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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1934.
Corn Meal Provides Base
For Substantial Dishes
By the Bureau of Home Economics,
V. 8. Department of Agriculture.
Corn, to the Englishman, U not
our corn, but wheat. To the Scot It
means oata. And to at least one Aus
tralian, traveling In America, our
spoon corn bread proved to be "a
farinaceous food" she had never heard
of before. In fact, In other countries
than America "corn" la the name ap
plied to the principal gain crop
whatever that may be. Indian corn'
our. corn, la native to the Americas.
In the United States today, we have
more corn than we can use, although,
as the Bureau of Home Economics ox
the U. 8. Department of Agriculture
points out, we still consume tons and
tons of corn meal, as we always have.
Some of It Is "old process," or "water
ground" meal, still so called because
originally ground In mills run by
water power. But "waterground"
meal is ground between millstones
and In many places today there are
mills which turn out stone-ground
meal by steam or electric power. Es
pecially in the country and In the
south, It Is still possible to get the
"waterground" meal, which Is, In fnct,
softer and richer In food value than
the "new process" or bolted meal.
The "new process" grinds the meal
between steel rollers or steel disks, j
and the product is more granular I
than the stone-ground meal. Its food
value Is less than the stone-ground
meal because the "new process" takes
out nearly all of the skin and the
germ' of the grain, which Is left In
the meal In the old process. Those
are the parts of the grain which have
- most mineral and vitamin value, but
the germ spoils rather quickly. The
advantage of the "new process" meal
is that It will keep longer , than the
old-fashioned product because the
germ la "bolted" out.
When life was simpler, people used
fewer and simpler foods. The corn
or maize eating peoples added to
the grain something to supply other
kinds of nutriment In the same dish
Thus the mush-and-mllk or "hasty
pudding" of early New England era
constituted actually the best kind of
combination of food values we know
bow to obtain In any two foods. Bo
also the hoecake and buttermilk of
the south. Natives of Jamaica mix
corn meal, aalt fish, and lard to make
their "etamp-and-go," 1 Mexicans add
meat and peppers and onion to make
tamales. Italians added cheese or to
mato or gravy, or perhaps all three,
to their "polenta" made of mush and
milk. Our grandmothers taught the
meat packers and the butcher shops
of today how to add ground meat to
eorn meal mush to make what we en-
Joy as scrapple. In all these combi
nations, protein, minerals, fats, and
some vitamins are added to a food
which Itself Is chiefly starch. The
Italians, adding tomatoes and cheese
and meat, make actually a full
rounded meal In their "polenta."
As would be expected In a land
u big and as varied as the United
States, corn, which grows everywhere,
finds favorite uses more or less pe
culiar to different sections of the
country. If you come from the south,
you want your corn pone or your boe
cake, made with sour milk or butter
milk. If you are a northerner, you
like your mush-and-mllk. or your In
dian pudding, and you make this lat
ter with yellow meal, milk, and mo
lasses. But there are dozens of other
ways to use corn meal.
The Bureau of Home Economics
furnishes some three dozen corn meal
recipes and they range all the way
from plain mush to Indian meal dou
ghnuts, corn meal fig pudding and
gingerbread. Some of the cheapest
are crackling bread, raised corn meal
muffins, corn meal mush with meat,
polenta, and Indian pudding.
The Mexican tamale la also cheap
made of scalded meal or mush, with
chopped meat (usually chicken) and
red peppers, with onion or garlic.
This mixture Is folded and tied Into
corn husks which have been softened
In hot water, and the, tamale Is then
boiled. A variation of this Is tamale
pie.
LOW-COST MENU FOR ONE DAY.
Breakfast.
Oatmeal Toast
Tomato Juice for Youngest Child
Coffee (aduls) Milk (children)
Dinner.
Tamale Pie
Bread and Butter
Hot Tea (adults) Milk (children)
Stewed Prunes.
Supper.
Hashed Brown Potatoes
Hot Biscuits, Jelly, Jam or Sirup
Milk for all.
RECIPES
Scrap pie.
Select 3 pounds of bony pieces of
pork. Simmer In 3 quarts of water
until the meat drops from the bone.
Strain off the broth, remove the bone,
taking care to get out all the tiny
pieces, and chop the meat fine. There
should be about a quarts of broth,
and If necessary add water to make
this quantity. Bring the broth to the
boiling point, slowly add 3 cups of
corn meal, cook the mixture until
It Is thick, mush, and stir almost con
stantly. Add the chopped meat, salt,
and any other seasoning desired, such
as onion Juice, sage and thyme. Pour
the hot scrapple Into oblong enamel-
ware pans which have been rinsed
wltb cold water. Let. stand until
cbid and firm, slice, and brown in
a hot skillet. If the scrapple Is rich
with fat, no more fat Is needed for
frying.
Polenta.
