Evening star., 1951-07-22
HOE-CAKh;

HOE-CAKE.
(From Mr.. q. S., WGShinqton.J
You will find inclosed a rec
ipe I ran across recently about
"hoe-cakes" that I thought Mrs.
j. l.. P. might be interested in.
The water enough to make a
stiff batter" is more in accord
with the way the dough was made
by the women folk in the noun
tains of Kentucky when I was
a boy. Hoe-cake was almost al
ways cooked on top of a stove. If
they had one.
The following is an explana-
ton of hoe-cake made by 1t.
Thomas Amburey in his book,
Travels Through America {:
"As I have several times men
toned hoe-cake; it may not be
amiss to explain 1t here. Hoe
cake is Indian corn ground into
a meal, kneaded into a dough
and baked before the fire; but as
the Negro slaves bake theirs on
the hoes that they work with.
these cakes are in common use
among the inhabitants, and they
are certainly a very strong, simple
and hearty food"
Until the goose-neck hoe was
invented all hoes had an eye like
mattock or a grubbine hoe. A
small, straight sapling. cut on the
farm, served for the handle. These
oldtime eye-hoes could easily be
improvised as a baking griddle
on the hearth.
The following is a recipe for
hoe-cake found in Mrs. Goodfel-
lows Cookery: Scald one quart of
corn meal with just enough hot
water to make a thick batter; stir
in two large tablespoonfuls of
good butter. Beat this a little, stir
with long, heavy spoon and then
add one-half teaspoon of salt.
Bake in buttered pans for three
fourths Of an hour. Serve hot.
1t is usually baked on a griddle on
top Of the stove. The meal for
hoe-cakes as for all corn bread
should be freshly ground at a
water mill, and then used not
over three weeks after it has been
ground. In fact, any cornmeal
over three weeks old has a slightly
bitter taste, which is not observed
by people who know but little
about corn bread.
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BED RUFFLE.
From Mrs. r. A. K, Richmond. J
In answer to Mrs. c. w. P.
Silver Spring. about the bed ruff
fie, I would like to offer a few
suggestions. I use bleached mus
lin for my dust ruf1les, which has
an incasement at the top for q
brass rod the length and width
of the bed. They are held Sc
curely by spring caps that fit
into rubber suction cups to pre-
vent any scratches on the bed
posts. Now a Hollywood bed
would be too low for this type
arrangement, so I would suggest
an overall sheeting placed be-
tween the mattress and box
springs with the ruffle starting at
that point and falling to within
half an inch of the floor. In
this way your ruffle will hide the
springs and there will be q fin
ished look, when the bedding Is
. turned back. Two yards of 40
or a. inch material should make
your solid piece, which goes be-
tween the mattress and box
springs. I wouldn't suggest your
using organdy or any thin mate
rial for this purpose, but a calico
print or chintz would do just as
well as the muslin, which can be
, dyed for contrast. You will fino
this type ruffle in any of the
, recent house magazines.
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, LOOPER RINGS?
. From Mrs. B. M, WdshingtonD
; So many persons receive helr
| from your column and I wonder
If some one could help me. J
; have started crocheting large
rug from looper rings; now, aftel
: being about half finished, I neeo
. many more to finish and I CAM
find the address of the hosiery
mill where bought them before
The mills are located somewhere
| in South Carolina, I believe, and
. Through them one can buy them
by the pound. I would be Sc
grateful if could get the address
of such a mill.
PUBLISHING QUERY?
From Mrs. L. B., RiDerdGle)
Will some one be kind enough
to take a few minutes to let me
know who to contact in order tc
have published poems Of a re-
j. ligious nature? I would also like
to know how the worth Of a
poem is determined and exactly
what is meant by copyright.
would certainly appreciate any
or all information.
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ANGEL CAKE QUERY?
(Fronl Mrs. F. w., WGs7lingtonJ
I would be very grateful II
, some one of you Clearing House
readers could help me in my
trouble. I have a recipe for Q
yellow angel cake which found
in your paper. It was sent In by
a Mrs. E. F., Webster Groves, Mo
,, I tried her recipe mixing every.
thing according to her recipe BY
hand. Recently I have received
Ian electric mixer as a gift ane
while the cake came out success.
fully when I mixed it by hand, 1
4 lis flop when I mix it with my
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