in the South, while in all
other parts of this vast country the
only known use for rice is IN pudd-
mos or some other sweet requiring
only limited supply. 1t is true that
; the rice growers have made a. i've
and earnest effort to show all parts
: of the country how to properly COOK
2 by means of their rice kitchens at the
recent exhibitions at Buffalo, Charles
+ ton and St. Louis. All that these
Q rice kitchens have accomplished, how
2 ever. is to demonstrate that rice wheh
properly cooked is a most palataole
y and nutritious staple article of food,
n Few. if any, of those who enjoyed
0 their lunch or dinner OF rice at the
# rice kitchens (even if they were shown
= how it was cooked) were able, afser
e they returned home, to reproduce at
). their own table what they had enjoyed
d GO much at the rice kitchen, and after
vt one or two unsuccessful attemptS
is abandoned the effort, and now only
rs use rice in buildings and other sweet
n dishes as they formerly did. ltwould
Us therefore seem that if the use OF rice
ne is even to become general IN this
ct country as staple article of food 1t
must be put into the hands Of the con-
re sumer in satisfactorily cooked shape.
c. The necessity in millions Of homes
n. throughout this country that one OF
90 the family do the cooking, due to the
i'll expense and df1iculuties OF keeping 9
tn servant, has enormously increased
lie. the use of cooked and canned food:
~ Of all kinds. such as partly-cooket
ey cereals. soups, poultry, game, meats
nd fish baked beans, vegetables, plum
The pudding and many others, MAXIM
wn the modern housekeeper entirely in
ht. dependent of a trained cook.
ply Figures of the yearly consumptlo
ket Of all of these cooked and came
The foods are not available, but the TO
is lowing. which seems to be authentic
the will give some idea of the general u.s.
M. Salmon. ............ Zoo, teo'ooo VII
rice Sweet corr. PC. 00O,0 900 tn
lVol Tomatoes .........'.' -'o'o"o'''o III
and Peas 100000 til
that Soups sc, 900 til
side The enormous increase in the u
nty- of canned Boston baked beans
age. shown Ivy the fact that they are SO
lone all over the Southland today, whe
FIRE. ever canned goods are on sale. Sol
and wears ago it was not possible TO
the Boston baked beans properly COOK
:" outside of the New England stat
has The conditions were exactly SINH
here to those now existing as to want
rice knowledge how to cook rice, WI
ible. some enterprising canning people G.
at IL ceived the idea of putting Dos
re OF baked beans on the market in tin e.
can and properly prepared and cook
ming which would enable everyone in
# the parts of our country to ENJOY a q
good Of Boston baked beans in their
leans home. The extent to which the pu
would has awaited itself of this opportul
'rmal is demonstrated by the general use
tions BOSTON baked beans in hotels, r
'mers aurants, railroad DINING cars
help. millions of homes.
the The wonderful success OF the e1
last to extend the consumption OF 30
never baked beans to all sections OF
ons it country indicates that a similar e.
ficult, on behalf of rice may prove ecu
no" successful
ready There are many most palatable IL
of preparing and cooking rice XII
worse to the Southern people, such as
S are and chicken, rice and ham, rice
Rice currie, plain rice, rice and peas
IN un- many others, which the people
ce the other parts of our country ENJOY
custom much when visiting the South
Re was which they would be delighted TO
winter at their homes if it was made pos
nor for them to do SO by putting IT
in JEFF tins. 1t would also in this shape
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