This dish, which Is common In
Italy, differs little, except In name,
from corn-meal mush, though It i
served In very different ways. Some
times cheese is added during the
cooking. Polenta la often reheated
either with tomato sauce or a meat
gravy left over from a meal, or with
meat gravy made from a small.
amount of meat bought for the pur
pose, or with half tomato sauce and
half meat gravy. In any case, the
dish Is Improved by sprinkling the.
cooked polenta with cheese. When
the polenta Is to be reheated In gravy,
It la well to cut It Into small pieces
In order that the gravy may be well.,
distributed through the dish.
Tamale Pie.
3 cups corn meal
3 teaspoons salt
3 cups cold water
4 cups boiling water
1 ounce suet
1 onion, ohopped
1 pound ground beef .
1 cup canned tomatoes
teaspoon salt
tenspoon pepper.
Mix the corn meal, salt and cold
water until smooth, add the boiling
water, stirring constantly, then cook
over hot water for 1 hour. Render
the suet and cook the onion In the
fnt for a few minutes, add the beef
and the tomato and simmer until the
red color disappears from the meat.
Season wltb salt and pepper. Place
a layer of the mush In a greased
baking dish, add the meat mixture
and cover with the rest of the mush.
Bake In a moderately hot oven (375
degrees F.) about 30 minutes or until
the mush ts lightly browned. Serve
from the dish.
Halt Pork Spoon Bread.
Chop or grind pound salt pork.
Then try out the fat until the crack
lings are slightly brown. Cook 1 cup
of corn meal' with 3 cups of water,
stirring constantly. Add to this 1
cup of milk (fresh milk, or evapo
rated or dried milk made up with
water), then the fried salt pork, fat
and all. If possible, add 1 or 3 beaten
eggs. Pour Into a well -greased hot
pan or baking dish and bake for 40
to 60 minutes In a hot oven. Or
bake In a skillet on top of the stove
in a thinner layer.
Bnker Indian Pudding.
1 quart milk
1-3 cup yellow corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
cup molasses
H to 1 teaspoon ginger.
Cook the milk, corn meal, and salt
In a double boiler for 20 minutes.
Add the molasses and ginger, pour
Into a greased baking dish, and bake
In a very moderate oven (about 300
degrees P.) for a hours. Serve hot 1
with vanilla Ice cream, or chill and1
serve with cream.
T
COMMITTEE FOR
McCracken . Elected Chair
man of Group to' Aid
Farmers and Creditors
Statement of Aims Issued
CENTRAL PL CHRISTIAN
CHURCH ANNUAL MEET
SURVEYS GREAT YEAR
Over 100 members and friends of
the Central Point Christian church
of which D. E. Millard is pastor, gath
ered around the banquet table Thurs
day evening and enjoyed the fellow
ship dinner and program which fol
lowed. Reports all showed a wonder
ful growth and sustained service un
der the leadership of their pastor
who Is beginning the sixth year with
the church.
Some of the accomplishments dur
ing these years was the building of
two large additions to the church.
more than doubling the membership.
Installing all new opera choirs in the
auditorium and purchase of new
hymn books, .All Improvements being
paid for as completed. The church
has had no debt for many years and
the treasurer's report showed a bal
ance after all bills were paid.
Reverend Howell of Medford Pres
byterian church, was the guest speak
er of the evening, who brought a fine.
Inspiring message. Musical numbers
were furnished by the church orches
tra, and vocal numbers by Miss Ruth
Haley, Mrs. Dorrls Kealon and D. E.
Millard.
Reverend Millard also read one of
his own poems entitled "My Dear Old
Violin." j
The church considered the year Just i
closed a very successful one and looks
forward to a greater year for 1834, 1
which vill Include a summer confer-.
ence for young people and remodeling
and beautifying of the church audi
torium. '
The County Farm Debt Adjustment
committee, recently appointed by
uovernor Meier for Jackson county,
held an organisation meeting in the
office of County Agent R. G. Fowler
Wednesday afternoon.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman, J. R. McCracken; vice
chairman, Geo. B. Dean; secretary, R.
O. Fowler, and Dick Straus of Sams
Valley, John Anderson of Central
Point and J. A. Perry of Medford com
plete the personnel of the commit
tee. The function of such commit
tees already appointed in several
counties of the state is aet forth In
the governor's letter of appointment,
part of which Is as follows:
Assist Debtor, Creditor.
"It is our though that such com
mittee will serve as a material asalar
ance to both debtor and creditor. In
an effort to arrive at a friendly, sen
sible and fair solution of the debt
problems, and that such efforts will
tend to conciliate many problems of
the type which have heretofore re
sulted In unnecessary foreclosures, it
la likewise hoped and expected that
these voluntary committees will serve
In the future as a basis of developing
harmony between controverting in
terests in various localities of the
state."
