Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-13
THIS AND THAT
ny CHARLES +. TRACEWELE..

Gathering another enthusiast about
him, he sauntered forth in the cool OF
| the afternoon to purchase the said
/ pepper. only to discover that the store
had no peppers at all. Stores are very
discouraging at times.
Here were two honest gentlemen who
had laid aside their tasks OF the mo-
ment to answer pellmell the lure OF
modern advertising. Their respective
mouths fairly watercd at the thought
of hot buttcred pop corn.
Then. when they got there. they dis
covered that the advertisement had
been written In vain. the printers had
set 1t up in vain. the papers had been
distributed In vain.
NO" declared the clerk firmly. I'VE
haven't got EN-
But this ad." persisted the would-be
customer. This ad says
Il know" YEARLY responded the
clerk. I'VE had en-. but nobody
bought EN-. so VIC sent EN- back to the
warehouse"
Corn peppers were a drug on the
market! Here we're faithful imple-
mcnts pining to serve the American
people and the American people did
not appreciate them.
Something ought to be done about
IT." murmured the accompanying gen.
tleman. Maybe you can call up the
warehouse, can't you?'
The upshot OF this remark was that
several DAYS later the two men man.
aoed tn annex corn peppers of the va
riety sought. 49, o;,
II Is needless to go into the remain
| der of this narrative, or to tell OF the
GREAT pusto with which they ate their
tirst batch of corn popped on the ne"
p No matter how popped, or when, pop
corn fills a want probably supplied oy
M other foodstuff. In the first place,
one can consume an enormous amount
of It There Is certain satisfaction
in that. is there not?
In the second place. pop corn sup
niles the system with roughage. ABOUT
which the doctors and 1000 scientists
talk so much Some declare that pop
corn contains twice as many neat UNITS
as beefsteak. but one may take tha'
! with a grain OF salt.
Investigation of pop corn leads one
into many amusing and interesting side
lines. 1t is discovered that the grains
should be kept in a cool. moist atmos-
phere. not In dry place, as commonly
believed. Perhaps this latter belief
arises from an unconscious association
of the dryness of the popped specimens.
It is the oil in the kernels that pops
open the thick endosperm. when heat is
applied to the grains. II the corn Is
too dried out. the kernels will have lost
a bit of their oily content, and will
therefore not pop" as well as desired.
Authorities say that a good place to
keep pop corn is in the refrigerator.
Not all varieties are alike. OF course.
The connoisseur will search city over
in order to find some really good pop
corn.
Too often packages are kept high and
dry on grocers' shelves. the result being
that the product fails TO pop out TO
that crisp crunchiness which is the
real delight OF pop corn,
The usual ways Of serving pop corn
are: As hot buttered. sugared. crisp
cites. honey corn. chocolate sugared
brittle. molssses balls cake maple
brittle II may be eaten as a breakfast
food. with milk or cream. and is said
10 be delicious in this form.
The writer gives his allegiance TO hot
buttered pop con. using good butter
and plenty OF salt. Fixed this way.
pop corn touches the spot