Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
SIDNEY SNOW will be glad to
answer any questions
on food

InOSe OF US WIN cHJOy IiIS SOHiAS
strips may have occasionally been
tempted to prepare cofned beef and
cabbage dinner as result of read
ing Maggie and Jiggs, or even a plate
Of spinach after noting the antics of
Popeye, the amazing strong man Of
the funny sheets.
Corned beef cabbage, potatoes and
carrots make up the complete COM
bination for this famous dish and it
would be hard to improve on this
array. It is an easy meal to prepare
and really offers a very well bal
anced menu in one dish when it is
finished. A little fruit for dessert,
or fruit salad, will round out this
menu to perfection. In preparing this
meal if you wish the flavor Of the
meat to penetrate the vegetables, it
is we'll to cook them in the same
water as you use for boiling the meat.
Otherwise, cook the potatoes, cabbage
and carrots separately and combine
them on the serving platter. Altho'
this dish is an economical one, it
need not necessarily look that way.
If a little care and thought is CIV
en- to the arrangement of the foods
when served, they may carry as much
glamour as a crown roast.
It is a well known fact that pota-
toes contain many valuable food nu-
trients, but it is as true with this veg
etable as with others that improper
method of preparation will cause
many of the food nutrients, as well
as the flavor, to be lost in the cook
process. The best way to preserve
the food nutrients in boiled potatoes
is to cook them in their jackets, but
in the Jiggs' dinner for instance, you
want them without the skins. So
the best precaution to take to retain
the minerals and vitamins is to pare
the potatoes very thin, as most of
these important food elements lie
close to the skin of the potatoes.
If you wish to dress up this dish
and change it's form a little bit, try
using brussels sprouts instead of cab
bage, and cut the potatoes in fancy
shapes. The carrots too may be cut
in different form and sizes. You will
then have a corned beef and cabbage
dinner of which even Jiggs would be
most proud. Incidentally, this makes
a grand party dish if you like to give
parties that have theme. A Jiggs
and Maggie party should have spec
ial appeal to those friends who enjoy
this famous Irish dish. Granting this
combination is favorite among peo-
pie of Irish descent does not however,
limit its popularity in the least a
mong other groups.
Since we usually associate pota-
toes with the Irish, it may be inter-
esting to learn that in 1845 thousands
of people in Ireland left their homes
and made hazardous sea journey of
over 5000 miles, simply because they
had no potatoes. This is what hap
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Ireland. The failure of the potato
crop in that country started the first
great wave of Irish immigration to
the United States.
In many places the introduction of
potatoes encountered prejudices and
misrepresentation, for it was ignor-
antly said to be the cause of leprosy
and many sorts of fevers. Such was
not the case, however with the French
king, Louis XVI as it is reported that
in order to popularize the potato in
his country he wore the flower of the
plant in his buttonhole.
In Paris and other parts of North
ern France, fried potatoes (the orig
inal French fried potatoes) are cook
ed and sold by street peddlers much