Alms Announced. j
The local committee,' In order' to
avoid any misunderstandings as to
Its duties, wishes to make public the
following statement concerning Its
work;
(a) Any debtor or creditor seeking
a readjustment in the debt relation
ship, ona with the other, may ask
this committee to Investigate and
make recommendations to either or
both parties for the purpose of ef
fecting a satisfactory solution of any
cits ting difficulties ,
(b) Application blanks will be fur
nished to either the debtor or creditor
seeking adjustment. These blanks
supplied by members of the commit
tee may be used to request the aid of
the committee.
In commenting on the proposed
work of the committee, Mr. Fowle:
stated that obviously. If the local
committee is to accomplish Its pur
pose, debtors and creditors who desire
to submit their problems to the 'conv
mJttee should recognize that concilia
tion is the keynote and that the rec
ommendation of the committee Is for
the guidance of both parties in their
efforts to reach a friendly and mutu
ally satisfactory settlement of their
problems. -
IS
SCENE OF BRAWL
cnanes (Biackle) wnlte. 43, was
scheduled for a hearing In city court
this afternoon, and L. F. Slavens, 00,
was given a ten days' suspended sen
tence in city court this morning as
tne result of an alleged battle In a
beer parlor on South Riverside at
11:10 ociock last nignt.
White and Slavens, who police said,
had resorted to throwing chairs and
bottles after Slavens had assertedly
Insulted White's step-daughter, were
arrested by city officers.
Slavens was released last night when
he furnished (30 ball, and charged
with violent and disorderly conduct,
was given a suspended sentence In
court, pending his good behavior.
White, who had not paid a 110 fine
Imposed on him August. 10 of last
year, for disorderly conduct, was held
in jail.
ONE HALL WON'T
HOLD THRONG AT
ROOSEVELT BALL
Ther, will b let of room for danc
ing next Tuesday night, when Med
ford Join, the rest of the world In
feetlvlty at the Birthday Ball for the
President. If was announced today.
iwo nans will D opened to the dance
crowds, and maybe three. Ticket sales
today Justified the need for two loca
tions, arid If they keep coming in, a
third place will be designated. A
definite announcement of "where you
may dance win De ginn Sunday. In
the meantime all people are urged to
buy their tickets, with the assurance
that there will be "lots of room."
O. O. Alenderfer, chairman of the
hall committee, has arranged for a
radio hookup for all local dances. In
order that Medfordltes may be danc
ing to the Marine band music right
aiong with tne rest of the nation,
when the concert come on the air.
The meeting of the ticket commit
tee was an enthusiastic gathering
last nignc, LAlTy schade. treasurer
for the ball, announced today. Wom
en, representing all organizations of
the city, started out this morning to
cover the business section and will
continue through tomorrow and Mon
day. All citizens are urged to aid a
worthy cause by buying thelf tickets
early. .
It will be Impossible for the solic
itors to visit the residential district,
so those persons not contacted down
town are- asked to obtain tickets at
the Chamber of Commerce, the Hotel
Medford, Hotel Jackson or Hotel Hol
land. The earlier the tickets are purchased
the sooner the general committee will I
be able to announce locations for all
dances
JOSEPHINE POE,
PASSES AT
Josephine Poe, beloved pioneer res
ident of Medford, where she had re
sided for over 60 years, passed away
at her residence, 903 North -Central
avenue, Thursday morning at 11:15.
after a long Illness. For her advanced
age of 88 she waa In good health
until a week ago, when she fell and
broke her hip.
Mrs. Poe was born In Dallas Center,
Iowa, May 34, 1849. She attended pub
lic schools there and on March 17,
1870, was united in marriage to Fran
cis M. Poe (now deceased). They left
Iowa and came to Medford In 2884.
She leaves one grandson, Carrol Poe
of Medford. ,
Funeral services will be held from
the Perl Funeral Home Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Hair Cuts, 35c. Shave, 35c.
Allen Hotel Barber Shop.
Hubbard IllFerdle Hubbard of the
Crater Lake national park service la
a patient at the Community bospltal
this week for medical care.
and save money
Everybody Uka the "granu
lated" wheat type of ceteal
adults ti well 11 children.
None finer in quality than
Pearls of Wheat. Be sure you
lay PEARLS of Wheat. It
will save you money.
A CAIMATION.ALKMJ40T CtHAl
A new timing device which permits
one man to operate 10 stop-watches
was tried out successfully at regattas
last summer by officials of the Amer
ican Power Boat association.
Alna Oederbloom, a Swedish girl,
msde the 180-mlle perilous crossing
of the North Sea from Bergen to the
Shetland Islands In a 14-foot open
outboard powered boat last summer.
Mr. Neff Is Home Attorney Porter
J. Neff returned yesterday morning
from Portland, where he spent the
past week on business.
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