The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 25, 1918, Page 14

o | i | \s’ N \\\\\\ R P | §\\ st “fi‘&\\\% SN N’'S 1 2 / Y / 1174 / P / . v%a 2 é /,’4!// MW@ l/ ¢ % % o 4// v %"Q 'Fruoles and Some Tasty Bean Dlshes ‘Mexicans, ‘Ancient. Spartans and Southerners Find Sustenance In. Many Varieties of Beans N THE pleasant old days travelers in Mexico always ex- pected to eat beans or frijoles, ag the Mexicans call them: It was the thingtodo. The glory of the un- - known hung around this typical Mex- ican dish. Today one need not travel : to enjoy the frijole, for the West has produced a great crop of pinto beans, .. which are the ones the Mexicans % used, and is anxious to see them ap- . preciated in the East, as they deserve ! to be. They are cheaper than white ! keans and have an excellent flavor. + Here 'are two methods of preparing ' this national dish: . Soak one pint of beans over night. Boil them four hours. Heat two tablespoons drippings in a frying pan; add the beans; cook them 10 minutes, mashing slightly and serve with sauce made by the following recipe: Rub toget‘ler one cup of to- matoes, one small onion and five green chilles until they form a paste. "Add one-half teaspoon of salt. Cook the mixture just long enough for it to become heated through. A second good method is this: Wash a pint of pinto beans, put them into a large pot, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil slowly. Pour off the water, cover with cold water, boil again and repeat this twice. The last time add two tablespoons of drippings and boil until the beans are tender. Remove to a large casserole, or bean pot, season well with salt, and add two or three chille peppers broken up. Cover for an inch with the bean -water and simmer in the oven, or on top, for several hours, stirring frequently For Farm and City Unity - Iowa Farmer’s Wife Sees New Era Opening With the Sweep of the Nonpartisan League, and Old Antlpathles Forgotten o Mrs. Baumgarten of Dunkerton, Iowa, wnter of the accompanymg letter, i1 engaged in one of her every day tasks on the farm. This letter was written in the recent Leader contest, which - ‘closed before Christmas, in which hundreds of women an- swered the question “What does the Nonpartisan league mean to you?” - Mrs. Baumgarten won» 2 ‘honorable: mention -and : ‘a cash ‘prize. Dunkerton, Iowa. ME the Nonpartisan league means the coming of an entxrely new sit- “uation in the world’s his- tory—a. true democracy, femment are . placed in our hands, no i matter what our 8éx, no matter what ur worldly posmsionr and our rép- wherein the reins of gov-. mentahves may not call themulves ! “the government,” but must recognize the will of the people or be invited to vacate—not to vacate at the will of other representatives, but by the will of THE PEOPLE. And with this true democracy will come a better marketing system. Un- der the Nonpartisan government I . ~feel.sure we shall have a -way provided. _that we farmers may exchange-with" our city brethren’the products of our " toil without “dividing up” with an- other who frequently takes nearly as much for his work of handling, as we get for all our work of producing things. It will no longer be “hayaeeds” and “city bugs”—words our.exploiters like to hear us fling at each other so.that we are not apt to become friendly and talk things over, but be simple- ‘tons enough to fight each other, while - they go through our - pockets. MRS AUGUST BAUMGAR’I‘EN no more gas forms. Contmue chum- : 5 o '.": mmn !ounmu £ to break the beans slightly, so as to thicken the gravy, adding a little boil- ing water if necessary. A few minutes before serving, sprinkle with grated cheese and brown them in-the oven. BLACK BEAN SOUP A STAPLE FOOD Without black bean soup could there have been a Europe? The Spar- tans fought on it and peasants have worked on it through all the centu- _ ries. Serve this hot soup to the tired, hungry man and to the boys storm- ing in from school. It is sinewy food. To make it, soak one cup of pinto beans in cold water several hours, pour off the water and boil in one quart of fresh water until soft enough to rub through a strainer. As it boils away, add more water. There should be about one pint when strained. Add the same quantity of stock or water and put on to boil again. Add one tablespoon of fat, one tablespoon.of flour and cook five to eight minutes. Season with salt, pepper,- slice of onion and one clove if liked. A slice of lemon and a: slice of hard boiled egg in each plate, add to the flavor and attractive appearance. Hopping John is a famous south- ern dish that is wheatless and meat- less, and a good ration that com- bines the food values of both wheat and meat. In the directions given be- low for preparing this combination, pinto beans ably replace the blackeye, peas of the original recipe. " For this recipe use two cups of beans and one cup of rice; boil the two separately until both are nearly done; turn the two together, season with a tablespoon of fat, a pinch of pepper and a teaspoon of salt, and complete the cooking. Use pink beans, brown beans, yel- low beans, black beans in these reci- pes. White beans are much higher than pintos and are needed in great quantities by the army. ; League Means Deliverance Everett, Idaho. Editor Woman’s Page: What does the League mean to me? I say THE League, because there is only one League for farmers’ wives, and it means to all farmers’ wives what the emancipation proclamation meant to colored women of the South —freedom from drudgery. It means the paving of the way for the meek to inherit the earth, they and their children’s children forever. A few months ago I asked my hus- band- when ‘and how would the meek inherit the earth, as I saw no pos- sible chance then for them to take possession of their inheritance. But - we have the sure words of the Master -that this is to be, and now I see plainly that-it is all being worked out 'Good Butter “The department of agriculture gives- the following tips in making ‘good farm butter: Produce clean - milk and .cream. Cool the cream immediately after it comes from the separator. Clean and sterilize ‘all utensils. Ripen or sour the cream at from 656 degrees to 76 degrees until mildly sour. Always use a thermometer. Cool the cream to churning temperature or below, and hold at that temperature for at least two hours before churning. Use a churning temperature between:52-and 266 degrees. -That will -require ‘80 or: 40 minutes: to obtain butter. Clean and ‘scald the churn, then half fill it with cold water and revolve * until churn is thoroughly cooled, after which empty the water. Pour the’ cream into the churn through a strainer. Add butter color—from 20 to 35 drops to a gallon of cream— “except late in the spring and early in the summer. Put the cover on tight; revolve the churn several times; stop with bottom up, ‘and remove stopper to permit. escape of gas; repeat until here in the United States by the Non- partisan league, which in due time will cause the rich to “weep and howl, for the cry of the reapers,” (farmers) whose hire has been kept back through fraud, has reached the ears of the Lord of the Sabbath, and he, through the League, has come to deliver them and to pronounce a - judgment of war on the lawyers who have heaped burdens upon the people that are grievous to be borne, while they themselves do not touch them with their little finger. May God hasten the day when an honest laborer shall have taken the place of every shyster lawyer that gits in the halls'of congress or in- fests county offices. MRS. AMBROSE SHORTEN on the Farm ~-ng -until butter granules are formed _the size of grains of wheat. Draw off the buttermilk through the hole at the bottom of ‘the churn, using a strainer to catch particles of butter. When the buttermilk has drained out, replace: the cork. Pre- pare twice as much wash water as there is buttermilk, and at about the same temperature. Us_e the thermom- eter. the churn with the butter. eplace the cover and revolve the churn rapid- Jy. & few times, then ‘draw off the --water.. ‘Repeat the washing with ‘the - remainder of the water.- The butter should still be in g'ranu- ~lar form when the washing is com- pleted. Weigh the butter. Place the butter on the worker and' add: salt at the rate of three-quarters of an ounce to a pound of butter. Work the butter until the salt is dissolved and evenly distributed. Strange eoinc:denee——l(aiser Bxll ‘and Peddy: themhm utthenme‘ time. mili Put one-half the wfitir into .4 N N ety